Plains Counties To Get Wheat Marketing Quota Loan Session
An Amarillo area meeting by the USDA explains 93 to 94 cent per bushel loan on wheat under marketing quotas. Bill Neely will speak, with a state AAA representative, to clarify duties of buyers, elevator operators, warehousemen, and processors. Open forum follows as part of a Southwest series with sessions in Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Abilene.
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Tri-State
Herring Hotel
USDA
Bill Neely
Southern Division
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
State
AAA
Amarillo
Southwest
Texas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls Tomorow
Abilene
Wheat field tours set across Panhandle regions
Field trips next week organized by the Texas Extension Service and the Texas Wheat Improvement Association will showcase quality wheat varieties. Tours start Monday in Vega at 9 AM, then Carson County at 2 PM, with additional sessions in Pampa Canadian Perryton and Spearman through Wednesday led by E. A. Miller and F. T. Dines.
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Panhandle
Texas Extension Service
Texas Wheat Improvement Association
Vega
Oldham County
Carson County
Pampa
Canadian
Perryton
Spearman
E. A. Miller
College Station
F. T. Dines
Panhandle Wheat Crop Faces Weather Threats And Worm Control
Torrential rains and strong winds hit the Panhandle Plains threatening the 1941 wheat crop. Crowell and Quanah areas report severe damage as ripening wheat falls, with Central South Plains also hurt. Army worms, rust and downpours reduce prospects, but recent sunshine, small hail impacts, and higher government loan supports brighten the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Quanah and
Crowell
Floydada
Silverton
Plainview
Crosbyton
Quanah
Central South Plains
Panhandle Plains
North Plains
Pampa
E. R. Duke
Crop Insurance Corporation
Yam Dehydration Plant Planned in Bowie Texas
The Texas Chemurgic Industries announces a sweet potato dehydration unit and yam flour mill to be built in Bowie Texas with a 100 ton daily capacity. 3 000 acres of Puerto Rico sweet potatoes will be planted under Virgil Little with Gilbert C. Wilson as VP and technical director.
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Dallas
Bowie
Texas
W. C. Witt
Texas Chemurgic Industries, Inc
Witt
Puerto Rico
Virgil Little
Gilbert C. Wilson
North Texas State Teachers College
West Texas
Lubbock
Muleshoe Expects Best Vegetable Year Yet
In College Station on June 11, a 35 percent rise in dry edible white bean acreage is urged to meet domestic and export needs. Secretary Wickard cites supplies for commerce school lunches relief Lend Lease and Red Cross. J F Rosborough notes Texas bean farming remains minor, centered near El Paso Valley and the Texas New Mexico border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
United States
Claude R. Wickard
Red Cross
J. F. Rosborough
Texas
el Paso
Texas-New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Texas poultry profits rise with eggs and chicken sales
Texas farmers earned 17.701 million dollars from eggs and 5.642 million from chickens in 1940, with 23.301 million hens producing 2.139 billion eggs at 14.7 cents per dozen. Chickens totaled 31.636 million raised, 13.434 million sold at 42 cents each, while 24.752 million birds were on hand in January 1941 valued at 12.128 million. average 38 pounds per 1940 bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
U. C
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Acreage of Bean Varieties in 1940 to Affect AAA Payments
Report notes acreage of white beans, medium white, Great Northern, and small white will not reduce AAA payments. Production in 1940 reached about 6.2 million bags of 100 pounds each on a cleaned basis.
Home Economics Work Offered This Summer
Girls invited to join summer home economics projects at Central Junior High School and Sam Houston Junior High School. At Central, supervisor Mrs. Georgia Short runs Monday meetings at 2:30 PM in Room 206. Contact Mrs. Short at meetings or Herring Hotel. Sam Houston project is directed by Miss Beryl Hixon with district girls urged to contact her.
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Central Junior High School
Georgia Short
Gly-Cas When Aid Is Needed
A historical health note urges prompt response to natural urges, healthy foods, ample fiber, outdoor exercise, and relaxation to prevent constipation. When elimination is faulty, it advises taking Comfort-Giving Gly-Cas from the drug store for definite aid.
