New Moore barley strain ripens evenly for harvest
Advertisement notes Moore barley, a new strain, mantains grain as it ripens, allowing farmers to delay harvest until the entire crop is ready.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
2
Advertisement notes Moore barley, a new strain, mantains grain as it ripens, allowing farmers to delay harvest until the entire crop is ready.
Farmers and officials gathered at Tri-State Fair Park as John Landrum USDA expert outlined a wartime plan against grasshoppers. He touted chlordane and toxaphene as top choices with bran mixes for tough vegetation and warned results appear within 24 to 72 hours. Local growers in Potter and Carson Counties report heavy infestations across sorghum fields under a hot June sun.
Congress approved a unanimous House Agriculture Committee measure linking war crop credits to Texas cotton allotments for 1951. The plan bases Texas acreage on 7.6 million acres, with Poage credited for pushing war crop credit and the High Plains around Lubbock and the lower Rio Grande valley among the big losers under the new formula.
In the Sea of Galilee area still a favorite fishing place, Israel reports that fish caught in lakes and sea over the past five months totaled 2,053 tons. Local fishers rely on abundant catches around Tiberias.
The Panhandle would lose about 13,000 acres while the coastal bend area, hardest hit in 1950, would be the biggest gainer in 1951. Central Texas also shows sizable increases in acres under the new allotments.
New York June 28 The stock and commodity markets calm after two days of wide swings driven by war nerves. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange held at about 2.6 million shares, far below the prior days. Prices rose up to 4 a share as the Associated Press average closed 90 cents higher. 805 issues advanced while 174 declined. Most commodities showed quiet price changes.
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