Bank Vault Home Of Francis Man In Pontotoc County
Francis native Gene Crews lives in a Francis Bank vault repurposed as a home. The two foot thick walls stay cool with shade from trees and house stove electricity and air conditioning. Crews, a Frisco Railroad conductor, also uses the vault as a gathering place for local rail workers.
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Gene Crews
Francis Bank
Pontotoc County
Crews
Francis
Frisco Railroad
Purina conducts week long ranch tours at Pontotoc research center
Purina hosted orientation tours at its Pontotoc research ranch drawing up to 200 guests daily as the 9 330 acre facility opens to the public for the first time. Dr Jim Williamson led sessions with Wade McMillan and Dr Bill Praska while C C Armstrong hosted. Research covers cattle nutrition disease control and record keeping with computer evaluation. the study spans creep feeding vaccinations and pest control.
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Purina
Pontotoc
Jim Williamson
Wade McMillan
Bill Praska
C. C. Armstrong
Rocky Mountain States
Ott Burnett
Burnett
Williamson
Missouri
Purina Research
Ada Farm Tour spotlights brush weed control
The Ada Farm and Ranch Club will hold a pasture tour next Wednesday to study brush and weed control. Starting at 1 15 p m from Ada Livestock Auction, stops include Flying M Ranch Lee Elliott Ranch Bunny Rogers Ranch and M W Whitmire Ranch, with a meal funded by First National Bank and Trust Co Reservations end Monday at 10 a m with county agent or Soil Conservation Office Ada.
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Ada Farm and Ranch Club
Don Williams
Sheep Creek Ranch
First National Bank and Trust Co
Flying M Ranch
M. O. Matthews
Ada
Lee Elliott Ranch
Bunny Rogers
Bermuda
M. O. Matthews Ranch
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Sherman
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
Purina Research Ranch
Ada Livestock
City
M.W. Whitmire Ranch
SH 99
Whitmire
Sheep Creek
Chow