Century Plant Blooms At Ada Home
A Century Plant is in bloom at Naomi Nease's home, 410 West 9th in Ada. The plant grows 18 to 70 years, sends a 15 to 40 foot flowering stalk, then dies. In Europe Asia and Mexico it provides sap for cider like beverage, fodder from leaves, fiber from spikes, soap substitute from leaf extract, and razor strops from dried stem slices.
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Naomi Nease
West 9Th
Europe
Asia
Mexico
Ada
Texas
Vanoss Cattleman Transforms Oklahoma Pasture Land
Robert Hisaw from Vanoss Oklahoma moved from California three years ago to ranch near Vaness. He has 380 acres with extensive drainage and ponding, rerouted Burris Creek, cleared brush, and started pecan improvements. He plans to raise Angus cattle and test King Ranch Bluestem for drought resistance.
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Bermuda
Robert Hisaw
Vanoss
California
Oklahoma
Hisaw
Fittstown
Soil Conservation Service
Hisan
King Ranch
Trailer House Debate At Ada City Council Meeting
Ada real estate man Paul Alford argued that a newly moved trailer on vacant Woodland Webb lot near $20,000 to $25,000 homes could affect property values. City Attorney Green said legality depended on lot footage foundation and utilities. Fire Chief Landrith noted a two year placement with possible lake relocation, prompting calls for study and checks with nearby towns.
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George Gurley
Ada
Paul Alford
Ada Real Estate
Alford
C. F. Hoover
Hoover
Lawrence Green
Herman Landrith
Ray Warren
Warren
Woodland and
Webb
Senate backs research center site and water institute
The Oklahoma state Senate passed a concurrent resolution urging Regents to back the Ada site for a state water resources research institute connected to the land grant system. The measure aligns with efforts to locate the institute on the Ada/Mungle complex while OSU seeks compromise. The action lacks legal force but pushes funding and operation toward the Ada facility.
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State Senate
A.&m. Colleges
Oklahoma State University
Ada
George Miller
Dada
Robert Murphy
Dstillwater
Water Resources Research Institute
Land Grant College
Lonnie Abbott
D-Ada
House
East Central State College
Adans
O.S.U
Cate
The
Sciences and Natural Resources Foundation of Oklahoma
Regents For Higher Education
Oklahoma _Institute of Water Resources Research
Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center
Tulsa State Fair names 120 livestock officials and judges
Ada’s Francis Hill among 120 supervisors directing activities at the Tulsa State Fair from October 1 to 8. Hill, new secretary of the Oklahoma Hereford Association, will oversee the Hereford department where $10,000 in premiums are offered. Nationally known judges from 10 states will award more than 75,000 dollars in cash prizes across steers cattle swine sheep and poultry events.
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Francis Hill
Ada
Hill
Oklahoma Hereford Association
Paul Nicholson
Tulsa
Ellis Freeny
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
Wayne Booth
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Howard Meyerdirk
Muskogee
Wm. S. Doenges
Bob Ownby
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Kansas
Iowa
Mississippi
Texas
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Colorado
Nebraska
Parker
W. H. Baungerdt
University of Wisconsin
James R. Dickey
Arlington
L. J. Christian
Caddo
Herman Purdy
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. al Darlow
Stillwater
Morris Ewing
Cary
Delbert Black
Oklahoma State University
George Cook
Agricultural Engineering Department
Ada Weekly Photo Contest Winners and Instructions
Hart correspondent May Johnson won last week's photo contest with correct identifications of yield no parking and stop signs. This week three photos require identifying objects and mailing answers to Don Cook at Ada Weekly News.
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Hart
May Johnson
Don Cook
Ada Weekly News
Adan Seeks Record Sunflowers Move Over Kansas
Bob Cypert of 524 Crownpoint Drive grows enormous sunflowers as a hobby. His largest bloom measures 14 inches in diameter with several near that size. He seeds in March, uses barnyard fertilizer, and selects seeds from his biggest blooms. Cypert notes bloom size does not always match plant height, with a 12 foot stalk bearing a small bloom. He often has ten to eleven foot plants with large flowers.
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Kansas
Bob Cypert
Crownpoint Drive
Cypert
Brantleys To Host Jersey Field Day At Greenhill Farm
The State Jersey Field Day is set for July 12 at Wesley Brantley's Greenhill Jersey Farm 142 miles west of Latta School. Jersey breeders and dairymen are invited along with 4-H and FFA youth for judging contests trophies and plaques. The program includes dairy type demonstrations judging contests fittings and showmanship with a luncheon at noon and afternoon sessions featuring Wesley Brantley Allen Meyer and the Oklahoma Jersey activity club. Cypert notes sunflower growth and bird feeding as part of farm interests and mentions a national bloom contest as a future goal.
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Pontotoc County
Mungle
Atoka
Willie Soutee
Jack Sanders
Becky Soutee
Johnny Bradford
Roff
Mayes County
Wesley Brantley
Greenhill Jersey Farm
Latta School
4-H
Allen Meyer
National Jersey Field
Oklahoma Jersey Cattle Club
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Vaness
Burris Creek
His ‘Dozer
Council
Adan
Brantleys
Curtis Richardson
Jack Pendleton
Becky
Jenny Cypert
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