Texas Farm News highlights big crops and a fatal farm accident
C. R. McCarthy, 75, capitalist and Denison farmer, killed while mowing on his farm near Denison. Southwest Texas onion crop expected at 8,500 car loads with high grower prices. Navarro county mesquite bean crop strong, mesquite bean valued as stock feed. First Thompson seedless grapes reach Dallas at $5 per lug from Laredo. Parker county cotton growers enter Weatherford Chamber contest with $400 in prizes. Texas mohair spring crop sold out across Uvalde and Del Rio totaling about 600,000 pounds, Texas spring mohair production around 4,000,000 pounds, contributing to Texas leading U S in mohair last year with 8,000,000 pounds.
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Dallas
Laredo
Texas
Uvalde
del Rio
United States
Grape Harvest Heaviest Yet In San Saba Orchard
Marion Terry a San Saba county orchardist who runs a large vineyard four miles north of Richland Springs reports his grape crop the heaviest in his experience.
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Marion Terry
San Saba County
Richland Springs
Mineola Cannery Delivers Big Output Despite Small Size
A carload of blackberries was canned in one evening at the Mineola cannery. Despite being one of the smallest canneries in the region, it produces a large yearly output of canned fruits. Kansas and Texas wheat crops are cited as short this year amid weather that has curtailed harvests.
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Mineola
Mineola Cannery
Kansas
Texas
Sorghum Irrigation Experiment Near Marlin Reported
Ten acres of sorghum are being irrigated as an experiment by J. B. Thigpen on the Dr Magee farm near the Brazos river in the vicinity of Marlin. Highly satisfactory results are reported from the water application so far.
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J. B. Thigpen
Counties pool funds for agricultural agent and supervisor
Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties allot 3000 dollars toward an agricultural agent and supervisor role. State adds 1600 dollars to support the project, aiming to assist county agrarian administration and oversee farming matters.
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Brewster
Jeff
Davis
Presidio
First 1925 cotton bale arrives in Dallas display
The first bale of the 1925 cotton crop arrives in Dallas and is on display at the Dallas Cotton Exchange. The bale weighed 623 pounds and was classed as strict middling. It was shipped from Wesco, Hidalgo County, in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Dallas
Texas
H. L. Eds. Company
Smith County Hosts Texas' Largest Exclusive Asparagus Farm
Smith county claims the state’s largest exclusive asparagus farm with carload shipments of asparagus tips. The county counts asparagus production among its farm revenues alongside truck farming fruit and other farm goods.
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Smith County
Texas
Deaf Smith county farmers test broom corn as potential crop
County Agent R. O. Dunkle distributes broom corn seed free for a trial across Deaf Smith county. Farmers will plant and records will be kept to determine if broom corn can become a profitable Panhandle crop.
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Deaf Smith County
Panhandle
R. O. Dunkle
Sugar cane crop in fine condition despite reduced acreage
Northeast Texas reports the sugar cane crop in fine condition though acreage this year is lower than last due to insufficient seed cane at planting time. H. H. Schultz, statistician for the U S Department of Agriculture based in Houston, provides the assessment.
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Texas
H. H. Schultz
United States Department of Agriculture
Houston
Pecan Crop Outlook Improves in North Montague County
In North Montague County the outlook for a bumper pecan crop is favorable. Hundreds of acres in the Red River Valley of northern Texas show extensive pecan trees promising a higher yield this year as operations shift supplies to Eastern markets.
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Montague
Red River Valley
Texas
State Prison Farm Commissioner Reports Crop Conditions
Commissioner Walker Sayle reports corn crops average and cotton very favorable across penitentiary farms. Wooly worm damage in Wharton county prompted pest control by using sticks. Brown county shows diversified farming gains with poultry and hatcheries near Brownwood producing about 30,000 chicks every twenty one days. Egg shipments to hatcheries yield good results.
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Texas
Walker Sayle
Sayle
Wharton County
Brown County
Brownwood
Crop prospects boost for northeast Texas panhandle region
H. H. Shutz, USDA statistician, says prospects are as good here as in any part of the state. Smith County Farm Council pursues strawberry industry growth, noting gray sandy soils are well suited to strawberry production.
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Texas
Panhandle
H. H. Shutz
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics of
Houston
Smith County Farm Council
Rural plots and livestock projects across McCulloch County
Mrs J H Harvey of Sherman has converted a large potato plot to black eyed peas and June corn while reserving rows for winter use. In McCulloch County 18 Hereford calves were bought by the Baby Beef Club led by County Agent C C Jobson for exhibition. A Fort Worth Fat Stock Show prize promises a silver cup by F M Richards. Peach growers around Athens vie for contracts at 90 per bushel amid a strong East Texas peach movement. A Pine Forest farm hosted a public weigh-in for nine pure bred Duroc Jersey pigs from Lena Retman, weighing 97 19 pounds each at ninety days old.
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J. H. Harvey
West Rainey Street
Sherman
Baby Beef Club
C. C. Jobson
McCulloch County
Fort Worth
F. M. Richards
Livestock and Agricultural Club
Lena Retman
Pine Forest
Sulphur Springs
Retman
Texas Swine Breeders’ Association
A. & M. College
Texas land offers and orchard deals in Johnstons Orchards ad
Promises easy terms and high returns on distant Texas orchard tracts and farm properties. Names Floyd A. Johnston and W. S. Blackshear appear with multiple Texas acreage offers, including several hundred to thousands of acres, divided tracts, school and patent lands, and varied payment plans. Also lists parcels near Houston and Laredo with prices, terms, and contact points.
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San Leon
Floyd A. Johnston
Stewart
Houston
Tex
Texas
G. Tyrrell Trust
Keystone Bldg
Arkansas
Ozark
W. A. Beckett
Gillham
Herman’ Stone
Mountain Home
Ark
Ath Ee
Malvern
J. Elmo Young
MISSISSIPPI DESIRABLE FARM HOME WITH 67 ACRES
Describes a home on a 67 acre farm with 20 acres timber and rest suitable for cotton and truck crops. Located on a gravel road in a dairy district near a consolidated school. Sold by a widow with $2,000 down split between cash and terms. Address Lenora Loving Beaurefrard Miss. Also advertises oil well machinery and Fort Worth drilling equipment by FT Worth Machinery & Supply Co. 63 Jennings Fort Worth Texas. Phone Lamar 3138.
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Las Cruces
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Invoice
Guyett Hotel
Galveston
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Weleetka
Oklo
M. S. Douglass
Okla
FT. Worth
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