Plains Farm News Highlights Texas Oklahoma Cropping Prospects
Farm notes from Wise County Texas report 28 acres of sweet sudan grass fed 35 cattle for two months before drought. Tahlequah Oklahoma fruit grower Ben Davis foresees a 20 000 bushel peach harvest on his 130 acres. Wilbarger County Texas farmers plant 500 castor beans with a potential 77 cents per pound market from a California mill. Redland kaffir developed in Oklahoma stands 42 inches tall for combine harvest and disease resistance with 8 000 pounds seed available in 1949. Tests on cattle show no clear advantage of sweet sudan over common sudan. Oklahoma Panhandle to grow Buffalo alfalfa. 15 irrigated acres shown. Post harvest from black locust yields 3 000 posts from 3 acres, about 1 200 posts per acre after eight years. Sweet clover plantings grow in Cotton County. two million pine seedlings planned for Idabel area. Falls County yields from oats and Madrid clover prove grazing value. wheat yields rise in Childress County from 5.3 to 13.1 bushels with better varieties and practices. Vitamin B-12 boosts hog growth in Texas A and M trials. A Tulsa Jersey cow becomes the national fat and milk champion. Blown sand along Pease River in Motley County is being reclaimed with blue panic grass, with 1 000 acres seeded last year and ongoing reseedless growth.
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Pease River
Motley County
Texas
Richland Alexander
ACA
Matador
Alexander
Okra Considered For Cotton Oil Mill Feed in Texas
In the South Plains of Texas Lamb and nearby counties study cotton acreage control next year shifts focus to okra as a cottonseed oil substitute. Okra oil content rivals cottonseed, meal contains 40 to 43 percent protein, early planting reduces cultivation, and harvesting with a grain combine is suggested. Feeding tests show okra meal and cake are on par with cottonseed products for food value.
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Lamb
South Plains
Texas
Seven 4-H boys average 271.5 lb per acre on 86.5 acres
In 1948 seven Texas 4-H Club boys produced an average of 271.5 pounds of cotton per acre across 86.5 acres, nearly 100 pounds above the state average. Louis Munzia of Wharton county led with 667 pounds on five acres, and other members included Thomas Gore of Lamar, Lee Wolk of Cook, Ivan Lane Winsett of Hunt, James W. Fella of Matagorda, Bruce Gibson of Hall, and C. W. Perser of Lubbock irrigated land at various acreages and yields.
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Texas
Louis Munzia
Wharton County
Thomas Gore
Lamar County
Lee Wolk
Cook County
Ivan Lane Winsett
Hunt County
James W. Fella
Matagorda
Bruce Gibson
Hall County
C. W. Perser
Lubbock County
Cotton Yield Gains Via Fertilizer On 160 Acre Farm
Monroe Karcher of Riverside Community Feard county Texas farmed 160 acres in 1948 with Mache and Lockett 140 cotton. He fertilized most of the land with 250 pounds per acre of 4-12-4, achieving about a half bale per acre while a non fertilized check plot yielded only one third bale. The yield increase, estimated at 25 to 30 bales for the whole field, far exceeded fertilizer costs in cash revenue.
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Monroe Karcher
Riverside
Feard County
Tex
Strawberries in Texas and Oklahoma for home gardens
Advice on growing strawberries in Texas and Oklahoma. A 20 by 30 foot bed supports about 100 plants with 2 by 3 foot spacing. Recommend 50 main crop, 25 early, 25 late bearing for a family of five, planted in a sunny, fertile, well drained site with manure or 5-10-5 fertilizer applied as specified. Also reports cattle deaths from ingested nails and baling wire, recounting Major B. S. Graham and Veterinarian H. J. Jewell performing surgery to remove metal, saving a Jersey cow.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Major B. S. Graham
Murray County
Major Graham
H. J. Jewell
Graham
Mechanical cotton strippers save farmers in Texas and Oklahoma
In Foard County Texas growers Monroe Karcher Charles Drabek and Howard Bursey harvested with a mechanical stripper. They estimate savings of 38 dollars per bale versus hand picking. Yields about a quarter bale per acre require about one hour fifteen minutes per bale, while at half a bale per acre a bale can be gathered in one hour.
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Monroe Karcher
Charles Drabek
Howard Bursey
Foard County
Texas
Madrid sweet clover proves most profitable legume in North Texas
Madrid sweet clover, a biennial, yields more pasture and hay in year one than Hubam. It tolerates cold, allows grazing into January, and has high seed demand. John Elliott of Denton County earned nearly 800 pounds of Madrid seed per acre at 30 cents a pound.
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Madrid
Texas
John Elliott
Denton County
Duroc Gift Sows 12 Pigs Then Weighs Runts vs Grade Pigs
G W Riddle of Somervell County Texas received a Duroc gift from a 4-H sponsor. The litter of 12 produced ten pigs sold at weaning for 12.50 each. He kept two runts fed them. at six months each weighed 225 pounds. Seven grade pigs bought for six dollars fed out weighed 190 pounds each. Riddle prefers purebred runts to well formed grade pigs.
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G. W. Riddle
Somervell County
Texas
Riddle
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W. E. Hafner
Texas A. & M. College
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