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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1939
Page
5
The University of Texas Bureau of Research in the Social Science launched in 1927 with university and Rockefeller grant funding and has completed 67 surveys. These cover archaeology county government Texas history and Texas prison management.
October 16 in College Station announced by G F Vance assistant state AAA administrator. All counties may receive 1940 peanut allotments for commercial use, expanding from eight last year to about 100 counties. Growers must file five year production history with county offices. allotments based on prior acreage and farm trends.
M R Bentley agricultural engineer from the A and M College Extension Service advises all adults in farm families to understand fuses or circuit breakers as safety valves. A fuse blow-out may signal a short circuit or overloading a single circuit needing investigation.
The AAA announces changes to the 1940 range-building program with new payments for contour listing and furrowing at 2.5 cents per 100 feet, mowing at 25 cents per acre, and a higher deferred grazing allowance up to 75 percent. Small ranches gain a minimum 10 cent per acre range-building credit up to 640 acres, while combining the Range Program with the Agricultural Conservation Program is allowed to streamline administration.
Dr. C A Timm of the University of Texas lauds flood control work by the international boundary commission. He notes irrigation growth, Mexico water use, and the reduced flood damage from cloud bursts. He cites river shortening from El Paso to Bar Canyon and improvements from Nogales to the lower valley.
A mother quail nests near a Byrne Ranch porch in McMullen county and hatches nine quail plus a bantam chick. She returns daily to the porch edge calling for her chick as the ranch owner raises the lone bantam. Five eggs remain unhatched in the nest.
Wheat futures rose as traders priced in expectations of new trade agreements. Analysts cited stronger demand from buyers abroad and potential policy shifts impacting supply.
A log fragment dating about 25 000 years was found in a red clay pit at New London Wisconsin and identified as spruce by the Forest Products Laboratory Madison. Other finds show 12 000 000 year old Sequoia wood and a 1492 dated carved shoe misattributed by age.
Austin reports Dr. Geo W Cox warns rapid modern life harms health. A neurolo gist notes many mental lapses and nervous conditions stem from high speed work and disregard of health rules. The piece cites moderation and leisure as fixes and mentions upcoming KTSA program and local social notes.
At the New York World's Fair Timken Roller Bearing exhibit two machines electrically measure hair diameter to 1/100,000 inch. The data feed a cross section survey of hair traits, linking thickness to height age body type race and climate. The project aims to compile 100,000 records to reveal American hair tendencies.
The article lauds student traffic patrols in Texas as a model of citizenship and safety, praising their hard work in protecting lives. It notes cooperative efforts with law enforcement and cites a fire incident on the Harper road where firefighters saved a barn full of hay. It also mentions a Presbyterian Sunday School picnic planned for Thanksgiving Day.
Visitors test a hair measuring device in the Timken Roller Bearing Exhibit. A strand is placed in a slot, a button is pressed, and the machine reveals the hair’s diameter in fractions of an inch, highlighting a science wonder of the exposition.
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