Sheep bred to resist worms show early promise at Texas station
Texas Experiment Station researchers Bruce L. Warwick and team report three purebred Ram bouillet rams survived pasture worm infestations that killed other breeds. Earlier matings yielded 85 percent lamb survival among resistant ewes and bucks, though results remain uncertain. The piece also notes Cotton PMA group involvement in Texas with 111 000 producers and 1563 gins, plus livestock questions and advice in Farm Facts.
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Bruce L. Warwick
Texas Experiment Station
Farm Housing Act Benefits Highlight New Mexico
New Mexico Extension engineer Charley Taylor notes that the 1949 Federal Housing Act also aids farm families with loans and grants under $500 in extreme cases. He cites long term benefits through research with the Agricultural Extension Service to cut housing costs and provide home planning assistance.
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Charley Taylor
State Extension Service
New Mexico
Taylor
New Mexico Agricultural Extension Service
Ground cover improves in New Mexico farm areas says official
Ground cover in most New Mexico farm areas is better than a year ago. Cyril Luker regional director of the Soil Conservation Service notes some soil blowing may occur in a few areas this spring. Eastern plains show good to excellent cover of crop residues and growing wheat.
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New Mexico
Cyril Luker
The
Soil Conservation Service
Luker
Rush Creek Watershed Plan Seeks 90 Percent Coverage
The Rush Creek Watershed Association reports 70 percent of 93 184 acres under conservation agreements and over 50 percent with prescribed practices in operation. Directors target 90 percent coverage by 1950.
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The
Chickasha Express
Rush Creek Watershed Association
New 4-H Club Leader Ira Hollar Named Oklahoma State Leader
Ira Hollar of Muskogee, a long time county agent, becomes leader of the Oklahoma State 4-H Clubs succeeding Paul G. Adams who resigned to work in Nicaragua with the Department of Agriculture's office of foreign agricultural relations. Hollar has chaired the National Association of County Agricultural Agents youth committee and shown ongoing commitment to the 4-H program.
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Ira Hollar
Muskogee
Oklahoma State
Paul G. Adams
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Adams
Nicaragua
Department of Agriculture
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Wheat yield soars after fertilizer on Garfield farm
Wheat yield jumped on the Lloyd Long farm in Garfield as fertility in some wheat belt soils declines, prompting big gains from fertilizer use.
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Lloyd Long
Garfield
New Spreader Has Greater Capacity and New Jack Stand
Minneapolis Moline announces a two wheel field spreader with 70 to 75 bushels capacity, a patented jack and hitch stand, and reinforced design. The unit replaces the former four wheel model and features smoother feeding, heavy duty shafts, shielded chains, and disc wheels for added strength and durability.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnapolis-Moline Company
Fertilizer Tests Boost Wheat Yields in County Oklahoma
County Oklahoma trials show wheat on untreated land yielded 10 bushels per acre. Applying 66 pounds per acre of 4-12-4 raised to 15 bushels, while 16-20-0 yielded 25 bushels. Test results prompted orders for 4 carloads of wheat fertilizer for the county.
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Okla
Early Socrates Note Attributed To Plato’s Phaedo
Thought Of It Early In Plato's Phaedo, published 399 B. C., is the earliest written record of the idea of a round earth. It is credited to Socrates, who died that same year.
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Phaedo
B. C
Socrates
Stolen Kiss Leads to Fine and Jail for Man
Charles S. Shingledecker of Youngstown Ohio leaped from his car and kissed a woman pedestrian. He was fined 500 dollars and jailed.
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Charles S. Shingledecker
Youngstown
Ohio
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