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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
7
Freeze damage hits Wichita county wheat and oats while Midland county sowing expands red top sorghum. Pecan growing firms in Grayson county form to push industry. Lavaca county launches first commercial pecan venture with 1 000 trees. Burnet, Brown, and Montague counties report gains in pork, watermelons, and terracing efforts amid wide weather shifts across Panhandle and Plains regions.
Reports indicate freezing weather killed much of the wheat crop in Grayson county. Some farmers will replant the land formerly sown to wheat in oats.
A contract for lambs born from March 1 to April 15 was consummated at 10 cents per pound for mut tons and 1014 cents for mixed animals in the San Angelo territory.
West Texas counties report 14 to 17 inches of snow on the level during the cold spell gripping Texas on January 18. Old timers call it the heaviest snowfall in 20 years. D. F. Formley of Hopkins County killed a 900 pound hog after it was slain and dressed. officials think it may be the biggest hog killed this year in the area.
P P Boyd won the Gregg county cotton prize offered by the Chamber of Commerce for the best five acre record. He gathered 5,362 pounds of seed cotton from the tract and now has a fine stand of winter oats on the same ground. In Burnet county many young pecan orchards were planted and 11,000 new trees were budded in the past year. Burnet county pecan crop for 1924 totaled 75,000 dollars.
Mr. Charles O. Davis in Rule, Haskell County, runs a 5,000-egg incubator and will devote time to custom hatching. He keeps over 400 pure bred White Leghorns, which provide a steady dividend.
In West Texas spring lambs are contracted at 1014c per pound for mixed sheep and 10c for muttons. The average price paid last summer for lambs in West Texas was 10c.
Near Troup a farmer named John Johnson promotes living at home on his farm. He produces nearly all food for his household except sugar coffee and flour. Johnson leads the county farmers list as he and his renters cultivate about 200 acres yearly in diverse truck and general crops.
Denton County, the banner wheat county of the State, reports damage to all the wheat by cold weather. Only crops not up to a stand escaped damage, contrasting with those already established in January.
Collin county onion growers plan reduced plantings with only one farmer, Mr. N A Burton, planting over 100 acres. Burton expects total onion acreage to be much smaller than last year.
A Castro county pastor Rev G R Fort reports 100 acres of Sudan grass with 1924 profit of 27 75 per acre. He farms between sermons. Texas pork demand and shortages cited with 75 000 000 annual state spend on pork. Ranch sale near Clarendon transfers Goodnight ranch to J S Staley. 12 000 acres, 500 poll cattle, 175 buffaloes, 10 elk, 8 deer. Young George Wilson wins bird prizes at Hopkins County show after starting with grandmother’s hen. Soil erosion focus in Smith County with terrace grading urged by County Agent Gentry. Foreclosure risk for farmers not terracing via Federal Land Bank. Swine club girl in Harrison County nets 201.50 from 57.50 investment plus premiums. Various rural business opportunities and farms for sale listed.
Classified ads describe 1,000 acres near Yancey with tillable land and two wells, 125 acres near Hondo with a house, 6,000 acres ranch suitable for cattle, 320 acres near Hondo, and multiple smaller tracts across Texas. Offers include cash terms, partial payments, and varied improvements. Administrator notices and other real estate listings across Texas accompany promotional appeals from H Miller and Elmer E Weyant.
Oklahoma listings offer 600 acre holdings near Alva and Butler with water, tillable land, stock-farm potential, oil rights reserved and favorable prices around 30 000 dollars. Additional acreages in Oklahoma Missouri New Mexico Wyoming are advertised with varying sizes, prices and terms, including producing farms and irrigated tracts. Listings include Carlton Realty Lawton Missouri money maker prospect and Sarasota Florida truck lands.
Group of cottages for nu vadids and tourist camp. Ideal climate and medicinal waters for rheumatism. 40 Jets Lake view. Addition to the city of Wao. Could not replace buildings for price asked. 421 Provident Rlde Warco Texas. Also seeds and nursery items from various Texas and southern vendors.
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