Poultry Flocks Seen Safe Meanwhile In Texas Farm Picture
E N Holmgreen of Texas A and M Extension Service says the farm poultry flock remains a staple in Texas despite recent profit pressures from higher feed costs. He notes egg production per hen has doubled in 15 years and cold storage egg and fowl stocks have risen, with many counties still averaging 50 to 100 hens per farm despite a few higher outliers.
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Holmgreen
Texas
Mr. Holmgreen
Kleberg
Fayette
Deaf Smith
Randall, Ochiltree
Lipscomb
East Texas
West Texas
Injunction Issued Against Sherman Milk Ordinance
Grayson County milk producers obtained a temporary restraining order against Sherman city officials. Ben F. Gafford filed the suit with Judge R. M. Carter in Fifteenth District Court. The order bars enforcing the ordinance on sale and delivery of milk and milk products and cites a hearing to decide if the restraint will become permanent.
Largest family prize goes to father of four in Chertsey
Chertsey England records show the annual prize for the farm laborer with the largest family now goes to a man with four children, marking a trend from 12 children in 1912 to 10 in 1921 and eight in 1925, down to five in 1925.
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Chertsey
England
Agricultural Association
Minister and Macpherson Confront Alcohol Temptation
A dialogue shows Minister-Now chiding Macpherson to resist drink for his wife. Macpherson responds that when thirst seizes him he feels fearless and unconstrained by fear.
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Macpherson
Harvest Time in Hopyards in Oregon Salem
Salem reports hop picking season in Willamette Valley as Oregon’s major industry for two to three weeks. Growers expect 17 000 acres this year up 10 percent with 45 cents a pound. families travel, work two to a row, and hops are dried and packed for markets worldwide.
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Salem
Ore
Williamette Valley
Maine
California
Oregon
America
New York
Kent
Bohemia
Barbaria
New Loan Forms Approved for Texas Homestead Law
Washington officials approve new loan forms matching the Texas homestead law and the Texas division of the Home Owners Loan Corporation will start processing 40 to 60 loans daily. James Shaw, state manager, announced after a Washington trip and a conference with Home Loan Bank officials.
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Dallas
Washington
Texas
Home Owners Loan Corporation
James Shaw
Home Loan
Shaw
Federal Income Seen Near Wartime Levels Predicted
Washington officials forecast a wartime scale federal income as liquor taxes push receipts higher. From July 1 to Oct 13, income reached 843 million dollars, with liquor taxes projected at 500 million and other taxes contributing to a potential 5 billion this year if trends continue.
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Washington
Floyd Offers Surrender to Dodge Death Penalty
Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray said Charles Pretty Boy Floyd offered to surrender to avoid the death penalty but the offer was refused. Floyd had been wounded weeks earlier near Coalgate in a gun fight with state operatives. details and the intermediary remain unnamed.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Charles “Pretty Boy
Floyd
Coalgate
Murray
Mars Weather: Daytime Temp Near Freezing, Nights Below Zero
An astronomer notes Mars experiences daytime highs around freezing while nighttime temperatures plunge well below zero. The statement highlights the planet's extreme diurnal temperature range and dry, thin atmosphere.
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Mars
Train for radio licensing and transmitter operation
The notice promotes a School of Radio offering training to operate transmitters under licensed engineers and to pass government exams for radio licenses. It highlights a modern station, a booklet R-6, and booklet A-6, and invites readers to apply with name and address.
Courage and Change in Hard Times and a Darrow Reference
A reflective essay contrasts the perils of debt and suicide with the resilience of markets, noting a man who quit life as prices later rebounded. It weighs courage, quotes farmers burning corn, and praises Clarence Darrow’s stubborn persistence, defining courage as hanging on one more minute.
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Illinois
Iowa
Clarence Darrow
Albert Payson Terhune
Want Ads and Lost Items in Local Notice
ESTRAYED Duroc Jersey gift about 80 pounds listed by P A Short. LOST Billford with 67 dollars in currency car license receipt and more from A L Busby Rt 3 Whitewright offering 10 dollar reward. CREAM WANTED North Texas Seed Company advertising purchase of cream at high prices.
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Billford
A. L. Busby
Rt. 3
Whitewright
North Texas Seed Company
Pascal Farley
Lift climbs 65 stories at 1400 feet per minute in RCA Building
The RCA Building elevator travels 65 stories at 1400 feet a minute. U S figures show 367 generals in the Mexican army amid 40,000 privates. New York uses 900 million gallons of water daily and Mussolini starts a $2.8 billion public works program.
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RCA
Rockefeller Center
New York
New York City
Mussolini
Uncle Sam
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