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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
2
Forty four girls are in attendance at the two day short course in domestic service supervised by the home demonstration office of the county. Lectures demonstrations and refreshments are part of the program. The attendees are housed by town citizens and appear to enjoy the course.
The county farms provide most local eggs yet the common practice of trading with hucksters or small stores harms producers and consumers. The piece criticizes case count grading, urges certified quality and careful handling, and notes government and college opposition to indiscriminate egg marketing. It also lists several local residents traveling or on business in nearby towns.
A marketing specialist from the U S Department of Agriculture argues that the United States should adopt a national grading system for dairy products. He notes that proper standardization and grading open global markets, citing Denmark’s butter export success due to strict government grades, and urges similar U S measures to improve foreign trade and prices.
Sweden favored U S honey as a market over the last two years with demand likely to persist as 1919 production falls. The consul at Malmo notes smaller glass or tin containers would be more salable than large tubs and urges requesting a list of Swedish importers from the bureau of markets. R M Ayres of Chicago arrived in Vernon today to oversee interests in the Jeffery Ayres and Rankin venture on the Vaughn lease and will stay indefinitely.
May inspections by the Bureau of Markets of the U S Department of Agriculture at 22 marketing centers totaled 2 028 cuts of fruit and vegetables, nearly double May 1919 at the same points. Inspections aimed to standardize quality for interstate commerce among growers shippers wholesalers and transporters. In May 2021 inspections of 1 693 169 pounds were shipped to the navy and 144 041 pounds were rejected for unsatisfactory quality or condition.
The Texas state fair premium list is issued as a 167 page booklet detailing prizes and extensive fair information including charges for electric current for displays. It lists items from Percheron stallions to canary birds and salt rising bread with award values. Also notes visits by Mr and Mrs L G Andrews of Crowell to their sons C W and J B Andrews, and business trips by G A White and R A McAlpine to Frederick and Altus. J A Dixon plans eastern markets to buy new stocks for Dixon Dry Goods Co.
The Hancock lease well, about two miles east, stands over 1,200 feet in oil with excellent prospects for profitable production. Drilling paused after striking the sand last night. depth around 2,300 feet after several months of work. Local and Vernon investors hold much acreage. few onlookers heard official statements beyond “it is looking good.”
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