Free Fair Opens With Broad Exposition In Pontotoc County
The Pontotoc County Free Fair for 1955 opened with entries in all divisions arriving Wednesday afternoon and continuing Thursday. Judging begins Friday with beef and dairy stock in the show ring west of the administration building, field crops and horticulture in the administration building, hogs and sheep in barn No 1 and poultry in barn No 7. A big quarter horse show and judging, plus tractor operators contest, are slated for Saturday in front of the grandstand. Judges include Wesley Chaffin Jack Pendleton H G Ware Jim Vincent Jeff Connally and And Kinkead.
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Pontotoc County
Wesley Chaffin
Extension Service Agronomist
Jack Pendleton
H. G. Ware
Jim Vincent
Jeff Connally
Stratford Voag
Kinkead
A&m
Noble Foundation Reports Feeding Trial Results
The Noble Foundation announced feeding trial results for beef calves weighing 450 to 500 pounds kept at winter maintenance costs of 7 to 14.25 cents per day during the 1954-55 season. Dr. Horace J. Harper, agricultural director, said tests covered 19 different low-cost rations.
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Noble Foundation
Horace J. Harper
Banquet Planned To Honor Pontotoc County Teachers
All of Pontotoc County's school teachers will be honored October 10 at the Teachers Appreciation Banquet held at the Student Union of East Central State College. The Ada Weekly News provides a blank form to invite a favorite teacher, with instructions to send it to The Station Ada Oklahoma for a formal invitation.
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Pontotoc County
East Central State College
ADA Weekly News
Tae Station
Ada
Oklahoma
Field Day Set At Experiment Farm Sept. 22
STILLWATER Two series of fertilizer tests and peanut and crop studies will be shown at a field day at the Oklahoma experiment station farm two miles north of Stratford on Sept 22 Tours begin at 3 30 p m led by Dr H F Murphy head of the agronomy department Attendees will see level and ridge cultivation planting rates row widths peanut varieties corn sorghums soybeans and a Crotalaria seed plot plus fertilizer tests A free Clay Potts barbecue will be served.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Stratford
H. F. Murphy
Oklahoma A&m College Agronomy
Murphy
Stonewall Firemen Learn by Do and Fight for Keeps
Stonewall volunteers man a jeep fire truck with a 200 gallon tank and 500 gpm pump. Chief Jack Eden and seven volunteers have fought about eight building fires a year since 1947, relying on field know-how rather than formal training.
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Stonewall
Louis Lillard
Tom Crow
Bill Saint
Bernard Glover
Jack Eden
Jack Garri
Yeure
Jeep
Eden
Jack Garrison
Garrison
Loyd Goss
Texas
Stonewall Fire Department
Curtain Set To Raise on State Fair
Oklahoma City reports the 49th annual State Fair opens in one week at the new exposition grounds. The fair promises record attendance, a hard surfaced midway, a new band shell, and Royal American Shows with kiddie rides. Fifty high school bands and twirling acts will lead opening ceremonies at 10 a.m.
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Oklahoma City
Bermuda
Green Lawn
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Arnold Allen
Baptist Orphans Home
Byng
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Latta
Jimmy Brannon
Betty Cole
Katie Owens
David Calvert
Darrel Bryant
Ed Sanders
Experiment Farm
Department
Fire Department
Coalgate Run
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Coalgate
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