Texas Farm News Highlights Texan Agriculture Totals
Sections of McLennan county face leaf worm infestations while Denton county cotton fields confront damage threats. Parker county farmer John Wilson sold 200 dollars of tomatoes from one acre. Over 75 000 dollars of onions have shipped from Farmersville. South Texas counties Willacy Hidalgo and Cameron exceed 100 000 bales of cotton. Texas 1925 peanut production estimated at 44 457 000 pounds with 57 percent condition. Four hundred carloads of watermelon shipped from Parker with 200 more forecast. Cattle trade features two carloads sold by Scharhauer Cattle Co to C. M. Baum for show in Chicago. Wise County hosts 20 000 laying hens within ten miles of Decatur. One poultry raiser averages 109 dozen eggs weekly. Fort Worth market sees top cattle on cake at 9 75 a carload from Cresson for Armour. Hardy Hay of Waco upgrades to 1 893 pounds in the ton-litter contest, with 181 days. Three planters irrigate Brazos river near Navassa with four pumps total, first time Bra zos bottom farmers try irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Hay
Waco
Texas Swine Breeders’ Association
Hay
C. F. Grimmer
Lafayette
Ewing
Coleman
Texas
T. HM
Keoun
Marshall
Wilbarger County
Frederick
Okla
Forrest City Grocer Co
Forrest City
Arkansas
Tulsa
Harrison & Magnien
Sand Springs
Angleton
City of Lafayette
Mike Qonlons
Jeng
Great Bargain
Newman
Hatcliesburg
Miss
Carl ] Ridels
Warren
Dallas
Mexia
P. Ripy
Dairies Tested Near Fort Worth Under Public Health Probe
More than 300 dairies in the Fort Worth vicinity underwent sanitary testing by Dr. C. P. Smith of the United States Public Health Service, assessing conditions and safety practices at local dairy operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
C. P. Smith
United States Public Health Service
Peaches and Geese Highlight Van Zandt Farming
J. W. Paul of Canton sold 700 bushels of peaches from a twelve acre orchard earning about 1.25 per unit and roughly 75 per acre. Van Zandt farmers report geese as profitable for weed control and feathers. Bermuda cloves and hay carloads are noted for winter feed on Wood County farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Paul
Canton
van Zandt County
Texas ranches subdivided into 160 acre tracts for market
Three Midland county ranches extending into Andrews totaling 237520 acres are being divided into 160 acre tracts for agricultural sale. Texas hog shortage now affects stocker pigs too. J W Paul of Van Zandt county harvested twelve acres yielding 825 dollars in peaches and 200 dollars in watermelons, totaling 1075 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland County
Andrews County
J. W. Paul
van Zandt County
Cisco Banker Plans California Pullets Shipment
RQ Lee executive manager of Bankhead Poultry Producers Association Cisco will travel to Petaluma California to select 5000 young pullets for shipment to Eastland County Texas to distribute among poultrymen. Pullets from Best flocks of white leghorns in California will be shipped to Cisco to boost flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RQ. Lee
Bankhead Poultry Producers’ Association
Cisco
Petaluma
Cal
Eastland County
California
Cotton leaf worm nearly eliminated in Bosque County fields
County agent L. E. Bailey reports the cotton leaf worm nearly exterminated after a hard fight. Farmers used calcium arsenate via the old bag and pole method at five pounds per acre to combat the infestation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
L. E. Bailey
Honey Ball cantaloupes sent to buyers nationwide
Honey Ball cantaloupes from Bullard fifteen miles south of Tyler were shipped daily in season to the American Fruit Growers Association at Mercedes in the Rio Grande Valley. Other shipments supplied railroad dining car service out of St. Louis Texarkana San Antonio Houston and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullard
Tyler
American Fruit Growers’ Association
Mercedes
Rio Grande Valley
St. Louis
Texarkana
San Antonio
Houston
New Orleans
Onions Prove Rich Harvest For Grand Saline Farmer
