Wilbarger County hailed as one of Texas's finest farming areas
Wilbarger county is described by experts as a premier farming region in Texas. A. D. Jackson praises its well developed, diversified output with cotton as the main cash crop and strong shows in wheat, corn, poultry, and livestock. The county produces large cotton and wheat yields, substantial revenue, and a thriving livestock and fruit sector including alfalfa, apples, peaches, plums, pears, and watermelons. Prestigious stock raisers and notable farmers drive high grades in cattle, horses, hogs, and poultry.
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Texas
A. D. Jackson
Government Station
Wilbarger
Yea
HW. Littleton
R. D. Fratt
J. FB. Gregory
Moreh
A.M. Rowland
Joe Collins
Maris Neal
BR. B. Carpenter
W. McLarty
William McCaleb
J.fp
White Af Wilbarger
J. PP. Bennet
Bo Martin
J. B. Lutz
J. LH. Pettit Hins
Odell
W. Walker
Kinehelow
Waltea
Wight
Frank Lockett
State cotton record claimed by farmer Hart Murt
A farmer named Hart Murt reportedly set a state cotton record with seven 500 pound bales from 10 to 40 acres. He harvested 122 bales on 10 acres, 2 bales on 40 acres, and 7 bales on 100 acres, aided by good seed and careful cultivation.
Oklaunion Trade Area and Local Businesses Highlight Town
Oklaunion eight miles east of Vernoy features a growing trade area extending about ten miles with banks, mercantile stores, a hardware shop, a hotel, a confectionery, a blacksmith, and two elevators handling wheat. The First Guaranty State Bank under A. Atlingham leads. total local deposits exceed 800000. education facilities praised. no churches noted aside from Baptist and Christian congregations.
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Oklwnpion
Vernoy
Redins
Pattrons Coun
Fir
Firest Guaranty State Bank
A. Atlingham
W. Rainwater
Roscoe Rainwater
Chis Brite
Oklamion Grocery Co
Torrey Stalcup
TC. Tancock
Aig Ren Sehebechin
The
Bees Hardwire Co
Lou Byars
TK. Bammer
Harris Briy
Verum Catton
Oklainton
Whoere
Kell
Wichita Mill and Elevator Co
Wy M. Read
Cooper
Tolbert Honorary Name Given to Judge Tolbert Village
Tolbert, eight miles northwest of Vernon, honors Judge J. B. Tolbert with a town name. The settlement features two general stores, a grain elevator, garage, and churches. Veterans and descendants, including Robins and Shelly, helped shape Tolbert’s history, with early settlers arriving from Nebraska and Denton County during the 1890s wheat boom.
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Tolbert
Aroad
Switeh
Po Hem
Port Worth & Decriver
Cove
Hay Tooley & Corley
Tolbert Tlaamber
B.A Cliney
County Records of Fargo Pioneer Farmers and Town Life
A historical survey recounts early settlers around Fargo Wilbarger county. It notes Littleton’s return from adversity with cotton crops, local families Mrs. May and White, orchardists like Priddy and Page, longtime residents Beavers and Richardson, and community institutions including schools, churches, a gin, stores, garages, and a cemetery plot.
Wilbarger County to Equal Other Sections on Road Bonds
Wilbarger County voters will approve a fall bond issue to fund highway work. The plan allocates about 200,000 for paving and concrete road projects from Okemah to Pothner, with four precincts receiving 50,000 each for grading leveling and bridge work. Federal and State aid will extend mileage beyond Vernon and surrounding areas as the county undertakes its first major road venture under county officials Mellugh Bonrland Tartt rel McCaleb and Sydney Aoeher.
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Vernon
Mellugh
Jledge
A. M. Bonrland
Tarttrel
O. A. McCaleb
Sydney Aoeher
Farmer Ed Schoppa Rears Forty Four Bales On Twenty Eight Acres
Ed Schoppa of Ragland fourteen miles southwest of town produced forty four bales of cotton from twenty eight acres this season. Bales weighed between 50 and 75 pounds each. His land totals sixty eight acres and yielded seventy four bales last season averaging 650 to 675 pounds. The district notes many farmers thriving in Wilbarger County while others lose fortunes and move on. Sturdy labor and industry are credited with turning hardship into prosperity in the county’s developing farming area.
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Ed Schoppa
Ragland
Adam Donges
Wilbarger
Fem
Hens Bring Rich Reward For Vernon Farmer
Mr and Mrs W Hale Davis of Vernon route 2 report a profitable year from poultry cattle and crops. He estimates a 1000 pound gain from 29 hogs and three cows and recalls 218 from wheat and oats after expenses. Davis plans more potatoes feed and cotton if rain stays away and credits chickens and cream from cows for profits.
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W. Hale Davis
Vernon Route 2
Davis
Lawliss Establishes Well Known Breed of Poultry
Lawliss of Oklahoma began the purebred poultry business five years ago with three pens of Rhode Island Red stock. Now four hundred birds make up the flock known as the Lawliss Reds and prize winners.
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Lawliss
Rhode Island
Bkeds
Ife
Ure
Waples Platter Inaugurates New Industry Hub
The Waples Hatter Company estate lishes a wholesale house east of Prisco depots between fire tracks. The firm spans ten thousand square feet in brick premises and operates a branch with Bedmonsen listed as an employee. The news notes a January 1 2021 inception in this city.
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Waples Hatter Company
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