Farmers Produced Much of Living At Home In 1932
Texas farmers in 1932 lived well with little cash by growing and canning food at home. The Extension Service notes record feed crops, grazing improvements, and high loan collections while many obtained essentials through home industries such as sorghum syrup and cheese. The Texas Farm Policy guides 1933 efforts with eight key points and ongoing farm and home demonstration programs aided over 125,000 farm families.
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College Station
Texas
O. B. Martin
Extension Service
Texas A. & M. College
Martin
Texas Farm
Work by County Agent Gray in Grayson County 1932
B F Gray, Grayson County farm demonstration agent, logged 234 field days and 62 office days in 1932. He handled 2,247 office calls and 2,112 telephone calls, wrote 3,381 letters and 25 circulars, distributed 3,500 bulletins, made 511 farm visits, and shared 67 news items with papers. He surveyed 3,140 acres for terraces, taught 47 people farm level operations, and helped terrace about 12,000 acres. Demonstrations included 23 meat processing trials, beef and pork preservation, and wider beef feeding with profit from supplementary feeding and grazing on small grain. County pork supply benefited from a carload of bred gilts, aiding local consumption. Cotton spacing trials suggested higher yields from thicker spacing. Three hundred fifty-nine club members in 21 clubs engaged in field crops, poultry, dairying, beef cattle, and swine.
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B. F. Gray
Grayson County
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Ad Seeks Healthy Kids
An old advert promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative tonic for children and families. It claims the product prevents habit forming bowels, improves school performance, and supports overall health with senna and pepsin. The copy urges readers to keep a bottle in the medicine chest and visit drug stores for purchase.
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Dr. Caldw
Land survey hurdles in UT Austin holdings research
Texas University land records detail 2 million acres tied to UT holdings, with 1839 1876 and 1883 appropriations. Survey efforts by F F Friend confront markers, monuments, and ground markings, including Fort Lancaster center points.
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Reagan County
Walker
University
F. F. Friend
San Angelo
Old Fort Lancaster
Horatio Christmas
Austin
Friend
Washington
Birthrate Decline Shrinks U S Labor Pool, Warns Experts
A Commerce Department survey shows nearly three fifths of U S families have no children under ten, predicting population stability by 1950 and a reduced labor supply as birth rates fall. The shift, combined with more women working, suggests labor shortages may grow noticeable in about fifteen years. Saint Valentine was put to death at Rome on February 14, 270.
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Department of Commerce
United States
Texas
Dallas Times-Herald
Saint Valentine
Rome
Sidelights and Oddities From Far and Near
A Chicago man jailed for non support asks to be sent to prison to escape his wife’s relatives. Florida farmers flood a snake den and kill 49 rattlers two feet long. Detroit to Lima Peru what may be a new rapid transport record via air shipment. London pastor questions converts from other denominations as a pretty choir girl misleads. An 81 year old Leavenworth veteran seeks a divorce after an marriage begun during his drunken Wichita infatuation.
It Could Lend You Ten Dollars But Breaks Friendships
A brief dialogue about lending money harming friendships. One person notes the risk of how a loan can strain ties. The other replies that they were not close friends to begin with, underscoring tenuous relationships.
Don’t Take Gold If You Intend A Visit To Canada
In Vancouver a U S citizen learns gold is not worth more than Canadian currency. He exchanges dollars, silver, and gold coins at a bank. bills fetch 1.19 Canadian per dollar, silver 1.08, gold equal to face value in Canadian bills. He cannot take Canadian gold out without a license, and converting back to U S money yields a loss due to exchange rates. A note about Farm News subscriptions follows.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canada
United States
Wise Words and Quotations Across Thinkers
A collage of aphorisms from Seneca Pope Starkey Shakespeare Bentley Horace Hubbard Socrates Plato on fortune, economy, reputation, action, and logic. The pieces contrast virtue wit and human folly in varied centuries.
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Will Rogers
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Dander
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Plato
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Katy
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