Oklahoma reports low pesticide residues in state water
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture released two years of monitoring showing chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide residues in water, fish, and quail far below public health standards. Over 400 water samples from 28 sites and 220 quail were tested for DDT, dieldrin, aldrin, lindane, heptachlor, chlordane, toxaphene, endrin, and methoxychlor.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
John Gibson
Agriculture Department
State Agricultural Laboratory
Gibson
Oklahoma
Appeals Court Upholds Cattle Theft Sentence
The State Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld a four year term for Ada man RB. Ashley 39 of Ada horse trainer convicted of cattle rustling by a district court jury Oct. 24 1972. Ashley and co defendant James Morris Mooney 42 were found guilty of stealing 33 cattle from Winrock Farms on Nov. 3 1971. Mooney received 10 years and later traded seven years for testimony against Ashley.
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State Court of Criminal Appeals
Ada Mani
RB. Ashley
Ada
Rudolph Hargraves
Seminole County
Ashley
James Morris Mooney
Winrock Farms
Mooney
Latta 4H Club Christmas Tree Project
Latta 4H Club conducted a Christmas tree safety project as part of a year long program. Members visited local tree lots, tagged each tree with safety reminders about space heaters, moisture, and using approved lights to prevent dryness and fire risk.
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Latta
Latta Club
Cy Curtis Deer Trophy Club honors Oklahoma deer record
Oklahoma City the Cy Curtis Deer Trophy Club was sanctioned by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission in a resolution honoring O L Curtis for dispersing the state's 75 000 deer herd. Competition follows the Boone and Crockett system with 140 points typical and 175 non typical, limited to 1973 or later, measured by department staff, certificates issued, and 25 year service pins presented to staff including Eva Stewart and H G Williamson. The report also covers duck hunters season outlook with mallards driving population in reserves and refuges across the state and rules for licensing, stamps, and shooting limits.
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Oklahoma City
Cy Curtis
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
H. G. Williamson
O. LC. Curtis
Oklahoms
C. Curtis
Boone & Crockett
Williamson
Cy Curtis Deer Trophy Club
Wilde
Curtis
Bame Division
Eva Stewart
Earl Ingersal
Lexington
Jerry Townsend
Pryor
Hoyt Smith
Muskogee
Arnold Purviance
Mooreland
Than Potter
Delaware
Miss Stewart
Pittman- Robertson
Ingersal
Texington Public Hunting Ares
Lem Due
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Due
Roberts 8
Kerr's Sequoyah
Tishomingo Refuge
Washita
Waterlaw
Oklborna
Salt Plains
Lake Eufaula
Oaiogah
Kulah
Fort Gibson
Addiion
Fletcher
Garland Fletcher
Oklahoma Department of Wildfife Conservation
J. H. Standefer
Sayre
Sayré Ele
Wheat crop value doubles amid record 1973 yields
The Agriculture Department reported a 1973 wheat crop worth about 8.3 billion dollars, up from 1972’s 3.27 billion, with a national average of 3.82 dollars per bushel and a record 3.7 billion bushels harvested. Prices spiked to 4.62 dollars in September, aided by strong exports, while government payments totaled around sii? million. The department also noted removal of acreage rules for 1974 to boost production and a preliminary 1974 winter wheat outlook despite drought in the Great Plains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Orn
Swever
Great Plains
Kansas
Wheat subsidies overpaid by USDA this past summer
Washington AP April reports reveal the Agriculture Department advanced 8.475 billion in preliminary payments to wheat farmers based on projected prices for mid year. Officials say no public notice was issued when checks were mailed last July, though laws required timely announcements. The ASCS and USDA communications chief clash over whether to disclose the payments and why.
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Washington
Apriculture Department
USDA
Department
Office of Communication
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservating Service
ASCS
ASCE
Congress
Claude W. Gifford
Dis
Thas
Ciford
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Department of Pollution Control
Department of Agriculture
Wildlife Conservation Department
The
Water Resources Board
Water Resource Division
U.S. Geological Survey
Pkayed
Ark
Don Cookb
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