Guadalupe River vegetation boosts Texas fishing in Kerr County
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission plants aquatic vegetation along six miles of the Guadalupe River near Kerrville to improve forage and fish habitat. After years of overgrazing and past floods, recent rains promoted vegetation growth, leading to better fishing this spring, the best since 1932. Kerr County supports a universal fishing license law.
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Austin
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Guadalupe River
Kerrville
Guadalupe
Wildlife School of
A. & M. College
Kerrville Chamber of Commerce
Kerr County Wildlife Association
Game Department
Kerr County
Game Department funds plant trees to aid Guadalupe fish
The Game Department allocates county funds to plant tens of thousands of river plants in the Guadalupe. Biologists aim to accelerate river plant growth to boost fish populations, hoping next year’s fishing will improve significantly compared with five or six years of natural growth.
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Game Department
Guadalupe
Crayfish Ravage Angleton Strawberry Beds
A. Monjot near Angleton reported berry losses blamed on rabbits but field inspection showed crayfish robbing the strawberry patches. Biologists noted crawdads entering holes to devour berries, prompting local gardeners to use kerosene in crayfish holes to curb damage.
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A. Monjot
Angleton
Mr. Monjot
Game Department
Quail Use Opossum Dens as Shelter in Southwest Texas
Biologists report quail increasingly use shallow underground holes for protection. During Southwest Texas census work, three birds were found in an opossum den and flushed to a huisache bush. Dogs arrived. quail retreated back to the den, with bare woody cover and little herbaceous plant cover. Injured birds were found in holes or fled to dens, and quail in traps sometimes flew to opossum dens and hid there for hours. Predation by dogs and cats on birds using these dens is common.
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Game Department
Texas
New insight links parental longevity to sex ratio
Dr. Phillip S. Lawrence of Johns Hopkins Hospitals reports that when both parents die after age 70 the share of male offspring rises to about 52 percent. The study posits parental vitality as a factor in sex ratio and potential reproductive wastage. Also includes playful classroom exchanges.
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Phillip S. Lawrence
Johns Hopkins Hospskins
Lawrence
Hints For The Housewife From Kitchen Tips To Coat Of Arms
Practical household tips cover kitchen cleaning with kerosene dish grease removal and borax deodorizing, drying glassware without rinsing, soap use for laundry, meat refrigeration caution, and frying crumb use. Also notes on brush care, ironing padding, knife storage, vinegar cleaners, sash cords, silk care, poaching eggs, oilcloth book covers, fireplaces as ventilators, and heraldic terms dexter and sinister.
Castor Oil Help in War Defense, Says Lonesome Bill
A wartime letter from Lonesome Bill argues for crops to aid national defense, praising castor beans for planes and joking about cocklebars as a substitute. He recalls past mischief, mocks labor disputes, and ends with a humorous nod to his marriage and rural life.
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Lonesome Bill
Castor Oil
Lamar County
Hitler
First Descriptions of Niagara Falls by Early Explorer
Father Hennepin, with La Salle, became the first white man to describe Niagara Falls while journeying to the Niagara frontier in 1678.
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Niagara Falls
Father Hennepin
la Salle
Niagara Frontier
Men Favor Green Eyed Girls In Eye Color Vote
A recent poll found 65 percent of men favor girls with green eyes, 20 percent prefer blue, 10 percent brown, and 5 percent gray.
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G.C. Stateville
Dorothy
Charlie
Johnny
Stephens & Bryant Insurance
Nat'l Bank
Watson
Jim
South
Blackdraught
Elijah
Foster’s Butane Gas Service
N. Houston St
Denison, Texas
Foster's Butane
Denison
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