EE M Ollar near Grand Saline in Van Zandt county reports a two hundred dollar onion harvest from ten acres of yellow onions. He followed with cotton on the same ground, expecting a good yield. In Rusk county businessmen bought a hundred pounds of watermelon seed for next year. An association of watermelon growers was formed to promote culture and cooperative marketing in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EE. M. Ollar
Grand Saline
van Zandt County
Rusk
Poultry Pioneer Builds Large Incubator Near Gainesville
W. L. Bell, a leading poultry raiser near Gaines ville, installs a 12 000 egg incubator the largest in Cooke county on his farm south of the city. Texas Power and Light will lay a line at about 1000 to supply Bell farm and nearby residences. Loriie Jones Spoonts plants over 100 date palms six miles north of Hebronville and says success could expand plantings. date trees at Laredo have yielded well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Bell
Gainesville
Cooke County
Texas Power & Light Company
Loriie Jones Spoonts
Hebronville
South Texas
Laredo
Lindale Canning Company plans winter beef canning
After the blackberry canning season end, Lindale Canning Company in Smith County prepares to operate all winter. Last year they canned 900 beeves for Fast Texas farmers on the halves, with farmers within fifty miles delivering cattle and receiving half the cooked meat while the plant kept the other half. The live-at-home movement boosts this East Texas effort as farmers stored meat for the year by sending surplus cattle to Lindale for canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindale
Smith County
Lindale Canning Company
Texas
East Texas
Texas Farmers Adopt Modern Methods Says Conference
Rob ert Maltby of Washington regional director of vocational education for the Southern States told Austin conference teachers that Texas farming methods are more modern than those in other Southern states. He urged shifting cotton land to crops better suited to Texas soil and climate. EB Freeman of Fort Worth noted steady demand for feeder livestock from the corn belt, while rain improved sheep and goat ranges. Sheep condition stood at 84 percent of normal on Aug 1, with prospects for flock growth as grass returns. Yearling wethers may reach 80 pounds this fall and lambs 60 to 65 pounds in better ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Conference of Vocational Teachers
Robert Maltby
Washington, D. C
West Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
EB. P. Freeman
Fort Worth
Cassidy-Southwest Commission Company
East Texas Real Estate Offers Farms and Land for Sale
A long list of real estate ads from Dayton and surrounding Texas areas promotes farms and various land parcels. It highlights irrigation and crop success, mentions profitable crops and farm features, and invites buyers for cattle, timber, citrus and garden crops, with multiple contacts across Houston, Crockett, San Antonio, Lubbock, Canton, Hereford, and other Texas towns.
Farms for Sale and Various Property Listings
A long list of scattered property offers including 1120 acres in southern Saskatchewan for 12 per acre with cash payment option, Ozark and Florida land bargains, California stock ranches, New Mexico and Texas farms, rental properties in Fort Worth, and assorted livestock and cafe/business opportunities across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana with emphasis on location proximity to markets, improvements, and quick sale terms. Local sellers and brokers advertise affordable parcels, large tracts, and development prospects to prospective buyers.
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East
Texas
Jefferson
Nueces River Valley
Live Oak County
George West
Cox & Cox
George Weat
Charles Trippel
Mercedes
Mra. M. P
Sheppard
Alba
Saskatchewan
Sui Tf
Frank R. Logan & Go., Ltd
Westman Chambera Regina
Sask
Florida
Palm Beach County
Water Front
Everett Johns
Okeechobee
Fia
W. L. Archibald
Oxford
Mias
California
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Parker County
Farmersville
Willacy
Hidalgo
Cameron Counties
Scharhauer Cattle Company
Midland
C. M. Baum
Indianola
