County farm news outlines planting rule limits and tomato outlook
The Lavaca County Extension Service notes no authority to extend cotton planting or plow-up dates. farmers should contact the State Commissioner of Agriculture in Austin for extensions. Thrips infestations threaten late crops while a steady tomato season is expected in the Valley. Dairy notes urge Bangs disease testing for Grade A herds and alfalfa research near Shiner highlights soil building benefits and potential hay yields.
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State Commissioner of Agriculture
Austin
Lavaca
Texas
Lavaca CO
Ernest Kral
Shiner
Household helper Q and A collection
A compact question and answer guide offering home tips. It covers removing lipstick with carbon tetrachloride and Vaseline, keeping greens crisp, feeding iron to canaries, sprinkling clothes, prolonging linoleum, making tea, canning rubber rings, measuring ingredients, washing woolen shawls, boiling fish, undoing knotty shoelaces, storing thermos bottles, freshening breath, disinfecting bathrooms, pressing pleated skirts, whitening brown sugar, removing old varnish, cleaning set rings, and making food more digestible with gelatin.
District 10 4-H Contests Lead to State Round-Up
Joe Shimek and Anthony Hrneck took third in Farm & Home Safety Demonstration. Helen Pesek and Katherine Janak joined Share the Fun. Alvin Hessler and Robert Janak in Farm & Home Electric. Annie Timm of Hallettsville judged District 10 Public Speaking. Lavaca County attendees and district agents attended District 4-H Eliminations. Dolores Vana and Mary Rose Strauss to represent District 10 in State Dairy Foods and State Public Speaking at College Station on June 10.
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Joe Shimek
Anthony Hrneck
Helen Pesek
Katherine Janak
Alvin Hessler
Robert Janak
Annie Timm
Hal
Lettsville
Lavaca County
Henry Bolech
Shiner
Sylvia
Francis
Sister Rose
Sacred Heart
Patsy Haas
Lanell Fabian
Evelyn Klitch
Bernice Morkovsky
Hallettsville
Dolores Vana
Mary Rose Strauss
College Station
National 4 H Sunday Observance Jeoparizes Rural Life
4 H boys and girls across the county state and nation will observe National 4 H Sunday on May 23 to emphasize Christianity in rural life. Members are urged to participate in a service to nurture the heart. Mrs J P Harbich notes a May Council meeting on Monday the 24th and announces a new bulletin B-200 Sweets For the Family Table with jelly making recipes.
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OUR County Farm News
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Yoakum Experiment Station
John V. Lindsey
Nora Werth
Home Dem
J. P. Harbich
County Home Demonstration Council
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WNT
Hunt’s
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Carnation
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W. Pietsch Corporation
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