Long sues Firestone over tire damages in Dallas case
Dallas man Charles J. Long sues Firestone Tire & Rubber Co for 5500000 in damages, claiming he bought Firestone tires on an installment plan in Brownfield and later faced arrest on fraud charges after returning them to a Dallas agent. The suit seeks compensation per tire.
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Dallas
U.P
Charles J. Long
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Long
U.S. District Court
Brownfield
Tex
Texas Wheat Loans Set Across State For 1941 Crop
Texas wheat farmers enrolled in the AAA program can obtain loans on the 1941 crop ranging from 90 to 99 cents per bushel depending on county. The average loan rate statewide is about 94 cents for No. 2 hard red winter wheat, with premiums for protein content. Loans are 85 percent of parity with $1.17 per bushel Galveston base, plus additional conservation and parity payments totaling about 18 cents per bushel. County rates vary by grade and location, with No. 1 higher and No. 5 lower than No. 2, and premiums apply for protein content levels.
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Panhandle
College Station
Texas
National Farm Program
Gulf Ports
AAA
Fred Rennels
Rennels
Galveston
Gulf
Sxas Oe
Clay
Cooker
Denton Ieee
An Fannin
Gray Ae We
I Grayson
Hale 'S
Howard
Hutchinson
Lamar
Lubbock
McClennan
Navarro
Potter
Taylor
Tom Green
Wichita
Wilbarger
Sprane
Eeu
PET
Eee Terre
Virevencibe
IODA
Visalia Jitasieris
Rains Delay Texas Farm Work
The USDA marketing service reports rains slowed crop progress across Texas last week. Light eastern showers softened surfaces while heavy downpours in several districts flooded fields halting work and forcing replanting. Oats harvesting slowed and the wheat outlook remains strong in the lower plains.
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Austin
United States Department of Agriculture Marketing Service
Ducklings Create Quacking Boom In Floyd County Fields
The Floyd County area reports thousands of ducklings hatching across farmland near lakes and ponds. Farmers note the noisy nurseries disrupt sleep as the birds learn to fly, with migration northward expected but not immediate.
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Floyd County
Floyd
WTSC High FFA Group Wins Area Honors
West Texas State High School FFA chapter scored 1008 points at the Here ford District event earning second in district standings. Team members included Roger Dugan Obed Caraway Melvin May Virgil Walton Raymond Stewart Herschel Lowe T M Moore Jr Tony Brack Eddie Nelson Mack Stalling James Sharman James Stalling B J Moore Karl Meyers. They competed in meat s livestock dairy cattle and crops contests at Area I Annual Contests at Texas Tech and livestock at Amarillo Fat Stock Show and dairy cattle at the Pan-
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Texas Technological College
Amarillo
W. T. High Chapter Excels in Local Contests
Handie Plains Daily notes the W. T. High Chapter placing in the high ten percent at each contest. Local events picked top performers from the chapter to form each team and showcase strong showings.
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handie-Plains Daily Show
W. T. High
Crochet Rose Bowl Pattern for Home Decor
Crocheters are invited to obtain a pattern for a crocheted bowl adorned with colorful embroidered roses. The design features a motif 13 by 8 inches and two motifs 8 3 4 by 5 inches, with crochet directions, stitch illustrations, materials list and color schemes. Send ten cents in coin to The Amarillo Daily News Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York NY, with name address and pattern number written plainly.
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Amarillo Daily News
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N.Y
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Plains
United States Department of Agriculture
Raymond Holbrook
Old Man Weather
Mid-West
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Works Progress Administration
Muleshoe
National Defense
New Mexico
Colorado
James H. Case
Case
South Texas
Oklahoma
Union Bus Depot
Old Post Office
FOX Drug Stores
Ranch & Stock Farm
Southern States Loan CO
Amarillo Chase Holt
Globe-News
Pree
Zephyr
U. S
Morrison Supply Co
Amarillo Fort Worth
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
Barrow
Chicago
Champion Hampshire Barrow
Senate Agriculture Committee
United Press
Wtsc High Ffa
Oliver
Chisholm
Crochet
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