Texas Agricultural Outlook Signs Mixed Spring Delays
Texas farmers report planting behind schedule by two to four weeks across most regions due to wet cold conditions. Seedbeds lag in the Blacklands to the Valley while wheat and oats thrive. grain sorghum planting proceeds slowly. Hog numbers dip nine percent March 1 with 1 150 000 head. sow farrowings rise nine percent to 62 000 in March to May. Lamb crop shows a four percent decline nationally with strong Texas figures. early lambs total 970 000 in Texas. Potatoes planted up six percent. 16 500 acres planned with early plantings underway. Egg production in February fell 20 percent from a year earlier.
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Farm Bureau leader faults Nixon meat price ceiling
Texas Farm Bureau President J. T. Red Woodson said Nixon's beef, pork and lamb price ceiling ignores supply and demand and could squeeze livestock producers. He warned production cuts or business closures may cause shortages. he urged equal wage and price restraint for all groups.
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Red) Woodson
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Egg Prices to Rise This Summer Say Industry Officials
Ed Whitesides of Austin urged the Commercial Egg Clinic at Texas A&M to warn consumers in advance about higher egg prices. He cited rising feed and transport costs and explained beef price hikes caused public discontent when not communicated. Orchids grow from the smallest seeds in the world.
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Ed Whitesides
Austin
Texas Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services Division
Whitesides
Texas A&m University
4 H Members Raise 1750 Broilers For Milam Show
Four‑H members from Cameron Rockdale Thorndale Gause Maysfield Buckholts unite to raise 1750 broilers for the Milam County Junior Broiler Show set for May 12 in Cameron. Cameron 4‑H lists participants including Patricia Matula Debra Fleming and others.
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Debra Fleming
Curtis Wise
Jerry
Dnnis Mueck
Sharon Albright
Lee Ann Doskocil
Alan Mayer
Barbara Winkler
Margaret Graham
Mike Kirk
Gary Hollas
Gerald
Ronald Cobb
Dominic
Robert Riola
Rosemary
David Ehler
Julia Ann Campbell
Michelle Rodenbeck
Brad Gary
Kevin McCoy
Vernon January
Billy Joe Pittman
Milam County conducts predator loss survey and planting notes
Milam County запуска predator loss survey covering March 1 1972 to February 28 1973 amid rising livestock complaints since coyote control ban. The report notes few goats and sheep, losses mainly to baby calves, and similar surveys planned across the state.
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Milam County
Farm Labor Numbers Drop in Texas Under Mechanization
Commissioner John C. White reports a 53 percent drop in hired farm labor in Texas from 423000 in 1960 to 275000 in 1972 due to mechanization. He notes rural depopulation, rising farm sizes to 678 acres, and a 35 percent fall in family labor, urging rural redevelopment and private land ownership. He adds farming needs financing and leasing options for equipment.
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John C. White
Commissioner White
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