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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1976
Page
4
The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes 1975 to 1976 shows a 1 percent drop in farm and ranch numbers in Texas while total land area remains 141,800,000 acres. The average farm size rises to 692 acres from 685 last year despite fewer farms and ranches.
County agents announce a January 26 to February 20 signup window for the 1976 Pest Management Program covering cotton and grain sorghum. Costs are 1.60 per acre for dryland cotton and 1.30 for sorghum, with field scouting and entomology aid included. Meetings set across branchville Buckholts Noack Harris and Williamson areas to explain the program and collect applications.
The Milam County Junior Livestock Show auction on Saturday January 10 raised 4160 for the Livestock Show Building Fund. A butcher hog sold 13 times totaling 3600 with mayor Gene Blake Coca Cola Bottling Co. paying 400 as top bid. Additional buyers included Colonial Cameron Nursing Home Bill Watkins 370 and several Cameron area businesses. A bicycle auction also netted 410 with multiple bidders. Donations totaling 150 were received from Milam County Farm Bureau and Anderle Lumber Company.
Bankers will gather February 9 to 11 at the Rudder Center Texas A&M University for the 24th Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers. A special session will present outlooks on livestock cotton grain and the money market with speakers including Dr. Ed Uvacek Roland Smith and others from Texas A&M and Plains Cotton Cooperative Association.
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