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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1924
Page
2
Census data show farm mortgage debt rising from 1920 to 1924 with 85 percent financed by farmers or nonbank lenders. Farm values secure about 70 billion dollars in debt, while fertilizer needs drive imports and domestic production, urging cheap fertilizers as policy. A large parade in Brownwood features Governor Neff and multiple bands, with thousands attending.
Editorial urges soil fertility as the base of human life and warns of rapid fertility loss. It cites America’s wasteful land use and presents soil improvement as essential to feeding the nation. A historic example hints at long-cropped land as a solution.
Delegates to the sixth annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention marched in a four mile parade led by Governor Pat Neff, Alvin Owsley and A B Spencer. The procession took an hour and five minutes to pass a fixed point amid widespread enthusiasm and music.
Imported wool to Boston in March topped 6 million pounds with Argentina and Australia each around 2 million. Chile Iceland and Canada also contributed smaller totals. Also a notice establishing Voting Precinct No 9 in Kimble County Texas details metes and bounds for the precinct route and the new polling place at the schoolhouse near precinct 29, dated 1924.
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