Livestock and Grain Markets See Slight Weeklong Shifts
Weekly market summary shows mixed movement across livestock and grain sectors with most prices easing 1 to 2 cents for grains and slight gains in hogs and cattle at several Texas and southwest terminals. Rice values rise with demand for high grade long grains while hay demand grows due to cold winds and snow. cotton closes near steady with spot prices around 31.4 to 31.6 cents.
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Tex
Texas
San Antonio
Reeves
Denver
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Wichite
Kansas City
Southwest
Hereford Farmer Wins Wheat Trophy at Amarillo Fair
P. W. Axe of Hereford exhibits hard red winter Westar wheat at the Tri State Fair in Amarillo earning a trophy. His grain from a Deaf Smith county ranch on irrigated 1000 acres was harvested in July 1947 and will be judged for the national Pillsbury prize in Minneapolis next spring.
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W. P. Axe
Hereford
Amarillo
Minneapolis
Minn
Deaf Smith County
Tuxedo Farmer Killed by Car
A. J. French Sr., 76, prominent Tuxedo farmer, died after being struck by a car while crossing Highway 2 near his home. Harris swerved to avoid him. French died en route to Stamford Sanitarium. Funeral at Tuxedo Baptist Church. burial at Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include wife, daughter Bethel Baize, and four sons.
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A. J. French
Joe Virgil Herris
Army
Olney
Stanton
Harris
Jerry Pricht
French
Stamford Sanitariam
Tuxedo Pantist Church
Novel Baize
L. D. Regeon
W. L Tucker
Burin Vis
Fairview
Illaney
Jones County
Waxahachie
Hattie ‘Mae Dickson
Virginia
Bethel Baize
Andy
J. K
D. V
J. Jr
Tuxedo
Lewell
Acrarmento
Sallie Christopher
Arling
Mollie Woods
Dallas
Lucy Akins
Waxanachie
Premiums total near 100000 for 1949 Southwestern Exposition Fat Stock Show
Fort Worth will host the 1949 Southwestern Exposition Fat Stock Show from January 28 to February 6. Exhi bition deadlines are December 13 for livestock and January 5 for horse show entrants. Total premiums exceed 99000, with about 67000 for livestock and 22000 for horses, plus 2500 for poultry, turkeys, and rabbits.
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Fort Worth
W. A
Bill) King
King
FFA
Cotton crop to rise in 1919 says Texas A and M expert
The California Creek Soil Conservation office notes his family will move to Stamford when living quarters open. He succeeds Fay Gooch who left Reton to join the soil conservation service as an engineering aide. Fred Elliott of Texas A and M College predicts a larger cotton crop in 1919, up from nearly three and a quarter million bales on about nine million acres.
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California Creek Soil Conservation Office
Stamford
Fay Gooch
Reton
Soil Conservation Service
Fred Elliott
Texas A. and
M. College
Card of Thanks to Our Many Friends
The Pace family thanks friends for comfort and sympathy after bereavement. Their thoughtful support lightened a heavy burden during 38-Up.
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E. R. Pace
Patterson Family Visits Back Home in Lubbock Trip
Mrs. Everett Patterson and children Sharon and Rhett from Lubbock stayed with her mother Mrs. Bert Flemins and sister Patricia Flemins over the weekend. Patricia joined them for the return trip, spending the weekend in Lubbock before heading home Wednesday.
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Everett Patterson
Sharon and
Rhett
Lubbock
Bert Flemins
Patricia Flemins
Patricia
Farm marketing income tops 2 billion in Texas in 1947
Figures show Texas farm marketing income reached nearly 2 billion dollars in 1947, about 74 percent higher than the 1945 crop and livestock income of 1.115 billion. W. L. Stem of the Abilene office of the Soil Conservation program is assigned to a permanent position in the local office.
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W. L. Stem
Abilene Wall
The
Soil Conservation Program
Thanksgiving Visit With Burrow Family In Das
Mrs. B. C. Burrow spent Thanksgiving with her son, 1 Burrow, and family in Das.
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B. C. Burrow
1 Burrow
Das
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U.S. Department of Culture
New Orleans
Arkansas
Ind
Galveston
F. W. Taylor
H. D. Price Corner
S. Swen
Rotan Phone
South
Vinna
Weaver Medlin Tire CO
N. Swenson
Massey -Harris
Tractor Service
Stamford Farm Equipment Co
Swenson
Thor
Vai
Bar Sale
Gounety
Buie
Univertates
U. S. Department of Agriculture
So! Conservation Service
Weaver Medlin
Coes
Lindsay Produce
West Moran Street
Central Hide & Rendering CO
Stamford, Texas
John Deere
Bryant Line CO
W. Hamilton
Williams Attachments
Boone & Son
W. McHarg
Oliver
Cletrac
Westfall Motor
S. Wetherbee
Minneapolis‘ne
Jones County Implement Co
S. Swenson
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