Milam County Farm Tour Highlights Test Crops and Gardening Tips
Milam County agents hosted a field crops tour in Cameron with 70 plus attendees enjoying barbecue. Seed reps, A&M specialists, and media explored test plots on maize and cotton, insect control, trace minerals, and hail damage treatment. Experts urged deep watering, mulching, and taller mower settings to conserve moisture during hot, dry weather.
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Milam County
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Cameron
Perry Edwards
Gregg Company
A&m
County Crops Committee
Milam County 4-H Records Win Awards**
Milam County 4-H completes 47 record books across 19 categories with 35 award programs. Juniors and Seniors are judged on 4-H project experience leadership growth and civic responsibility, with awards presented at an October Milam County 4-H Awards Banquet.
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Milam County
Farm Union To Sponsor Youth Camp in Merkel Texas
Texas Farmers Union sponsors a Senior Youth Camp in Merkel Taylor County from August 2 to 6. Registration starts 10 a.m. August 2. camp ends after breakfast August 6. Open to high school students in grades 9 through 12. Camp cost is 25 dollars per person covering meals and lodging. Participants from Farmers Union families may qualify for a free 1000 dollar life insurance policy for one year from National Farmers Union Insurances.
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Texas Farmers Union
Merkel
Texas
Taylor County
Farmers Union
National Farmers Union Insurances
Texas Quarantine Maintains Horse Movement Restrictions
Federal rules require Texas equines to show VEE TC 83 vaccination at least 14 days before movement. New Mexico embargoes Texas horses. vaccinated horses entering NM must show 14 day prior vaccination and individual ID. Louisiana and Oklahoma close borders to Texas horses. State-wide vaccine supply offered by USDA Animal Health Division with no owner charge, service call only.
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Texas
New Mexico
Texas Animal Health Commission
Animal Health Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Million Dog Year: Japan and America in 1970s dogs
Summary notes that in 1970 America faced a vast dog population with 26 million mixed breeds and 1,056,225 registrations at the American Kennel Club, amid 3 million motorcycles on roads and rising purebred counts. The piece cites Gaines Dog Research Center figures and Dogs Magazine discussions of rare breeds.
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America
American Kennel Club
Gaines Dog Research Center
CAP Land Grazing Extended in Milam County
The CAP Cropland Adjustment Program extends to December 31 1971 due to drought. Land retired under CAP may be grazed or hayed without charge. earlier years imposed small haying and grazing charges. Livestock Feed and Hay Transportation Program also extended to year end. Readily available local contact: Milam County ASCS Office.
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Milam County
Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
ASCS
Spray Mist Tests Show Yield Gain From Mist Irrigation
Researchers at Texas A&M and Washington State University reported that mist irrigation of sheltered soil with plastic barriers raised plant leaf water content and relieved leaf water deficits, boosting southern pea yields up to 60 percent under field-like conditions.
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Texas
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Washington State University
A&m
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