U S Imports Feed As Result Drouth And AAA Program
The 1934 drouth and AAA crop limits shifted the U S from a large exporter to an importer of feed and foodstuffs. Wheat imports from France rose as total 1934 wheat imports reached 1 231 000 bushels in the latter half of the year, while exports totaled over 30 million bushels mainly from the Pacific Northwest. Imports rose across cottonseed products, corn, sorghum, coconut oil cake, rice, flour and meat, signaling a broad shift in trade as prices and policies reconfigure American agriculture.
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Washington, D. C
Drouth
AAA
United States
France
Pacific Northwest
Mexico
Argentina
Manchuria
Soil Conservation Camp Invites Texas Farmers to Visit Program
A letter from Lindale soil erosion camp director Louis Merrill invites farmers and landowners in Smith County Texas to tour Soil Erosion Service Project No 20 near Lindale. The program aims to reduce soil and water losses and flood risk through terracing crop rotation reforestation and field reorganizing over a five year plan backed by contracts already signed by leading watershed farmers.
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the Sun
Lindale
Soil Erosion Service Project No
Smith County
Texas
Soil Erosion Service
United States
Louis P. Merrill
Change in Landlord Tenant Must Be Put On Contract Records
Cotton contract holders must visit the office of the county farm agent B F Gray to sign certain papers if there has been any change during the past year in the tenants or landlords who signed the contract. If such changes are not made, the checks will be made out to the same persons who received them last year. Only changes affecting signatures require correction.
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B. F. Gray
Birds Worth Millions in Texas Crop Protection
Texas hosts 700 bird kinds with a population around 250 million to 375 million. Bill Tucker of the State game commission warns that removing birds would boost insect pests and devastate ecosystems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture values insect eating birds at 44 million dollars annually in Texas, with overall bird life forming a major Texas industry through hunting, meat value, and recreation.
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Austin
Big Bend
Texas
Bill Tucker
Tucker
State Game Commission
Sahara
United States Department of Agriculture
Overproduction Fear Drives Liquor Control Forecast
Washington officials warn of a liquor flood this year as 470 permit holders may produce up to 327 million gallons. Estimated demand tops 141 million, with production even at 80 percent exceeding needs, prompting anticipated policy action within weeks.
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Washington
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Commission
Treasury
FACA
Corn Hog Farmers Receive 315 Million Under AAA Plan
Washington reports Uncle Sam paid 1,155,294 farmers 315,535,233 for 13,759,753 hogs not raised and 372,769,443 bushels of corn not grown last year. Payments totaled 111,838,933 for corn and 203,696,300 for hogs under the Agricultural Adjustment Act as hogs and corn output were down.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
AAA
United States
HOLC State Manager's Home Sold for Debt
Wilmington Delaware sheriff's sale foreclosed the New Castle County home of Thomas B Young Delaware State manager of the Federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation He said he did not use HOLC benefits to save his home to dodge criticism from loan applicants.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle
Thomas B. Young
Delaware
Federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Young
HOLC
Wound from Austro-Prussian War Unearthed in Germany
In Regenburg a 90 year old man, Johann Kohl, reveals a fragment of a red and blue uniform removed during surgery after lung trauma from a 68 year old Austro-Prussian War wound. He was operated on and the scar’s legacy came to light.
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Regenburg
Germany
Johann Kohl
Black-Draught Laxative Promoted for Headache Relief
Mrs J A Hightower of Carthage Texas credits Thedford s Black-Draught with treating sick headaches caused by constipation. She reports taking a dose at onset to ease the pain and notes long use in her family. The ad emphasizes the product as a purely vegetable laxative and mentions syrup form for children.
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Thedford
J. A. Hightower
Carthage
Texas
4-H Club Livestock Feeds Cut Costs as Teens Raise Calves Pigs
Orville Labs, 15, Cameron County 4-H poultry demonstrator, keeps feed costs at 53 cents per hen for 10% months aided by grain and skim milk. Frank Newsom reports a 542 pound average gain on 27 calves in Menard County over 209 days, a new record. In Goliad County nine boys join a pig feed program using self feeders and diverse rations in a well located pasture with local bankers and the Goliad Rotary Club backing the venture.
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Orville Labbs
Cameron County
4-H Club
Menard County
Frank Newsom
Goliad County
Goliad
4-H Club Girls Embrace Yard Improvement in Gregg County
4 H Club girls in Gregg County show strong spirit as they take up yard improvement work with enthusiasm. Each club member participates, sharing tasks and learning gardening skills while enhancing community surroundings.
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Gregg County
Yard Beautifier Demonstrator Seeks Flower Beds and Shrubs
Fort Stockton notes describe a demonstrator aiming to beautify her entire yard while peers focus on cleaning their yards. The piece also reports A Niemann of Pecos County harvested five tons per acre of hegari from 45 acres planted in July after cotton was plowed under post hail. Production cost was 11 dollars per acre. price per ton was 17 dollars, yielding 74 dollars net per acre and 3330 dollars total profit for the 45 acres.
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Fort Stockton
A. Niemann
Pecos County
L. E. Bailey
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Whitewright
L. LaRoe & Co
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Jas. S. Kone
Kelly
East Side Sq
Sherman
Ford
UP PF. O. B
Detroit
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Ford Dealers
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