Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 explained
Senates vote 78 to 9 on passage, key features include a 43 cent target price for cotton and a $20,000 payment limit per farmer. Plains Cotton Growers executive vice president Donald Johnson criticizes the bill’s inequities and questions whether producer losses will be insured, urging changes in the House version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of
Senate
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Donald Johnson
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lubbock
Johnson
U.S
PCG
House Agriculture Committee
Compress
Hutton
Puerto Rico
Growing Vegetables Can Be Educational
Gardeners can start mini gardens with containers from six to ten inches using pots, plastic pails or wooden boxes. Use drainage holes and a gravel bottom, choose disease resistant seeds, and plant sun-loving vegetables and leafy greens for indoor starts and later transplant outdoors. Water when soil is dry and fertilize with 5-10-5 every three weeks after two leaves develop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goredon R. Powell
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Powell
Sunflower Research Gets ARS Grant for Beetle Control
The Agricultural Research Service awards a 12750 grant to Texas A&M TAES Lubbock for joint TAES ARS work on carrot beetle damage to sunflowers in West Texas. Project led by Raymond Brigham and George Teetes with adviser Calvin Orr, based at Texas A&M center in Lubbock. Study runs through 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Research Service
ARS
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
TAES
West
Texas
George Mee Bee
Raymond Brigham
George Teetes
Lubbock
Calvin Orr
Texas A&m University
McBee
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Annual Arthritis Foundation Report Highlights West Texas Growth
The 1972 Arthritis Foundation annual report shows public support reaching 9,826,022 with a 6.7 percent overall rise and 13.1 percent from independent sources. West Texas Plains Division president Mabry Peel notes 83 counties covered, 16 county units, and plans for a Texas Tech rheumatology department to boost research and education.
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Arthritis Foundation
Voluntary Health Agency
Los Angeles
Mabry Peel
Plains Division of West Texas
United Fund
Congress
West Texas
Peel
Midland
San Angelo
Texas Tech University Medical School
Peelacid
Automatic Enrollment For Part B Of Medicare
Social Security amendments set automatic Parts A and B enrollment for most aged and disabled upon hospital insurance entitlement starting July 1973, with opt out possible. New beneficiaries face a 25 month delay. those already receiving benefits before 65 gain immediate Part A and B upon reaching 65. Contact local office at 1205 Texas Avenue, Lubbock, TX.
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John Hutton
Social Security
Lubbock
Hutton
Texas Avenue
Texas
Research Foundation Studies New Cotton Insecticide Test
The High Plains Research Foundation and Texas Tech University study a new cotton systemic insecticide to reduce pest damage in West Texas. Entomologists monitor insect populations through the season, comparing three application rates across seed treatment furrow and sidedress methods. Temik and Di Syston trials are included as references. The effort aims to identify early season bollworm control sources, with ongoing testing through 1973. A 1973 cotton variety test includes 49 varieties from 11 seed companies and 24 experimental strains, complementing a 36-variety double-row test begun earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
High Plains Research Foundation
Texas Tech University
Diamond Shamrock Chemical Co
McKinney son receives ACU master of science in agriculture
Receives degree Ken Frazier son of Mrs W W T McKinney 1312 E Cardwell earned the master of science degree in agriculture from Abilene Christian College. The degree was conferred during the spring commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Frazier
W.W. T. McKinney
E. Cardwell
Abilene Christian College
Wellman Items and Local Happenings
Mrs Anita Hancock and her children visited Cloudcroft last week and took art classes taught by Raymon Fremon of Dallas with about 200 enrollees. Donald Hancock Keith Cheatham and Donna Bing ham joined Thursday and toured local spots before returning Sunday. Sammy Johnston was named head basketball coach at Smyer High for 1973 74. A study to determine best double row cotton varieties includes eleven experimental strains supported partially by Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Hancock
Cloudcroft
Raymon Fremon
Dallas
Donald
Keith Cheatham
Donna Bingham
Meadow
Sammy Johnston
Smyer
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Plains Cotton Growers Press For Fair Farm Legislation
Hart native Ray Joe Riley, president of Plains Cotton Growers, argues for equitable farm laws to sustain U S cotton output, criticizing Washington politics and advocating target prices near parity while opposing caps on individual farmer payments.
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Ray Joe Riley
Hart
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
PCG
Riley
Washington
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Orient
Tiny Tim
Sunflower Research
New Chemical
Wellman
Browanifietate
Brownfield, Texas
Rade Mark
Brownfield State Company
Hester Memorial Church Vacation Bible School
Karen Steffens
Melanie Frizzell
Glenda Draper
Lynda Willis
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