Cotton’s Comfort and Strength Drive Textile Demand
Cotton accounts for about 70 percent of domestic textile demand due to washability, coolness, wrinkle and wear resistance, and skin friendliness. Its absorbency and air permeability keep garments comfortable in all temperatures, while mechanical stabilization minimizes shrinkage and maintains fit.
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Orion
Dacron
County HD club meetings and home demonstration notes
Weekly home demonstration club meetings listed for Sweet Home Moulton and Friendly with specific hosts and a new club house. 4 H clubs meet Tuesday in Ezzell St Ludmila Sr Wied Moravia organizes a joint community club meeting Tuesday night. Witting club met with August Kuhen last Wednesday. A home study lamp guidance article follows with lamp placement wattage and desk recommendations. News includes school breakfast improvement survey results and guidance for better morning meals.
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Sweet Home
Raymond Meyer
Moulton
Leander Mueller
Ezzell
St. Ludmila Sr
Wied
Moravia
Witting
August Kuhen
Fritz Heinsohn
Gus Nollkamper
College Station
Assoc
Home Demonstration Club
Hallettsville
Izora Brothers
Gonzales County
Otis Hermes
Yoakum
Victoria County
Winter Pest Control for Rats and Mice in Farms and Homes
Destructive rats and mice seek warm winter quarters in farm and home buildings. Experts advise clean surroundings, rodent proofing, and warfarin bait in stations to target runways near feeding sites. Use ready mixed bait or concentrate, refill stations regularly, and elevate lumber and firewood to deter infestations. County agents provide further rodent-proofing guidance for barns, granaries, cribs, and storehouses.
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University of Wisconsin
Drouth Forces Texas Farms to Rely on Substitutes for Roughages
College Station area reports a severe roughage shortage due to prolonged drouth. Dr. C. M. Patterson notes calls and letters from stockmen seeking substitutes, with concerns about using cotton bars and gin trash and the risk of prussic acid from immature sorghum hay. He advises drying baled sudan and Johnsongrass properly and cautions against using urea as a protein supplement when roughage intake is low, recommending county-agent guidance.
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College Station
Rourhage
Texas
C. M. Patterson
Hecatse
Sudan
Patterson
Drouth
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