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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1931
Page
2
Report notes cucumber prices remaining steady with growers shipping all possible produce. The crop has been profitable across the McCaskill territory for several years, reflecting ongoing favorable market conditions.
Henderson Epworth League held a trimonthly session Friday July 16 electing officers for another year. Gordon DutAvarice was reelected president with Wylie as vice president Gertrude Pye named secretary and Mrs P C Stephens Jr treasurer. Delegates from Gurdon Okolona Prescott Emmet Blevins and Prescott Ct form the union planning a watermelon gathering between Gurdon and Prescott on the second Friday evening in August.
The article urges using potash rich fertilizer to boost seed potato quality and yield in Arkansas while noting storage methods for late potatoes. It discusses turnips and rutabagas as fall and winter crops, ground preparation, and the use of one hundred pounds of potash per acre on old land. It also covers oats, barley, alfalfa, hairy vetch, and cover crops, plus high fertilizer freight costs affecting nitrogen fertilizer prices.
Blevins buzzes with activity as two tomato and cantaloupe packing crews work around the sheds. Gravel trucks, about 20 in a week, haul material along Main Street for the Blevins Hope road project, turning the town into a busy corridor with trips every half hour.
Miss Gladys McDougald has returned to Washington D C where she resides with her brother and family. She spent her vacation here with friends and relatives. Farmers in the community are busy harvesting tomatoes and cantaloupes at this time.
The text stresses growing winter legumes planted in fall for winter grazing, soil cover and conservation, and nitrogen deposition for next year’s crops, with additional benefit for spring hay. It highlights the efficiencies gained in handling costs and overall farm productivity.
Clive and Liane share a tense secret as he skis toward an engagement while navigating family plans. They escape to a tea room and shop for a bed jacket and gifts, each masking doubts about Tresea Lord and Liane’s uncertain future. The pair grow closer though mood and pride threaten.
Tressa Lord and her ward Liane Barrett observe a drawling Paris mansion scene as Mrs Cleespaugh hosts Nore Amberton and sisters Mia Amberton and Clive’s absence. The two newcomers are shown amid gliding servants, a wary reception, and a hint of social matchmaking.
North Hempstead County reports generally above average crop conditions amid a need for rain. Corn has large acreage with promising prospects for well-cultivated fields. cotton thrives with few insect issues. truck crops like cucumbers and tomatoes show strong yields despite heat, with rain expected to boost gains. peas are limited in area. fruit outlook is strong with home orchards expected to meet family needs.
Cecil Sewell of Blevins owns 40 turkey hens that began laying early this spring and have produced over 2000 eggs so far with many hens still laying. From these eggs he now has about 600 baby turkeys. He reports very low losses this year and plans to keep about 100 hens for breeding next season, aiming to grow more than 100 head next year.
Approximately twenty carloads have been shipped from opening of the season about three weeks ago in North Hempstead county. The harvest is expected to continue about two more weeks with a possible extension after rain. Heat has blistered and lowered tomato quality, more than moisture shortage, and growers pool shipments to move cars quickly as no single shed handles enough good fruit.
The Blevins junior baseball team lost to Hope 10 to 6 in a best of three series deciding Game Three. Both teams previously won one game each leading to the close outcome. Santora led the Hope offense with key plays guiding the victory on Thursday.
Sunday school and BPU activities noted along with visits among neighbors. Belton baseball team won four games this week and lost one to Yoklo. Local residents and guests frequent Nashville and Center Point, with fishing on the Little Missouri river and multiple family gatherings shaping the week.
The fragment notes Hempstead county growers led by the Blevins area and the Preferred Brandy lineage as top producers with 1929 shipments peaking at 350 cars and 1930 totals near those levels. It also mentions Miss Trene Pickett visiting and a social gathering in Hot Springs with J L Levis T Daniel and family and Gussie.
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