Texas Farm News highlights and farm trends this spring
Montague county farmers plan fertilizer use while South Texas strawberries flow into Fort Worth and Dallas markets. Sheep producers feed cake to strengthen ewes for lambs and kids as drought impacts crops across Texas. Mohair output hits 8,471,000 pounds for 1924, with a 80 percent US share. Texas turkey shipments exceed 12 million dollars to north and east. Grasshopper threats prompt widespread pesticide purchases. Weatherford reports 17 bales of Lone Star cotton sold at 27 cents. Smith county soybeans boost soil and feed. Brownsville ships the first carload of New Irish potatoes to Eastern markets. Spring cattle movement from South Texas is forecast lighter at about 200,000 head versus 249,000 last year.
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South
Texas
Illinois
Geo
L. Pfeifer
Arcola
Tom Watson
Robert Eaton
Parker
J. A. Durham
Weatherford
Tex
Clark
Sefd House
Franklin St
Waco
Fort Worth
Willhites Watson
Browder 5Seed Co
Denton
Tucker- Mosby Seed Company
Memphis
Tenn
E. E. Ewing
Yuma
Colo
George H. Vick Willis
H. Franklin
Tennille
Georgia
Sudan
Harry Dyck
Nesa City
Kans
W. Tipton
McPherson
Watermeelons
Waldrop
Kafir
J. H. Finley
Dallas
J. H. Wallace
Houston
Miss
Kleckley
W. FP
Crockett
Laredo
Plains farmers cull cotton seed. expect yield rise
West Texas Plains farmers are culling their cotton seed with an expected rise in cotton yield. The Kerens Lions Club plans to buy a carload of Jersey heifers for distribution to local youth. Austin's State Department of Agriculture issues a free citrus culture bulletin for the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Plains Country
West Texas
Kerens Lions Club
State Department of Agriculture At
Austin
Rio Grande Valley
Franklin County Farm Land Terraced by Agent in February
Nearly 720 acres of farm land in Franklin County were terraced during February by County Agent Roger Davis. The work targets erosion control and soil conservation across the small Texas county.
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Franklin
Fast
Texas
Roger Davis
Texas cattle projected to reach 700000 head
It is estimated that cattle from Texas will aggregate 700000 head with 360000 head destined for points outside the state. The estimate highlights the large scale of outbound shipments and the regional distribution of the stock.
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Texas
Paris Chamber offers $1000 prizes for better cotton
Farmers push to improve cotton quality as the Paris Chamber of Commerce awards $1000 in cash prizes to stimulate production. The program aims to boost yields and attract more farmers to enroll, signaling community support for higher quality textile crops.
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Paris Chamber of Commerce
Hillsboro firm ships large poultry and egg totals
A Hillsboro firm recently sent a week’s shipment totaling 5380 pounds of hens 256 pounds of turkeys and 14 490 dozen eggs.
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Hillsboro
East Texas Farmers Boost Tomato Planting Across Acres
Farmers in East Texas transplant tomato plants from cold frames to fields. Increased acres under tomatoes over last year are reported from multiple sections, signaling a broader expansion in the crop and potential stronger yields for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Coleman Quick Farm Wins Poultry Development Contract
Wylie James secures a contract to set up a model poultry farm on twelve acres near Coleman city limits. The project includes a 5,000-egg incubator to advance local poultry production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie James
Coleman
Rio Grande Valley Receives Multi Million Rainfall Boosts Cotton Land
Heavy rains across the Rio Grande Valley have showered millions of dollars in value, benefiting all growing crops and improving land ready for cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
Be careful when blowing up stumps with dynamite
Two young farmers were badly hurt by a premature dynamite explosion while blasting stumps on the Dodd farm, located about twenty miles southeast of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Farmers Agricultural Committee organized at Lufkin
A dirt farmers organization named the Farmers Agricultural Committee has been organized at Lufkin to foster plans enabling club boys to travel to Lufkin and Huntington banks to secure funds for fertilizer purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Agricultural Committee
Lufkin
Huntington
Haitian government buys six Duroe-Jersey boats
K. M. Trigg Jr of Bas trop sold six Duroe-Jersey boats to the Haitian government. Haiti seeks to improve its livestock by acquiring pedigreed stock and has representatives in the United States purchasing top quality breeding stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. M. Trigg, Jr
Bastrop
Haiti
United States
Long staple cotton push in East Texas urging farmers to grow finer staple
Merchants and cotton buyers in Troup East Texas urge farmers to plant long staple cotton this year as staple under seven eighths inch faces market difficulties. Strong demand favors longer staple varieties and buyers warn of selling hurdles for shorter fibers.
