Briscoe urges farmers to tell success story at Blackland Growth meeting
Dolph Briscoe told about 200 attendees from 30 Blackland counties that farmers must correct image of subsidized labor and loudly proclaim their economic contribution. He cited agricultural efficiency lowering food costs to 16.5 cents from 18 and 40 cents in earlier decades, and stressed agriculture as a driver of U.S. leadership. Dr. John Hutchinson outlined a program to raise gross agricultural income by 1 billion by 1976 through BIG-like county committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Briscoe
Waco
Briscoe
Blackland
Blacklands
Henry N. Ivey
Jimmy Newhouse
J. D. Moore
Mil
John Hutchinson
Texas Extension Service
College Station
Texas Livestock and Poultry Value Rises to 2.04 Billion
Total value of livestock and poultry on Texas farms and ranches on January 1, 1970 reached 2,044.8 million dollars, an increase of 19 percent from the previous year, reflecting broad gains across cattle, calves, hogs, and poultry.
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Texas
Betsy Brown Seeks Cameron Pool Board Seat
Mrs. Reeves Betsy Brown announces candidacy for Cameron Pool Board in Cameron Independent School District Salem Community. She emphasizes commitment to public education, vocational courses, and decisions for children’s best fate if elected.
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Reeves
Betsy) Brown
Cameron Pool Board
Cameron
Cameron Independent
Salem Communty
Local Socials and Hospital News from Jones Prairie Area
Mr and Mrs L A Pattillo of Shreveport and others hosted and visited across families in Jones Prairie area. Health notes report Hope Jamison undergoing surgery at Scott and White with recovery hoped. Several guests celebrated birthdays and shared meals at various local homes over the weekend.
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L. A. Pattillo
Shreveport
Roy Patrie
Rev
Elder
Harry White
Burnett Atkinson
Susie Atkinson
Mildred
Ted Martin
Texan
Willie Phipps
Hazel Fontaine
Bill Thweatt
Pattillo
Hope Jamison
Scott and White Hospital
Raimey
Bryan
Thomas Hickam
Rush Price
Waco
Luther Todd
Torbett Hospital
Eula Vaughan
von Hickman
Houston
Dick Loftin
Navasota
Milton Weems
Jessie Hickman
Mr. Hickman
Elvin Harwell
Scott and White
Jamison
Walter Senkel
Herman Gergin
Walkers Creek
Pesticide Use Tied to Wildlife Risk in Texas
Texas Parks official warns persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons pose urgent environmental problems through bioaccumulation in fish and wildlife. He cites high residue levels in birds and oysters and notes aerial spraying waste and runoff threaten estuarine productivity and may drive species declines or extinction.
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Austin
Texas
Ken Jurgens
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Senate Committee For the Study of Land Use and Environmental Control
Jurgens
Federal Fisheries and Wildlife Studies
Acreage Measurement Service Offered by ASCS Office
Milam County ASCS Office provides acreage measurement for wheat, feed grain, and cotton producers. Producers file a request, pay the cost, and a county reporter surveys fields, stakes them if desired, and issues an acreage outline. Early requests avoid delays and aid in compliance with program requirements.
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Milam County
ASCS
Time To Plan Home Gardens
Texas A M University horticulture expert urges planning spring vegetable gardens. Emphasizes seed quality and local variety suitability plus soil tests, mulching, weed control, proper spacing, fertilizer, and adequate weekly water of about 1.5 inches. Guidance available through county agricultural agents office.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Homer Blackhurst
Blackhurst
Crop Tests On Corn Released By Texas A&M
The Crop Testing Program at Texas A and M University released 1969 results showing top yielding corn in irrigation plots. An experimental hybrid grown at Muleshoe led with 190.2 bushels per acre, with multiple regional top yellow and white hybrids named and location details cited. The program aims to measure hybrid performance under varied management and environments for breeder and farmer use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&m University
Muleshoe
High Plains
Anton J. Bockholt
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Agronomist
Texas
Excel
T-E
College Station
Brazos Valley
Funks
Corona
Temple
Pioneer
Milk cow and heifer counts in Texas rise in 1969 data
Texas milk cows on January 1, 1970 stood at 381000 head, up 2 percent from a year earlier. One and two year milk heifers totaled 85000 head, up 4 percent, and milk type heifer calves reached 110000 head, up 5 percent from January 1, 1969.
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Texas
Milam County 4-H Livestock and program updates
Milam County 4-H members exhibited at the 1970 San Antonio Livestock Show and Exposition with several placings noted. The Houston Livestock Junior Show approaches, withJistel Richter and Hollas among exhibitors. An adult leaders meeting led by Lance Bullard is set for February 27 in Cameron, plus a March 14 Milam County Foods Show with a Foreign Foods theme and a March 21 eliminations contest. Sheep numbers in Texas on January 1, 1970 total 3,860,000 head, down 4 percent from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Orr Jr
Rockdale
Ricky Richter
David Ehler
St. Anthony
Clyde Jistel
Juliann McDaniel
San Antonio
Barrow
Chester
Chester Barrow
Ricky
Houston
Duroc Barrow
Melvin Hollas
Cameron
Milam County
Lance Bullard
Simon George Hall
Co. Extension Office
Buckholts
Gary
Brian Cobb
Texas
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Cole Townley
Walker County
Townley
John A. Smith
Mrs. Reeves
Jones Prairie
Mrs
Schigut
All Boy
Ize
S. Houston
Ascs News
County Agricultural Agents Office
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