Cotton Growers warned on misuse of marketing cards
The State Agricultural Conservation Committee warned cotton growers that using farming marketing cards to aid others sell lint beyond quotas will forfeit AAA payments for both parties. White cards cover within quota planting. red cards cover overplanting. A white card user gin ning or selling for a red card holder in defiance can lose conservation and price adjustment payments under the 1939 program. Cothran said about 98 percent of Texas cotton was planted within its 1939 limits.
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College Station
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Donald Cothran
Lamar County
Cothran
Texas
Son in Texas Politician Shocks Family
A letter from a son away in Texas reaches a mother with heavy heart as he reveals he has entered the legislature. The informant, speaking through a parson, notes the son from a rocky homeward past and hints at a notable but unclear purpose in public service. The message ends with a plea for tactful news delivery.
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Texas
Parson
Bill
Second Crop Sudan Grass Dangerous
W R Horlacher of the University of Arkansas warns that Sudan grass poses poisoning risks from cyanide of prussic acid especially in short dark green second growth. Safe grazing requires height 18 to 24 inches, avoiding the dangerous stages, and rotating fields to limit exposure.
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Sudan
Sudan Grass
Not Enough Corn In Storage to Tide Over Major Drouth
Secretary Henry A. Wallace warned that corn under seal will not sustain U S agriculture through a drought as severe as 1934. He called for increased storage capacity and suggested possible reductions in 1940 acreage allotments to ensure ample supply next year while farmers reseal and store loan corn not needed this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Henry A. Wallace
AAA
Feed and Harvesting Practices for Profitable Southwest Farms
The article urges timely harvesting and proper curing of hay and sorghum for feed, explains when to harvest for hay vs ensilage, and stresses preserving feed on the farm. It promotes using cottonseed meal as a protein source, value of local feeding, and turning crops into butterfat, meat, and dairy products rather than selling raw grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Corn Belt
Brazil Coffee Production and Shipment Details
The article outlines coffee processing from washing and grading to drying on a large Fazenda of 4,000 acres with 200,000 trees, and plans to expand to 400,000. It notes labor by 400 colonos, and explains Brazilian coffee preparation and the Santos port monopoly route to global markets, highlighting duty-free US imports versus high European duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Santos
Santos-Sao Paulo
Brazil
United States
Brazil's Coffee Program Mirrors U S Cotton Plan
A correspondent travels to Parana to compare Brazil's 1930 coffee destruction policy with the United States cotton program. He notes exports fell from 17 million to 12 million bags by 1937, losses persisted, and foreign production like Colombia and Nicaragua rose. The piece links Brazil's action to broader market shifts and explains the Fazenda setting and laborers at work.
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Santos
Brazil
South America
United States
Columbia
Nicaragua
Soup on the bill of fare wiped from bill
Customer quips about soup appearing on the menu. Waiter explains it existed briefly but was wiped off. The exchange captures a light dining-room moment.
Porter News Farmers harvest cotton this week in Porter
Farmers are picking cotton this week. Several local families visit relatives across nearby towns. An upcoming singing convention is announced for Sunday, August 20 in Porter. Multiple visits among Fox, Gunter, McCord, Tomlinson, Laughlin and Hicks families are noted, with extended family gatherings in Bonham and Orangeville.
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Alvie Lock
Arkansas
Harvey Gunter
Baby
South Bonham
Betty Lou Tomlinson
Dorotha Jean McCord
Bonnie Ray Hicks
Willa Jean Hunter
Ector
C. E. McCord
J. W. Gunter
Jim Hicks
Tom Williams
Maggie Jacobs
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Sun Office
W. R. Horlacher
School of Agriculture
University of Arkansas
Blackburn Hardware Co
W. Houston
Sherman
S.H. Montgomery Agency
Wisconsin
U.S
William G. Ashmore
Star-Telegram
Parana
Fazenda House
Porter News
Johnny Lynn Robinson
Bonham
Mrs. J. T. Robinson
Magnolia
G. C. Stateville
A. Y. Creager CO. M. & P. Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
Donigan Gin Company
H. P. Donigan
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