Gum Turpentine Resurges as South Pines To Capitalize Trade
The revival of Gum Turpentine moves across the South from North Carolina to Mississippi with a $25,000,000 annual value. An advertising push expands its role as a thinner and solvent for paints and as a household remedy. The industry includes a majority of American Turpentine Farmers Association members.
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Agayne
America
North Carolina
Mississippi
South
The
Eliza Peeples
Duval County Fair Dates Set for Jacksonville Event
The sixth annual Duval County Fair Exposition will run November 17 to 26 in Jacksonville. Manager E Ross Jordan announced plans to showcase educational exhibits and community activity with livestock agriculture 4 H clubs and crafts. A downtown office at 326 Peninsular Life Bldg is now open under Jordan.
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Jacksonville
E. Ross Jordan
Peninsular Life
Jordan
Florida
Georgia
Mount Dora A Year Round Tourist Haven In Central Florida
Mount Dora touts its climate and scenery as ideal for year round living and recreation. It highlights mild winters with average 72 degrees and rare days below 50, frequent summer warmth with brief highs near 90, plus 56 inches of annual rainfall and plentiful pine air orange blossoms and flowers.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Mount
Dora
Horticultural Association Membership Grows in Lake County
First week returns show growth in the Lake County Horticultural Association with sections led by Yancey Hipson Fletcher Stearns and others. Dues are one dollar yearly with a five cent per acre voluntary contribution for large growers, supporting both local and state associations and Florida citrus legislation.
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Umatilla
Altoona
Paisley
F. D. Yancey
C. B. Hipson
Groveland
William Fletcher
Leesburg
Fruitland Park
Weirsdale Holland
Lady Lake
C. R. Stearns
Montverde-Ferndale
Jack Truskett
Tavares
Astatula
C. R. Hiatt
Howey
H. H. Meineke
Mount Dora
Jack Simpson
Lake County Horticultural Association
Florida Citrus Growers, Inc
Florida Citrus Grower
State Association
Florida Citrus Fruits
Florida
Walker Honored for Florida Watermelon Work
Dr. M N Walker of Leesburg leads the Florida Watermelon Experiment Station. A Miami Herald feature in the Sunday edition by editor W F Thrikeldson profiles his influential research for Lake County and the state.
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M N. Walker
Leesburg
Florida
Miami Herald
de Eanes
W. F. Thrikeldson
Golden Leghorns may aid egg production through sexed day-old chicks
USDA reports indicate demand rising for sexed chicks to boost egg production. At Beltsville Maryland poultry geneticists seek a sexable golden Leghorn strain with darker female down, derived from Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns, though no hatching eggs are yet available. Also notes forest tree distribution in Florida and planting windows with Soil Conservation help.
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USDA
Cultural Research Center
Beltsville
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Forest Service
Lakeland
Florida
Soil Conservation
Tavares
Oysters Season Returns With Simple Stew Guide
The article extols Florida oysters returning to season and offers a practical oyster stew recipe. It explains their nutritional value including minerals and vitamins, advises gentle cooking, and provides a step by step method using milk, oyster liquor, butter, salt, paprika, and careful timing to preserve edge curling.
Florida Proclaims November 30 as Thanksgiving Day
Governor Fred P. Cone designates November 30 for Florida Thanksgiving observance, stepping away from the presidential date. The proclamation notes the date as official state holiday despite Roosevelt's earlier announcement.
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Roosevelt
Fred P. Cone
Florida
Florida Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day 1939
Governor Fred P. Cone proclaims Thursday November 30 1939 a legal holiday in Florida inviting public prayers. The document urges national unity peace and adherence to constitutional laws while seeking divine guidance for prosperity and virtuous living. Signed in Tallahassee October 12 1939 by Governor Cone and Secretary R A Gray.
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Fred P. Cone
State of
Florida
Tallahassee
A. D
Larson enters race for State Treasurer in Florida primaries
J Edwin Larson former Collector of Internal Revenue for Florida announced this week his candidacy for the office of State Treasurer subject to the Democratic primaries next May.
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J. Edwin Larson
Internal Revenue
Florida
Citrus Growers Tour Lake Alfred Study Day
Lake County citrus growers plan a Wednesday tour of the Citrus Experiment Station in Lake Alfred. Staff will lead a 10:00 a.m. start through experimental plots to review fertilizer soil amendments nutritional sprays and pest control research with a noon dinner break and completion around 3:30 p.m.
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Lake
Citrus Experiment Station
Lake Alfred
Lake County
Rural Electrification Project Extended to Palm Garden Fish Camp
The Rural Electrification Administration begins construction on a new line extending north from Astatula to the Palm Garden Fish Camp on Dead River. O. W. Smith of Astatula, active in securing improvements for Lake County, reports the work is moving forward.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Astatula
Palm Garden
Dead River
O. W. Smith
Lake County
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