Crop Committee Plans Summer Tour Demonstration
Coleman Duncum chairs the County Crops Committee meeting with Joe Mueck Wilburn Beckhusen W L Angell John A Smith Frank Kratochvil Marvin Junek Jr and Anton Moran in the County Agents office on Feb 18 to map a crop demonstration day tour and hybrid grain sorghum tests. Plans include corn cotton and irrigation work plus weed control and a forage test at Elm Creek Dairy Farm with a July tour and an August 6 7 Town and Country Fair day show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Duncum
Joe Mueck
Wilburn Beckhusen
W. L Angell
John A. Smith
Frank Kratochvil
Marvin Junek Jr
Anton Moran
W. L. Angell
Kenneth Hollas
Eugene Klein
Elm Creek
G. F. Dunston
Recreation adds to income for Texas landowners in 1964
Wildlife and fishing on Texas farms and ranches earned landowners more than 12 million dollars in 1964, with hunters and fishermen spending an estimated 383 million dollars. Extension agents held 250 meetings and field days on pond management and assisted 10,000 pond owners with management problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Western Cotton Production Conference slated for Lubbock
The KoKo Palace in Lubbock hosts the Western Cotton Production Conference on March 2-3. Attendance will focus on boll weevil status, cotton insects, chemicals, irrigation, and cost cutting, with Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. as local host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KoKo Palace
Lubbock
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Local 4-H Club Meetings Schedule and Favorite Foods Contest
The Clothing and Foods and Nutrition Sub committees of Program Building set meetings in the County Extension office Cameron on February 26 and 2 with leaders listed. A Clothing Leaders training session for Unit I and II H will be held March 3 in Simon George Hall with designated leaders. 4-H members from all precincts prepare for the March 13 Favorite Foods Contest judged by invited home economists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
C. J. Terhune
T. D. McKinney
E. O. Smith
Connie Cannon
W. I. Skinner
County Extension Office
Frank Hanel
J. H. Angell
Lohma Davis
Mary Alice Jackson
Simon George Hall
J. N. Toomer
W. T. Fisher
E. E. Angell
David Wilkins
John Todd
R. Rocha
Jack Terhune
W. W. Hauk
Frankie Ehler
Rudolph Tepera
Hubert Stanislaw
Farmers Use More Petroleum Than Any Other Industry
U S farmers use more petroleum than any other single industry. Bureau of the Census data show petroleum products power and lubricate machinery and also control weeds and grass, pests on crops and livestock, plus hundreds of other uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bureau of the Census
Female octopus guards eggs until hatch and dies
The female octopus protects and incubates her eggs for five to seven weeks without feeding. She dies after the eggs hatch, completing her reproductive cycle.
Tomato fruitworm noted as major insect threat to crops
The tomato fruitworm also called cotton bollworm or corn earworm damages millions in crops. Moths lay eggs on leaves, larvae feed on tomatoes from fruit set to ripening, then pupate underground. A 1960 carbamate insecticide offers effective control with safer residue limits.
SCS Urges Completion Of Brushy Creek Flood Project
The Brushy Creek flood plan reports 35 of 59 flood retarding structures completed, saving an estimated 30,000 acre feet of water and preventing 47 square miles of flooding. Remaining 24 dams and channel work require easements to finish, to curb future flood depths on Brushy Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCS
Brushy Creek
Brushy
Local Family Visits Across Texas Regions
Burlington residents report multiple family visits. Ed Fiie, formerly of Burlington, is back home after hospitalization in Marlin. The Futschik family traveled to Austin and San Antonio to visit Ted Vitek and August Futschik with Dillons and Hagemeir briefly noted after a stroke. Weimar and Rosebud trips also linked to Hagemeier and Schiller family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Logen
Paul Dillon
Ed Fiie
Marlin Hospital
Jake Futschik
James
Tommy
Austin
Ted Vitek
San Antonio
Vitek
Darlene
August Futschik
Minnie Hagemeir
Weimar
Fritz Stoebner
Burlington
Gus Trojan
Hagemeier
Leon Hensel
Waco
Rosebud
Tillie Schiller
Leo Heport
Social Roundup at Maysfield Weekend Gatherings
Community notices detail visits and travels among residents of Maysfield and nearby towns. Families from Freeport Austin Temple Dallas Waco Cameron Rosebud Marlin and Buchanan Dam appear, with medical visits, fishing trips, and special dinners noted alongside hospital and minor illness updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Helpert
Waco
Airman Hawkes Joins U S Air Force from Cameron
Cameron Billy Lee Hawkes son of Mrs. Stanley Vaculin of Cameron enlisted in the U S Air Force after graduating from Yee High School and working at Milam Tractor Company. He selected administrative career training and will begin basic training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Billy Lee Hawkes
Stanley Vaculin
N. Harding
Cameron
U.S. Air Force
Teliow
Yee High School
Milam Tractor Company
Air Force
Airman
Hawkes
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crop Committee
J. D. Moore
Milam County
Cotton Conference
Anna Marie Ramke
Farmers & Petroleum
Prushy Creek
Stockman
Purina
Purina Brand
ING
Funk
ASK Abou Funx
Milam Feeders Supply, Inc
Oueck W.th
Milam Feeders Supply Inc
Morris Evans
Gameron
Santa FE
Burlington News
Maysfield News
J. P. Wise
Eldred Massengale
Barbara
Freeport
Billy Barton
Maconevies Staystiell
Bob Wise
Philadelphia
Hazel Veel
Temple
Clem Gilmore
Needles
Calif
Hollingworths
FE. D. Kelso
Albert Hoffman
Hoffman
T Hoffmans
W. C. Freeman
Dallas
David Mehney
Vina White
Mary White
Max Josey
E. S. Hollingsworth
Marlin Munday
Francis Hargrove of
George Logan Sr
Halbert Hospital
Syria
Greece
TPEL
Texas Power Light Company
America
Trinity River
Nipak, Inc
Kerens
NIPAK
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!