Price-Cost Squeeze Hits 1963 Farmer Income Forecast
College Station Texas 1963 outlook notes a price-cost squeeze as larger outputs and higher costs offset bigger gross farm income. McHaney of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service predicts exports near 1961 62 levels with fats oils and dairy rising while wheat and cotton stay near 1962. Cattle and hog price trends are mixed with milk support up three cents and turkey crop flat.
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College Station
John Mec Haney
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
McHaney
Investment tax credit details in new congress program
Milam County Agent notes outline investment credit rules under the recent tax provisions. Fences grain storage bins and silos qualify while livestock does not. questioned assets include heating systems and drying equipment. Examples include pumps hoists welders saddles and bridles. taxpayers must claim credits in the year assets are first used and amend returns if overlooked.
Cotton Research and Trade Deal Spark Cotton Interest
The USDA announced four June developments on cotton research and a new India barter pact. North Carolina State evaluates all cotton knitwear durability while Stanford works to boost fiber strength and Clemson searches for warmer bulkier knit goods. The India exchange could export up to 300000 bales in a historic barter.
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U. S
USDA
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering
Stanford Research Institute of California
Clemson Agricultural College
South Carolina
Clemson
Conservation Progress Despite Drouth in Milam Area
Soil Conservation Service records in Milam County show steady progress in permanent earth moving conservation practices such as farm ponds waterways terraces and drainage ditches despite severe drought. About 86 cost share applications have been serviced including 51 pond projects 14 waterways 5 terraces and 6 diversions with cropland work expected later this year. Also reported is R W Gilleland Jr selling one registered horned Hereford cow to Paul C Graves of Buckholts.
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Soil Conservation Service
Milam County
R. W. Gilleland, Jr
Buckholts
Paul C. Graves
Milam County 4-H notes and local farming tips
Milam County 4-H members took part in the Girls 4-H District Camp at Lake Brownwood with delegates Donna DuBois Jane Mueck Margie Vansa Jan Parmelee and others. A Brenham show saw Jackie Todd win second in a Guernsey heifer class. the county plans a Town and Country Fair booth July 12 13. Extension notes urge early harvest planning and tractor maintenance while a tip suggests phosphorescent paint aids evening fishing.
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Jackie Todd
Gause
Brenham
Jackie
Christian Retreat
Lake Brownwood
Milam County
Donna DuBois
Jane Mueck
Margie Vansa
Jan Parmelee
J. J. Parmelee
Francis Johnson
Pmeess
Donna
Jane
Margie
Jay
Johnson
Wool payments set to raise prices under 1962 act
The USDA outlines short wool and mohair incentive payments for the 1962 marketing year to lift wool prices to support levels. Producers receive $30 per $100 of wool sales, 57 cents per hundredweight on unshorn lambs, and 3.6 percent of dollar returns on mohair, based on market year performance. The note also mentions visitors Juanita Harold Lee and George Davis visiting grandmother Lydia Cooper.
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USDA
Juanita
Harold, Lee
George Davis
Mrs
Lydia Cooper
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B. G. Reeves
Henry O'Neal
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