Weather Delays Weight Testing For Noble Bulls Event
Adverse weather with mixed temperatures slowed performance testing of 100 bulls at the Noble Foundation Ardmore Oklahoma. Despite setbacks, test results show top gains led by a Simmental Hereford cross at 4.42 ADG, with several crosses and breeds listing strong gains. Public auction to bid on these animals is set for February 19, 1972, with catalogs available on request.
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Charles Richards
Noble Foundation
Ardmore
Oklo
Richard
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Peggy Hall
Ada
Merrick Farms
William Paul, Jr
Elmore City
Angus
Wilson Dupy
Tonkawa
Okla
Grady Brewster
Pottsboro
Tex
Joe Edgington
Barnsdall
Hereford
Alpine
Red Angus
Cherokee Hills Cattle Co
Marshall
Brangus
Nick Karpis
Whitesboro
Santa Gertrudis
Burrell Ranches
United States
Tulsa to host World Championships in seven rodeo events
Seventy five cow boys and 15 girls from 16 states travel to Tulsa February 3 through 6 to compete for the World Championships at the International Finals Rodeo. Oklahoma leads entrants across five events with 47 finalists, California and Texas next with 16 each. Finalists qualify from the 1971 rodeo season top money winners, share in over 35 thousand dollars, with events including bareback bronc calf roping steer wrestling bull riding and girl’s barrel racing. Performances begin Thursday through Sunday at eight with matinees Saturday and Sunday at two.
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Tulsa
Tulsa Jaycees
Tulsa Assembly Center
Texas
California
Arkansas
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Ice Storm Paralyzes Oklahoma Cities and Roads
Oklahoma awoke to a statewide ice storm that glazed most areas. Subfreezing temps turned drizzle into a near solid sheet of ice. Patrol warned against travel as roads remained icy and hazardous statewide. Schools closed across districts due to unsafe conditions and travel problems.
Oklahoma trout streams see strong winter fishing
Oklahoma City reports indicate heavy rainbow trout catches in designated streams. Winter stockings brought thousands of fish from Mountain Home Arkansas, with Blue River and Illinois River below Lake Tenkiller delivering steady creels. Public access exists on Illinois River, with private spots charging admission. Ken Johnston notes two public areas and several private access points.
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Blue River
Illinois River
Lake Tenkiller
Mountain Home
Ark
Ken Johnston
Illinois
New method for freezing boar semen found
U S government researchers report a breakthrough in freezing boar semen to improve artificial insemination in hogs. At Beltsville experiments, diluted fresh semen treated with glycerol before freezing and later desalting achieved 45 fertilizations in 83 sows, with 72 piglets born from nine sows.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Beltsville, Md
Beltsville
Farm labor rates rise 4 percent in year
Washington AP reports farm labor wages grew four percent during last year, with farm workers not provided board and other supplies seeing modest gains while overall cost pressures continue to shape agricultural hiring and field work conditions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Reductions Sought for REAP Program in Nixon Budget
Nixon proposes trimming the Rural Environmental Assistance Program by 55.5 million to 140 million for fiscal 1973, a long-standing target of budget cutters. The plan, formerly ACP, would be examined by Congress in spring appropriations hearings as farmers still receive aid for conservation work. Meanwhile an outbreak of psoroptic scabies in cattle prompts quarantines across 34 Texas panhandle counties and 16 Oklahoma counties, with inspections and restrictions affecting tens of thousands of cattle and spread to neighboring states.
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Nixon
ACP
Agricultural Conservation Program
Congress
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahoma
USDA
Texas Panhandle
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas-Oklahoma
New Mexico
Quail Banding Program Seeks Volunteers in Oklahoma City
The Game Division of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation seeks quail bands for a research project on rearing and releasing quail to aid game management. Biologists report low band return rates, with 174 returns from 15,000 birds released in 17 counties last year and about two percent of returns from second year birds. Approximately 30,000 quail are reared annually at the Environmental Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Game Division
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Bennett Enfield
Northwest
Enfield
Record beef demand expands cattle feeding in 1971 report
Washington AP notes record feed supplies and strong consumer demand for beef push cattle feeding higher. Jan 1 inventories show 13.8 million head in 39 states, led by Iowa 2.092 million, Texas 1.781 million, Nebraska 1.55 million, Kansas 1.1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Nebraska
Kansas
Egg production rises as per-hen rate offsets fewer hens
The Agriculture Department reports over 6.16 billion eggs were produced in December, up one percent from 1970. Laying hens averaged 328.2 million for the month, down one percent from a year earlier, while a 3 percent increase in eggs per hen offset the drop in hen numbers.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
East Central College Nurses Program Wins Board OK
The Oklahoma Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education granted East Central State College initial approval for Phase 2 of its nursing program. Phase 3 awaits board approval about a year and a half later, with classes set to begin in the fall.
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Oklahoma Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education
East Central State College
E. W. James
Neil W. Rheiner
Rheiner
East Central Nursing Program
East Central
Oklahoma Board of Regents For Higher Education
Regents
East Central Campus
Agriculture Outlook Conference Slated For Feb 22 24
The Agriculture Department will host its 50th National Agricultural Outlook Conference February 22 to 24 to refine 1972 predictions for farmers amid past year surprises. The event uses cautious forecasts amid 1971 outcomes with focus on foreign trade and the U S A farmer.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Outlook
U.S.A
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THE
Associated Press
Guymon
Panhandle
McAlester
Fisheries Division
Agricultural Research
Ahloso
Gress
East Central Program
By Naomi Knickmeyer
Reicher
Board of Regents For
Oklahoma Colleges
Dr. Rheiner
Rex F. Daly
Economic Research Service
Daly
ERS
Malcolm Clough
Clough
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