Pecan Show Honors And Heroism Award Noted In County Agent Notes
Local growers win prizes at the state Pecan Show with Anderle and Adams each taking ribbons while Mahan en try by Bishop and Zoick earns Grand Champion honors. The Reserve Champion is Eastern Schley shown by Lloyd Byrd. The Texas Rural Heroism Award is announced to honor rural Texans for lifesaving acts. New tomato variety Plain Sam is released for seed and high yields, with limited local seed availability through Dr. H C Mohr. A new vegetable variety leaflet outlines Texas adapted crops and freezing canning suitability, available at the Cameron Extension Office as L-451.
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D. Moore
Anton Anderle
Odom
John Garner
Edwin Adams
Mahan
Bishop & Zoick
Brownwood
Lloyd Byrd
San Saba County
H. C. Mohr
College Station
Texas
South Plains
U. S&s
Texan Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service
Cameron
Machine harvesting cuts costs for Texas cotton growers
Texas cotton producers saved about 55.5 million dollars by harvesters covering roughly half of the 1959 crop. An additional 13.9 million was saved using chemicals and machines to control grass and weeds, per extension cotton specialist Fred C. Elliott.
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Texas
Fred, C. Elliott
Cameron FFA Elect Sweetheart
The Cameron FFA Chapter met to elect a chapter Sweetheart. Linda Ward, a junior, was chosen and will represent the Cameron Chapter at the District Banquet in March at the Memorial Student Center in College Station.
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Cameron Ffa
Linda Ward
Lanette Laffere
Linda Meek
Dorin Trdy
Janet Jeke
Linda
Cameron
College Station
Memorial
IRS Seeks Farmers for Social Security Tax Withholding
The IRS asks farm and rancher employers to answer two questions about cash wages and agricultural labor days in 1959 and to withhold 24 percent social security tax from cash wages. Employers must file Form 943 with the district director by January 31 of the following year. Circular A, explaining withholding rules, is available free at IRS offices.
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IRS
Internal Revenue
Uncle Sam
Farmers to choose cotton allotments in 1960 program
Farm operators will select between Choice A and Choice B price support for 1960 cotton after notices of support levels. Choice A sets regular allotments with parity based support, while Choice B offers 40 percent larger allotments with 15 percent parity less. Deadline to elect Choice B is March 16, 1960. failure to elect defaults to Choice A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva BE
Sanderu
Milam County
Sanders
Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
Guide to Determine Life of Farm Assets
College Station notes tax guidance on depreciation of farm assets. Bob Cherry says there is no standard life for farm property and each asset’s useful life must be judged on its own merits. An example cites an untreated barbed wire fence on the Gulf Coast.
School Census Due in Cameron District By Jan 31
Cameron Independent School District asks all children born between Sept 1 1942 and Sept 1 1954 in Cameron Hoyte Salem Elm Ridge Yarreilton Ben Arnold Watt Switch Walkers Creek Jones Prairie Belmena North Elm Cary Clarkson Vogelsang Ad Hall and Marlow districts to be counted by January 31. Parents missing counts should contact Miss Callie Yount at Yee High School. Milam County health officials report several illnesses for the week ending Jan 23 including strep throat chickenpox pneumonia influenza and measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Independent
Cameron
Hoyte
Salem
Elm Ridge
Yarreilton
Ben Arnold
Watt Switch
Walkers Creek
Jones Prairie
Belmena
North Elm
Cary
Clarkson
Vogelsang
Ad Hall
Marlow
Callie Yount
Yee High School
Milam 441 Clubs to Hold Safety Program and Talent Contest
The Milam County 441 Clubs will stage a Safety Program and Talent Contest on Friday February 5 at 7 pm in Cameron Texas. Participants will compete in the Talent Contest with Junior and Senior winners advancing to a District contest in Stephenville on April 9. Texas Extension Service official Willis Ulich will lead a safety program after the talent show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Simon George Fall
Cameron
Texas
Stephenville
Willis Ulich
Texas Extension Service
Useful life estimates for farm and ranch equipment
The article explains how useful life varies by usage and conditions, citing tractors and automobiles as examples. It notes IRS guidance on average useful life figures, published in bulletin F, and suggests consulting local agents and a Farm and Ranch life list for estimated figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Nas
United States
Producers Expect Better Egg Prices
COLLEGE STATION Egg prices for the first three months in 1960 are likely to be lower than those in 1959 but prices are expected to rise April through June due to smaller supply. A smaller replacement batch is anticipated because of a difficult 1959, says F Z Beanblossom extension poultry marketing specialist. If hatchery reports show cuts, storers may bid eggs up, limiting replacement hatch reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
F. Z. Beanblossom
Beanblossom
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Anderle, Adams
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council
Bill Arthur
AP -Andrews
Temple
Your Electric Service
Tp&l
de T. E. Crump
Robert W. Hoermann
Asst County
Arvell and
Larry Jungmann
Yarrellton
Benard Jungmann
Farm Bureau
Range & Forestry Department
Texas A & M College
Trans- Pecos
Ios
Cherry
Washington, D. C
Gity
Cameron, Texas
Milam
Gity Hall and County Tax Assessor’s Office
Walter White
City of
Johnny Andres
Dinah Shore
Nbc-Tv
Pat P
Abc-Tv
Chevrolet
Hevrolet
Corey
Earle Pearson
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