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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
12
A reader blasts a land value tax as ruinous, arguing it would force nomadic living and erode home ownership. The piece cites county tax suits, city land concentration, and claims a tax on land values would promote small independent homeowners and stabilize civilization.
An Iowa State College experiment shows dairy cows with free access to water in barn cups produced 6.14 percent more milk and 12.12 percent more butter fat than cows given water at outside troughs. Cows with cups drank 18.37 percent more water and averaged 10.3 drinks per day.
The Federal Department of Agriculture will conduct a turkey dressing and grading school in San Angelo October 20 to 25, the second in the United States and the first in Texas. Texas A M College and the state department of agriculture cooperate, with officials from Bexar County extension and Federal Market Service attending. The course covers finishing birds, defect avoidance, and the use of Federal grades to assure quality from producer to consumer.
An advisory note from M. H. Kimball of Los Angeles County confirms the honey bee cannot puncture grape skins as its mouthparts are not suitable. Bees may exploit existing breaks in the skin to access nectar, but they are not pests to be poisoned under the law.
Mrs Louise Lebaron of Coleman Texas was sentenced to five years in prison for murder in the death of Garland Roy Freeman in an automobile crash a year ago. The sentence was suspended by a District Court jury after a trial. she had been charged with driving while intoxicated and murder in connection with the infant's death. It was her second trial after a hung jury on the first attempt.
A survey shows most fence sales are barbed wire, harming dairy cattle by tearing udders and teats. Woven wire is cheaper long term, and a prominent dairyman says dairy stock cannot be raised well without it. The first barbed wire must be no more than 1.5 inches above woven wire to prevent neck entanglement.
Farmers urged to target pocket gophers in autumn when new burrows appear and gophers hoard food. Use poisoned wheat in a systematic fall program to eliminate colonies before spring multiplication. Hefty emphasis on fall operations to reduce alfalfa root damage.
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