Texas Fur Production Ranks Fifth in Nation
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service and Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission report Texas is fifth in fur bearing animal production. Trappers reported 729,244 pelts in 1939, with managers estimating at least half again as many unreported. Increase driven by more muskrats. 1938 total was 590,444.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Lone Star State
Game Department
Texas muskrat gains tied to habitat work and reports
Game managers report a definite increase in muskrat numbers due to better trap reporting and flood management expanding suitable marshland. Texas recorded 138 800 pelts in 1939 as part of a broader fur bearing animal program including beaver and fox species. The State Game Department partners with marshland owners to restore habitat with a goal of boosting revenue to about 2 million dollars in years ahead.
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Texas
State Game Department
Old Man
Gars Spark Sport Debate At Medina Lake
Texas anglers shift from seeking eradication to opposing gar removal as the Game Department promotes gar fishing as a sport. San Antonio anglers urge leaving gar in Medina Lake after a recent culling where more than 2,000 gar were seized.
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Texas
Game Department
John Bass
San Antonio
Anglers Call for Gas Removal at Medina Lake
Anglers in that section had previously insisted that the gas be removed from the lake. The task is extremely difficult unless the water level is very low, such as at Medina Lake.
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Medina Lake
Balance in Nature Affected by Rabbits and Foxes in Young County
A Graham Reporter note discusses a farmer who lost most of his apple trees to rabbits, leaving 20 of 500 potential fruiting trees. Apples would have earned $1.50 per bushel, illustrating economic loss and the need for predator balance. The piece also mentions foxes moving in and a two year protection bill for foxes in Young County.
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Graham
Young County
Cleaning fur collars with cornmeal rub method
A home method suggests heating cornmeal and rubbing it into fur collars to remove dirt. After two days brush lightly. repeat if very soiled, noting effectiveness on white fur used on evening wraps.
Moonshiners Multiply as Prohibition-Era Boots Still Thrive in Texas
Federal alcohol tax agents report a heavy summer surge of illicit whisky production in South Texas. In one month 21 people were arrested and 14 stills captured, each yielding up to 20 gallons daily. Stills are hidden in pine woods, using 55 gallon drums and charcoal fuel to minimize smoke.
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Texas
Mildew Resistant Shower Curtain Tip From A and M Extension
Homemakers can treat a standard shower curtain to resist mildew in under an hour using only laundry soap and cadmium chloride crystals. Apply soap solution heat wash, then soak in cadmium chloride solution, heat again, wring, dry without rinsing, and hang to dry.
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Bernice Claytor
A. and M. College Extension Service
Bureau of Home Economics
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Luther Gordon
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