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Troup
East Texas
Chamber leaders pledge prizes for melons per acre
The Cleburne Chamber of Commerce directors met on March 25 and voted to award prizes to farmers who grow the most watermelons and cantaloupes per acre. The plan aims to boost local fruit production and support growers.
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Cleburne Chamber of Commerce
Warning on worthless fertilizer recipes by state chemist
Dr G B Fraps state chemist for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station warns farmers against buying cheap fertilizer formulas now offered. He notes an unusual surge of suspicious recipes and urges verification of claims before purchase.
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G. 8. Fraps
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Comanche Lions Plan Potato Plant With County Acreage
Through the Comanche Lions Club efforts an agreement is reached to set up a sweet potato curing plant in Comanche on condition that at least 250 acres be planted in Porto Rican potatoes. Potato slips will be supplied to farmers at cost.
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Comanche Lions Club
Comanche
Crowley 12-year-old wins poultry club demo with high egg rate
Tom Brooks, a 12-year-old Boys' Club member from Crowley, topped the February demonstration of the Tarrant County Poultry Club. He achieved an average of 21.11 eggs per hen, per county agricultural agent M. C. Counts.
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Tom Brooks
Boys’ Club
Crowley
Tarrant County Poultry Club
M. C. Counts
Cotton crop report shows peak since 1924 in 1924 season
The United States Census Bureau reported on March 20 that the previous year's cotton crop was the largest since 1924, totaling 13,618,751 equivalent 500 pound bales. Texas ginnings through March 20, 1924 reached 4,851,878 bales.
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United States Census Bureau
Texas
Pecan Belt Highway Named in Texas State Plan
The State Highway Commission designates a new 150 mile route from Fredericksburg through Mason Llano San Saba Goldthwaite to Comanche. The Pecan Belt Highway will receive State and Federal aid.
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State Highway Commission
Fredericksburg
Mason, Llano
San Saba
Goldthwaite
Comanche
Replanting Oats Begins After Freezes and Drought
North Texas farmers replant fall sown oats after freezes and dry weather with fairly good stands reported. In De Witt County a county wide contest to eradicate hawks and crows is begun by the Farmers Luncheon Club in Cuero offering prizes totaling 140 dollars for the largest number of hawks and crows killed and turned in to the Chamber of Commerce offices.
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North Texas
de Witt
Farmers
Cuero
Chamber of Commerce
Vickery Plant Co Ships 1 Million Bermuda Union Plants
The Vickery Plant Company of Ennis sent the first shipment of a 1,000,000 Bermuda Union plants to J A Salter Seed Company in La Crosse Wisconsin. Owner Mr Vickery says the order came in competition with Southwest growers.
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Vickery Plant Company
Ennis
J. A. Salter Seed Company
la Crosse
Wis
Vickery
Southwest
Fumigation Rule set for Texas New Mexico cotton in 1926
Dr. W. D. Hunter of the Federal Horticultural Board announces a 1926 enforcement of vacuum fumigation for cotton from pink bollworm infested areas in Texas and New Mexico as the new crop starts moving. The program targets insect control during shipment and storage to curb pest spread.
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Texas
New Mexico
W. D. Hunter
Federal Horticultural Board
South
Pecan Buds Stored For Local Growers Distribution
W. J. Millican and D. F. Moore of Bond, noted pecan growers, have stored 10,000 pecan buds at the San Saba Ice Plant. The buds, received from Mississippi, come from an improved pecan variety and will be distributed to local growers when budding time arrives.
