Milam County Cotton Meeting Set For February 15
The Milam County Cotton Meeting will be February 15 at 7 30 p m in Cameron to update producers on management practices for the 1972 crop. Speakers from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service include Fred Elliott Beverly Reeves and Dr Clifford E Hoelscher. The program covers cotton varieties equipment insect and weed control and other timely topics.
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Milam County Cotton Meeting
Milam County
Cameron
Fred Elliott
Beverly Reeves
Clifford E. Hoelscher
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Ducers
Gene Klein
Blackland
Texas
BIG Assembly
Tyrus Timm
J. Dukes Wooters, Jr
Heart of Texas Fair Grounds
Waco
Milam County 4-H Council Plans March Elections
Milam County 4-H Council met in the First National Bank civic room and heard reports on the Christmas party by Ricky Richter and on the district meeting by Deborah Stevens. Dates announced include county contests March 18 and district events April 8 at Texas A&M. Rural Life Day May 7. record books due June 30. a nominating committee was named with Paula Fleming Ricky Richter Daniel Richardson Rufus Lamere and Deborah Stevens. Elections will be held in March.
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Milam County
4-H
First National Bank
Ricky Richter
Texas A&m
Paula Fleming
Daniel Richardson
Rufus Lamere
Deborah Stevens
Rural Development Bill Earns House Committee Backing
The House Agriculture Committee approved H. R. 10867 to broaden FHA credit services and boost rural development. The panel rejected revenue sharing and credit sharing plans, aims to curb rural-urban migration, and schedules a Feb 9 vote on a revised measure focusing on community, environmental, and pollution abatement programs.
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House Committee On Agriculture
America
W. R
Bob) Poage
D-Tex
Poage
Earl Butz
Farmers Schome Administration
FHA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
ASCS offers farm measurement service at Milam County office
Farmers may use the county ASCS measurement service during sign up for feed grain wheat and cotton set aside programs. Hugo Fuchs notes the service is nominal in fee and helps ensure acreages meet program requirements. Sign up runs February 3 through March 10, with on farm spot checks and potential penalties for errors in certification.
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Milam County
ASCS
Hugo Fuchs
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Fuchs
Investment Tax Credit Restored
The seven percent investment tax credit returns for 1971 tax returns for qualifying property. Eligible items include machinery, office equipment, livestock, fences, silos, and fuel tanks. Credit limits apply with carryback and carryforward provisions and must align with depreciation rules.
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James I. Mallett
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Economist
United States
U.S
Forage Outlook Sunny in Texas Says Extension Expert
Farm notes from Dr. Neal Pratt say Texas has favorable soil and climate, a long growing season, and prospects for high quality forage. The piece promotes the 4th Southwestern Animal Health Conference in Waco on March 18-19 with seminars on beef cattle horses poultry swine dairy cattle and feedlot management. Uncle Sam collects about 350 million annually from federal forest lands.
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Texas
Neal Pratt
Extension Agronomist
Waco
Uncle Sam
Local Social Notes From Pearland and Nearby
Sunday dinner guests included Rev and Mrs Kindrick with the Phipps family. Mrs Irwin Stoker remains a patient at St Edward Hospital awaiting return home. Visitors traced to Halbert Hospital Rosebud and Baytown as well as Sunday worship with several local residents.
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Irwin Stoker
St. Edward Hospital
Milam Farm Bureau Calls Members for February Drive
The Milam County Farm Bureau schedules a county wide membership drive from February 14 to February 18. A Farm Bureau spokesman cites rising efficiency in farming and the need for producers to organize to gain influence in markets and policy. The piece notes that farm output now employs a small share of the population and urges collective participation.
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Milam County
Farm Bureau
Meeting Outlines Provisions For Trailer Brakes and Lights
Rep Dan Kubiak reported a very successful meeting in Rockdale on Rules of the Road. Key points include farm trailers under 10 000 pounds exempt from brake rules and horse trailers treated as farm trailers.
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Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
Department of Public Safety
Social visits Span Region as Community Members Rally
A flurry of visits connects residents from Dallas Waco Temple Cameron and Plano to Mrs Henrietta Hagerty and family over the weekend. Illnesses prompted a notable flu run across the community. Local families including the Fosheas Pools Glasses and Prescotts gathered at various homes in brief weekend visits.
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Dale Canipe
Dallas
Bobby Canipe
Waco
Earl Canipe
Temple
Ricky Canipe
Colorado Springs
Calif
Henrietta Hagerty
Kathleen
Harry
la Vena Ward
Banna Kirkman
Erline Shivers
Marlin
W. C. Hagerty
Cameron
Willie Mae Witte
Halbert - Vardiman Hospital
Rosebud
George Pool
Gerald Foshen
J. W. Cowdray
David
Lynda
David Jones
Leesville
Bill Glass
Delton Hellgatter and Jr
Roy Glass
Wesley
Cindie
Jerry Glass
Frank Glass
Edward
Frank Glass Jr
Kaye
Roy Lindsay Jr
Roy
Aleta Marek
Billy Wayne Marek
Stephie
Plano
Julia McCollum
Eddy Janke
J. T. Prescott
Jake
Robert McCollum
Clarence Franklin
Jim Perkins
Local Social Roundup In Cameron And Nearby Towns
Gause News notes visitors from Cameron Hutchinson Milano Hearne and Dallas including the Mechia and Hairston families. Johnny Cash Show attendance in Cameron and a seventh birthday party for Craig Lee with friends from Hearne Milano and other nearby communities.
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Wayne Lee
Craig
Neal Harris
Hearne
Connie Lagrone
Vince Matthews
Diana Wilkins
Herbert
Dennis Walker
Ray
Kevin
Sherri Coats
Cheryl Slay
Dwayne
Lisa Cass
Regina Miller
Milano
Craign
Kelly
Lance Lee
Ethel Slay
Mary Matthews
Ray Albright
Edith Miller
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Bill Thweatt
Walter Senkel
Adolph Stoebner
Halbert Hospital
Clyde Childers
Baytown
Louise Wise
Sue Ida Smith
Margarete Massengale
Leota Thweatt
Ted Barney
Milam Farm Bureau
Agriculture
Farim Bureau
Milam County Farm Bureau
W. 1St St. Cameron
Burlington
Gerald Foshea
Gause News
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R. E. Hairston
Roy Crouch
Stanley Ray Hairston
Houston
Bobbie
Crouch
Red’’ Tucker of
Henry Simmons
Hitchcock
Tee Joe
Marks and
Traei
Johnny Denmans
F. B. Fisher
Ira Denman
Glenn Mauldin
Tanglewood
Betty Fay Nelson
Donna Horton
Johnny Cash
H.O.T. Coliseum
Roger Kingsley
Bellville
Jack Graham
J. T. Todd
Cameron Hospital
Dwayne Cass
Kevin Coats
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