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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1975
Page
4
Entomologists warn that populations of chemically resistant greenbugs are expanding rapidly across the Texas and Eastern New Mexico plains, threatening significant economic damage to crops in the region.
Milam County ICA schedules a Sunday afternoon barbeque on September 28 and invites members to subscribe to its magazine via Charles Ellison in Rosebud or Gwen Fleming in Cameron. The next ICA meeting is set for Tuesday August 5 at 8:30 p.m. at the Ponderosa in Cameron with all members urged to attend.
County Agricultural Agents from Texas will gather August 3 to 5 at Ko Ko Inn for the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association annual meeting. President Steve Wheeles says the event emphasizes professional improvement and association business with award presentations. Keynotes include Dr John E Hutchinson Wilmer Smith Bill W Clayton and Kenneth Wyatt.
Turfgrass specialist Dr. Richard Duble warns drought, leaf spot, chinch bugs, and white grubs threaten Texas lawns. He recommends higher mowing, deeper soil moisture, and careful irrigation, plus targeted fungicides and insecticides for control.
The Texas lamb crop for 1975 is 1.7 million head up 13 percent from 1974 with 1.923 million breeding ewes. Nationwide lamb crop is 9.9 million head, ewe numbers fall, lambing % rises to 88 locally. Cattle on feed in Texas at 1,264,000 head, 29 percent below last year, with 18 percent higher placed in Q2. Wheat and sorghum harvests progress amid heavy rains, cotton nearing harvest, corn and rice beginning, overall Texas crop activity up in 1975.
County Agent notes report grain sorghum harvest aid sodium chlorate plus liquid urea, used at up to 1/2 gallon per acre in water, drying sorghum without weight loss but with drift cautions. Also warning about a new buildup of Walnut Caterpillars in pecan groves near Buckholts, urging immediate control to prevent extensive defoliation and costly recovery time.
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