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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1930
Page
3
Unclear fragment mentions Mrs Stephens, Vernice Brice and Bittiel, with Methodist reference and Delight. Possible note of a home visit lasting years, tied to Blevins. Details are fragmentary. unable to confirm names, dates, or locations.
A youth recounts joining the Green Leger 4 H Club in Shoyer Springs, meeting County Agent Lyan Smith, and breeding a Poland China sow. The narrative covers litter outcomes, feeding plans by Muldrow, and planting rape, corn, and cowpeas for grazing and pastures, with details on ration changes and farm management steps.
World turns to Chicago for the thirty first international livestock exposition opening November 29. Officials expect record exhibits and larger 4-H sections with 1300 participants, many earning free trips for outstanding work. Prizes include grain show awards, junior king selections, and a Europe trip for a top girl entrant. Last year’s grand steer sold for 8.25 a pound.
The act becomes effective December 16 1930 requiring all associations brokers and merchants dealing in interstate perishable commodities to pay a licensure fee of 10 dollars to the U S government. After December 10 1930 selling without license carries a 500 dollar penalty per offense plus 25 dollars for each pay violation. Copies of the act available from the Secretary of Agriculture and county agents can provide further information.
Near Blevins resident Warren Nesbitt plans a larger turkey operation in 1931. He will market about a head of turkeys this year, raised under confinement with unusual success. Nesbitt expects to grow at least 1900 birds next season, has selected about 35 hens for eggs, and Cecil Sewell will raise around 1000 birds.
McCaskill Cotton is not fully ginned as December arrives. S. G. Stone, owner of McCaskill's new cotton gin, reports seven bales ginned last Friday, with several more expected. The gin totals 291 bales for the season, and Stone expects at least 300 bales before year end.
J. J. Foster, a 16 year resident of Blevins, opens Foster's Cash and Carry Grocery in the former John Austin building two doors south of the Bank of Blevins. He has spent years in M. Stephens' employe grocery department and pledges prompt, courteous service with fresh, clean groceries. Foster is Gus Foster's brother, a well known Hope citizen.
Rev. W. C. Martin of Little Rock preached the Thanksgiving sermon at Blevins Methodist Church last Friday to a large crowd. He is a former Blevins resident. Afterward a social hour with hot chocolate and sandwiches was held. The writeup then shifts to a farm pig-raising ledger and fair earnings dated to September 25, 1930, from Hope, Arkansas, detailing costs, weights, feed, and net profits.
The BleVins charge holds its first Quarterly Conference next Wednesday evening at 7 o clock with Rev. J. M. Hamilton presiding. Hamilton preached his initial elder sermon at Blevins on Sunday, November 23, but this marks his first quarterly conference for the charge. W. J. Whiteside returns to serve this year after filling in for J. A. Sage whose health failed. last year’s officials are re elected at the fourth quarterly conference of the year.
Sunday school and preaching services drew good attendance. Leta Daniel left for a short visit with her father W T Daniel in Prescott. Belton's basketball team lost their first game of the season at McKuskil last Wednesday. J A Peters shopped in Nashville Thursday. C T Dotson visited Nashville Friday. W B Coley and son of Foreman visited J L Eley Saturday. Many attended school Friday afternoon and watched the Heston versus Friendship game, won by Friendship by one point. Tom Brandon and Horace Rankins visited local residents over the weekend.
Alan Nabaite reports Alabama Polytechnic Institute officials announce Lady Peacock a Rhode Island Red hen as a new champion. The 18 month old hen laid 345 eggs in 365 days, four more than the prior world record for her breed. The bird began laying just before the contest as South Carolina’s crop forecast for 1930 projects 7 percent above the ten year average.
Heide Germany a farmer resorted to paying taxes in cabbages after a last notice to pay. He offered to pay in kind and when no response arrived dumped four tons of cabbages in front of the tax office with a note claiming the tax settled.
Mrs. Hendricks, a Hempstead County resident, cans a year's worth of sausage from the family's hogs, grinding seasoning stuffing and packing into jars. The method preserves flavor with hot lard and weights, keeping meat fresh for winter use.
Truck growers in the Blevins territory persist in shipping radishes with last week producing one car load and totaling seventeen cars for the fall season. The community ships more fresh vegetables and poultry than the rest of the county combined, with radishes beans cantaloupes tomatoes sweet corn and cucumbers as leading exports. Last season roughly 100 cars of radishes and about 2 million cars of cantaloupes were sent to northern and eastern markets from this point.
Wild turkeys once common on Thanksgiving boards gain protection under Uncle Sam. They have homes in several national forests, with growing populations in New Mexico and Arizona. In Wichita National Forest Oklahoma their range spans 55,000 acres shared with deer. Small numbers occur in Virginia and North Carolina mountain woodlands while Alabama and Texas report the most turkeys.
A branch office of the National Ocean Growers exchange opens at Mobile Alabama. Regional farming notes show varied acreages from fall seeding in the south. Denmark and the Netherlands boast historic and extensive road networks. Germany to host its automobile show in Berlin by February. University of Texas dances yielded 39 381 dollars in profits last year. A motor driven combine cut bean harvest costs by 20 cents per bushel at William Fox farm in Breckenridge Michigan. Appanoose County Iowa farmland valued at 42 percent of ten years earlier by the census. Gandhue County Ming expenses up 700 percent in 22 years. Wheat priced 33 percent above corn for fattening calves per Farmers Union Terminal Association of St Paul. Central Washington fruit effort hires an expert for hardier varieties and better fruits. A Macon County North Carolina cooperative cattle sale brought farmers 2511 dollars for 100 head.
Blevins School suspended all serivities Wednesday afternoon for Thanksgiving holidays. Teachers spent the break at home and will return Sunday or Monday to resume duties. The school aims for a strong finish before Christmas vacation. The school, praised by those in charge, reports satisfactory work across departments with a planned rise in activities. This year the football team is small, and several basketball teams for girls and boys are planned.
The Sweet Home Items Show closed Wednesday after announcing two days for Thanksgiving retention. Next Wednesday the gathering will be at Miss Floy Wilson's home. Mr and Mrs Lewis Salmon welcomed a baby boy born Thursday morning, with Mrs Salmon formerly Miss Rue Campbell. L Reese McDougald of Prescott High School visited home folks Friday. Locals attended a historian discussion at Troy Thanksgiving and reported a fine time. Mrs Mount Montgomery and uncle Harvey visited and shopped in Present Friday.
The article argues hatchery chicks offer convenience and economic benefits for poultry producers. It cites official estimates of nationwide chick movement, discusses cost comparisons with home hatching, and stresses reliability, uniform flock quality, and reduced brooding labor. It advises buyers to evaluate hatchery reliability, consider price against maturity, and favor local hatcheries for prompt, dependable chick delivery.
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