Chicago
Decatur
Wise County
Cresson
Armour & Company
Brazos River
Navasota
R. B. Truett
D. Maret
C. Moore
Brazos Bottom
Bermuda
Sre
Bne
Wood County
Davis
The
Figure Co
Dalles
Jess Jed
Carload
Houston Nut & Products Co
Layne-Texas Company
Houston, Texas
East Texas Real Estate Company
Dayton
Texan
East Texas Real, Estate CO
Charles Wilson
New Pasadena
Shell Boulevard
Houston Ship Channel
C. R
Morrison
P. O
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Bailey Land Co
Male Center
Dimmit County
G. Denton
Frost Nath Bank Ride
South Plains
Read & Smith
Lubbock
Fort Salm
van Zandt
Exas
Red River Valley
Ole Lovik
Drayton
N. 10
Magnolia Springs
Jasper County
M. HH. Richardson
Box
Kirbyville
Winter Garden
Byrd Ranch
Heart of Artesian
Henry Sngelstein Land Co
ACRIS
Dimmitt
Castro Co
Best Plains
Lake Basin
Elliston-Jones Land Co
Hereford
C. W. Jones
Crockett, Texas
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Edom
J. J. Pyles
Kinney County
P.O. Box
Brackettville
Levy Prosser
Roscoe
Lewis Mathews
Snyder
Plains
M. FL
Beaumont
Faul Anderson
Broadway
Fred Anderson
Bucyrus
J. Nelson
Protem
Missouri
Mt. Vernon
W. Brown
St. Louis St
Springfield
Oklahoma
Boswell
Choctaw County
J. A. Brightwell
Perry DeFord
Watonga
Western Slope
Colorado
Waeese
P. K. Barthell
Carbondale
Beat Valley
Frank Gordon
la Jura, Co
Crowley Co
Colo
Denver
Cola
Alabama
Gulf Coast
Highlands
J. M. Doyer
Mountainsburg
Ark
Little Rock
W. EK
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Munphrey
Fruit Belt
Ozarks
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Leslie
Ozark Foothill Farm
Denis Wellings
Sitka
Beltwater
Cole Ridg
Mendocino and
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National Forest
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Ramey & Wilekinson
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N. M
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Rio
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Beautiful
Lamesa
Geo. H. Smith
Pawnee Rock
Kan
W. M. Zieber
Ro-Ko Co
Jonestown
Misa
Cooper Fig Co
Alvin
Cottongim’s
Atlanta
Texas Municipal
H. C. Burt & Company
Mckinnex Avenue
Boulton, Oras
Barber Colleges
Burton Harbor College
Inc
Burton
Commerce St
Main St
Fort. Worth
South
Texas Barber Colleges
Elmst
Lewis Barber College
Dept. H
Houston Armature Works
Preston Ave
T. Seeger
E. Bridges
Wackwell
Curtis Matz
Carmi
Doc Tinslar
Lebanon
Kaskaskennels
Herrick
Jil
Matt ‘Lenners
Route 1
Emporia
J. F. Joyce
St. Maul
Palmer Dog Kennels
Chisaro City
Minnesota
U. L. Kolterman
Golden City
G. W. Black
Giddings
Aspa von Argenberg
Huarmas von der Juch
Carnagy Shepherd Farm
Aspa
Marras
Fair and West
Washington Street
Kansas City
Joe Draper
Gridley
Irian
Southwest
G. R. Bell
Red Oak
Franklin Sabine
Pierre, & D
Minorcas Verde Vale
Minorca
WHITE
Martin Strain
Henry Steen
Gary
Mina
BABY
Rocks
Reda
Anconas
Orpingtons
Wyandottes
Dixie Poultry’ Farms
Brenham
Kansas
Clayton Ballard
John W. Boyd
Boston
Ion
Virginia
Everett Glaibornes
R. Gonce
Ponca City
Dixie Poultry Feeds
W. J. Lawther
Penniman Coal Company
Dallas, Texas
W. Boercker
Sweet Springs, Me Mo
R. Rr
Raleigh Golden Maids
Prince Strain
Church _Hill Jersey Farm
Seguin
Geo. W. Saunders Commission Co
H. Hart
Donna
Edgar Burkett
John Tarleton
Herbert . Miller
Hico
G. C. Waldrop
U.S
R. W. Seawell
Reel Russell Mfg. CO
Molloy Mirror & Art Glass Works
Canaries
Plegge’s
Easton
Derr Ewell
Wellington
Ohio
Model Co
Dept
Come
Home Expression Co
Catholic College
Voyt Stockton
A. Waldner
S. J
Cathole College
Mississippi
W. Embry
Charleston, Miss
Grrowing
Robstown
Cox
Rhonda
Corsicana
Downer
Miller's Cafe
No. Beaton Street
Rosenberg
Fort Bend County
J. Q. Boettcher
Weimar
Louisiana
D. G. Allen
Peason
Gibson Grocery
Drumright
Heart of City
Trecht
W. C. Manlove & Co
National Bridge
la Junta
Col
Emerson
A. H. Johnson
Anness
Smith-Vaile
Temple Cotton Oi Co
Hope
Reinhardt & Company
McKinney
W. P. Rowland
Montague, Cxrs
Union Mutual Insurance Company
American Exchange Bank
Old Line Life
Wilson Building
Michigan
Fairmont Opt. Mfg. Co
Kneeland St
Mass
KODAK
Presh Eastman Film
Jordan CO
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