Oklahoma 4-H Youths Headed to American Royal Conference
Three Pontotoc County youths and 13 others form Oklahoma’s 16 member delegation to the American Royal 4 H Conference in Kansas City October 14 to 17. Delegates tour stores, livestock markets and factories while focusing on career exploration and sharing ideas with peers from Kansas Iowa and Missouri.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Terry Bates
Byng
Vicky Stanford
McLish
Melissa Green
Sooners
Kansas
Iowa
Issouri
Toc County
Kansas City Livestock Markets
Kansas City Board of Trade
Truman Library
National Agriculture Hall of Fame
Record Turkey Output and Cooperative Merger News
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 256.8 million drumsticks crop this year with turkey production at 128.4 million birds, Minnesota leading at 20.7 million and several states showing gains. Separately, farmer owned cooperatives plan a Jan 1 merger uniting the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives with the National Federation of Grain Cooperatives to strengthen national presence. The ERS notes farm households kept about $731 million of their own production for home use last year amid a decline in farm population and shifting shopping habits.
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Washington
Minnesota
National Council of Farmer Co
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
ERS
Henryetta Strikes Not Hurting Local Retail, Tax Report Says
Henryetta officials cite a state Tax Commission report showing August sales tax receipts at 24 200 dollars despite an 11 week strike against Square Deal Grocery Co and lockouts at other retailers. City Manager Chester Simon notes revenue held steady, contrary to fears of significant drops as negotiations resume.
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Henryetta
Okla
State Tax Commission
Square Deal Grocery Co
Square Deal
Chester Simon
McAlester
Okmulgee
Tulsa
Istrike
Cattle prices improve but remain below July peak
Washington reports cattle prices have edged up from summer lows yet stay about 40 per head under early July levels. Meat demand is expected to sustain any rise as more cattle go to slaughter. Pork output lags but shows signs of revival while hog producers plan expansion amid high prices. Barrows at seven markets near 29 per 100 pounds in early October, up over 3 from last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Omaha
American, Englishman Share Nobel Award
The 1972 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine was awarded jointly to Gerald M Edelman of Rockefeller University and Rodney R Porter of the University of Oxford for discoveries on the chemical structure of antibodies. The prize is worth $98,100.
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Stockholm
Gerald Maurice Edelman
Rockefeller University
New York
Rodney R. Porte
University of Oxford
England
Edelman and Porter
Royal
United States
North Viet Nam Holds Firm On Paris Peace Demands
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates reiterated that Washington must end bombardments mining and blockades and halt Vietnamization and all South Vietnamese military activity. They said peace timing hinges on the U S attitude toward the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government declaration.
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U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
le Duc Tho
Nixon
Nguyen Minh Vy
Thuy
United States
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Provisional Revolutionary
Tests on cancer-causing hormone DES in cattle
Washington AP reports DES growth hormone tests are secret as USDA implants DES pellets in cattle ears to gauge cancer risk and determine safe use. Senate plans a Jan 1 ban unless tests show no residues. House awaits action. FDA banned DES in livestock feed from Jan. 1. implanted pellets remain under review amid cattlemen opposition.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
E. BR. Goode Jr
Agricultural Research Service
USDA
Goode
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
House
Commerce Committee
Is the modern farm efficient
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department economist Don Paarlberg questions the assumed rapid efficiency gain in modern farming. He says measured efficiency, including all inputs and costs, shows agriculture growing about 2 percent annually versus roughly 3 percent for the broader economy, noting idle land and measurement methods. He critiques USDA metrics and notes some farmers resist new practices, while a wheat growers group flags rail capacity as the bottleneck in grain sales to the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
Don Paarlberg
Paarlberg
Agricultural Research Institute
Fessor
Purdue University
Nixon
USDA
National Association of Wheat Growers
U.S
The Liberated Gardener Planter Box Chronicles
An storied piece on planter box gardening from a Mid West nurseryman and a California trial. It narrates moving planters on a dolly, testing blueberries in drums, and growing fuchsias, gloxinias, and herbs on porches and decks. It highlights patio farming, dwarf trees, and space efficient gardening through shifting planters seasonally.
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California
Walt
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Three County
National Federation of Grain Cooperatives
Grain Federation
Glen D. Hofer
Kenneth D. Naden
Robert C. MeIntorf
Fresno
Calif
R. K. Bauer
Portland
Ore
Carroll G. Brunthaver
National Broiler Council
Atlanta
Brunthaver
Ada
Steff
Caroline Institute
Edelman
University of Pennnsylvania
Rockefeller Institute
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rockefeler Institute
Paris
North Vietnam
Ada Weekly News
Noone
Food and Drug Administration
Nationa Cattlemen
Association
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