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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1925
Page
3
Local listing advertises billy goats and sheep bucks for sale at a town market. Farmers offer sturdy breeding stock and young enclosures suitable for small holdings. Prices not specified in available text.
The narrative traces Andrew Jackson Lotter known as the Fighting Parson from his boyhood as a race rider in Missouri and Texas through his Civil War era service with Price and his conversion to Methodism. It highlights his early life, injuries, hospital scenes at Santa Fe, time as a teamster, and rise as an itinerant preacher in West Texas.
The text lists criteria to cull or keep hens by weight vigor and health signs, broodiness, comb appearance, pelvic width, body capacity, molting timing, and leg color. It details measurements for pelvic bone width and body capacity essential for egg production in large and small breeds.
An official study of 2,500,000 cotton belt farms shows 23 percent lack gardens 37 percent lack milk 58 percent raise no sweet potatoes 79 percent raise no white potatoes 60 percent have no chickens and over half lack forage while five percent have no stock. The piece argues for diversification and better farming practices across the South and Southwest.
W. E. Stanfield reports in The Dakota Farmer on color of shank and skin and beak for all yellow leg breeds, outlining distinctive features and practical notes for breeders and buyers.
Just arrived a car load of rice bran oats and corn. Also offer home grown seed oats free of Johnson grass. Visit City Flour and Grain Co for current prices.
The Standard reports 1700 bonafide subscribers as evidence that invested advertising yields surprising results. The notice invites continued support and demonstrates growing reader engagement.
An old advertisement promises Blue Star Remedy for various skin diseases including eczema and itch. It guarantees no staining of clothing and a pleasant odor, with sale details attributed to Central Drug Co.
The cafe announces a new electric refrigerator ensuring oysters and all foods stay at a constant temperature for sanitary storage. Also promoting Gillespie County History books, in high demand and nearing sellout at the office. Subscribe to the Standard.
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