Cotton variety choices to advance earliness in dryland fields
Kerry Siders outlines early maturing cotton options for growers facing limited moisture and recent weed and pest pressures. He lists varieties like Excess Quickie XPress Apache DP 2156 Holland 199 186 PM 145 892 HS 200 and notes HS 26 Atlas and Ute remain suitable under harsh moisture conditions. Weevil activity rising with traps needed soon. monitor thrips fleahoppers and white weeds. contact Extension at 637 4060 with questions.
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South Central
Brownfield
North Central
Sprinkler Pattern Tests Offered by Texas Entity
Lee Arrington reports free sprinkler pattern efficiency testing by Texas Water Development Board and South Plains Water District in the week of June 1923. Eight to nine tests will be possible with five systems enrolled. faulty patterns blamed for irregular irrigation and variable crop growth. Producers with suspected issues are urged to sign up by calling 637-7467.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Water Development Board
TWDB
South Plains Water District
Bush touts four goals as Texas legislative session ends
Governor George W. Bush hailed a successful 1995 session focusing on education welfare tort and juvenile justice reform. He backed property tax relief without an income tax and highlighted a $79 billion two year budget. Democratic Chair Bob Slagle announced he will not seek another term.
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Austin
George W. Bush
Bush
Texas
Texas Education Agency
Senate
Democratic Party
Bob Slagle
Slagle
Sherman
Treasury
Comptroller’s Office
Board of Pardon and Paroles
Retired Texas teachers win biggest benefit rise ever
Lt Governor Bob Bullock announces a sweeping bill expanding retirement benefits for all 128,000 Texas teachers. The average yearly increase is $1,800, with larger gains for those who retired in the 1960s, and new oversight aims to curb costly investments and high admin costs in the Teacher Retirement System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bullock
Texas
Senate
House
Texas Sunset Commission
John Sharp
Talk of Texas Footnote to History and Texas Granite Roots
A column recounts how Granite Mountain near Marble Falls provided stone for Texas buildings including the 1888 Capitol and other Texas and national structures. It notes quarry growth, Mission San Francisco de los Tejas replica, and name changes in Walker County, with anecdotes on libraries and local lore.
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Texas
Atlanta
Denver
New York
America
Granite Mountain
Marble Falls
G. W. Lacy
Capitol
Austin
Convict Hill
Indiana
Lacy
San Antonio
Bexar
Mission San Francisco de Los Tejas
East
Alto
Houston County
Walker County
Robert J. Walker
Mississippi
U. S
Walker
Samuel H. Walker
Maryland
Samuel Walker
Mexico
Samuel Colt
Texas Rangers
Texas secession counts its congressmen and surprises
Congress of the Confederacy figures Texas as the third smallest seceding state with six representatives while Virginia tops the list with 16. In a lighter note, Japanese snow monkeys escape from a 180-acre Duval County ranch where about 400 are raised for a research project, now seen among South Texas cacti and mesquite.
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Congress
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Duval County
Politician contact list for Texas representatives and officials
A compiled contact roster listing President Bill Clinton and Texas officials with addresses and phone numbers. Includes Kay Bailey Hutchison Phil Gramm Larry Combest George W. Bush Rick Perry Dan Morales John Sharp John Montford Gary Walker and others with office locations in Washington DC and Austin Texas.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C
Kay Bailey Hutchison
R- Texas
Hart Senate
Phil Gramm
R-Texas
Russell Building
D.C
Larry Combest
Longworth Ridg
George W. Bush
Austin
Rick Perry
Dan Morales
Lbj
Comptroller of Public Accounts
John Sharp
State
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Kerry Siders
Lee Arrington
Terry County
South Plains Underground Extension Agent
Water Conservation District
Indrast
Terro Is
State Capitol
Tabriz
David Lee
Genra
University of 39
Pablum
Attila’s Horde
Charles
Adam
Zanzibar
Singer Ward
Eden
Lou
Lloyd Webbe
Periman
Faith
Memphis
Godunov
Sothern
Fortuy
Jackson
Woody
Talk of
U.S
Don Egbert Erastus
Beaumont
W. Weiss Hook and Ladder Company
Beeville Bee-Picayune
Jack Maguire
John Montford Box
Gary Walker
House of Representatives
P.O. Box
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