Vacant Land Could Boost Local Farm Yields
College Station report explains how retired cotton and wheat acres may be used for soil enrichment or erosion control and home food production under the Extension Service plan. Discusses 4Filling the Farm Storehouse and the need for about 25 acres to feed a family of five plus livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
C. B. Martin
Texas A and M College Extension Service
Martin
Mr. Martin
Prairie View Socials Lead to Large Texas Gathering
Miss Effie Guyten and Miss Lola Johnson hosted dinner guests including Mr and Mrs M C Hin and family. Many local residents attended a Saturday evening party at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Lax with a large group of young guests from nearby towns and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindley Shields
Morrison Sanders
Roe Stroud
Bob Shields
Ed Coon
Winona Holland
Emma Winters
Viola Hitman
Nicholson
Grigsby
J. J. Liles
Haskell Sewell
Ring
Prairie View
James
Wellington
Raymond Lax
Effie Guyton
Sybil White
Dick Cook
Miss Tinkle
H. S. Cook
Lawrence Blandford
Roy Hayes
William Arney
Clea Lar
Allen Lax
Arlus Effery
W. E
Dean Marchbank
Willie Massey
Dozier
Lois Fritts
Asazlee Montgomery
Mildred Ballow
Plymouth
Anna Price
Grace Hollis
Shamrock
Effie
Celia Guyton
Effie Guyten
Lola Johnson
M. C. Hin
Dunn
Sylvia A Sparks
Charley Browder
Jack
Jeff
Duncan
Oklahoma
Will
G. W. Henderson
Carl Clement
Bill
Luther Hill
Alec
Horace
Neil Hartman
Loyd Fritts
Willie
John McQuire
Paul Goodman
Ted Coon
Burlie Guyton
Willie Carrol Cook
Wilton Johnson
Cleo
Clarence Lax
Lillian Offutt
Otis Offutt
Lela’Bell
I SAW By N C I SAW By N C
A parade of local residents photographs in a rural town scene features Billy Wolfrum and H L Pierce discussing crops, Grover Hunt and others socializing, shoppers, and residents noting rain and roads as they go about weekend errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Wolfrum
H. L. Pierce
BR. L. Wood
Elizabeth Cillentine
Sherm Howard
Sherman
Hardy
Grover Hunt
George Brewer
P. Barker
LePerer’s Hardware
J. B. Young
Floyd Bailey
Horace Small
Margaret Goforth
Palace Drug Store
Homer Willoughby
Ernest Lewis
G. C. Bell
Texas
Herbert Lindsey
Joe Parker
Adobe Wells Battle Remembered In Texas Panhandle
The 1874 Adobe Wells fight in Hutchinson County is recalled as a pivotal clash on the Canadian Valley where Billy Dixon and twenty-eight white hunters defeated a larger Indian force led by Quanah Parker Lone Wolf and Little Robe. The battle helped trigger government campaigns and led to tribal confinement on reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Plains
Adobe Wells
Canadian
Hutchinson County
Panhandle
Indian Territory
United States
San Jacinto
Billy Dixon
Quanah Parker
Lone Wolf
Little Robe
Hanrahan
Little Trading Post
Canadian Valley
Dixon
Dodge City
Kansas
Nelson A. Miles
Kiowas
Comances
Cheyrennes
Wheat Plan Terms Listed By Agent
College Station describes how a Texas farmer may determine terms under the domestic allotment plan for wheat. Using county averages and personal yields, farmers could receive 28 to 30 cents per bushel on 64 percent of their 1100 bushel average, with a three year contract to reduce acreage and maintain soil and home use provisions, plus crop insurance style payments regardless of crop outcome.
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College Station
Texas
Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Ape Viculture
Prohibition Campaign Gratitude Note Credits Rural Outreach
D W Simpson chairman of United Forces For Prohibition thanks Nev Cameron and Rev King for rural campaign work and credits other ministers. Also mention Emma Fay jailed for wearing employer’s trousers to a masquerade and Bath minister Thee W oC Glengie farewell sermon stinginess remark.
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United Forces
Prohibition
Nev
Cameron
Rev
King
D.W. Simpson
United Forces For Prohibition
Collingesworth County
Emma Fay
Tuffalo
Bath
Eng
Thee
W. Oc
Glengie
Texas Cotton Costs Lowest in Nation in 1932
USDA preliminary figures show Texas production cost at 7.8 cents per pound or 13.23 dollars per acre with rent and 6.11 cents or 10.28 dollars without rent, below the US average of 9 cents per pound. Texas yield averaged 119 pounds per acre versus 181 nationally. In a separate Philadelphia case, Mrs. Carolina Day was found guilty of disorderly conduct and insulted the judge.
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Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Philadelphia
Carolina Day
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Tom Young
Mary Katherine Hutcherson
Baptist
Phoebe Dryden
P. G. Sims
Little Joe Horn
W. W. Sage
W. A. Porter
Jack Smallwood
J. L. Burt
Rogue
Johnnie Shields
N.C
Frances Clement
Katherine Lynn
G. N. Farrar
GL. Jr
Harold Smith
Dan Bevers
Walter Culp
J. A. Mulder
Mr. Culp
Bud Scruggs
Calvin Jones
E. W. Jones
J. Griffin
L. ‘Annn
Ernoon
Boutcher
C. B. Nunnelly
Keley Faust
Hannah Cotton
Kingsport, Eng
Edith Burset
Turin
Italy
Emily Prichard
London
Wheat Plan
Eugene H. Vaughan
Southland Life Personal Service
U. S
U.S
Ellis Funeral Home
Beaury
U.S. Tires
D.c.d.station
Holton
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