Mt. Pleasant Times Review, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Friday, January 27, 1928
Mount Pleasant Ships 28,288 Pounds Cream
A total of 28,288 pounds of cream was shipped out of Mt. Pleasant during October and November, according to a recent survey by the Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce. This is an increase over last year and does not include cream shipped from other points in Titus County nor that picked up by truck. The Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce is at present devoting a great deal of its time to the development of the dairy industry. -Deport Times.
Mt. Pleasant Times Review, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Friday, February 3, 1928
BIG SHIPMENTS LOCAL CREAM
VOLUME IS INCREASING EACH MONTH AND GAINING RAPIDLY
During December, 16,720 pounds of cream were shipped through the local express office, according to records furnished the Chamber of Commerce by H. C. Shaw, local manager of the American Railway Express Company.
For the past six months the amount of cream shipped from this office has been increasing a little each month, showing that more people are becoming interested in this business and that farmers are determined to get away from cotton. That there is a future in the dairying industry for Titus County is realized by the local Chamber of Commerce and this organization is spending its time and money trying to build up the dairy herds in the county.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Wednesday, May 4, 1932
Nearly Million Pounds of Milk Sold Last Month
The Mt. Pleasant plant of the Texas Milk Products Company handled nearly a million pounds of milk during April, and expects to go over this mark during May. Of this amount, over seven hundred thousand pounds were brought direct to this place, the balance coming from Gilmer and Atlanta cooling stations.
The amount of milk received direct from farmers at the local plant for each day of April is as follows:
April 1 ....................................21,027
April 2 ....................................21,400
April 3 ....................................20,441
April 5 ....................................21,461
April 5 ....................................21,090
April 7 ....................................21,317
April 8 ....................................22,116
April 9 ....................................22,816
April 10....................................22,314
April 11....................................25.508
April 12....................................24.932
April 13....................................25,535
April 14....................................23,071
April 15....................................25,451
April 16....................................25.292
April 17....................................25.984
April 18....................................25,854
April 19....................................25.474
April 20....................................24,198
April 21....................................25,761
April 22....................................24,746
April 23....................................24,069
April 24 ...................................23,959
April 25....................................24,676
April 2G....................................26.882
April 27....................................27.351
April 28....................................29,152
April 29....................................26,328
April 30....................................25,648
Total for April............................726,497
Received from Gilmer........................78,130
Received from Atlanta......................166,694
Total amount received at Mt. Pleasant, 971,321 pounds.
Over nine thousand dollars in cash were paid out to Titus County farmers last month through milk sales, and more can be expected during May, if producers use diligence in keeping their milk sweet.
(NOTE: $9,000 in 1932 was over $115,000 in 2006 dollars)
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday, July 9, 1935
Expert Here to Assist Dairymen In Testing Cows
E. R. Eudaly of the Extension Service arrived here Monday to assist in organizing dairymen of the county for the purpose of testing their cattle to see which ones are profitable to them. Under Mr. Eudaly's plan, the cost of testing will be reduced to a minimum and accurate records will be kept which will prove valuable to dairy cattle owners.
Mr. Eudaly was a guest at the Rotary Club Tuesday noon and gave detailed information of his plan. He also spoke of the new method which will be used this year in handling cotton under the Bankhead Act. In the future, each farmer will be allowed to produce at least two bales free of any restrictions, which necessitates a change in the method of allotting the number of bales to each county, which will give a more equitable distribution than in the past.
Dr. W. A. Taylor Jr., who has returned from California, where he has been serving as an interne in a hospital, was present and made a short talk. Dr. Taylor will in the future be associated with his father in the practice of medicine in Titus County, and his medical education and experience will give him an unusual prestige in his profession.
The new president of the Rotary Club, A. J. Copellar, made announcement of the new committee to serve during the coming year.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday Evening, October 29, 1935
Specialist in Dairying Talks At Rotary Club
E.R. Eudaly, dairy specialist for the extension department of A. & M. College, was a visitor at the Rotary Club Tuesday and made a talk on dairying prospects in this section.
According to Mr. Eudaly, there is already an increase in trench silos in the county, and there is due to be still more of them as soon as the farmers find out how easy it is to preserve sorghums and other green feed so that it is worth twice as much as if cut into hay. He said this has been definitely proven in many localities, and only a little educational work will be necessary to make this a standard method in Titus County. Feed placed in silos will keep for several years, according to Mr. Eudaly, and can be kept in reserve for poor lean years. Green feed should be put in silos now, as there is danger of losing it entirely at this time of year if an attempt is made to convert it into hay, and is not necessary to have big silos, cutters or row binders for farmers with only small herds of cows and work animals, but they can utilize a small place and prepare the feed with the implements at hand. Mr. Eudaly also went into detail in a number of phases of improving pastures.
W.S. Fleming and Dr. R.C. Traynham of the Pittsburg club made short talks, and Burk Warrick of Pittsburg was a visitor.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Friday, June 26, 1936
City Being Decorated For Big Milk Festival
Decorating the fronts of business places throughout the city was started Friday, advertising the big Milk Festival which will be held here on Wednesday of next week.
The decorations, consisting of bunting and flags, is being furnished especially for the occasion by a firm specializing in this line, and they are to remain until after Wednesday night.
Every store front in the business section will be decorated, and there will be other items suggestive of dairying in various sections of town as a part of the adverting scheme to let every visitor to town know that there is something big to occur soon.
Recently a majority of the business concerns placed orders for United States and Texas flags, which are to be used for decorative purposes on future occasions, and these will be used in commemoration of the Centennial celebration, which is now in progress over the State.
Mt. Pleasant was a little late in getting its decorations up, but for the next few days the town will present a most unusual appearance with the hundreds of flags and drapes showing on the fronts of the business houses.
Everybody is looking forward to one of the biggest celebrations in the history of the city next Wednesday, when thousands of visitors will be present to attend an outstanding advertisement of Titus County's milk industry, which was really the salvation of the county during the hardest part of the depression, which now appears to be really a thing of the past.
