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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
3
An East Texas editor notes subscribers request spring garden writing amid dry weather and overstocked seeds. He contrasts East Texas droughts with West Texas rains and urges diversified farming beyond cotton to avoid poverty from single crops.
The author shares a gardener’s approach of planting early, in small quantities, and at two week intervals. He notes spring fever, occasional frost, and drought as challenges, but a farmer friend demonstrates success by continuous planting regardless of moon or weather.
The essay argues that frugal living boosts profits and cash on hand. It asserts that spending beyond income leads to ruin and emphasizes practical, common sense budgeting for farmers and households. It notes the farmer's ability to produce meat vegetables corn and other staples affects financial success.
Farmers can profit by small ads to move surplus and perishable items. Advertise extra horses cows bees machinery fruit butter chickens eggs and more at low cost, with buyers meeting sellers through the local newspaper. Regular use pays, yet many Texas farmers overlook this selling method.
A farmer distant from market gains speed and efficiency as good roads and cars shorten ten mile trips to a half hour and enable quick orders and delivery. Telephones link distant merchants, speeding deals and updating rural commerce to modern business standards. The piece urges farmers to adopt these methods to succeed.
A concise reflection states that inward cheerfulness embodies implicit faith and gratitude to Providence through all its dispensations, framing a mindset of resilience and trust in life’s varying fortunes.
A snippet suggests contacting phone number five to arrange a dressed hen for a Sunday dinner. The fragment hints at a promise of a "nice fat dressed hen" and a casual invitation to call for details.
Newsprint production data from 1924 and prior years show Canada approaching the United States as the world’s leading producer while the U S remains the top consumer. U S output 1.47 million tons in 1924. Canada near 92 percent of U S production, with steady Canadian gains and U S pulp wood reserves depleting in about 25 years.
The solution of Puzzle No 63 notes the need to maintain current production for 60 to 75 years. It states Canada’s output nearly matches the United States and is largely exported, with about 87 percent of annual production destined for other countries and roughly 98 percent of exports going to U S printing plants.
Puzzle clues list with many misspellings and embedded errors. The grid and solutions are promised in the next issue. Readers are invited to check for correct answers and completed puzzle.
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