Cameron Cattle Receipts and Hog Barrels in Milam County
Milam County cattle receipts totaled 220 head down from 280 last week with 10 percent cows and calves. Stockers and feeders made 70 percent, slaughter and feeder classes steady with last Thursday’s prices. Bulls scarce. calves and yearlings $23.40-26.20, utilities $20.10-21.60. Hog receipts 135, about 100 fewer. slaughter hogs down 50-75 cents. Barrows and gilts 200-240 lb bring $18.00-18.60. sows scarce. boars $5.00-8.75. other weight pigs $2.50-7.50 per head.
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Cameron
Barrows
Gills
U.S
Texas Community Improvement Program Increases Reach
COLLEGE STATION Two ment Program reports Reagan program is sponsored jointly by the electric utilities companies operating in Texas and the Texas Agricultural Extension service. A total of more than 9 000 families, representing all sections of Texas, are participating says Brown. Brown says the object of the program is better homes on better farms in better communities. Competing communities will be vying for a share of the awards to be distributed on a district and state basis.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Brown
Maysfield Paul Freeman Visit Here Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Paul Freeman of Austin spent the weekend with his parents and grandmother Mrs Tyson Freeman and Mrs J C Freeman. Mrs W C Cooper and Mrs Roy Newton visited in Freeport several days last week.
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Paul Freeman
Austin
Tyson Freeman
J. C. Freeman
W. C. Cooper
Roy Newton
Freeport
J. P. Wise
Will McKeowan
Rockdale
Doris Gleason
Tommy Gleason
San Marcos
Vina White
White
Milam County notes watermelon disease control plan
Watermelon diseases occur in Texas yearly but can be prevented with a defined plan. Growers should rotate fields, use wilt resistant varieties, base fertilization on soil tests, plant disease-free seed, follow a spray schedule, and treat suspect seed with approved methods. Avoid planting near previous cucurbit crops to limit spread.
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Milam County
Texas
Mucn Ag
Advanced Clothing Workshop Held by Milam Home Agent
Milam county home demonstration agent Frances H. Johnson hosts an advanced clothing workshop. Highlights include bound buttonholes gussets and interfacing with tips on One Piece Tailored Buttonholes and reinforcing gusset points using organdy. Interfacing adds body and is vital at edges for buttons buttonholes collars cuffs and pocket flaps.
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Milam
Milam County
4-H Club Notes Ass't Milam County Agent
4 H members learned pig management for larger litters with tips on preventing crushing and chilling. Henry Richter demonstrated a farrowing house with chutes and heat lamps, while 4 H members Carey Wayne Offield Larry Jungmann Jane Mueck and Gwendolyn Jistel attended.
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Sears
Henry Richters
Richter
4-H
Carey Wayne Offield
Larry Jungmann
Jane Mueck
Gwendolyn Jistel
Interfacing fabrics guide for garment tailoring
A bulletin explains how to use interfacing to add body to peplums yokes and fitted jackets. It notes waistband support to prevent stretching rolling or wrinkling and offers illustrated guidance on when and what interfacing to use.
Orchard Program Demonstration At Buckholts Church
An orchard demonstration in Buckholts attracted participants to learn pecan budwood storage and peach T bud pruning. The group observed grafting, pruning, dormant spraying, and tree shaping at a Lutheran Church site and Gilbert Frenzel farm, where about four of five grafts survived last spring.
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Milam County
Buckholts
Lutheran
Gilbert Frenzel
Peeus
Gilbert
Lutheran Church
Farm safety reminder from Texas group urges manners
The Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council stresses safety manners on farms and ranches with a reminder that a day will be busy, urging careful practices to prevent accidents and injuries.
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The
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council
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