Area Cattlemen Find Performance Testing Pays Off
County Agent Cy Bailey reports pecan weevil damage spreading and offers monitoring tips. He urges early DDT spraying after rains and describes two watch methods. September begins the eighth annual beef performance test at Tishomingo with Murray State College hosting bulls. entry rules emphasize weaning weight and grade, weigh-ins begin October 10 11, and March sale of top bulls is planned.
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Cy Bailey
Hailey
Murray State College
Tishomingo
John A. Ringwald
Artmant Barn
Wey
Santa Ee
United States
Murray
Ringwald
Oklahoma Beef Associations
Oklahoma Beef Cattle Improvement Association
Johnston County Cattlemen's Association
Insurance penalties proposed for drunk drivers in Oklahoma
State insurance commissioner Joe B. Hunt warns convicted drunken drivers face higher automobile insurance rates by 1 percent. A second conviction could bar them from obtaining liability insurance under the Safety Responsibility Act. A proposed remedy suggests requiring a deposit of $11,000 with the Department of Public Safety in place of an insurance policy.
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Joe B. Hunt
Hunt
Oklahoma
Department of Public Safety
Goldwater to Headline Freedom Rally at Bar X Ranch
Senator Barry Goldwater will be the featured speaker at a large Saturday Freedom Rally hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rhynes at the Bar X headquarters on the Rhynes Wrinkle Sox Ranch southeast of Ada. organizers expect 30,000 to 40,000 attendees with a full day of barbecue fishing music dancing and camping. Goldwater arrives at 1 45 pm and speaks around 2 15 pm with a Republican lineup and crowd control measures in place.
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Arizona
Barry Galilw
Rhynes
Bar-X Ranch
Jesse
Barry Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Ira Rhynes
Bar X
Ada
Whiskey Springs
Dead Man's Canyon
Hole
Powder Springs
Old Indian Village
Old Road
Smiley
Glane
Independent Electric Company At Fittstown Still Running Strong
The Oklahoma independent electric company marks its 27th year this November under Walter Graper. Despite fewer subscribers, it runs with one employee maintaining 165 customers from a downtown Fittstown plant built in 1934. The firm, once booming with frequent outages, now uses automatic controls and five engines to deliver up to 550,000 watts.
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Independent Electric Company
Fittstown
Oklahoma Independent Electric Company
Walter Graper
Graper
Wittstown
Alen
Gus Delaney
Ed Graper
REA
Rural Electrical Association
Ashland Oil Company
Tulsa State Fair Opens September 29 Swine Show Premiums Hit 4572
Tulsa State Fair runs Sept 29 to Oct 5 1962 with a swine show in the open class division showcasing pigs from six breeds Poland China Duroc Jersey Berkshire Chester White Hampshire and Yorkshire. A total of 4572 in premiums will be awarded across twenty five classes per breed with Alfred M Green and Charles A Pratt as general superintendents and other officials named. Entries close Sept 1 and forms are available from Tulsa State Fair IP Box 5175 Tulsa.
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Poland
China
Duroc Jersey
Berkshire
Chester White
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Alfred M. Green
Charles‘ A. Pratt
Ralph Dreessen
Rey Sharley
Preston
Pregler
Emmett McCord
J. D. Nelson
Tulsa
Growers urged to attend Aug 30 referendum
County wheat producers with over 18 acres are urged to vote August 30 on the 1963 wheat marketing referendum. Louie Moshier, HAC county committee chair, notes feed wheat signers lose voting rights. Two thirds of voters must approve quotas for them to take effect. Wheat program sets 55 million acre national allotment with $1.82 per bushel support. Penalties apply for excess wheat noncompliance. Pantotoc County has about 9 growers over 1500 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Moshier
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Moshier
Pantotoc County
Commission Sets Hearing In Sept For County Well
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced that Continental Oil Company filed to commingle production from the Atoka and Wapanucka zones and to complete Cromwell and Horton completions in its W. Burns No. 1 well in Pontotoc County. Cause CD 17182. Hearing set for 10:00 Sept 19 in the Commission Courtroom Oklahoma City.
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Harga Rreeman
Anarmay
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Continental Oil Company
Atoka
Wapanucka
Cromwell
Horton
Pontotoc County
Freeman
Corporation Commission
Capitol
Oklahoma City
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Performance Registry International
Oklahoma State
Hes
Goldwater
Tulsa State Fair
Commission
Pontotec
Emerson Black
Allen Terry Shires
Lou Ann Jones
Allen
Lou Ann
Ronnie Smith
Francis
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