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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
3
Earl Avery and his wife hosted Bud Fabian and Paul Summers at Thanksgiving. The cadet and guests, all connected to A and M College, were in Austin to attend the A and M Texas game along with Mrs Earl Avery.
Semi-Weekly Farm News notes a record drought across Texas agrarian areas and argues for stronger water conservation efforts. It highlights the Denton Experiment Station finding eight inches of deficit and cites droughts in Iowa Missouri Nebraska to show farming’s risk.
Commercial peach production in Texas has fallen over the last two decades even as U S peach output climbs. Horticul turist J F Rosborough of Texas A and M College Extension Service notes the U S crop in 1939 may exceed the six year average of 51 million bushels. Texas yields around 1 26 million bushels annually, with 1910 15 peak production and decline through 1925 28. He cites recent plantings mainly in the West Central Cross Timbers region and says good future yields are possible in 1939 despite small current shipments.
The Lantex Theatre shows Hopalong Cassiday in a Paramount picture as flood fears rise along the Lower Rio Grande. The piece discusses water shortages, Mexican damming, and talks of a water-sharing agreement while noting local civic plans and social club meetings.
Prices for horses and mules hit a 17 year high in 1987 but fell 10 to 16 percent later that year and into 1938, per U S Department of Agriculture figures. Experts warn the downward trend may continue for years due to droughts and aging stock while urging producers to raise work stock where profitable.
Austin reports the 82 inch mirror for the McDonald Observatory near Mount Locke is finished after four years of grinding and polishing. Tests by Yerkes Observatory confirm near perfect accuracy with a 319.66 inch focal length parabolic surface. Once installed it will be the second largest, ranking behind Mount Wilson and ahead of CALTECH’s 200 inch in size.
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