New Mexico Ranks Low in 1911 Livestock Output
New Mexico ranked 26th in lightweight cattle and calves production 39th in hogs and 12th in sheep and lambs according to W Y Fowler economist at New Mexico State University Extension Service Liveweight production covers cattle and calves sheep and lambs and hogs totals 395 million 52 million and 16 million pounds respectively in 1910 11. Texas leads cattle and sheep production Iowa dominates hogs and national totals reach 29 688 million pounds for cattle and calves 20 216 million for hogs and 1 688 million for sheep and lambs.
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University Park
N. M
New Mexico
W. Y. Fowler
New Mexico State University Extension Service
Texas
Iowa
Dunlop Plans Electrification for Kuala Lumpur and Ikeja Factories
The Dunlop Rubber Company announced orders totaling about 1.4 million dollars for supply and erection of electrical equipment for two new factories in Kuala Lumpur and Ikeja Nigeria. The UPI report notes the use of the equipment to outfit both facilities.
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London
UPI
Dunlop Rubber Company
Kuala Lumpur
Ikeja
Nigeria
Rates on Cotton Loans Announced For 1962 Program
Premiums and discounts for upland and extra long staple cotton loans under the 1962 price support program are set by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Minimum middling upland loan is 32.47 cents per pound. extra long staple rates vary by type and region, with American Egyptian at about 53.18 cents net weight and Sea Island at 48.18 cents. Loans available in specified Arizona California New Mexico Texas counties. quotas apply and eligibility tied to farm acreage allotments and leases on federally owned land. Loans to be made by CCC approved lenders and by county offices for the first time since 1952.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
FE. J. O'Neal
Sea Island
Sealand
O'Neal
Cochise
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
Maricopa
Mohave
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yuma
Arizona
Imperial
Riverside
California
Dona Ana
Eddy, Luna, Otero
Sierra
New Mexico
Brewster, Culberson
el Paso
Jeff Davis
Hudspeth, Loving
Pecos
Presidio, Reeves
Ward
Texas
USDA
National Farm Safety Week Proclaimed by President Kennedy
President John F Kennedy proclaims the week beginning July 22 as National Farm Safety Week with the theme Family Safety at Work and Play. He urges all persons and agricultural organizations to reduce farm home and highway accidents through a coordinated effort aided by the Agriculture Department and the National Safety Council and other groups.
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John F. Kennedy
The
Department of Agriculture
National Safety Council
National Farm Safety
State Cooperative Extension Services
Farm Press
Deadline Set on Wheat Allotment
Applications for a new farm wheat allotment for 1963 must be filed with county ASCS offices by July 2. A new farm is one with no wheat acreage history in 1960 1961 or 1962, including CRP or Great Plains Conservation Program acres. Marketing cards will be mailed to farmers already eligible for 1963 allotments.
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ASCS
Fertilizer Plant in East Pakistan Begins Production
Karachi reports that East Pakistan's first fertilizer plant at Fenchuganj has started production, marking a milestone in regional industry.
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Karachi — East Pakistan
Fenchuganj
New System For Grading Is Offered
Federal meat graders in the Amarillo area will be equipped July 1 to offer the new dual beef grading system of the Department of Agriculture. John H. Baker announces the system, result of 10 years of USDA research. Dual grading measures quality and yield of trimmed retail cuts, boosting retailer value with higher yield beef.
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Amarillo
Department of Agriculture
Livestock Division
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Baker
Dual grading boosts beef carcass yields and premium prices
The article explains how dual grading helps cattlemen share in higher prices retailers can pay for beef carcasses with higher retail cut yields. It notes meat-type steers attract premium prices and that dual grading is offered by USDA on a trial basis to qualified applicants, while the existing grading service continues. A separate item reports Shinko Northrop Co. in Japan to manufacture architectural products with Northrop holding 40 percent of the new firm capitalized at 1.1 million dollars.
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USDA
Beverly Hills, Calif
UPD
Northrop Architectural System
Kobe Steel Works, Ltd
Japan
Shinko-Northrop Co
Shinko Northrop
Kobe
Northrop
Yugoslavia Grants Duty Free for Reading Material
Belgrade authorities allow duty free entry for books newspapers and magazines, detailing a limited exemption policy for print media and periodicals arriving at border points.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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Stamford
Jamie Crump
Miss Crump
CCC
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ROW & Range Report
John H. Baker
West Sixth
JEEP
America
Colbert’s
Colbert's
Couturier
Fortuna
Formfit
Brassieres
Colbert
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