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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
9
A new model from General Electric combines gasoline and electric drive with no clutch or gear shift. The car starts smoothly, cannot stall, and uses an automatic electric system to control acceleration. It is geared to 40 mph, with potential speed adjustments via rear axle gear changes.
The Starbuck male quartet with Mrs. E. J. Tanquist and Mrs. Hurnbac will perform in a local event. The concert highlights vocal talent and community entertainment in Washington.
Readable bits mention an ordinary casting rod and light tickle in Illinois and references to parents of a bride with mahogany reproductions in Massachusetts. No clear event or identities establishable for a strong summary.
A terse advertisement seeks a room in a private family in North Carolina. The note requests steam heating and is addressed to a bachelor, care of the News.
A guidance query asks how to handle the knife when directing food to the mouth. Answer states place the knife on the edge of the plate or keep it close to the plate with the right hand. The note adds a consumer instruction to spend money in Whitewright.
S J Kirby of North Carolina State College advises that good pasture requires sufficient first class area and a well prepared seed bed. He notes lime and phosphate boost grasses, recommends lime 1 ton and 300 to 500 pounds of complete fertilizer per acre, and suggests manure top-dressing in later years to improve pasture health.
Advice for early pasture management to avoid bloat during the first month. Feed dry hay in the morning then turn to clover after dew dries. Do not overgraze or water aggressively. never let hungry animals gorge on dewy forage. In a serious case, left side tapping with a trocar is advised.
An 19th or early 20th century veterinary note instructs that gad flies or heel flies may be killed while still in the grub stage embedded in cattle backs. Apply an ointment of one part iodoform to three parts vaseline on each warble hole by finger. Grubs can be squeezed out but may trigger dangerous anaphylactic reactions.
There is usually nothing to be gained by grinding corn for pigs. Barley and oats feed a little better when ground, and it is acceptable to grind corn with barley and oats. No advantage from mixing ground feed into slop. it can be fed dry if pigs have water most of the time.
Farmers learn to prevent dead lambs by avoiding crowding at gates and doors. With confidence in the flock, move a ewe and her newborn calmly to the lambing pens. Let the ewe smell and inspect the lamb as you guide her along, holding the forelegs to guide the newborn.
Texas September cement production reached 707000 barrels, rising from 544000 the year before. El Paso pears brought in 15000 dollars from a crop valued at 500 dollars per acre, while Gregg County field peas averaged 20 bushels per acre at 3 dollars per bushel. The Shafter mine yields 100000 ounces monthly with a 48 year total of 23000000 ounces. Texas lime output valued at 751729 from several counties. Quarrying expanded with 2522495 dollars in stone sales and a Round Rock plant to serve 3000 acres under lease, plus a new window shade plant in Temple.
A late arriving girl brings a stranger named Jack into a household. The father questions the intruder and the time, while the daughter explains her watch is not going. The exchange reveals tension over an unknown guest in the residence.
A humorous notice about a man claiming to be the spokesperson for a wire wheel factory. The piece critiques his authority and suggests the claim is not legitimate or binding.
In the first eight months of the year nearly 95.5 million dollars worth of American radio sets were shipped abroad, a gain of 23.638 million over the same period in 1928.
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