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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1931
Page
2
A fragmented farm report notes land values near Mt Holly down by a small margin, with Kell y of Mt Holly claiming a season of higher cow production than last year. It mentions Ohio duck-raising quarters, poultry and dairy processing efforts, and a Swiss musical reference connected to Anglo American origins.
McCaskill Growers plan cucumber shipments in the McCaskill section as the principal crop for two years. Land suited to cucumbers is planted annually with carload shipments expected within a few days. Ber t Scott notes grower deals while calcium arsenate dusts or sprays fight the Mexican bean beetle. Illinois uses about 25 percent of the nation limestone. A Georgia yield of 761 pounds of cotton seed per acre with fertilizer rose from 313 pounds. Visitors: Mr and Mrs Earl Fore and children of Prescott. Mr and Mrs Ched McCaskill visiting Miner Wells. Sarah vonisel Gacy at Toxapkana. Mrs Sidney Stond and son Donal visiting home folks.
Belton residents report light rain and crops looking fine. The Belton baseball team won their first game against Tobin after a prior setback. Local families and visitors from McCaskill Deierks and Little Rock spent weekends with relatives. Multiple social visits, travel to Friendship singing, and shows of community ties are noted.
Naples Texas reports six carloads of Irish potatoes shipped with about half the crop gathered. This year's harvest is expected to bring around $30,000 when all are shipped, with farmers getting 90 cents per hundred pounds.
Magnolia Ark June 27 rally of Columbia county 4-H Clubs at A and M College will bring together 14 clubs, parents, and county officers led by Henry Branch president and Idell Dennis secretary. L A Chonin and Edna McGough sponsor with A and M College president C A Overstreet to welcome, Macory Jordan to respond, and a roll call. Afternoon tour of campus and buildings follows a lunch from baskets.
Mrs. Lille James of Columns Kentucky describes relief from years of shoulder and limb aches head pains and constipation after using Thedford’s Black Draught. She praises its laxative use for colds and notes it helps indigestion gas and general well being after a course of the remedy.
Tomato growers in the north section expect a harvest within a week or ten days. More than 10 shipments are anticipated from the territory as growers report earlier worm troubles and replanting efforts. Despite early setbacks, the crop has shown strong potential with the bulk ripening ahead of the cantareuns movement.
Bakersfield California reports thirty five farmers entered a cotton growing contest with 10 acre plots. Kern county pursues world per acre record aims, tracking cultivation irrigation harvest and crop quality along with cost data for economic study.
Blevins residents enjoyed a Little Missouri River picnic in Nevada county last Wednesday night. Rev. W J Whiteside returned to Blevins after two weeks in Conway for special work. A fine cub was enjoyed in Blevins as a Monday afternoon community gathering. The Blevins Truck Growers executive committee met Monday night to plan shipping readiness for the tomato crop next week, followed by can taloupes and the main truck crops of the area.
A Hope near Spring Hill farmer, W. B. Sanders, hatched five normal goslings from five eggs placed under a hen. An infertile egg remained, prompting neighbors to wonder where the extra gosling came from as one egg apparently produced twins in the nest.
Blevins turkey growers plan to enter the market this fall with about 2000 head of turkeys if flocks mature as expected. Cecil Sewell leads with over 600 head, neighbor Warren Nesbit close behind at around 50 poults, and several other growers have over 1000.
The item lists social visits by Mrs Barry Mclyer and Mrs Gee Gilbert from Hop, Miss Ivain Beevil, Miss Beevil, and Vordon Walker of Hope as well as a cucumber sale at Wau singing in Evening Shade with the first produce earning 10.55 per crate.
Unemployment and urban drift push interest toward agriculture as city residents seek independence with small plots. Readings show city dwellers with little cattle knowledge dreaming of owning a cow and a plot, while visitors from Georgia and Arkansas are noted in a scattered social column with brief mentions of local visits and family gatherings.
Construction and remodeling efforts in north Hempstead County target Blevins and McCaskill schools. McCaskill will expand to serve pupils from the far north. Blevins undergoes two projects with an old building remodeled for classrooms and a new nearby structure rising to house an auditorium.
Since the coming of the rain last week practicaly every oat and wheat field in the north part of the county has been prepared for planting or planted to another crop. Most acreage is being planted in sudan grass peas peanuts cake and other quick growing crops.
Community snippets describe rainy spell then a sunny Sunday with a jiggle shower. Residents tend com and Irish potatoes while local trips to Hope and Prescott occurred. Attendees report a Holgge event, Rosston play, and the Zotin Camp burial at Shilo cemetery. Land area figures compare 9,568,443 acres dynined in Louisigna to 2,266,328 in 1019.
In a tangled story set beside Old Town, Irene frets about her engagement to Derry while hoping to reconnect with Gaylord Prentis. Derry rushes to Irene with news of their engagement as Irene schemes to manage reputations, plans a drive to the park, and contemplates revealing crucial secrets before a dinner departure.
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