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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1973
Page
1
Oklahoma Farm Bureau president Lewis Munn condemns federal retail price ceilings on red meat. He warns ceilings lock in losses for cattle in recent feedlot purchases and could depress fattened cattle and stocker prices. He cites potential short supplies as feeders hesitate to reenter the market.
Controversial measures flood the legislature with a push to move surplus water from eastern Oklahoma to central and western regions. Supporters cite long term state needs while opponents warn of inundated farmland and regional water shortages.
Dustin Future Farmers of America chapter in Wilburton led the Southeast District Interscholastics at East Central State College on Thursday April 5. Holdenville's team finished second as 50 schools entered 174 teams with 800 FFA students.
A reader notes uneven plant performance on opposite lawn sides due to micro climates. A visiting professor explains cool, breezy drafts from a house corner favoring certain fuschias. Inspired, the writer builds a makeshift greenhouse from second-hand windows to extend growing seasons.
A gardener shares how inexpensive plastic sheets and a heating cable create a warm mini climate using a plastic hotbed with a buried sawdust base and a timed light system. A hinged plastic top and later a plastic cold frame aid seed hardening before transplanting in open soil. Aphids lurk, so a quick Ortho spray controls pests early.
William Morgan says the Wildlife Code is the most meaningful conservation bill in 20 years and urges citizens and sportsmen to push the measure through the House. A veto threat hinges on a proposed $1 license fee increase, which Senate approval would raise about $656,000 in 1974-75 to fund expanded habitat and wildlife programs across roughly 670,000 acres on state lands.
The Waurika Jaycees sponsor the 12th annual rattlesnake hunt with events starting Friday evening with the Snake Queen Contest at the grade school auditorium. Highlights include the McAlester Prison Band, The Debutantes From Snake Pit Hollow, crowning of the 1973 Queen, a carnival for children, live snake shows, lectures on handling and milking snakes, snake steak sales, and the Snake Sacking Contest attracting brave participants.
Adan is among fifteen students in the Marketing Research class of the Department of Business Administration at Kansas State College of Pittsburg cooperating with civic and college groups. Bob Brown, son of Mr and Mrs S L Brown, is also among the students working with local merchants on advertising media and marketing program evaluations for retailers.
Washington AP reports that drought relief and production goals face tests as heavy rain floods and snows delay field work nationwide. By April 1 Agri culture Department notes significant slowdowns in the South Corn Belt Great Plains and other areas with little land preparation and almost no planting.
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