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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
8
Dr. W. K. Carroll of the University of Illinois reports alarming piglet losses with one in three dying and some farms losing half. He urges guard rails on pen walls, careful sow selection, and cold weather water warming, plus a swine sanitation system and ration adjustments before farrowing to reduce deaths.
The United States Department of Agriculture raises the maximum federal indemnity for tuberculous cattle. Grade cattle now receive up to 35 dollars per animal and purebred cattle up to 75 dollars. The new scale took effect February 19, 1929, via the 1930 agricultural appropriation law. Indemnity remains limited to one third of the difference between appraised value and salvage, and bounded by the cooperating local payment.
A guidance note on maximizing gains in lambs and calves through pasture quality legume hay and limited grain. It covers disease control in poultry and hogs, parasite management, and the role of grain when pasture is short. Emphasizes clean ground poultry to prevent tuberculosis and using potatoes mashed with skim milk for calves.
The Dawn Fairies wake birds with morning dust and host a concert on a dewdrop bush. Birds trill and sing solos while dawn sprites award acorn cups of honey and moss breakfast, promising a future visit north.
A collection of light riddles and wordplay questions with witty answers about Ireland corks watches moons and rents. The jokes rely on puns and practical humor reflecting everyday life and language of their era.
The report details head stature and bearded traits of a Mediterranean wheat variety praised for stiffness, rust resistance, and higher yields at the Denton station and local farms. Nortex oats show strong straw, high Red Rust Proof yields, and earlier maturity. Frazier oats remain a top spring-planted yielder recommended for January and February planting.
Denton wheat Nortex and Frazier oats developed at the Denton experimental substation show strong promise as North Texas varieties. The grains could replace scrub oats and wheat across North Texas and parts of Southern Oklahoma. Denton wheat is a Mediterranean type with yellow stem color, soft winter habit, tall stature, and mid season maturity about one to three days later than standard Mediterranean.
The text notes that maturity ranges for Fulghum-type oat strains vary, with other strains maturing eight to ten days earlier than the Red Rust Proof types. This contrasts maturity timelines among oat varieties.
The audience, mostly parents, gathers for the school concert. No. 8 is Master William Adams who is about to perform, drawing anticipation from the crowd.
A bold young man opens with Friends Romans countrymen and a mother overhears a neighbor remarking that the Adams boy would not be his mother's son if he were not trying to borrow something. The remark highlights local gossip as he recites a classical line in public.
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