Hamilton farmer makes living from 38 acres land
Bruce Summerford farms 38 acres near Hamilton, Texas making a living well above typical yields per acre. He multiplies income by two to three crops yearly including cotton peanuts peaches and berries while building terraces and waters with runoff dam. His wife markets produce locally. they own 13 years a six room home and owe only the land note.
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Hamilton
Bruce Summerford
Texas
Oklahoma
Summerford
Summerford Place
Diphtheria: Science Advances and the Call for Immunization
A prominent health feature traces diphtheria from ancient recognition to modern prevention. It outlines the 56 year gap to discovery, antitoxin and toxoid use, and the impact of timely treatment. The piece stresses vaccines for children six months to one year and urges parental action to reduce illness and death.
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Schick
von Behring
Texas
Underground electricity measured on Texas cotton crops
University of Texas engineer R W Warner reports a year of field work around Austin measuring underground currents up to five millivolts and their effects on vegetation and crops. He notes currents may influence root bacteria and crop growth, and studies how sunlight may steer sub surface currents.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
R. W. Warner
University
Warner
Grant
University Research Institute
Unclear Dialogue and Corn Acreage Report from 1939
A fragmentary quote shows a heated exchange about car radiator issues. The second readable fact notes that in 1939 U S farmers harvested 88 803 000 acres of corn.
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United States
Hidden taxes bite but Americans shrug it off
A Gainesville newspaper column cites an industrial magazine survey showing hidden taxes take 10 cents per dollar on milk, 12 cents on movie tickets and electricity, 13 cents on furniture, and 15 cents on new cars or telephone bills. The piece argues citizens should scrutinize government revenue use.
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All America
Gainesville Register
Methods of Killing Lice on Chickens
College Station reports a lice outbreak in poultry houses affecting egg production. Poultry expert Geo. P. McCarthy of Texas A&M Extension advises three methods: dust birds with sodium fluoride, dip birds in a sodium fluoride mix, or paint roosts with nicotine sulphate. Dipping should be in warm weather. nicotine sulphate works best in still air and requires a 10 day repeat.
Possum versus turkey dilemma in uncle Mose tale
The old man argues over Christmas fowl with a humorous, folk voice. He plans to chase a possum first, trusting fate and law of the land to decide whether he should have turkey.
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Mose
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the Whitewright Sun
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