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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1930

Page

7

Texas Turkey Crop 8 Percent Shorter than 1929

Texas turkey crop for 1930 is about 8 percent smaller than 1929. Weather and better flock care increased poults hatched, offsetting lower hatchings due to last year’s prices. Reports note regional variations, late maturation from warm weather, and overall similar readiness for Thanksgiving and Christmas markets to last year.

Austin Tex Texas Department of Agriculture Dakotas East Central States

Baby Chick Meeting Re-Elects Officers in Texas

Dallas Oct. 24 The Texas Baby Chick Association re elected executive officers at its annual meeting excluding the secretary treasurer A H Demke El Paso pres Fred J Glass Arlington vice president Mrs T J Clark Gainesville secretary treasurer Mrs Carl Hoffman Argyle director for a three year term Mrs Clark succeeds V R Glazener Reese V Hicks International Baby Chick Association managing director and Dr Reid poultry head at Texas A and M College spoke Delegates approved using antigen test alongside lab blood tests to diagnose bacillary white diarrhoea in chickens

Dallas Tex Texas Baby Chick Association A. H Demke el Paso Fred J. Glass Arlington T. J. Clark Gainesville Carl Hoffman Argyle Clark V. R Glazener Reese V. Hicks International Baby Chick Association Dr. Reid Texas A. and M. College

Board opens bids for 25 houses for Indians

Austin Texas October 27 The State Board of Control opened bids to erect 25 small houses in Polk County for the Alabama and Coushatta Indians the second installment of that set No award will be made until Chairman Claud Teer inspects the houses and the Indians with the United States Senate sub committee on Indian affairs visit Polk County on November 8 Rube Sessions of Wells bid 9987 50 to erect the 25 houses under 15000 appropriation while the highest bids reached 22225 Most bids were between 143000 and 15000

Austin Tex State Board of Control Polk County Claud Teer Wells

Range Cattle Outlook Poor

Drouth conditions from September worsened, forcing livestock shipments. Fort Worth cattle receipts rose 44 percent in September, while sheep and goats also increased. rainfall late in the season affects winter grazing prospects and prices.

Austin Drouth Bureau of Business Research University of Texas Fort Worth Bureau of Crop and Livestock Estimates Oklahoma Kansas Texas

Trading closes month with reduced feed purchases at Kansas City yards

Trading grew brisk toward the month’s close but total feed purchases at Kansas City yards for ing operations remain 37 percent below the same date last year with purchases tracking lower than the prior year.

Kansas City

London opens inquiry into R 101 disaster loss of 48 lives

London, Oct 28. Causes of the R 101 disaster that cost 48 lives were examined at the opening of Britain's formal inquiry. The first session of the court of inquiry yielded several findings and questions about the crash and its aftermath.

London Brittan Court of Inquiry

Inquiries Probe R-101 Crash Details and Theorized Failures

Sir William Jowitt reports broken elevator cable in the airship wreckage and nine ton heavier experimental oil engines. Sir John Simon cites ground information failures possibly influencing the October Beauvais disaster. The inquiry weighs altimeter errors and a India flight plan amid pending testimony.

William Jowitt Wiliam John Simon William Beauvais France India Sir William Lord Thomson

Room Quiets Questioned by Patient and Nurse

A patient asks if the room is quiet while a nurse quips that it has never been able to make a sound. The exchange highlights hospital humor and perceived noise levels in patient care areas.

Nurs

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