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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
8
The article lists common rabies signs in dogs including sudden affection, paralysis of facial muscles, trouble swallowing, and wobbling hind legs. It urges confinement, veterinary notification, and humane handling, plus vaccination campaigns and public responsibility to control rabies.
Prof. J. J. Breeze told the World Petroleum Congress in The Hague that gasoline engines would shrink to a fraction of their present size. The smaller but more powerful engines would transform the car into a simpler conveyance, eliminating the bulky motor hood once admired in youth.
In Michigan a bill would require applicants for barber licenses to have at least a tenth grade education. State Sen. Frank Heath of Bay City opposed the provision saying it would merely raise the level of conversation in Michigan barber shops.
Mid-century report from College Station shows 116 713 Texas rural boys and girls joined 4-H demonstrations in 4 793 clubs. White and Negro youths numbered 94 063 and 24 174 respectively. The program reached 67 782 farm homes and 87 146 others with demonstrations in swine poultry beef cattle home gardens and more.
A dense page of local want ads lists items for sale including lawn mowers, a four wheel trailer, Burpee sealer, and California rabbits. Trades and services appear with firms like Farley Hill, Babcock Auto Store, Sandy's Radio Shop, and C. J. Meador Hardware offering gear, repairs, and supplies. Proposals to buy eggs and hides, land sales, and rental notices round out the notice section in a period voice.
The Sears-Roebuck Foundation funds a four phase 1950 4-H program with Extension Service collaboration. Breeding stock support reaches 161 counties for swine 54 for dairying 44 for poultry and six for sheep. State and county agents oversee operations with club demonstrators showing livestock at major stock shows. The main trend focuses on yielding a strong commercial beef animal.
A United Nations official cited Formosa as having the highest tuberculosis rate for 6-year-olds among available figures. Henry T. Sampson, of Mount Vernon New York, representing the International Children's Emergency Fund, said 30 to 40 percent are infected. White fronted geese once overwhelmed California fields, leading to guards hired to protect crops.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station introduces Texas 30 a new corn hybrid from inbred lines of Yellow Dent and Yellow Surcropper It yields larger ears than Texas 26 or 28 matures slightly after 24 and 28 but earlier than 26 and adapts to the Blackland Prairie and East Texas timber region Broad tests planned this year expect seed availability in 1952
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