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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1925
Page
2
A county survey shows Limestone County corn as almost a total loss without urgent rain. Cotton remains robust, but corn mortalities rise as drought lingers. If dry spell continues a month longer farmers may need stock feed. cotton is advancing in growth across southern, central Limestone and eastern Fressione counties.
J W L Wall director of field service of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association will speak at the Groesbeck courthouse next Tuesday June 9 at 2 pm on the next step in cotton marketing and the organization and operation of the association. The address aims to draw farmers and business leaders to discuss cooperative marketing and high school education for country children through district consolidation.
Texas farmers increasingly join cooperative organizations with 17 percent of farmers now in coops. Membership rose from 17,800 in 1905 to 78,000 today as the number of organizations grew to 175. Fruit and vegetable coops lead with 54 groups followed by cotton and grain.
County Agent P G Haines urges Boy's Cotton Club members to double cultivations amid drought to maximize yields. He cites Texas club gains and Dallas Farm News contest results, stressing frequent shallow tillage and timely work through mid September to protect moisture and pests, with a proclamation of an upcoming Opera House showing.
In Atlanta on June 3 pamphlets titled How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing It for Use and How to Save the Sweet Potato and Ways of Preparing it for the Table are being distributed free by the Marepton-Tuskegee Endowment Fund Southern headquarters at 409 Palmer Building. In Denton on June 3 about 41000 chicks hatched this week in six incubators in the rural arts building at the College of Industrial Arts, with students managing the incubators and the G I A poultry farm housing many fine breed chickens.
A County Agent G Haines warns a worker may be delayed before returning to the plant. The message from BP to a friend indicates logistical hurdles and the need for patience during the period.
Mr Pringle touts Mr Hall as one of the best authorities on cooperative marketing in the south. He urges cotton growers and business men to attend and hear him, stressing the opportunity for valuable insights.
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