Texas Farmers Face 1972 Feed Grain Set-Aside Choices
Texas ASC Chairman Clarence Danklefs outlines three options in the 1972 feed grain set-aside program. Sign up Jan 17 to Feb 25 for 25 percent of base set-aside, with extra optional set-asides of up to 10 percent on corn sorghum and up to 20 percent on barley, plus corresponding additional payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Kanklefs
Texas State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Danklefs
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Dankleft
Investment Credit Could Aid Farmer Purchases
Texas farmer economists say Congress may set a 7 percent investment credit for machinery in two years, potentially saving a $30,000 combine about $2,100 if approved. Nixon proposed 10 percent retroactive to Aug 16, 1971, lowering to 5 percent in 1972. Action before November seems unlikely.
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College Station
Texas
Congress
James I. Mallett
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Nixon
United States
Mallett
Farmers Tax Guides Available in 1972 County Office
The 1972 Farmers Tax Guide is now available at the County Extension office with copies printable at the Cameron Post Office lobby. It covers income and self employment tax, reporting dates, 17 chapters from record keeping to fuel tax credit, and major topics for farmers and ranchers including farm expenses depreciation and casualty losses. The Texas DHIA dairy program notes strong milk per cow and butterfat gains with Milam County herds performing above state averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Post Office
Texas
DHIA
Texas Dhia
Milam County
The Informed Consumer: A Look at Referral Selling Schemes
A consumer alert outlines referral selling as a scam that pressures buyers into costly contracts via commissions for referring friends. It covers common tactics, inflated earnings claims, free merchandise ruses, and rapid market saturation as companies move to new cities leaving buyers with debt.
Renner lovegrass yields high gains in Texas grazing trial
Texas Research Foundation reports Renner lovegrass produced 408 pounds beef per acre in a 122 day trial with 3.2 animals per acre. Weigh-off occurred October 29 after starting April 26. A spring planting expansion is planned as interest grows across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Research Foundation
Renner
C. L. Lundell
Foundation
Simpson
Texas
Ag Yearbook Emphasizes Rural Life and Reshaping Communities
The 1971 Yearbook of Agriculture stresses improving rural housing and programs to redistribute population away from metropolises. It outlines human, economic, and natural resource needs to create better living environments, featuring sections on Space for Living and Production Resources for Living. Published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, copies cost $3.50 from the Government Printing Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington D.C
UT Researchers Find Blood Elasticity Key To Disease
A Texas State Department of Health feature reports UT Austin and UT Galveston researchers finding that blood’s elastic structure must be disrupted for normal flow. The work links viscosity to heart and arterial diseases and notes implications for artificial hearts and pumps. Snakes venom at Galveston also alters red cells, turning them spherical with burrs, unknown why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Austin
Galveston
George B. Thurston
Thurston
Texas
UT Medical
Outdoor Room Concept Brings Private Living Space Outside
The Outdoor Room redefines decks and fences into a private extension with planters benches lights and sculpture. Designed by architect Alex Pierce it ranges from basic to luxurious for kitchens living rooms baths bedrooms and entries and suits sloping sites or wasted side yards.
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Alex Pierce
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