Wool referendum ballots mailed to Pontotoc producers
Ballots for a June 7 to 18 vote on extending the wool and lamb market promotion program were mailed to Pontotoc County wool producers. Ballots may be sent to the County ASCS Office and must arrive by June 18. Eligible voters include sheep owners six months old and older who owned sheep for 30 consecutive days in 1970.
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Pontotoc County
Gene Maloy
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
ASPC
ASCS
Madill Sand Bass Festival Sets Big June Event
The 9th annual Sand Bass Festival in Madill runs June 13 19 with a carnival pee-wee junior rodeo terrapin races outdoor church services and fishing for all. Highlights include hydroplane races a free fish fry a milk carton air drop prize contest golf tourney BB gun contests a queen contest and an art exhibit.
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Madill
Lake Texoma
Ninehole Lake Texoma Lodge
Mud closes Oklahoma 48 north of Atwood
A highway department spokesman said a mud slide on Oklahoma 48 north of Atwood in Hughes County closed the road. Traffic was diverted east to the U S 75 bridge near Calvin. The slide originated from a road embankment running parallel to the South Canadian River.
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ADA (Ap
Highway Department
Oklahoma 48
Atwood
Hughes County
Calvin
U.S. Exports Lead in Grain Cotton Oilseeds Trade
The United States posts strong exports in grain, cotton and oilseeds, with 1970 farm exports totaling 7.2 billion dollars. Meat and livestock trade trails, showing a 726 million dollar deficit on imports, while overall agri imports exceed exports by over 1.5 billion. Tallow, greases, lard, hides, skins and variety meats are notable export items. Turkey joins July Plentiful Foods list as dairy, eggs and vegetables remain abundant. Ireland's cattle production rises 3.4 percent in 1970, signaling possible more imports, with May milk prices at 7.14 dollars per hundredweight. First-quarter Ireland imports reach 24 million pounds, up 4 percent from 1969.
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Ireland
Spray economics curb corn blight control discussed
House appropriations hearings on USDA funding heard that spraying corn for blight is technically possible but not economical for field corn. Some seed corn growers may afford it, with limited recent trials in Indiana. The discussion tied blight to higher world prices for feed grains and to shifts in wheat and feed grain competition, while mink ranch closures cut production 20 percent across the United States.
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House
USDA
Thomas
Indiana
Ioanes
Canada
Australia
Hardin pledges drought aid to stricken area
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin announced that the Farmers Home Administration will grant more time for drought stricken farmers to repay loans without penalties. He noted aid focuses on the Southwest including Texas and Oklahoma with extensions to Florida.
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Hardin
Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Florida
Agriculture Department
Armstrong
Callahan
Hood
Parker
Potter
Randall
Tarrant
Williamson
Ada rancher named to state soil conservation board
Walter Woolley Jr. of Ada was appointed by Gov. David Hall to a five year term on the State Soil Conservation Board. He had been appointed last October by Gov. Bartlett but confirmation lapsed. Woolley, OSU graduate, led the university alumni association and serves on the Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District board. He has extensive ranching interests and involvement in livestock and agricultural programs statewide.
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Texas
Crosby
Dallam
Jack
Dallas
Guadalupe
New Mexico
Union County
Walter Woolley Jr
Ada
Friday
State Soil Conservation Board
David Hall
Woolley
Bartlett
OSU
University Alumni Association
Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District
Mass killings unearthed in Escandon near Juarez
In Escandon near Juarez, 13 bodies including 12 men and a woman were found buried in a vacant lot. All victims were shot in the eyes, with their clothes intact, suggesting recent burial. The site lies on land owned by the brother of Mayor Raimundo Palacios, who reportedly confirmed the discovery.
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Mexico City
Mexico
el Sol
Escandon
Juarez
Raimundo Palacios
Ricardo
Ecology charges against soil service set before House panel
U S Soil Conservation Service defended watershed work at a House Government Operations subcommittee noting its aim is to protect land and water resources. Administrator Kenneth Grant said channel improvements occur only when practical and that projects reduce production acreage, with about 6,000 miles of 19,600 planned channel works completed.
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House
SCS
Agriculture Department
Kenneth E. Grant
Grant
Livestock Authority to speak at regional clinic
Nationally recognized live stock authority Dr Frank H Baker head of the University of Nebraska Department of Animal Science Lincoln will be the keynote speaker at a regional Polled Hereford pattern for Progress Clinic July 14 at the University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette Panels of leading commercial cattlemen and registered breeders from the mid south will be featured Discussion will focus on the superior Sire Program a new method of selecting beef bulls outlined by the American Polled Hereford Association sponsor of the clinic The regional clinic will be patterned after the National clinic held in April at the University of Missouri in Columbia Featuring free flowing exchanges and a new composite judging system to be used by the APHA at Kansas Citys American Royal in October and at the 49th National Polled Hereford Show in Jackson Miss
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Livestock Authority
Frank H. Baker
University of Nebraska Department of Animal Science
Lincoln
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette
Mid-South
American Polled Hereford Association
University of Missouri
Columbia
APHA
Kansas City
Jackson
Miss
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U. S. Department of Agriculture and the American
U.S
United States
New Zealand
Crop Reporting Board
Turkey
Foreign Agricultural Service
H. R. Thomas
The
Agricultural Research Service
Raymond A. Soanes
Department
Wisconsin
Utah
Minnesota
Ada Rancher
State Soil Board
Hall
State Board
Rofs
First Baptist Church
Junior Miller
Todd Byrd
Dennis Tate
Ecology
Soil Service
U.S. Soil Conservation Services
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