Oklahoma Implements DES Based Slaughter Controls
The Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture announces a new DES regulation requiring seven day refusal or certification before cattle and sheep slaughter. Meat inspectors will hold animals or test samples to ensure DES free meat, with certification from livestock custodians and sample forms distributed statewide. Billy Ray Gowdy chairs the State Board of Agriculture, stating the rule aims to prevent DES residues in meat.
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Oklahoma
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Board of Agriculture
Meat Inspection Division
State Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma to allot free 10 acre farm plots to welfare families
State OEO Director Rex Sparger says about 5 000 applications have been filed for free 10 acre orchard and berry farm sites in Fugates Mill Oklahoma. First poor families are expected this month with surplus mobile homes being acquired for housing. Priority goes to welfare recipients in Oklahoma followed by veterans and other poor Oklahomans.
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Fugates Mill
Okla
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Rex Sparger
Sparger
Oklaho
Stringtown
Atoka County
Pontotoc County Conservation District Holds January Meeting
The Pontotoc County Conservation District Directors met January 12 at the local Soil Conservation Office. Attendees included B. M. Stephens as chair and other directors, with district officials and field staff. Officials approved conservation plans for multiple landowners and discussed terracing, gully work, and seedbed prep for spring grass establishment.
Pontotoc County Election Board Closes Books Friday
The Pontotoc County Election Board will close filing and registration books Friday at 5 p.m. and reopen Feb. 2 after two elections. Jan. 25 will see regular school board elections and a vocational technical school election. city council elections are Feb. A. Friday is the final filing and registration day for all offices and voters.
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Pontotoc County
Sooner Wheat Industry To Receive USDA Support
Oklahoma wheat growers win USDA approval to extend diverted or set aside acres for the current crop. Earl Abernathy of Altus, president of the Wheat Growers Association, notes the program follows prior guidelines and aims to boost wheat pasture values, guarantee price portions, and reduce market bushels. Officials say the 1972 program could be worth about $10 million in Oklahoma this year with future benefits.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Earl Abernathy
Altus
Okla
Wheat Growers Association
Abernathy
U. S
Growers Organization
Oklahoa
Roy McGuire Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Ada
Roy Dewayne Mc Guire died in Ada on January 1 from carbon monoxide poisoning. He and his parents were found unconscious at 307 North Stockton Street by his brother Mike Mc Guire. Roy died at Valley View Hospital. parents Robert Vernon McGuire and Delores Jean McGuire were hospitalized and survived. An autopsy was performed to determine the cause of death.
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Roy Dewayne McGuire
Ada
McGuire
Stockton
Mike McGuire
N. Cherry
Valley View Hospital
Roy
Robert Vernon McGuire
Delores Jean McGuire
Survival plan for midwest farmers faces hard choices
CORRECTIONVILLE IOWA AP Part of Dave Holcomb s land has stayed in the family for three generations as he seeks to expand and improve efficiency to survive rising costs and volatile markets. He believes the most efficient farmers endure, while many smaller peers fail as the number of U.S. farms falls toward 2.9 million and 1980 projections expect another million to go out of business. Holcomb, running 300 acres and a 350 head cattle operation, raises corn and relies on sound credit. He works without hired help, plans for growth, and embodies a breed of ambitious farmers determined to stay in farming despite low prices and price uncertainty. The article notes older farmers facing dispossession when rented land is sold, and highlights rural ingenuity as alternative income grows while expansion remains essential to survival.
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Correctionville
Iowa
Dave Holcomb
Holcomb
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