Texas and Texans by Will H. Mayes
The article urges Texas progress through informed press leadership and modern road surfacing. It highlights road costs, energy use in farming, irrigation projects, pecan and turkey industries, and a new clothes pin factory in Breckenridge as signs of Texas advancement and economic potential.
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Breckenridge
Texas
Connecticut
Michigan
Texans Miss Small Purchases’ Big Economic Role
A fragment notes that Texans often overlook how tiny daily buys add up to substantial economic impact when aggregated across many people. It highlights the paradox of low awareness despite broad usage.
Horses Work Varied Hours On U S Farms
A USDA study shows annual horse labor varies by region. North Carolina tobacco and livestock farms average 1167 hours per horse per year, southern Ohio diversified crops 636 hours, Texas black land belt 914 hours, and Wisconsin dairy farms 710 hours.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Carlina
Ohio
Black Land Belt
Texas
Wisconsin
Milk by the Carload Changes in Chicago Freight
Milk shipment has shifted to tank cars from ten gallon cans over the last five years. More than sixty tank cars handle milk in Chicago. Each car carries two steel tanks of 3,000 gallon capacity, glass lined and cork insulated, protected by a steel jacket. One tank car holds more milk than two standard milk cars.
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Chicago
Ramsey's Austin Nursery Catalog Ad
Dependable trees and plants offered for fifty two years. Peach, plum, apple, apricot, fig, nectarine, jujube, grape, persimmon, blackberries, hauptberries, dewberries, pecans. Express delivery, best varieties for your location. Shades, evergreens, climate proof shrubs, roses and bulbs. Modern landscape plans and tree catalogue available from Ramsey's Austin Nursery in Austin Texas.
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Ramsey
Austin
Texas
Beaver Farms Offer Fur Investment in Abandoned Ponds
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that former beaver meadows now filled with silt can be productive again. By reactivating these ponds as beaver farms, land deemed unproductive may yield fair returns through commercial fur production.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Co operative Associations on Crop Basis Criticized
A quotation from B B Derrick of the USDA censures crop to crop co operative organization. He warns the policy weakens the groups and reduces services they could provide.
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B. B. Derrick
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Coercion Not to Replace Education in Co operative Membership
Market Economist Geo O Gatlin of the U S Department of Agriculture argues coercion cannot substitute for education to cultivate an informed sympathetic co operative association membership. He emphasizes informed choice and understanding over pressure in cooperative groups.
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Geo. O. Gatlin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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