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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1956
Page
2
The article discusses using a systemic insecticide called Compound Wil to treat cotton seed for 4 to 6 weeks of protection. It notes two companies in Waterford and one in College Station, with seed transport to treatment plants and an estimated $3.00 per acre planting cost. Limited Compound Wil supply is expected for the 1966 crop.
Feeding balanced supplement with corn silage boosts the market value of silage sold for beef cattle, based on recent college and commercial feeding tests.
Readable recipe notes on quick fish stick sauces with mayonnaise base and tomato base. Followed by college silage tests at Purina farm showing diminishing feed costs with soybean meal supplementation and higher gains per day. Concludes with a Heart Fund appeal emphasizing local impact and national research support.
Lake Whitney welcomes a ten day sports show opening April 1 with a carnival midway and new rides fresh from winter storage in Waco. The Whitney Playground draws large crowds, having attracted almost three million visitors in 1965 per US Engineers, signaling strong local entertainment demand.
Hugh Smith of Stedman Tractor Co. returned from a Ford Motor Company One Day Management meeting at the Statler Hilton in Dallas. Ford officials led by Irving A. Duffy and Merrit D. Hill updated dealers on merchandising, product developments, and plans for the expanding Ford tractor and implement line.
S. W. McClaren Jr. won first prize of 1 for the 1955 Cotton Production Contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. H. L. McClaren of Marlow took second prize of A. Judging weighed yield percent 30 percent, improved farm practices 30 percent, and records 20 percent. Awards were from the Farm Machinery Evaluation Center and Tractor and Implement Division offices in Birmingham Michigan. Mr. Duffy noted Ford's Highland Park plant recently added a modern assembly line. Smith announced the results at the Chamber of Commerce office on Saturday Feb 11 with John A. Smith and President Bill Burts.
A Philadelphia taxpayer claimed two dependents and revealed one was his mother-in-law and the other his dog. After guidance that the animal could not be claimed, investigators found he had spent $50 more on the dog’s support than on the mother-in-law.
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