Transforming Feed into Finished Goods on the Farm
The article explains how converting raw farm outputs into finished products increases value. It cites examples like barley fed to pigs yielding pork, ten acres of weeds producing more profit via cows and milk, and the general principle that feeding crops locally boosts efficiency. It emphasizes finishing animals on the place, balanced rations, and rapid early growth to maximize weight and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer Creager
Wilbarger County
Creager
Sudan
Bar Steel
Watch Springs
Willacy
Texas
How Times Have Changed
Amarillo report notes Georgia stock and double shovel stories fade as West Texas farms modernize with radio equipped tractors. Farmers now relax in shade while cultivating acres, aided by mechanical cotton pickers and choppers. Savernake Deer Park in England spans 4,000 acres.
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Georgia
West Texas
England
Lat Savernake
WPA raises pay for workers in 13 states
The Works Progress Administration ordered monthly pay increases averaging about five dollars for all WPA workers in 13 states mainly in the South. Hopkins said half a million low wage workers would benefit while no one would earn less than a dollar a day. New York City rates differ due to high living costs. professional staff face upper limits. The county wage schedule uses the largest city’s 1930 population for base scales.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
South
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Hopkins
New York City
New York
Missisippi
50 000 More Beds Needed to Treat Tuberculosis
Los Angeles report from the National Tuberculosis Association says at least 50,000 more beds are needed in U S hospitals and sanatoria. A standard of two beds per annual death is urged. Only 177 hospitals meet proper equipment nationwide. Dr A J Lanza cites dust hazards and wage conditions as factors.
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Los Angeles
National Tuberculosis Association
America
A. J. Lanza
New York
Army secret gun flies higher than warplanes fear
The army claims a new five inch sub stratosphere gun reaches up to 40 000 feet with a rate of over 30 shots a minute. Developed over ten years by army and navy ordnance experts, it aims to defend the United States and possessions and will be used on ships and upcoming battleships and cruisers as part of a major expansion program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canton
China
Franco
Continental
United States
Army
Navy
Visitor's raincoat found in hotel room 65
A country hotel guest asks a visitor to check Room 65 for his raincoat behind the door. A boy returns moments later confirming the coat is hanging there as requested.
Stratosphere Ship Aims to Let Crews Fly Higher
In future warfare aerial strategists expect bombers to fly at extreme altitudes when anti aircraft resistance is strong and ground targets are distant. The army experiments with a sealed pressure hull and oxygen supply to support crew function at very high levels.
Texas to Get New Federal Prison Farm
Washington reports approval of a $14 million PWA grant for construction and modernization of federal penitentiaries in several states. The new penal institutions will be built in Indiana Colorado Connecticut Kentucky and Northeast Texas, with farm-type facilities for short-term convicts and funds for housing hospitals and cell blocks at existing sites.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Prisons
PWA
Indiana
Colorado
Connecticut
Kentucky
Texas
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T. C. Richardson
Breeder-Feeder Association
Iad Hhro
Apex
R. A
Bob) Stuart
Railroad Commission
Amarillo
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Swat
Pops
U. S
Federal
Depesit Im
Eer
Tom F. Parlan
Ashburn’s
Toca
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