Driggers Brothers Turn Waterways Into Profitable Fish Crop
William A Driggers and Albert Driggers convert 150 acres in Saline Louisiana into a fish farming venture using minnows and gold fish. They began with 5 dollars of minnows and 23 goldfish bought in Shreveport and now stock 21 ponds totaling about seven acres. The brothers sell minnows to dealers statewide and goldfish to Shreveport stores, earning revenue previously from watermelons. They fertilize ponds with 5 10 5 at 400 pounds an acre from spring to early summer and feed fish with cottonseed meat and wheat shorts.
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Saline
William A. Driggers
Albert
Louisiana
Shreveport
Bill Driggers
Bill
Driggers
Soil Conservation Service
Driggers Brothers
Minnow Business Expands Despite Farm Headaches
Albert and William raise minnows and goldfish as their main future crop, expanding with six more ponds and two acres. They face threats from herons, snakes, and bullfrogs, and have learned to feed lightly before transport to reduce seasickness. They also farm corn timber livestock and watermelons on their farms.
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Albert
William
Bill
Albret
King-Size Banana Squash Breaks Size Records
A 112 pound banana squash measuring 53 inches long was grown on a ranch near Hemet California and is believed to be the largest squash ever produced. Five year old Val Deane Sly poses with the giant, joking she would be a big girl before eating that much squash.
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Hemet
Calif
Val Deane Sly
More, Better Pig Theory Advanced
Southwestern swine producers should feed gilts balanced rations before breeding to improve litter size and growth. E M Regenbrecht of Texas A and M urges corn or grain with protein, legume pasture or hay, minerals, and substitute ground oats for corn when possible. The piece ends with an odd remark about the attachment of humans.
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E. M. Regenbrecht
Texas A. & M. College
Regenbrecht
Bluestem breakthrough promises high seed yields for Texas farms
King Ranch bluestem shows strength in cattle pastures and soil recovery. Texas Research Foundation reports first year seed yield of 200 dollars per acre in Dr Howard Sprague led trials. The grass features deep roots and drought resilience, enhancing soil and forage value.
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Texas Research Foundation
Howard B. Sprague
Dr. Sprague
Government plans stockpile wool for emergency cloth
The government announces a plan to buy millions of pounds of clean wool to stockpile as finished cloth against a potential military emergency.
Farm plane under way at Texas A and M College
At Texas A and M College a new agricultural aircraft designed for farm dusting spraying seeding and fertilizing is under construction. Led by Fred Weick the aircraft includes 150 gallon spray tanks dust hoppers and wire cutting surfaces funded by a 50 000 grant from the Civil Aeronautics Authority with federal cooperation.
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Southwest
Texas A. & WM
Fred Weick
Ercoupe
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Agriculture and Commerce Departments
Br. Weick
Oklahoma A and M College Vet Medicine to graduate 26 graduates
Twenty six students will graduate from Oklahoma A and M College School of Veterinary Medicine next June according to Dean C H McElroy. The program began in March 1948 and normally requires six years of study.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M. College School’ of Veterinary Medicine
C. H. McEelroy
Dean McElroy
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Minnow
William Driggers
Lousiana
Pege Sin
Bluestem
King Ranch
San Antonio
Livestock Marketing Association
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