Cattle Poisoned By Prussic Acid In Johnson Grass
Texas labs report several cattle deaths after grazing prussic acid containing Johnson grass and sorghum hybrids. In one case 260 cows in Bermuda grass turned hungry and 27 died. in another 20 cows in Haygrazer pasture, 13 died. Death can occur within minutes to 12 hours after grazing. Samples require mercuric chloride fixation for transport. testing costs 2 dollars per sample.
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Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
College Station
John C. Reager
Reager
Reage
Outbreaks Prompt Alert for Screw Worms in State Horses
Amid Vene zuelan equine encephalomyelitis reports, stockmen are urged to watch for screw worms. An outbreak in the northeast and nearby Arkansas shows the risk. send any worm samples from wounds to the Mission Laboratory for identification.
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Arkansas
Mission Laboratory
New Cotton Study Under Way At Texas A&M
Texas A&M University researchers test a new technique to relate cotton production to pesticide use as part of a study by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The same release urges farm safety during July 25 to 31 and promotes the theme Protect Yourself Work Safely.
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Texas A&m University
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council
The
Council
Air conditioning spans hogs to high offices in history
The piece notes how air conditioning began with Dr Willis Carrier in 1902 and now dominates homes, offices, and industry. It cites 133 room units in Alaska in 1969 and a shifting view on comfort, with central cooling in 75 to 80 percent of U S offices and growing home market prototypes at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Willis Carrier
Brooklyn
National Geographic Society
Alaska
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Equine Disease Vaccine Spread Prompts County Closures
ACTIVITIES V E E continues across the state to curb the deadly equine disease. Texas horsemen gain access to TC-83 vaccine for protection and are urged to vaccinate all horses. Four new screwworm cases are confirmed in Texas and Arizona with ongoing sterile fly control. Mi lam County 4-H activities are cancelled pending a new program.
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Texas Animal Health Authorities
Venezuela
Texas
Arizona
Mission Lab
Menard, Regugio
Jim Wells
Starr
Pima
Arivaca
New Program For Cotton Farmers
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin announced a 1972 program to boost income protection for cotton farmers hit by drouth and disasters. The changes, shaped by J. Phil Campbell’s on site tour, aim to improve how yields are computed and provide relief to drought affected growers across the countryside.
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Drouth
Secretary of Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Drouthstricken
J. Phil Campbell
Department of Agriculture
Grouth
Southwest
Cholera and other killers in Calcutta amid slum health drive
In Calcutta the public health committee reports cholera tuberculosis and diphtheria as the main city killers. About 25 cholera deaths weekly and over 60,000 tuberculosis sufferers drive a push for better sanitation, livings, and slum improvement coordinated by CMDA leaders.
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Calcutta
India
B. S. Basu
Basu
Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority
C.M.D.A
Shyam Sunder Gupta
CMDA
K S. Sivaranakrishan
Gupta
Swiss Leave Farms For City Jobs
Swiss farms shrink as many farmers move to city jobs amid agricultural rationalization. Production rises while farm wages double for those remaining. Larger farms absorb wage earners, and old stone farmhouses near cities fetch good prices for luxury residences. Government backs modernization to boost competitiveness and self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Ag Advisors At Workshop In Dallas Aug 2 6
About 1300 vocational agriculture teachers converge on Dallas August 2 through 6 for the annual meeting and in service education workshop. Cameron ISD advisors John Reeves and Cornelius Titsworth attend. The Adolphus and Baker hotels host sessions with registration starting Monday at 3 p.m.
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Dallas
Cameron Independent School District
John Reeves
Cornelius Titsworth
Adolphus and Baker Hotels
Texas Industry Grows Despite National Slump
Report to the Texas Industrial Commission shows 161 new Texas industries in the first half of 1971, eight more than 1970, with over 100 plants expanding. Jim Harwell credits favorable taxes, labor, sites, markets, and a strong site-location program. The commission notes increased use of its computerized site-location service and extended contact efforts with interested firms.
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Texas
Jim Harwell
The
Texas Industrial Commission
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Texas Animal Health Commission
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USDA
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A&m
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the Herald
Milam County
Washington
Illnois
Tucson
Illinois Watch Company
Southern
Leonardo da Vinci
Duke of Milan
Humphrey Davy
House of Lords
Susan Angell
Leroy Stephens
Robert Riola
Dennis Mueck
Douglas Brown
Farrow
Gery Hollas
Waco
Rhoda
Wynona Scroggins
Thorndale Club
Brian
Ronald Cobb
Linda Lemon
Donald Fleming
Linda
Donald
Juliann McDaniel
Debra Fleming
Della Laywell
Juliann
Debra
Hampshire
Della
Ian MacKenzie Reuter
ASCS
Kansas City Commodity Office
Adrienne Farrell Reuter
Gulf
Liberal Credit
You One
Fannin
Lexington
Livestock Commission
Lexington, Texas
Ag Advisors
San Antonio
Commission
Prospect Development Division
Harwell
Sydney
Australia
Antonio Santos
East
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