Farm Relief Plans for Cooperative Market Structures
The Farm Board plans loaning relief funds only to farmer formed cooperative marketing groups. Banks should finance within normal channels before seeking board loans. Boards expect existing farm groups to collaborate regionally on marketing, not operate as separate loan entities. Uniting farmers could mark a major step toward solving the farm problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Farmer’s Union
Humble Beginnings and the Value of Hard Work
A reflection on pride in humble origins and self-made success. The piece cites Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John D. Rockefeller as examples of men who rose from lowly beginnings to achievement, arguing that toil and determination offset limited early education and social class. It stresses that many can find an honorable path without starting in favored positions.
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Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
D. Rockefeller
Ford
Edison
Rockefeller
Texarkana
Arkan
Texas
Arkansas
A Friend of Boyhood Boyce Helped Birth Boy Scouts in America
The death of William D. Boyce, Chicago publisher and original incorporator of the Boy Scouts in the United States, recalls his London encounter with a street boy who guided him to a hotel. Impressed by the boy’s kindness and the idea of guiding youth, Boyce helped found the Boy Scouts of America to promote scout training and the Good Turn.
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America
William D. Boyce
Chicago
United States
London
Boyce
Oyce
Teith
Boy Scouts of America
D. Botally
Texas and Texans report on Texas citrus boom
Will H. Mayes highlights Texas growth in citrus with 5 million trees in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and 70 000 acres planted. He notes expansion from Eagle Pass to San Antonio, aims to surpass Florida and California, and discusses Mediterranean fruit fly control. Also covered are Pecos cantaloupes, Edna cotton pests shifting farmers to poultry, new grape vineyards near Deedaar, and soy bean adoption in Jasper County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Eagle Pass
Brownville
San Antonio
Florida
California
Chamber of Death test for FLY-TOX efficiency
An ad explains a Chamber of Death test where live insects are released in a small room and FLY-TOX is sprayed. Within minutes the buzzing stops and the insects die, demonstrating quick action. The product is claimed harmless to people, with a pleasant fragrance and no scent. Developed at Mellon Institute by Rex Research Fellowship, every bottle is guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Research Fellowship
Old hens and Honduras schooling policy note
An item notes that old hens lose profitability and should be culled after 2 or 8 laying seasons while another item states Military Instruction should be compulsory in public schools of Honduras. Both reflect varied public policy considerations in agricultural practice and education.
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Honduras
Spotted fields cut Texas cotton crop prospects
A Texas agricultural report runs to a grim forecast for 1930 cotton. Insect damage and drought have slashed yield to about 4,356,000 gin bales, with vast variation by county. Commissioner George W. Terrell cites Williamson Ellis McLennan and other counties as unlikely to exceed 100,000 bales. District totals show central leading at 14,281,000 with other districts far behind.
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Austin
Texas
George 8. Terrel
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Terrell
Terrel
Williamson
Elis
McLennan
Ellis
Neces
Hinatern
Northern
Western
Central
Southwestern
Northwestern
Senator Connally Calls Texas Cotton Neglected
Senator Connally of Texas told a Washington radio audience that cotton growers have supplied a chief export and should form established corporations to handle the 1929 crop. He argued cotton has borne tariff burdens without receiving government benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ivanches
Connally
Demoutat
Texas
Washing Star
United States
Farm aid debate highlights export debenture plan
Senators weigh aid measures for crop producers. Connally backs export debenture plan defeated last session after Senate approval. He says combined use of federal farm board marketing machinery and export debenture could give Amelia farmers a real farm barar. Also notes on browning flour for cream gravy texture and flavor.
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Connally
Senate
Federal Farm Board
Poultry Owners Urged to Fight Parasites in Heat
Poultry parasites thrive in hot weather. Plan includes spraying poultry houses to combat mites and treating fowls for worms and lice to keep flocks healthy.
Straw treatment yields carbon and tar byproduct figures
The text states that properly treated straw yields 40 pounds of carbon per ton, zero pounds of piich, one gal lons of straw oil, and a portion of tar. The fragmentary source presents unclear units and typographical errors but indicates a process output including carbon, oil, and tar from straw.
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Wellington Leader
E Leader Printing Co., Inc
Wellington, Texas
Henry Deskins Wells
Mrs. Deskins Wells
Post
Wellington
OTICE
Perica Ei
Texans
Will H. Mayes
Pecos
Cantaloupes
Edna
Jackson County
Deedaur
Jasper County
Memphis
Dallas
Bell County
Kimble County
Pacific Coast
Junction
Port O'Connor
Star
Dayton de
Pio
Neering
South
Hicks
Dayton
Thoes Witheng Berber CO
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