Fence Delivers Profit by Turning Pasture into Crop
A right kind of fence acts as protective equipment and a cash crop enabler. Proper fencing allows livestock to harvest grass and crop residues, turning waste land into value. East Texas example shows dairy cattle and geese thriving together, with fences costing little more than a year’s labor and yielding higher cotton and dairy output. Farmers are urged to plan and relocate fences now to improve crop rotations and grazing efficiency.
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East
Texas
Hedley Attaway
Campus Chatter Holiday Party At Local High School
Students of both groups met at the high school on Friday December 16 for an evening of games and carols. The dashers wore blue ribbons and the jegmets wore red. Annie Lee Johnston and Julius Murr led singing in the decorated agriculture room, then gifts, candy making, popcorn, and toy distribution followed for underprivileged children.
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Ciations
Egmets
Mr. Gregory
Annie Lee Johnston
Julius Murr
Freshmen Complete Term Work On Grammar Topics
Freshmen English classes study predicate adjectives and predicate nouns after finishing subjects predicates and parts of speech. Term themes were handed in last week.
General Science Classes Study Heat Control
General science students moved from water supply to heat control studies last week and this week. They examined heat sources and methods to regulate temperature and prevent energy loss.
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General Scieence
Civics Class Submits 1000 Word Term Themes
Mr. Gervice Archer’s civics class turned in term themes on Thursday December 22. Each student submitted at least 1000 words on subjects assigned a month earlier.
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Gervice Archer
History Fit classes finish Civil War Reconstruction study
History Fit classes completed a study of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. The term theme covered various subjects, and papers were written and submitted last week.
Busy Bee Club Holds Sixth Grade Meeting
A Busy Bee Club meeting for sixth grade was held at one o'clock last Friday afternoon. Parents of the children are invited to attend the weekly Friday gatherings at one o'clock. A Christmas party is planned for this Thursday afternoon. Colleen Behson reports.
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Busy Bee Club
Colleen Behson
Fence arrangements ease travel between Taine and work
The writer argues for conforming fence layouts to topography and features to reduce gate trips per day and week. A free swinging latch or self acting latch can be built by anyone, cutting time wasted on taking down and replacing bars or dragging gates.
Holekamp Teen Ends Deer Season With Second Buck
Teddy Holekamp son of Mr and Mrs C T Holekamp wrapped up his deer hunting season last week by taking his second buck.
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Teddy Holekamp
C. T. Holekamp
Gas pressure relief ad tale from Heyman Drug Store
An advertisement promotes Adierika from Heyman Drug Store claiming one dose relieves stomach gas pressing on the heart and cleans out both upper and lower bowels. The tone mirrors early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
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Adierika
Heyman Drug Store
Cobb pursues deer and turkeys in Kerr county
Irvin S. Cobb humorist and Kentucky colonel hunts deer and wild turkeys in western Kerr county this week. Cobb, living in Santa Monica, and San Antonio capitalist Thomas K. Hogg visited Kerrville en route to Mrs. Harold Johnson’s ranch forty miles west, after duck hunting on the Gulf Coast and big game in Coahuila, Mexico.
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Irvin S. Cobb
Kentucky
Kerr County
Colonel Cobb
Santa Monica
Calif
Thomas K. Hogg
San Antonio
Kerrville
Harold Johnson
Gulf Coast
Mr. Hogg
Coahuilla
Mexico
Cotton ginned in Schleicher county to date
1613 bales have been ginned so far this season in Schleicher County. Two more ginning reports may add about 15 to 20 bales before season’s end, per county agent W G Godwin. Harper sidewalks on Main street nearing completion for about three quarters of a mile each side. A new calf barn at Mason County Fairgrounds ready for the 4 H Club show on February 16 1939 costing $1 000. Barn houses about 160 head of cattle near the new grandstand. Mason County Hereford Breeders Association to hold first annual sale with the 4 H show this spring.
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Schleicher County
W. G. Godwin
Eldorado
Harper
Highway Department
Mason County Herefordford Breeders’ Association
Mason County News
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T. J. Connors
Frank Wilson
Kerr
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Harper Herald
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West Texas Livestock Motor Lines
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Junction
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