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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
3
A writer argues against using molasses to disguise low grade feeds and seeds. He asserts alfalfa hay can be grown in New Jersey at low cost and that high protein feeds improve dairy rations. Emphasizes growing legumes and limiting purchases to balanced rations for dairy farmers.
A simple milking aid from Iowa Homestead uses heavy cord looped to a joist. One end hooks to a nail at B to lift the cow tail away from filth while milking. The other end hooks to a nail at A to keep the tail above gutter muck.
A Connecticut man designs a bottle siphon to separate liquids of different gravities. A cap fits the bottle mouth with a tube housing a siphon and plunger to pressurize the bottle, allowing drainage from the bottom without disturbing the top cream.
A local farm rally spots hens calling for freedom amid livestock rights pressure. Organizers cite humane treatment and better coop conditions as they urge authorities to review confinement practices.
A farmer's wife can boost butter value by selling in uniform bricks, neatly wrapped in parchment, and packed in a lined box. The article urges precise portions, inclusion of a mold and paper sheets, and rejecting oil paper to maintain quality and obtain about 25 cents per pound.
Good pasture land foundations dairy success and motivate boys to engage in farming. Keep cows sheltered at night, use a dairy thermometer, and give calves the best care. Focus on the milk pail while recognizing rising dairy prices and the need for strong, high yielding cows.
Ad vices from Texas and other states indicate stronger held cotton prices as mill demand stays active both domestically and abroad. Texas shows above average yield with 32 percent of US acreage, long staple experiments in Harrison County yield up to two inches, and domestic long staple selling at 20 to 25 cents. President Radford urges holding some cotton for better returns, while urging Texas to manufacture at home to capture added value and boost growers' prices.
Washington report shows 743 automobile manufacturing establishments in 1909. Value of products reached $249,202,000, up from 1904 by $219,168,000 or 7.29 percent. Industry employed 85,359 workers with a payroll of $58,173,000 and a invested capital of $173,837,000.
Federal report shows forty nine Texas confectionery establishments with 1 000 workers and 425000 annual payroll. Capital invested totals 1402000 and paces show large gains over five years with more shops and higher salaries.
Wichita Falls business men ordered three car loads of ordinary market sows and sold them to county farmers at cost. The effort aims to double the hog herd within a year as farmers have bought all the stock. No blooded stock was sought, and the program centers on practical breeding stock.
Slaton Texas residents celebrate rapid town development after the Texico Coleman cut off and Lubbock Texico extension work. The city, barely a year old, hosts 1000 residents, two banks, a Santa Fe machine shop, a thriving newspaper, and a strong civic spirit. Agriculture thrives with milo maize and kaffir corn crops visible, and 800 to 1000 bales of cotton are expected to be marketed this year on new land.
Palestina Texas Earl Davis wins champion boy corn grower title for Texas by raising 122 percent bushels per acre on ordinary land without irrigation or fertilizer at 44 cents per bushel. His brother Orian places second with 116 2 3 bushels per acre on the same land and cost. The farm is a few miles from Palestina.
Davis, father of the boys, reports his corn yields this year averaging about 70 bushels per acre. Anderson county has produced the champion boy corn grower for two straight years and the loving cup by the State Fair Association will be awarded to this year’s winner.
Plans by J T Weaver to plant forty acres on the outskirts of Alpin. Tippett and Atchison orchards send high quality apples to town. R C Goodwin cultivates a ten acre show tract with irrigation and a reservoir to flood twenty acres of alfalfa next year. Henry Fietcher buys RH O Lochausen ranch of twenty seven sections near Marathon for 52000.
Austin Texas FE C Alexander of Marble Falls files to build a large dam on the Colorado River near Lohman Narrows in Travis County. The 15 foot high structure would create a reservoir of about 11 905 acres to supply power and municipal water with backwater extending thirty miles toward the existing Marble Falls dam.
Galveston Texas reports a season total surpassing 1,500,000 bales by Nov 1, a new record by eighteen days. Texas City receipts add 241,044 bales, pushing total season demand near 2.6 million bales with August alone at 216,000. October saw one hundred vessels clearing for foreign ports, totaling 5480 tons.
Texas reports 14 500 members in boys and girls clubs tied to the farmers cooperative demonstration work across all counties. The program cites crop and animal improvements under government methods with some yields exceeding 50 percent. Laura Cameron of Clarksville produced 1 360 pounds of cotton per acre versus 190 pounds on nearby land. Lampasas county youths harvested 86 bushels of corn and a girl canned 1 200 two pound cans of tomatoes from one eighth acre. Over 2 500 youths compete for prizes totaling more than 30 000. The state department is funded by the New York Board of Education and local cooperation, with expansion planned.
Washington D C report from the Federal Bureau of Commerce and Labor concludes that only 3205 black Americans left the United States last year while 9805 arrived from abroad. The article argues the Negro is rooted in Southern life and cannot be uprooted, preferring cotton fields and plantation life over emigration, with the Mason Dixon line as an artificial barrier.
D C Imboden of the Young Men's Progressive League reports strong interest in Cherokee County iron samples at the State Fair. Governor Colquitt has leased a large Rusk furnace to Pittsburgh investors, promising about 490 jobs and a payroll over 30000 monthly, boosting the local economy.
San Marcos reports growing irrigation interest with several plants installed and many more planned. About 2000 acres near the San Marcos river are being irrigated and J B Shepherd of the local light and power company has 200 acres under irrigation while developing a large plant to supply the market and ship vegetables locally. Shepherd notes land rents reach up to 25 dollars an acre and irrigation proves highly profitable to farmers.
The senator mocked a would be writer who, despite age and failure, clings to unfinished manuscripts and boasts of future masterpieces. He quips that whisky and cigars sustain the man’s delusion, and muses about deceiving others as easily as oneself.
Daisy notes the waistcoat is new but Frank says it is not. Daisy comments she never saw it before, and Frank reveals the change was due to his brother not calling on Daisy.
At a Ritz Carlton tea Fashion Note says pannier skirts are loved by all yet crusty old fellows. Lady Duff Gordon recalls a tale of a husband who mocked panniers and a wife who retorts by challenging his own silk hat in a sly exchange.
District Attorney Whitman of New York described a banker who stole from depositors. He said the man lived beyond his means with motor cars and a luxury household, causing his downfall as the inevitable result.
A health ad touts Grape-Nuts as a cure for stomach and bowel distress caused by overeating starchy and greasy foods. A Wash woman shares relief after two weeks, culminating in two months of feeling well and able to eat freely with Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast. Read The Road to Wellville. There's a reason.
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