Farmers Urged to Complete Survey on Livestock and Feed Costs
Farmers across Texas are asked to fill December 1 1953 livestock survey cards to aid the Post Office Department and U S Department of Agriculture. The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service in Austin uses results to estimate livestock and poultry numbers and milk production and guide production planning and marketing. Feeder price guidance compares feeder calves and feeder steers as slaughter beef markets shape profit, noting wide price spreads between 500 pound calves and higher 590 pound or more calves and steer versus calf prices.
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Texas
Post Office
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Austin
George Childress Insurance Ad Offer
An advertisement touts George Childress offering auto rider insurance for all drivers at as little as $1.00 per month. It presents a simple rate promise and highlights affordable coverage through a local insurer.
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George Childress
Pineda Expedition First Spaniards Landed in Texas
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda and his followers are believed to be the first Europeans to reach Texas soil during their 1519 exploration. Their voyage marked the earliest known Spanish contact with the region.
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Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
Texas
Pineda
Medicine Mound Texas Named for Co manche Ceremonial Sites
Medicine Mound Texas derives its name from four nearby elevations called medicine mounds used as camp and ceremonial sites by the Co manche Indians. Native medicinal herbs not found elsewhere were gathered there.
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Medicine Mound
Texas
Medicine Mounds
Scarbrough lauded by USDA for soil conservation practices
Feaster Scarbrough, a Milam County farmer east of Cameron, completed a basic plan for his 130 acre farm. He converted cropland to permanent grass, implemented rotation grazing, sodded 90 acres of bermuda, and divided the land into five pastures. He cooperates with the Central Texas SCC and serves on the County ASC Committee, aiding county conservation work.
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Scarbrough
USDA
Central Texas
SCC
Milam County
Feaster Scarbrough
Cameron
Bermuda
Central Texas Scc
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Cameron FFA Teams Earn District Leadership Contest Honors
Cameron FFA members placed in the District I Area III Leadership Contest at Texas A&M College in College Station on November 25. The Senior Farm Skills Team, Senior Chapter Conducting, and Junior Chapter Conducting took third, while the Farm Radio Team was fourth. Members named include Edward Moran Oscar Skala Johnnie Pagach Sven Vogel sang Douglas Parker Philip Kostrom Elzie Warrick Robert Lee White Eugene White Billy Parcus Willie Parcus Arvell Jungmann Stanley Kirk Philip Hubnik Steve Hubnik Bobby Hillman Leo Rozner Dan Brashear Eddie Luckey Herman Mueck Newton Barta.
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Arvell Jungmann
Stanley Kirk
Philip Hubnik
Steve Hubnik
Bobby Hillman
Leo Rozner
Dan Brashear
Farm Radio
Eddie Luckey
Herman Mueck
Newton Barta
Marketing Referendum on Cotton Quota and Price Support
Farmers in cotton growing areas will vote December 15 to decide the marketing quota program for 1959. A two thirds approval triggers quota penalties or expanded allotments with price support, while a one third or more against quotas ends penalties and lowers price support. All 1958 cotton farmers may vote.
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Alva E. Sanders
Milam County
Flags that have flown over Texas in history
Six sovereignty flags have flown over Texas including Spain France Mexico Republic of Texas Confederate States and the United States. The note lists Spain France Mexico the Republic of Texas the Confederate States and the United States as past rulers of the land.
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Texas
Spain
France
Mexico
Republic of Texas
Southern Confederacy
United States
Sharp FFA Teams Attend Conducting Contest At A&M
The Sharp FFA chapter sent two teams to a chapter conducting contest at Texas A&M on November 25. The greenhorn team included John D. Stanislaw Carroll Rich ter George Piske Kenneth And rews James Weidner Joe Hasch and Leon Love. The senior team featured Leroy Guillote James Guillote Clyde Caffey Robert Lee Ottmer Ronnie Locklin Troy Lock and Andrew Cortez. FFA members Pete Janke Allen Lawrence and Carrol Modesette also attended.
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Sharp Ffa
Texas A&m
Greenhorn
John D. Stanislaw
Carroll Richter
George Piske
Kenneth Andrews
James Weidner
Joe Hasch
Leon Love
Leroy Guillote
James Guillote
Clyde Caffey
Robert Lee Ottmer
Ronnie Locklin
Troy Lock
Andrew Cortez
Texas Leads in Broiler Production Say Officials
COLLEGE STATION Texas will supply more than 100 million of the estimated 1.6 billion broilers to be produced in the United States in 1958 according to Ben Wormell extension poultry specialist. Per capita ready to cook chicken consumption rose from 19 to 29 pounds in ten years and broilers now account for more than three quarters of total chicken. Texas remains the leading sheep and wool state with key activity in southwest and far west Texas.
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College Station
United States
Ben Wormell
Extension Poultry Husbandman
Texas
Wormell
Union
Southwest
Davenport Family and Harold Davenport Visit Burlington Rosebud
Mr and Mrs J B Davenport and daughter and Harold Davenport of Corpus Christi recently visited Burlington and Rosebud, sharing time with local residents during their trip.
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J. B
Davenport
Harold Davenport
Corpus Christi
Burlington
Rosebud
Visitors accompany Rosebud patient to town
Mrs Joe Wunsch and Mrs Louise Mobley of San Antonio visited with their mother and sister Mrs Tom Tallent who is a patient at Rosebud Hospital and Clinic.
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Joe Wunsch
Louise Mobley
San Antonio
Tom Tallent
Rosebud Hospital
Industry Texas: Oldest German Settlement Seat in Austin County
Industry in Austin County serves as the seat of the oldest German settlement in Texas founded in 1842. The town centers on its historical German heritage and longstanding status within the county.
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Industry
Austin County
Texas
Texas First Producing Oil Well Drilled in 1856
Lynis T. Barrett drilled Texas first producing oil well in Melrose Nacogdoches County in 1856 marking an early petroleum milestone for the state.
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Texas
Melrose
Nacogdoches County
Lynis T. Barrett
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A.re Cross
Rogers, Texas
A&m
FFA
Pete Janke
Allen Lawrence
Carrol Modesette
Chevrolet
Earle Pearson Chevrolet
Cameron, Texas
Pyank OF
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Hollywood
Acme
Warner Bros
James Garner
Maverick
Jack Kelly
Warner Bros“Maverick
Wayde Preston
Star
Colt .45
John Russell
Lawman
Will Hutchins
Sugarfoot
Peter Brown
Chey
Acme Boot Company, Inc
Clarksville, Tennessee
Engineer
Parade
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