Cost-Price Squeeze To Continue On Dairy Farmers
Texas dairy farmers face a continued cost price squeeze into 1955. Extension economist John G. McHaney says milk prices relative to feed costs likely fall again, with dairy product prices stable. U.S. milk production may reach a record 124 billion pounds this year, aided by revived grasslands, but supplies surpass demand.
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College Station
Texas
John G. McHaney
Extension Agricultural
McHaney
U. S
Fifty Years of St Christopher’s Inn at Graymoor Monastery
Graymoor Monastery near Garrison New York marks fifty years since establishing St Christopher’s Inn a shelter for the homeless discouraged and hungry. The Inn keeps no case histories burying unclaimed dead in its cemetery and aids alumni to return to useful society with open doors and yearly appeals for donations.
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Graymoor Monastery
Garrison
N. Y
St. Christopher's Inn
David
S.A
Solar battery could power rural telephones and more
Bell scientists have developed a solar battery that converts sunlight into electricity. The device uses silicon strips on a plastic plate with about eight percent efficiency and may power rural telephones, small motors, lights, and remote equipment where standard power is unavailable.
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Bell Telephone
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Peschel
Bell
Dallas
Texas Farmers Approve 1955 Marketing Quotas
Texas farmers overwhelmingly supported continuing marketing quotas for the 1955 crop. From 247 counties with upland cotton, 16 068 of 51 970 voters favored continuation and 5902 opposed. Long staple cotton growers in ti counties voted 320 for and 20 against.
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College . Station
Texas
Reflections on Christmas Mystery and Du Pont Texas Spend
The piece muses on Christmas meaning and human values, noting mysteries about the universe and the Redeemer. It cites Du Pont Co spending in Texas plants Victoria Houston Orange with payrolls over 15 million and purchases from 1,700 firms totaling 21 million, illustrating broader economic impact.
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Victoria
Houston
Orange
du Pont Co
Texas
Texas giants reshape financial life with new investment
A Texas report notes Dow Chemical Alcoa and other firms investing heavily, signaling a growing financial landscape as millions flow in and expansion accelerates across the state.
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Texas
Dow Chemical
Alcoa
The Fallacies Driving Farm Decline and Tariff Impacts
The speaker argues that farm machines and small-farm pessimism are scapegoats for farm decline. He asserts tariff policy caused cotton market losses, while big farms gain, and communist collective logic mirrors government dependence rather than self-reliance.
Farmers displaced and threatened by the situation
The passage notes many farmers have lost livelihoods and more face danger. It questions what actions are being taken to address the hardship, implying concern over labor disruption and potential consequences for agricultural communities.
Christmas Gift Idea Subscriptions Offer Year-Long Value
A lasting Christmas gift suggestion proposes subscribing the Moulton Eagle for a friend or relative. Regular yearly rate is $2.50, with a renewal price of $2.00 if you recruit a new subscriber. the new subscriber pays $2.00 as well.
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Negley Paints
Haas Furntore
Moulton, Texas
Hallettsville Livestock
E. D. Peschel
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Yours
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Safety — Strength
Sug South
God
Earth
Redeemer
du Ponts
Flatonia Livestock Commission Company
Doc Hagan
Lee Kahanee
Yoakum
FlatonIa Livestock CommiSsion CO
Flatonia, Texas
Motorola
Television AT
Fisbeck Auto Supply
Shiner
Anton Faltisek
Moulton Texas
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