Cotton acreage surge signals possible 1950 production controls
The Agriculture Department reports 26.38 million acres under cotton on July 1, up 14.2 percent from a year earlier. With yields forecast near 269 pounds per acre, total production could exceed last year and prompt a grower referendum on planting allotments and marketing quotas for 1950. Government plans and pending Congress legislation aim to update production control laws to fit rising yields and acreages.
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Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Congress
Cotton acreage limits and price support details
The article explains that current laws cap planting at about 27.5 million acres, with a workable 22.5 million acres sufficing for domestic and export needs. It notes a carryover of roughly 5.6 million bales and a government cotton investment near 585 million dollars. Prices are supported at about 30 cents per pound for 1948 crop cotton, with 1949 support expected to drop about a cent, and the government must back this year’s crop at 90 percent of parity. Parity adjusts with farm purchase prices to stay fair to farmers and consumers.
Fisher Visiting Children in Waco This Week
R. H. Fisher is visiting his children in Waco this week.
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R. H. Fisher
Waco
Eugene Wunch Narrow Escape From Electrocution
Eugene Wunch a 17 year old farm youth near Burlington escaped electrocution after a model airplane wire touched a power line. The cable burned his shoes and melted the line while he was shocked. He received artificial resuscitation at Rosebud hospital and survived though his right hand may be permanently injured. He is grandson of the late Dan Lunsford former Cameron city marshal.
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Underwood Baby Born In Rogers July 4 1949
Mr and Mrs B R Underwood of Rogers announce the birth of a son at a local hospital on July 4 1949 weighing seven pounds four ounces. The baby has been named Charles Wayne.
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B. R. Underwood
Rogers
Charles Wayne
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