Foss Reservoir Proposed to Aid Washita Irrigation
The Foss Reservoir project aims to staunch floods and supply irrigation for 35 000 acres in the Washita Basin. The earthfill dam would stand about 104 feet high with 11 000 acres of right of way and 256 000 acre feet capacity allocated across siltation, fish propagation, irrigation, and flood control.
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Fess
Bureau of Reclamation
Washita Basin
Washita Drainage
Foss
Clinton
Hockley County Plans Irrigation Boosts Cotton and Soil District
Levelland Texas reports a favorable outlook for 1946 with a new Soil Conservation District formed to protect the soil. Cotton prospects rise as drought eased, irrigation wells increase to 75, and 4 H Club youths pivot to breeding livestock and crops while farmers explore cotton insurance and defoliation methods.
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Levelland
Tex
WNL
Hockley County
Soil Conservation District
Dave Sherrill
J. W. Evans
PMA
Sherrill
Drouth
Couty
Double Stars Over Texas Seen From McDonald Observatory
The McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis Texas, built with W J McDonald’s bequest and linked with Yerkes, sits at Mount Locke. It offers 82 inch telescope work on stars and double stars, with 2,300 hours of yearly observing and public open nights.
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Texas
McDonald Observatory
W. J. McDonald
Paris
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
Low
Mount Locke
Violet Locke McIvor
Davis Mountains
Elmer Dershem
Dr. Dershem
Earth
Astrophysical Journal
Otto Struve
Bingery
Daniel Popper
Observatory
Popper
Fort Davis
Alpine
Marfa
Dorothy Hinds
Peanuts Boost Yields amid Food and Hay Shortages
The article urges higher peanut production to ease shortages of food and feed. It recommends planting 25 to 30 pounds of shelled seed per acre and treating seeds to improve germination with Arasan and spergon. Ceresan at 5 percent is discouraged. A mix of 4-12-4 yielded the best profits, followed by 180 pounds of 20 percent super phosphate.
Englewood Reservoir Project Planned on Cimarron River
Investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation are under way for the Englewood Reservoir to be built on the Cimarron River just west of the Harper County line. The plan includes two gravity canals, laterals, drainage, and an earth dam to hold about 232 000 acre feet for irrigation and flood control across Harper County Oklahoma and Englewood area in Clark County Kansas.
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Willard
Okla
WNS
Bureau of Reclamation
Englewood
Cimarron River
Harper County
Oklahoma
Clark County
Kansas
Grubby Cattle Costs Farmers in Texas County
Brownfield Texas R W McClain, Terry County agent, promotes a cattle health program testing and treating for Bangs disease to reduce reactors and losses. He cites devaluation of grubby cattle at 25 cents to $1 per hundred weight and two pounds trimmed meat per carcass. He notes heel fly control with rotenone and sulfur sprays every 30 days.
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Brownfield
Tex
Wns
R. W. McClain
Terry County
Texas
Prairie dust storms plagued early Vernon households
Vernon Texas residents recall dusty days when sand storms hit at night and the next morning women faced shoveling dirt and sweeping before preparing breakfast.
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Vernon Times
Vernon
Tex
China Accepts Peace Terms With England and France
The dispatch dated August 26, 1858 reports that China has concluded a peace treaty meeting the demands of England and France and includes provisions for establishing embassies at Pekin and other treaty ports.
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China
England
France
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Parker Foundation
Welbere
Dallas
the Weekly Press of
West Fexas
Trustate Area
STE
Rou Meeting Place
W. A. McCoy
G. Herzberg
W. A. Hiltner
Yerkes and
McDonald Observatories
Venus
Jupiter
G. van Biesbroeck
Biesbroeck
Vanbroeck
Harvard
Stewart Observatory
van Biesbroeck
Dr. Biesbroeck
Gerald P. Kuiper
Kuiper
The
Astronomical Journal
McMath Observatory
Michigan
General Electric Company
J. B. Elliston
Hereford
Boone Hale
Scoggins Beauty Academy
Pine Abilene, Texas
Horace Black
State Fair
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