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W. J. Millican
D. F. Moore
Bond
San Saba
Mississippi
Texas steers sold to western buyers near Midland
About 15 000 yearling steers from 23 000 to 25 000 offered this spring have been sold in Midland country to middle western buyers at 85 to 37 dollars per head. J W Schenker of San Angelo, Drovers' Cattle Loan Company representative, reports after returning from territory along the Texas and Pacific railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
J. W. Schenker
San Angelo
Drovers’ Cattle Loan Company
Haiti livestock program gains Fort Worth buyer
Purchases of Texas pure bred livestock to breed Haiti herds have been made at Fort Worth by J. E. Boog-Scott, former chairman of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission, now named director of the live stock experiment station at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Texas
Republic of Haiti
Fort Worth
J. E. Boog-Scott
Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Port-au-Prince
Jersey cattle show crowns MacSewell herd at Fort Worth
Ed C Lasater’s champion Jerseys vie for honors in the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock at Fort Worth. Jesse MacSewell, 22, of Shady Dell Farm eleven miles west on Marys Creek, has a 35 head herd with three firsts two seconds three thirds and three fifths. He began at 14 building a thoroughbred Jersey herd.
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Ed C. Lasater
Fort Worth
Jesse MacSewell
Shady Dell Farm
Mary's Creek
MacSewell
Young MacSewell
Poultry Breeder Ads Offer Leghorns and Chicks Across States
The page lists numerous ads for S C Leghorn, White Leghorn, and related breeds from farms in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, and beyond. Prices range from $1.25 to $16 per hundred, with settings, eggs, chicks, and hatching services featured. Brands include Hollywood White Leghorns, Imperial Ringlets, and Jersey Black Giants among others, with shipping and free catalogs offered.
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Sunny Knoll
Route 4
Galena
Kaw
M. E. Haner
England
Stillwater
Okla
Hollywood
Hollywood Farm
Bex R
Lake Charles
S. GC
J. Wilson
Tola
Texas
John Thompson
Route A
Foreatburg
I. G. Whittington
Glen Cave
Mammoth
Cuocklemore Farms
Box M
Alvin
Marcey Farm
Wyandottes
Dixie Poultry Farms
Brenham
M. Johnson-Tancred
Tompkins
Rhode Island
Radley
Mexis
Mammoth Smith and Huckeye
TUDOR
Topeka
Kansas
Dept. C
Bremer's
Warrenton
Geo. Myera
Kans
Sulphur Springs
Texas A
Oscar R. Smith
Lockhart
J. Wood
Telephone
Johnson’s Hatchery
Box L
Julian
Neb
Kahoka
Patents and Die Casting Offered by Dallas Firms
G C Waldrop U S Patent Attorney advertises patents trade marks copyrights at 505 Santa Fe Blog Dallas Texas W Seawell maintains Washington office with solicitor in daily contact Die casting in white metals alloys punch press work meets requirements price quantity quality Reel Russell Mfg Co Dallas offers related services
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G. C. Waldrop U
Santa Fe
Dallas
Texas
W. Seawell, Mare
Washington
Reel Russell Mfg, CO
Poultry Feeds and Local Business Opportunities Ad
A mixed page of classified ads offering poultry supplies from Penniman Coal Co Dallas TX and Queen of Shee Poultry Feeds. Also numerous business opportunities for grocers, shop sales, independent telephone exchange, hotels and bakeries across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Includes real estate and equipment listings with box numbers and contact hints.
Wanted to Buy Secondhand Bags and Cotton Seed
The notice seeks purchase of secondhand mel and cake bags and invites letters for prices. It lists BRUCE BAG & BURLAP CO at 1615 Mayes St, Dallas, Texas as a contact point. Also included are multiple lengthy advertisements for pedigreed cotton seed and farming supplies from various Texas and nearby state providers.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Bruce Bag’& Burlap CO
Mayes St
Dallas
Kasch
San Marcos
Roberts Cotton
W. HK. Roberts
B. Moorehead
Miss
Southern Supply CO
Newnan
H. S. Mize
Whitewright
Ideal farm living in Oregon and beyond for sale
Read as an advertisement roundup offering Oregon land at Grants Pass and Portland Chamber resources plus New Mexico and Texas properties. Includes 210 day growing season, diversified crops, dairy and poultry potential, rail and water transport, and development plans. Also lists farms in Arkansas Oklahoma and New Mexico with acreage, irrigation, and trade options.
