Free Cotton Classing Aids Early Improvement Groups
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics approves the first applications for free cotton classing in the Cotton Belt. Taft Farms and Rincon One-Variety Improvement Associations in San Patricio County Texas lead with 54 farmers and about 6000 acres of Deifos cotton. The service offers free classing from each bale and daily market news, with up to 900 to 1000 groups expected to apply this year. Applications available from the Austin bureau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Rincon
Austin
San Patricio County
Bureau
Miller
Vaccine Developed For Sleeping Sickness In Texas Horses
Encephalomyelitis threatens Texas horse and mule industry with widespread spread across the state. A chick embryo serum vaccine shows six month immunity, with May or June vaccination suggested. About 75 percent of animals become immune or unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Roy W. Snyder
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
H. W. Schoening
Usda Bureau of Animalstry
Snyder
Lest We Forget Lessons On Auto Accidents
Hartford April 3 Spl The Travelers Insurance issues a booklet Lest We Regret analyzing 1938 auto accidents from 48 states. It shows speed caused 39.6 of deaths and 24 of injuries, with 94 percent of fatalities male and 84 percent in clear weather. It introduces Danger Units and notes speeding raises costs per hour saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Travelers Insurance Company
Texas business stays steady amid swings in 194? index
UT economist Dr. F A Buechel notes Texas shows an even keel with only a fraction change in the University Bureau of Business Research index from 94.3 to 24.1 in February and a drop from January’s 95.6. He expects a normal seasonal rise later, citing residential construction, auto production, railroad purchases, and government spending as growth factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
F. A. Buechel
University of Texas Economist
University Bureau of Business Research
Turkey Eggs Worth Nine Thousand Six Hundred Shipped
Brady Cooperative Poultry Association officials report that 60 000 turkey eggs were shipped to northern markets in ten days at 16 cents per egg yielding about 9 600 dollars. Saturday's shipment totaled 25 400 eggs and week totals exceeded 40 000 eggs with a 60 008 egg shipment on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCulloch County
Brady Cooperative Poultry Association
Heart of Texas News
Brady
Frozen Cotton Regulations for 1939 Aiding Acreage Redistribution
State AAA office in College Station announces new frozen cotton rules allowing county committees to redistribute unused 1939 cotton allotments within the county if total releases are 100 acres or less. If releases exceed 100 acres, part goes to the state for error correction with a April 15 filing deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Aaa
College Station
Hine
Dorman Sell
Gillespie County Committee
State Committee
Sell
Congress
Senate
House Committee On Agriculture
I. W. Duggan
Direcor
AAA
Texas wool growers push higher mohair loan in Washington
G W Cunningham secretary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association travels to Washington with five Texas wool and mohair house records to seek a ten cent increase on the mohair loan from 20 and 30 cents. He is joined by Byron Wilson as they lobby for higher loan rates tied to 30 year average prices and seek support from national wool groups and congressional committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
G. W. Cunningham
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers' Association
Washington
Cunningham
Byron Wilson
National Wool Growers Association
Capitol
Texas
The
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Association
Wilson
Fred R. Marshall
Marshal
Chicago
G. N. Winder
Colorado
Roscoe Rich
National Live Stock Meat Board
House
State Association
Marsh Lea
Fort Stockton
Senate
Adams
Directors elected for Central Power and Light Company
James C. Bowie, a Valley businessman, was elected a director of Central Power and Light Company at the annual stockholders meeting. Re-elected were James C. Kennedy Howard W. Cooper F. R B. Neiswanger W. D. Bone and S. M. Udden with Bowie also re elected treasurer. Dividend announcements included $1.75 per share on seven percent preferred stock and $1.60 per share on six percent preferred stock payable May 1, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Bowie
Valley
Central Power and Light Company
Lon C. Hill
James C. Kennedy
Howard W. Cooper
F. R B. Neiswanger
W. D. Bone
S. M. Udden
Boone
Port Isabel
San Benito
Bowie
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Roberts Bros Barbers Nears Remodeling Milestone
The Roberts Bros barbershop shows near completion of remodeling and reopens with a refreshed appearance. Mrs C W Barrett remains very ill this week and has been on the sick list for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts Bros
C W. Barrett
Pasturage Rates At A Glance
Price list shows one mare at seven fifty and two mares at fourteen dollars. Pasturage offered at five cents per unit strictly cash. Enforce cash payment terms and per mare pricing for stable services.
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Sterling Bros, Clothiers - Cleaners
Fredericksburg
Supt. Wheeler
London School
Rialto
Kerrville, Texas
Walter Pidgeon
Virginia
Carole Lombard
James Stewart
Tom Sawyer
Donald O’connor
Franciska Gaal
Franchot Tone In
Arcadia
Bill Eliott
Frontiers OF
Barton MacLane
B. Roberts
Paul Kelly
June Long
Jones
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Bode Feed Store
Kerville, Texas
W. W. Miller and Son “Builders Headquarters
B. H. Whaley
Charles Peril
Alfred Kramer
Harper
C. Y. Billings of
Bandera
J. F. Wedekind
Ervin Brown
H. E. Sageser
Frank Staudt
Sageser
C. E. Bein
Main Street
John S. Morris
J. S. Whitewood
H. B. Roberts
Kerrville
Gilbert Anderegg
Willie Strackbein
Douglas Duderstadt
Jim Taylor
M R Duderstadt
San Angelo
Marvin Tobin
Viola Hudson
San Antonio
Cecil Floyd
University of Texas
F. M. Floyd
Francis
Dawn Whitworth
Mrs. Nabers
Mrs. Brown
Arthur Bierschwale
Small Son
Esther Wendel
Patsy
Charles Allen
Alpine
Mrs
J. J. Rogers
John S. Whitewood
Palac Theatre
Fredericksburg, Texas
George O’brien
Palace News
Panther
Emil Crenwelge
Father Baumann
Nelson Eddy
Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Dor
Edward Arnold
Florence Rice
Una Merkel
Girls In White
Tyrone Power
Randolph Scott
Jesse James
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Milton Petermann
Mer
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Clinton L. Brown
Schroeder Bros
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