Texas Farm News Highlights And Outlook For March
Hershel Dunn of Parker county earned 80 from butter sales in January. Midland cattlemen have contracted 3,000 head for spring delivery and expect about 30,000 head of steers by May. Franklin county farmers in Northeast Texas pledge to grow more cotton on fewer acres and shift to feed and truck crops.
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Hershel Dunn
Parker County
Midland
Franklin County
Texas
Texas Markets Report Highlights 1924 Trade Totals
Texas shipments of broom corn reached 373 cars in 1924 and Texas trade holdings stood at 143 cars, while Houston port exports totaled 1 357 691 bales of cotton up to February. J M Coker of May claims Texas cotton picking champion with 45 7938 pounds over 119 days, earning 870.90 dollars. Dr A P Swallow notes some citrus trees damaged by cold in Victoria county but pruneable, and advises Atro emulsion spray. Gregg county offers 1000 prize dollars to boost yields and feed production. W T Noelke buys a 12-drop power shearer to hire Mexicans. spring wool contracted at 52 1/2 cents per pound. Texas egglaying contest ends January 31 with Brenham flock leading in eggs per bird.
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J. M. Coker
May
Brown County
Texas
Corpus Christi
Oklahoma
A. P. Swallow
Extension
Texas A. & M. College
Victoria
W. T. Noelke
Sheffield
Crockett County
Figure Tassos Bothe Mesta Smoke In Dallas
Fragmentary text mentions Figure Tassos Bothe with smoke in Dallas. No clear event, date, or organization is established in the readable fragment.
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Dallas
Planting week ends with many trees in Terrell
First week of March declared plant-a-tree week in Terrell Texas urging every resident to plant at least one tree. Numerous trees were planted during the week as a result. A Percheron stallion added to the A&M College of Texas herd as sire after placing second as a yearling at Chicago’s International Exposition and Livestock Show last year. M T Sharpe of Garland won the Dallas county gold medal in the ton-litter contest of the Texas Swine Breeders Association for producing a ton of meat from one litter in six months using sweet clover as a key seed. Rains in late February boosted farmers but some areas need precip to revive ranges and prepare soil for early planting. Geоrge Ratliff shipped purebred bulls from Midland to Higginbotham ranch in Durango Mexico, aiding herd improvements. about 6,000 Midland-bred cattle have been sent to Mexico. Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce ordered fertilizer for sandy Hill county lands, supplying four carloads at cost, up from last year. Jo Moone imported two carloads of purebred Chester White hogs from Iowa to bolster Southwest Texas herds. one carload of 47 sows distributed around Schulenburg. A W Woodruff of San Saba experiments with ten acres of Mexican pecan nuts for budding stock, planning to keep trees on the hill if promising. Spur experiment station held a feeders’ meeting on March 4 to share cattle and sheep feeding results, highlighting large-scale grain sorghum versus Indian corn tests.
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Iowa
Jo Moone
Spur
Dickens County
A. & M. College
Farmers to Plant Uniform Cotton Seed This Season
Wise County farmers plan to plant a uniform standard cotton seed this year. Weatherford Chamber of Commerce has offered 600 dollars in prizes to Parker County farmers for the best five acre production of cotton corn and melons on fertilized land.
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Wise County
Weatherford
Brownwood counts new game reserve quails
County Judge Davis of Brownwood Texas reports a large shipment of quails for the recently established 30 000 acre Brown county game reserve. E J Hosey of Armour Co cites a 1923 Texas meat consumption that could be supplied by local farmers. More than 500 twenty acre cotton tracts entered in Plainview contest yield from three quarters to one bale per acre.
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Davis
Brownwood
Texas
Brown County
E. J. Hosey
Armour & Co
Robert Bruton
Hale Center
Plainview
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