Critical weeks ahead for Texas soil and drought risk
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson reports in Washington on Texas rain prospects and dust storms, urging $15 million for wind erosion control, upstream water development, and soil conservation. He warns that failure could worsen drought, soil loss, and future hardship for Texans.
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Eugene Millikin
Republican Conference Committee
Senate
Rio Grande
Laredo
Orange
Del Rio Futurity Meet Promises Wild Horse Racing Weekend
April 24 to May 2 features a 330 yard Futurity with a $500 purse added, $50 nomination and starting fees. Trials April 24 and 25, finals April 30, 314 furlongs Futurity prelims April 25, eight purse races daily, plus match races for full afternoon programs.
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Sunny del Rio
Old Mexico
del Rio
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Rio Grande
Farm price trends and price support costs in Texas
February and March farm prices in Texas fell 5 percent from a year earlier, per the Crop Reporting Board. Over twenty years the price support program cost about 1 million dollars annually for basic crops and about 50 million per year for all commodities. A Library of Congress table shows subsidies nationwide in 1954 with agriculture receiving 520 million, while business and labor receive the rest.
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
Library of Congress
Ora
Sieterens Salah
National Home Demonstration Week Observed Across Texas
National Home Demonstration Week will be observed by 40 000 Texas members May 2 8 with a theme Home the Cornerstone of Freedom. Nationwide three million women in 62 000 communities participate to highlight farm and ranch women’s achievements through organized planning and action. Extension work in Texas is carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture Texas A&M College System and county commissioners courts. Texas has 233 county workers aiding home demonstration activities.
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Texas
Ed States Department of Agriculture
Texas A & M College System
County Commissioners Courts
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Joy Detergent
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Este
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Pillsbury Biscuits
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Famous
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