Cattlemen Urge Congress to Cut Beef Imports
Five thousand cattlemen meet in Shenandoah Iowa urging reduction of beef imports to 1960 levels to steady prices. They back investigations of retail meat prices and call for orderly marketing and production while noting live beef prices have fallen from about 30 to 20 per hundredweight as imports rise.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
APY
Congress
George Mehren
William E. Colwell
Hay Springs
Neb
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
Mehren
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Ireland
Washington
Quarterhorse Sale Aims for Record Gross Receipts
Pete Winters and Ernest Huebsch plan a March 21 auction of about 250 quarter horses at their Ada facility. They have increased advertising and built new stalls to handle demand, with expectations of higher gross receipts after earlier sales averaged $1,202 to $1,400 per head. Capacity now 250 with plans for 400 after the auction.
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Pete Winters
Ernest Huebsch
Winters
Huebsch
Quarterhorse Journal
Ada
SH 13
Asa Hutchinson
Election Showdown for County Weigher Nominees
George Gurley reports a dramatic county race for County Weigher with Democrat W I Knickmeyer and Republican Ernest Thompson filing. The contest promises a fierce, fact based campaign with mudslinging threats denied and pledges to keep the race clean while attacking the opponent’s character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gurley
W. I. Knickmeyer
Ernest
John McNeil
Knickmeyer
Thompson
Ada Weekly News
Allen
Santa Gertrudis Tests Open With May Sale Planned
The Oklahoma Santa Gertrudis Breeders Association conducts a 28 day performance test at Creek Nation Cattle Company's Yard in Okmulgee. Results list Windfair Farms Seminole bull No. 253 as top gain 125 pounds 4.46 lb daily. Other top bulls, heifers, and ties noted with multiple farms and ranches named.
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Oklahoma
Santa Gertrudis Breeders Association
Creek Nation Cattle Company
Okmulgee
Windfair Farms
Seminole
Derson Ranch
Caddo
Paul Girdner Ranch
Hulbert
Star Milburn
Claremore
Alexander Farms
Duncan
Bradley Ranch
Allen High Band Celebrates Uniform Drive Progress
Allen High School band paraded to showcase uniforms funded by a 4300 drive. With 35300 raised in four months, mothers still need 783.54, while mentioning district and state parade wins and several all state and all district members.
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ALLEN
Allen High School
Main Street
Tsixe
Harold Marler
Ada
Holdenville
Marler
Tommy Allen
Oklahoma City
Southeastern
Ada dentist rancher bets on world weight Aberdeen Angus bull
Dr. Harvey Dale Hall of Ada bought a 2430 pound registered Aberdeen Angus bull from Montgomery Brothers Ranch in Grandfield. Oklahoma State University specialist Dr Clyde Reed supports the claim of world’s heaviest bull. Hall plans a pure Angus foundation herd and progeny testing with emphasis on performance registry international. He sprigs Midland Bermuda and Coastal Bermuda on 305 acres south of the Canadian River to feed the cattle.
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Harvey Dale Hall
Ada
Hall
Montgomery Brothers
Grandfield
Montgomery Brothers’ Ranch
Clyde Reed
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Reed
Oil Center
Wesley
Ivan Blair
Rainbow Valley
Tulsa
Murray Corbin
Corbin
Vinita
Performance Registry International
Canadian River
Bermuda
Deadline Nears For Exemptions
Ada residents face higher taxes for 1964 as March 15 marks the Homestead exemption filing deadline. County Assessor Frank Jared noted about 800 Ada homeowners had not replied, warning penalties will be enforced after the due date if responses are not received.
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Frank Jared
Jared
Ada
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Otoe
Santa Gertrudis
Sam Newton III
Elliott Ranch
Windfair
Christian No
W. L. Knickmeyer
Dallas
Kansas City
Chicago
Southwestern
Fort Worth
AAA
Donald
Phoenix
Bud Warner
Perry
Warner
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