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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
26
Extension advice from Texas agents urges sowing wheat, barley, oats or rye by September 15 20 to 90 pounds per acre. Early seeded pasture yields more grazing cutting butterfat costs and improving feed for work stock cows hogs and poultry. Drilling grains into cotton fields after harvest also proves effective to establish pasture.
O C Ufford of Colorado Agricultural College says shed type deep houses are best for Colorado conditions. A low cost, sunlit, moisture free coop can be built for about two dollars per bird with concrete floors raised above ground. The bulletin details 20 to 24 foot wide houses with front and rear walls, back windows, and muslin fronts for warmth and economy.
Tests by L E Card of the University of Illinois show feeding too much mineral mixtures to chickens is a mistake. Chickens fed a ration with 2 parts steamed bonemeal weighed 253 grams at six weeks, while replacing 2 parts with 4 parts bonemeal produced 212 grams and replacing 2 parts with 4 parts ground limestone produced 187 grams.
A United States Department of Agriculture survey finds annual pecan production around 12 million pounds of improved varieties plus 38 million pounds of seedling types. Consumption remains under a third of a pound per person annually with limited advertising and centralization hindering trade. Prices fluctuate little despite harvest volatility. Texas ranks high in airports, with Ohio and Pennsylvania tied for third.
In this meditation the author urges readers to seek truth within the innermost center to settle life’s great issues. He argues taxation shapes hard times, affecting purchasing power, costs, and land values, and invites readers to test these claims and act by their inner verdict for the welfare of self and state.
Dorothy Watson 9 died after injuries from a scooter accident in front of her home in Austin Texas. She suffered internal injuries and a broken arm when the scooter overturned during play.
Mrs. C. C. Carson of 945 Concord St in Beaumont Texas says her health improved after using Black Draught for three years. She describes constant constipation headaches and dullness before relief and notes she keeps it on hand as a reliable laxative.
C A Pepper a leading Bexar County farmer reports 159 calves fed December to 125 days using 1000 bushels of corn 120 tons of silage 15 tons of begari and 16 tons of cottonseed meal grown on his farm. Average daily gain 1.53 pounds 159 calves profit per calf 7.85 total net 1248.15 with feed cost 14.40 per calf and home grown crops adding value. He notes crop rotation and selling for feeder prices fits his Angora goat and oat crops program.
Over ten years peas and corn were grown for hogging off at Edgeley substation. Cash returns per acre ranged from 18.65 to 82.92 dollars for peas and 20 to 62.64 dollars for corn. In four years peas failed to profit, while six years yielded 1.99 to 20.28 dollars per acre. Daily gain per dog on peas varied 0.95 to 1.7 pounds. corn gained 1.33 pounds on five years and 1.26 pounds per day for peas produced more pork than corn.
An old warning notes outbreaks of gastroenteritis linked to cynide silver cleaner used in hotels and clubs. New York State Public Health Council amended the sanitary code to ban any polish containing cynide or poisons for cleaning ware in public eating places.
Robert E. Appert aged six, son of Mr and Mrs H A Appert of the Hendley community Blanco County, died in an Austin hospital after being bitten by a rattlesnake in his yard. He was rushed to Austin for treatment.
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