Texas Onion Crop To Be Marketed Under Federal Aid Plan
Government marketing push expands to onions in South Texas with a special representative arriving in Laredo around March 20. About 10 000 carloads of Texas Bermuda onions expected to ship through San Antonio to northern markets earning growers over 5 million dollars this season.
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Bermuda
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South Texas
United States Bureau of Markets
Laredo
Rio Grande Valley
California
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House
Senate
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House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Elusive Campaigner Dismisses Longfellow Yet Sparks Remark
A sentimental young woman questions a colonel about Longfellow poems. He dismisses poetry as drivel, then concedes a verse from The Day Is Done evokes a striking image of night and stealth, prompting a surprised exclamation about Arabs.
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Theresentimental
Gasingly
Longfellow
Business Conditions and Financial Market Outlook Report
Trade reports show sustained activity with strong production and high wages boosting demand for staples. Banks report ample liquidity as real estate and steel demand rise. cotton markets firm with higher prices. Wall Street reacts positively to U S actions in Mexico and Germany, while crude cotton oil hits record highs on growing cotton seed oil use.
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New York
South
Onion shipments headed by Washington plan in Texas
Daily market bulletins for onion growers in Texas will guide moving shipments during the period. O W Schieussner of the Agriculture Department will transfer to Laredo to oversee onion shipments under the Bureau of Markets. Texas sees a surge of new charters indicating strong finances, including two Houston oil firms with 3 million dollars cap. Wheat stocks remain ample with 151 911 000 bushels held nationwide.
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Washington
O. W. Schieussner
Department of Agriculture
Laredo
Tex
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department
Housto
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Ranch Brings $800000 for Three Fourth Interest in Arizona Ranch
Major Andrew Drumm has sold his three fourths interest in the Double Circle ranch in Arizona with 80,000 cattle for $800,000. The deal includes land across Graham Pinal and Gila counties, largely leased from the San Carlos and Apache tribes, with purchasers led by Abner Wilson and regional brothers from Texas and Missouri. The sale accompanies plans for an industrial home for boys on a nearby farm to be managed by trustees.
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Andrew Drumm
Double Circle Ranch
Arizona
San Carlos
Graham, Pinal
Gila
Abner Wilson
Clifton, Ariz
Landergin Brothers
Amarillo
Tex
Crocker Brothers
Strong City
Kan
Houx Brothers
Warrensburg
Major Drumm
California
Independence
Kansas City Star
Texans Eye Better Wool Grade For Spring Clip
Buyers in San Antonio report the Texas spring wool clip will move in about sixty days. West Texas shearing has begun and a cleaner, higher grade of wool is expected to improve competitiveness with foreign wools. The US Department of Agriculture runs a wool demonstration car to educate growers on grading and breeding for profit, with live sheep shown to illustrate grading concepts.
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Texas
San Antonio
West Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Indy
Australia
The Vagarious Law Disturbs Two Men Across State Lines
In a smoking-room, two men discuss buying drinks and seek liquor in New Mexico but cross into Arizona. The porter refuses, noting it is illegal, after a brief exchange about legality across the border.
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Orter
New Mexico
Arizona
Baltimore American
Two Handsome New San Antonio Homes
The upper illustration shows a completed West Myrtle Street apartment house by Abe Kaufman near San Pedro Park with a large yard and two five room units. The lower illustration depicts a Perry Court Country Club Place bungalow in progress by D. D. Harrigan and J. N. Lott featuring reinforced concrete foundation, tiled living spaces, built in conveniences and ivory mahogany finishes with J. Clyde Williams as architect.
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Myrtle Street
Abe Kaufman
San Pedro Park
D. D. Harrigan
J. N. Lott
Perry Court
Country Cb Place
J. Clyde Williams
South Diversification Gains Pressure in Southern Crops
An Agricultural Department study shows a shift away from cotton toward corn and other crops in the Southern states from 1910 to 1915. Cotton percent of total field crops fluctuated but remained dominant, while wheat oats hay and combined other crops rose, signaling gradual diversification in the region’s agriculture.
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L Department of Agriculture
New Cotton Standards Promulgated by U S Department
The San Antonio Cotton Exchange reports eleven official blue cotton standards issued by the U S Department of Agriculture under the cotton futures act. The update raises grade names to align blue cotton with middling levels and defines color standards with leaf and trash content similar to white grades. Practical forms and full sets cost 25 dollars. fractional sets 2.50 per box.
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San Antonio Cotton Exchange
United States Department of Agriculture
Real Estate Mortgage Boom Spreads Across Country
Real estate activity rises nationwide with banks offering cheaper loans and land seen as solid security. San Antonio firms reopen mortgage offices as farm and ranch lands gain demand. building permits issued for homes costing 6000 to 10000 dollars and several close in property deals noted among lenders and buyers.
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Bradstreet Mercantile Agency
San Antonio
Illinois
Iowa
San Jose Hot Wells Co
Thos McGee
Bexar County
J. Likins
County
Kansas
San Jose
Bettie Morris
J. M. Richardson
Albert
Ernest Steves
New City
Micklejohn Street
D. J. Woodward
Bond-Reed Hardware Co
New City Block
Daniel and
South Flores Streets
J. Allen
Kunte Afbandh Lumber Co
Newefty
Belmont Place
D. Manten
W. J. Allen
J. L. Keer
Baittatin
Lambrecht
Guadaloupe County
J. Gounty
B.bacher
F. Ip
Beacon Hill Co
D. K
Edwin Henkell
Beacon Hall
W. A. Balty
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Emma Elleforth
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Cassie
Henry Winn
Gilbert Daniels
Santos Street
Labor Street
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J. Schlesinger
Smith & Hamilton
John F
Ida M
Wit County
Til
Ralph Skidmore
Marinette County
Lakeview Addition
Joneathen
Aganier
George H. Bacon
Fanny Bacon
Filla Crane
John M
Walter L Merch
Texas Hog Market Sparks Demand and Feeding Insights
Hog prices rise to around 9.50 per hundredweight boosting interest in hogs statewide. Texas experiment results compare dry-lot, skim milk, and pasture feeding, noting balance with milk improves gains. Growth rates of 1.75 pounds daily are rare but 200 pound pigs by seven months emerge with proper forage and concentrates.
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San Antonio
Texas Experiment Station
Tom
Harry
South Texas
Tom and
Milo
Weath
Lord Ogilvy
Livestock Men Aid Probe Into Beef Trust
The American National Live Stock Association led by Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio will assist Representative Borland of Kansas City as hearings on the beef trust open around March 15. The group seeks a thorough probe of packers alleged to form a price-fixing combination. Walter F. Fisher, former Taft interior secretary, will work with Borland. he recently met with him and travels to Albuquerque to discuss with southwest cattle men before returning with further directors.
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Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Representative Borland
Kansas City
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Beef Trust
Borland
Federal Trade Commission
Walter F. Fisher
Interior
Taft
Fisher
Albuquerque
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American Live Stock Association
Southwest
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