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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1973
Page
4
The 1973 Feed Grain Program set aside is being cut to 25 percent of base to boost corn and soybean production and meet rising domestic and export demand. Noncompliant participation falls to 0 percent set aside. A 25 percent set aside yields payments and a 70 percent parity guarantee to Oct 1 1973, with supplemental payments after March 1 1974.
The House Committee on Agriculture voted 26 to 8 with one present to favorably report H R 2107 restoring the Soil and Water Conservation program REAP after the department ended it on December 26. The move comes amid 28 similar proposals from 95 members of Congress.
Milam County Farm Bureau sent five leaders to the Texas Farm Bureau Legislative Conference January 30 31 in Austin. Attendees included John A. Smith Mrs Edwin Lehmann Edwin Lehmann A T Swanzy and H M Yager. The event featured visits to the State Capitol meetings with Rep Dan Kubiak and Senator Bill Patman plus workshops on legislative effectiveness and membership drives for 1973.
Late winter planting of grain sorghum faced wet fields and uncertain forecasts for 1972. Milam County agronomy notes stress fertilization and soil tests, with guidance on sorghum inputs and pear fire blight control including pruning, disinfection, and Kocide 101 sprays. The bulletin also flags resistant pear varieties Kieffer and Orient and cautions against excessive nitrogen.
Harold Wiedemann of Texas A and M reports a method named low energy grubbing using a John Deere 450 B tractor with a front blade to cut mesquite roots 6 to 12 inches below soil. The approach yields about 11.1 acres per hour, 35 of 46 trees per acre on a 1 400 acre Pitchfork Ranch site, at 12.50 per hour contract cost about 1.13 per acre.
Strong and easy to install zinc coated corrugated steel ore pipe ideal for road culverts ditch crossovers stock water lines and driveways. Available diameters range from 6 to 120 inches with shipment possible in 1 to 3 days notice.
Eighteen men from Cameron Rockdale Thorndale and Milano met Monday night to discuss the county Junior Livestock Show Steve Beatie Cameron was elected chairman of the show directors Wayne Fleming will serve as secretary with Ed Laywell as finance chairman Erwin Fuessel Thorndale will be cattle superintendent Claude Spence will serve as the new board director from Rockdale The group decided to leave rules as they are Steers to
Santa Fe Railway orders 1000 additional hundred ton covered hopper cars at 18 million dollars. CEO John S Ree announces the plan which adds to a prior August order and raises 1973 capital outlays to 145 million.
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