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Oregon
Tideal Farm
Land Settlement Department
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Porteland
Grants Pass
Rogue River Valley
Chicago Land Co
Orego
Carlton Realty Company
Lawton
Oklshoma
Gale
Tom Lost
Elmore
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Ben Ablon
Points North
Ieast
Lone Star
Jess Avenshine
E. H. Cogburn
Parker County
Smith County
Brownsville
Houston Nut & Products Co
Layne-Texas
Houston, Texas
Henry Melcher
Taylor
Holterman
Thompson
A. E. Gormley
Flynn
Bradley
A. B. Soule
Union
Minorcas
C. Black
S. Southerly
Creighton
W. EF. Thompson
R. R
Luling
Owens
Decatur
T. L. Hoyl
Bres
C. W. Anterson
Route 2
Paducah
Orpingtons
Wingold
BLACK
Plymouth Rocks
Collie EH Hodges
Ector
Exposition
W. H. Myer
S. Adams
S. L. Atkins
Paradise
Box 224
Dallas-Waco Fairs. L. G. Grayson
Streetman
White Wyandotte
Erer
Martingtrain
Laura Ellison
Lingleville
H. S. Byfield
Orienta
Penniman Coal Company
W. J. Lawther
Nueces County
E.R. Hubbard
Arua Dulce
Enea
Sanitary Groc
Temperiz
Odessa
Red Star
Luther Finch
Okmulgee
Houston Wholesale Confectionery Co
Louisiana St
Heart of Oil and Gas Belt
Oklahoma
Walters
Binz Widg
Reno
Colorado
Wichita
Kan
Copperas Cove
Grubbs Brokerage Co
F. S. Bonham
Corpus Christi
Gallup
N. M
Denver
Crane & DeBolt
Welton St
Rockport
Pawnee Rock
W. M. Zieber
Happy Home
TSM Process Corporation
Salina
Equip-Ees CO
N. Ervay St
THE
Western Miner
W. 37Th
Blue Island
A. R. Eastwood
Canyon
T. S
Sheppard
Uvalde
Sunnyside Farms
Bucktail
C. EB. Stout
Hazelton
Bain Peanut Company OF Texas
Bush & Co
Ira A. Bush
Swifton
Ark
Goodyear
Imperial Shoe Store
Beaumont
American Dog Breeders’ Association, Incorporated
East Fourth St
St. Paul, Minn
McGowen Ave
Texan
ACALA
Acala Cotton Seed Company
Ardmore
Charlie Woolverton & Sons
Wills Point
J. We Pertit
Vernon
WELLE
F. B. Dallas
F. S. Brownlee
Murray Co. I
Bennett Big
J. R. Andrews
N. Texas Bldg
Roy
Demmer
Woodsboro
Waldrop Seed, Co
Teague
Sweeft
Porto Rico
Pittsburg Storage Company
Pittsburg
C. H. Melton
Devine
Nancy
M. Haines
Rush Springs
Rasmus
Mobile
Ala
Hereford Nursery and Wholesale Seed CQ
Hereford
Huddleston & Smith
Littlefield Bldg
Carthage
Shell Road
Box 144
Rio Grande Valley Farm
Wnetty
Box Wiss
Mercedes
Re. C. Walker
Stratford
Nebraska Realty Auction Co
Central City
A. W. Thompson
M. A. Larson
Hidalgo County
Quaile Realty Co
Parma
South Texas
Cotton Land Company
Hay City
W. H. Campbell
Lux
Texaea
Woood & Edwards
Ervay St
Macdonald Co-Operative Realty
San Diego
Calif
Aztec
N. Mex
Charles E. Herr
Sunshine State
Isler
Mt. Dora
Old Mexico
Gonzales
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Henry Kolbe & CO
San Antonio
Arkansas
Ozark
W. A. Beckett
Gillham
Doloree
Bargain
Durango
Arkansas River Valley
S. G. Rakestraw
Nepesta
Col
H. W. Smith
West 6Th Street
Junction City
Michigan
Oceana
Hamison Farm Agency
Hart, Mich
Lubbock
Great Tech College
Council
Cisco
Box Morgan
Marion Co. Ark
J. E. Stenger
St. Paul
Kana
Wbu
Acros
West Plainview
Harvey A. Butler
Greenville
Orange Grove
Point Isabel
John Boyd
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sawyer St
W. H. Haynes
Reilleguss Ave
Berkely
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