Hog production to be streamlined in pig industry
AP report notes progress linking steps from piglet to pork product, but no consensus on timing or method. Unlike chickens, hog producers lack full vertical integration with only 17 of 709 packing firms in 1969 vertically integrated, amid 81 million hogs slaughtered.
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Ada Girl to Enter Oklahoma State Fair
Tonya Tucker will represent Ada at the State Fair of Oklahoma with three entries in the Polled Hereford show. The 65th fair runs September 24 to October 3 featuring expanded exhibits, air conditioned buildings, and 50 000 parking spaces. Also highlighted are a Bonanza rodeo, Ice Capades, and other entertainments at the Grandstand. Premia total 134 253 dollars.
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Ada
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Lorne Greene
Michael Landon
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Mail order doctors do not exist says Oklahoma medics
The Oklahoma State Medical Association warns against mail order medical tests and equipment. Three offers were reported including urine analyses, mail order pap smears, and blood pressure kits. Tests without a physician's history and exam are misleading and could foster false security.
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Nematodes threaten peanuts in Johnston County
Johnston County faces nematodes and lesser corn borers in about 3 800 acres of peanuts 1 100 irrigated. Extension Director Guy Biard and OSU plant pathologist Dr Roy Sturgeon lead a field demonstration using Dasanit and Mocap nematicides to combat soil borne nematodes and stalk borers with trials also underway in Stephens Seminole Marshall and Atoka counties.
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New cattle drench TBZ 6 hits market in United States
Merck Chemical Division introduces TBZ 6 a ready to use liquid cattle drench for gastrointestinal roundworms. The viscous tasteless suspension requires no water mixing and is premeasured for uniform dosing within conventional costs. Each ounce treats 200 pounds and comes in four gallon jugs per case.
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Merck
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Platt Park to Host Art Display This Weekend
Labor Day visitors to Platt National Park Arbuckle Recreation Area will find an extra treat. Superintendent John C. Higgins said Sulphur Art League will display a collection of original paintings at the park this weekend.
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Honolulu Aims Citywide Computerized Car Pool Plan
Honolulu plans a city run computerized car pooling system to cut rush hour traffic by at least 50 percent. Mayor Fasi announced the plan to start with 7 000 city workers and expand to the entire work force. The system matches five people per car using resident cards fed to a city computer. IBM executive Clay Logos leads the computer activities with Life of the Land ecology group.
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Honolulu
Frank F. Fasi
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International Business Machines
Life of the Land
U S dollar slips on European markets
The U S dollar weakened against the West German mark and the French franc as European markets opened, with Frankfurt opening at 3.390 marks and Paris trading around 5.32–5.33 francs. The dollar held steady vs the yen in Tokyo and stood at 40.04 pence in London, reflecting a broad devaluation trend amid holiday-related trading costs.
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