Grain Sorghum Meeting Set By Milam County
Milam County hosts the Annual Grain Sorghum Meeting in Cameron at 7:30 p.m. with Ben Spears and Rupert Palmer presenting on production developments and weed control. The notes also report freeze damage to area small grains, with detailed findings on triticale, Ora oats, DeKalb 9290, and FAS-GRO 203.
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Milam County
Vocational Agriculture
Cameron
Ben Spears
Spears
Palmer
Gene Hillman
Texas A&M to Host 20th Farm and Ranch Credit School for Bankers
The 20th annual Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School for Commercial Bankers runs February 14–16 at Texas A&M University. About 200 bankers attend yearly, learning about agricultural financing, sources of funds, and economic outlook from top state authorities. Sponsoring bodies include the Texas Extension Service, Experiment Station, and Bankers Association.
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Texas Farm and Ranch Credit School
Texas A&m University
Prater
The
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Bankers Association
Australian farm links waste to feed cycle in Sydney
A Sydney farm demonstrates an interlinked food-waste chain feeding turkeys and hogs with ground fish, looping through cattle hogs and ducks on 10 acres. The farm produces 4000 turkeys 250 hogs 25 cattle and 500 ducks annually with poultry efficiency highlighted. Texas AG J C Davis to discuss county government laws at the 14th Annual County Judges and Commissioners Conference at Texas A M University February 9 10 with theme High Noon for County Government.
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Sydney
Australia
David Mellor
Texas
J. C. Davis
Texas A&m University
USDA excludes peanuts from skip-row provision for 1972 crop
The U S Department of Agriculture will count entire peanut fields when skip-row planting occurs. The change aims to curb yield surges and control costs as CCC holds about 35 percent of the 1970 peanut crop and eyeing more of 1971. Field data show 10 to 20 percent yield gains with skip rows. The agency lacks authority to cut peanut allotments to offset higher production. The Texas Soybean Association meets February 4 at the Texas A&M Agri Cultural Research and Extension Center in Beaumont with 8:30 a.m. registration.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas Soybean Association
Texas A&m Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Beaumont
Acorns Studied For Use As Food At Texas A M
Acorns once a staple are being studied at Texas A M by graduate student R P Oscarcili and Dr E E Burns to assess chemical and physical properties for human use. A squirrel taste panel indicates low tannin acorns are tastier, with potential for selection and processing to remove bitterness.
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Texas A&m University
Italy
Spain
Texas A&m
R. P. Oscarcili
E. E. Burns
Soil and Crop Sciences Department
Nature
Burns
Sandsack
Clyde Hensley Wins SCS Conservation Award
Clyde Hensley of Belmena receives the annual conservation farmer award from the Central Texas Soil and Water Conservation District directors for exemplary land, water, and soil practices on a 600 acre diversified farm. He maintains year round forage and cropland with input from modern management. On Feb 2 SBA official C H Creed will discuss loan programs at Bryan College Station chamber. The Beautify Texas Council expands its environmental program to include more forestry and anti litter efforts.
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Clyde Hensley
Belmena
Central Texas Soil and Water Conservation District
C. H. Creed
The
Small Business Administration
Bryan College Station
Beautify Texas Council
Weekend visitors gather for Maysfield family reunion
Mrs. Vina White hosts a extended family reunion with relatives from Dallas El Paso Mercedes Barstow McAllen and Houston visiting from Tuesday to Friday of last week. Jeff Pace and family join grandmother W C Cooper while Michael Davis moves to Val Verde. Incense cedar lumber note claims decay resistance and weather durability.
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Vina White
Ralph White
Mary White
Dallas
Freeman Irby
Mercedes
H. D. Irby
Bess Daughtery
el Paso
C. T. Trott
Barstow
J.P. Wise
E. B. Irby
McAllen
Jeff Pace
Houston
W. C. Cooper
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Bill McCutchen
Lexington Livestock Commission
Lexington
College Station
Tom Prater
Extension Service
Economist Management
TBA Agricultural Committee
A&m Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Department
Australian Farm
Gov't
Ascs News
SCS
Hensley
Blackland
Bermuda
Ermelo
SBA
America
N. B.C
Modular Homes OF
Temple, Texas
West 12Th ST
NBC
West 12Th Street
John Fraser
Cal
National Building Centers Inc
Bruce
Robert L. Green
Mgr
Hefley-Stedmans
FORD
Hefley-Stedman Motor CO. Inc
Maysfield
Charles Tabor
Temple
E. L. Massengale
Michael Davis
Val Verde
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