Skim Milk by-Product Proves Valuable for Modern Dairies
College Station June 13 A and M dairy specialist J L Thomas notes skim milk whey and manure boost profits even without a dairy plant. Data from USDA 1922 27 show skim milk feeding value 40 cents per hundred and whey about 20 cents, with by products affecting profitability.
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College Station
J. L. Thomas
A and M. College
Texas
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Thomas
Livestock Feeding Boosts Farm Income in Texas
Texas farmers increasingly pair crop and livestock to raise incomes. G W Barnes cites 5 000 beef cattle 10 000 hogs and 20 000 dairy cattle fed by farmers in six years. W D Williams in Dawson county demonstrated on farm fed calves from home grown seed with 800 pound animals selling for 12 cents a pound and netting 48 per ton on maize after costs.
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College Station
G. W. Barnes
Extension Service
Club Boys
Texas
W. D. Williams
Dawson County
W. W. Evans
Fort Worth
Williams
Give Farm a Neck Shave Slogan Launches Farm Cleanup Campaign
County agent W. H. Young inaugurates a campaign to clean up farms painting buildings draining fields and improving drainage. Farmers remove fences weed patches trim field ends with graders and install drainage. farms will be scored A or B based on progress in the contest run with merchants bankers and a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
W. H. Young
Lowly Gunny Sack Rises in Texas Home Life
In College Station on June 13 the home demonstration agents spur rural Texas women to beautify homes with gunny sacks and old rags woven into durable rugs. About 3,175 rugs were completed last year from 229 lessons with Braided or hooked techniques. Prices range from $5 to $15, and Kaufman County alone finished 273 rugs in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Extension Service
Kaufman
Fenton Brown Family Visit Spends Sunday in Coleman
Mr and Mrs Fenton Brown and daughter Ritamay visited relatives in Coleman this Sunday expanding family ties and sharing time together in a local gathering with kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Brown
Ritamay
Coleman
Local Social Roundup of Visiting Guests
Mrs. W. E. McCaleb of Austin visits her sister Mrs. J. W. Puckett. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Armstrong of Fort Worth are visiting friends here. Mrs. C. F. Upshaw hosts Mrs. J. E. Drummond of San Antonio. Mrs. J. D. Curd hosts the Forty-Two Club Friday at 4. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Yeatts and son of Abilene were here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Howe of Sweetwater visited last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. McCaleb of
Austin
J. W. Puckett
Mrs. C. C. Armstrong of
Fort Worth
C. F. Upshaw
J. E. Drummond
San Antonio
J. D. Curd
G. G. Yeatts
D. A. Howe
Sweetwater
F. D. Howe
Women Deputies Travel to Epworth League Assembly
Miss Virginia Stewart Jacinette Jones Edna Haynie Laureta Mc Elreath Mary Louise Kinard Dora Alice Ladd and Janie Lou Guffin left Monday morning for Abilene to attend the Epworth League Assembly in session this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Stewart
Jacinette Jones
Edna Haynie
Laureta McElreath
Mary Louise Kinard
Dora Alice Ladd
Janie Lou Guffin
Abilene
Epworth League Assembly
Cross Plowing of Cotton Returns in Texas Fields
County agents report cross plowing cotton is regaining popularity in parts of Texas. Nuces county saw wide adoption after demonstrations by F W Hoepfner showing costs around ten cents per acre versus sixty cents for hand chopping. Newton county notes W D Roberts plowed 10 acres saving seven days of labor with two row cultivators. A six inch buzzard wing sweep was used across rows before thinning by three workers.
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College Station
Texas
Nueces County
F. W. Hoepfner
Newton County
J. B. Dorman
W. D. Roberts
Lee Mill
Midland visitors fill weekend for local residents
Mrs. Raymond McAden of Midland arrived Saturday and will stay a week visiting Mrs. F. D. Howe. Miss Leona Miles of Georgetown is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Miles at 1006 Wells avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Nile Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Slight of Abilene were Sunday visitors. Mrs. N. S. Holland of Breckenridge was a visitor last week. Blanche and Mary Penick of Wichita Falls are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Penick.
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Raymond McAden
Midland
F. D. Howe
Leona Miles
Georgetown
Edgar Miles
Wells Avenue
Nile Shaw
Elmo Slight
Abilene
Blanche
Mary Penick
Wichita Falls
Mrs
R. L. Penick
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General
General Electric
Penick-Hughes CO
Rumseys
Teramoye Co
League
Brazelton Lumber Company
Kodak
Ray Rector
Stamford, Texas
Fay
Stamford
Eries
E. V. Hardwick
Stamford State Bank Bldg
Miles Brothers
Dry Cleaners—Hatters
West
West Texas
West Texas Utilities Company
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