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Newspaper
Brady Standard
Location
Brady, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1962
Page
10
A narrator recalls trading a green bay horse for two others and 165 dollars with Jack the horse trader. Jack later keeps the outlaw horse and demands a thousand, while the narrator and Sutton fear danger and seek to confess. The horse leads a double life as outlaw then valued asset, ending with a hopeful note on second chances.
The article cites tests showing Gambusia can consume hundreds of larvae per hour and forecasts vast mosquito declines if populations grow. It recalls 1920 Red Cross efforts to release fish in Italy and Spain, noting Spain thrived while Italy failed, and cites a Rome province drop in malaria indices from 98 to 10 after introductions.
Texas grain sorghum growers hit a record 2520 pounds per acre in 1961 but Bill Cole of Deaf Smith County set a top 9383.9 pounds per acre with RS 610 grown by irrigation. Fred Campbell of Hill County led top dryland yield at 8004.3 pounds per acre, also RS 610. Oats suffer from Victoriae Blight amid drought and cold, with some fields dying or stunting. The agent offers help selecting blight resistant varieties.
Corpus Christi scientists Keller and Heine test Gambusia Affinia in staged salinity trials to breed salt tolerant mosquito fish for coastal mosquito control. The project aims to deploy large numbers to eat larvae in bays and lagoons, noting prior freshwater use and uncertain saltwater adaptation.
Visiting Mother Lt Col Gerald Mann of Roswell New Mexico is a guest of his mother Mrs James T Mann. He was retired from the Army in October and plans to visit in Brady for several weeks.
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