Allen Requests 5 Million for Washita Flood Project
Washita County farmer Harral Allen, president of the Oklahoma Association of Soil Conservation Districts, told a Senate subcommittee that $5 million is needed for the Washita River flood control project in 1957. He argued federal funding limits hinder upstream watershed programs, linking Washita to the Sandy and Clear Boggy projects and Public Law 566 efforts.
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Harral Allen
Oklahoma Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Senate
Washita River
Allen
Washita
Pontotoc County
Mexican visitor likes us but misses distant chilis
Estela Barragan, a Saltillo teacher visiting Pontotoc County for eight months, enjoyed the people and rural progress but yearns for more water and the peppers of home. She studied home economics at Oklahoma A&M and observed local extension work, schools, and clubs.
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Estela Barragan
Saltillo
Coahuila
Mexico
Pontotoc County
Miss Barragan
United States
Miss. Barragan
Chee-Lee
Oklahoma A&m
Pontotoc
Byrd Suffers Concussion and Broken Arm
Byrd sustained a brain concussion and a broken arm when his horse crashed into a tree last Tuesday. Coy Byrd found him semi conscious in a woodland pasture. neighbor George Lance helped rush him to the hospital. The mare Janie and the tree were also damaged. the mare remained at a veterinarian as Byrd began recovery.
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Frisco
Bob Byrd
Byrd
Frank Crabtree
Coy Byrd
George Lance
Janie
Rainy field day showcases pasture research indoors at Coalgate
About 300 people from Pontotoc County attended the Southeast Oklahoma Pasture Fertility Station field day in Coalgate despite steady rain. Dr. J Q Lynd presented year’s results on pasture fertility with slides, followed by talks from Dr. L E Hawkins of Stillwater and Dr. Marlowe D Thorne of Oklahoma A&M.
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Pontotoc
Southeast
Oklahoma
Coalgate
J. Q. Lynd
Lynd
L. E. Hawkins
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Stillwater
Marlowe D. Thorne
Growers Urged to Release Unused Cotton Acres by May 15
County cotton growers are urged to release unused portions of their allotments before May 15. Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Director Bennett Sherrer notes that releasing unused acreage will protect the grower from a future allotment cut and benefit neighbors who wish to plant more.
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Bennett Sherrer
Sherrer
Soil stewardship sermon on seedtime and harvest promise
Editor's note presents Rev Kenneth B McCullough's Ada First Presbyterian sermon on stewardship of the earth. He links Genesis 8 22 to ongoing duty to care for soil, warns erosion damage, and notes postwar population decline as context. He urges mindful use of land to keep God s seedtime and harvest promise alive.
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Kenneth B. McCullough
First Presbyterian Church
Ada
Abraham
God
Noah
County Churches Prepare for Soil Stewardship Observance
Pontotoc County churches join a nationwide Soil Stewardship Week May 6 12 also called Rural Life Sunday to foster urban rural understanding of agriculture and stewardship of the soil Rev E H Grose pastor of Pickett Francis and Pleasant Hill churches plans services across the three congregations with Francis Sunday morning Pickett Sunday evening and Pleasant Hill Thursday evening
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Pontotoc County
E. H. Grose
Grose
Pickett
Francis
Pleasant Hill
Vanoss FFA Sets Brush Control Meeting Monday
Vanoss FFA will hold a brush control demonstration Monday May 7 at the Chris Pedersen farm near Vaness. Norris L. Hensley says four chemical control methods will be shown from 9 a.m. to noon including basal bark frill stump and foliage spray. Open to all interested.
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Vanoss Ffa
Chris Pedersen
Vaness
Norris L. Hensley
Spray Timing for Crop Protection
The guideline advises applying spray only when temperatures exceed 50 degrees and winds are calm. This ensures effective coverage and minimizes drift risk.
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Countian
W. L. Knickmeyer
Oklahoma A&m College
Bermuda
Lyndh
Raymond Robbins
Pecan Grove
Harvey Price
ASC
Ben Theimer
Kenneth G. McCullough
Jesus
Lot
C. W. Gee
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
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