County Agents Notes Boost in Egg Quality Sparks Local Profits
In Milam county, egg producers adopted on farm egg coolers and proper handling after a 1950 meeting with Extension Service specialists. Leo Fuchs and J S Moore led efforts to grade A B and C eggs, raising on farm storage and delivery efficiency. By 1951 cooler adoption expanded and producers earned 5 to 6 cents more per dozen, about $1.50 per case, boosting profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Fuchs
J.S
Beanblossom
Dallas
Fertilizer Is Key To Quick Soil Cover
EB. Smith a district cooperator with the Central Texas SCC discusses using fertilizer to establish quick and thorough cover on central Texas soils. He bought a 150 acre farm at Maysfield aiming for year round grazing and high yielding forage, spraying fertilizer at sprigging to boost Bermuda growth and planning heavy fertilization on other sections to achieve solid cover by fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Smith
Central Texas Scc
Texas
Maysfield
Bermuda
Smith
Ideal Hatchery Poultry Farm At Rhode Island Station Breeding Site
Ideal Hatchery and Poultry Farm Cameron among 21 breeders housing birds in the new building at the Random Sample Test at the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Hatchery
Cameron
Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station
Restricted Feeding For Rearing Pullets
Restrict feeding of broiler strain pullets from weeks six to eight to delay sexual maturity and reduce initial egg production size. The Texas A and M Poultry Service notes advantages include more large settable eggs, bigger egg size, lower mortality, and cheaper rearing costs. Methods include mechanical restriction of high energy rations or caloric restriction with a low energy high fiber diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
C. W. Deyoe
Texas A & M Poultry Service Department
Milam 4-H Dairy Month Prompts Vaccination Action
June is Dairy Month with Milam county 4 H members slated to show cattle to A M Meekma on June 23 around 1 p m. Blackleg remains a soil born risk to healthy animals and proper vaccination is urged. Have all spring calves been vaccinated per Extension Leaflet 135. Thoughts overheard downtown Toree fourths of the earths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Dairy Club
A. M. Meekma
Extension Dairy Husbandry
4 H members from Milam county in state contests June 7 89
Mi lam county 4 H members shown for State Poultry Judging Team and Tractor Driving Contest at College Station on June 7 89 Joyce Fuchs Cameron Arvell Jungmann Buckholts Curtis Fuchs Buckholts Barbara Barta Cameron Leo Rozner Ad Hall will compete Henry Tomasek Jr and Larry Hillman Ad Hall will present Poultry Method Production Demonstration Mrs Alfred Barta county wide 4H leader accompanies the group
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Milam County
College Station
Joyce Fuchs
Cameron
Arvell Jungmann
Buckholts
Curtis Fuchs
Barbara Barta
Leo Rozner
Ad Hall
Henry Tomasek, Jr
Larry Hillman
Alfred Barta
Milam County Crop Report Notes Unseasonable Cold Affects Yields
Milam County reports good overall crop prospects despite cold Apr May weather. A good rain within 10 days needed for corn and feed crops to near normal yields. Cotton forming squares. flea hoppers noted from mature weeds. Grasshopper outbreaks in multiple areas. recommended 1 quart per acre of Toxaphene Die ldrin Aldrin or Heptachlor. Livestock need heat protection. shade and sprinkler for hogs suggested. Oats and wheat harvest underway with 20-40 bu and 10-15 bu yields. Whitaker family praised for early tomatoes. Houston buyers seeking tomatoes and cantaloupes. County to be about 2000 acres short on these truck crops.
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Bill
Gene Whitaker
Known for Her Baking This Month’s Honored Home Baker
Known for her baking Mrs Smaistrla has two daughters one son and eleven grandchildren She is an enthusiastic flower gardener but prefers baking cooking In the Glad Times she is described as widely known for delicious rolls bread and traditional Czech and German dishes She suggests a recipe book and comments on the prize recipe contest hoping Gladiola publishes a book including honorable mention winners
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Helen
N. Marable Drive
West
Texas
Charles Smaistrla
Gladiola
Catholic Daughters of America
Court Sacred Heart
Fant Milling Company
Sherman
Southern Blight Threat in Texas Vegetable Gardens
Southern blight is a common plant disease affecting many vegetables, most often tomatoes, in Texas. It thrives in sandy soils, appears in May in southern Texas and later in northern areas, with sclerotia formations and rapid plant wilting. A 2 percent calcium nitrate soil drench 4 to 5 weeks after transplanting reduces losses, with mound around plants and labeled fungicides used per instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Southern
Texas
Wied Receives Air Force Commission at Texas A&M
Stanley F. Wied of Burlington received his Air Force reserve commission during the spring graduation at Texas A&M College. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fritz H Wied and is noted as a distinguished Air Force ROTC graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Wied
Burlington
Air Force Reserve
Texas A & M College
Fritz H. Wied
Air Force
Joel McClaren Commissioned at Texas A&M Spring Graduation
Cameron native Joel R. McClaren received a United States Army Reserve commission during Texas A&M College spring graduation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S W McClaren Jr.
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J. D. Moore
Ideal Hatchery & Poultry Farm
Tome Kl
By Robert W. Hoermann
Milam County Crop Report
Houston
Milam
James M. Wiggs
Superior Dairies
America
ST and
Orracé
Glad “Simes
The
Gladiola People For the Home Baking Heart of Texas
West Homemaker
Charles Smaistria
Charles S Maistrla
West, Texas
Wes
Suntang
S. Wied
Stanley
Joel McClaren
Joel R
S. W. McClaren, Jr
J.R. Reed Music CO
Congress
Fant Milling Co
Saya
Glad ‘Times
E. C. Collet
Salado, Texas
DD. Catalena Box
Bryan
Mrs
Alvin Buechmann
Sealy
August Braun
Taylor
Quick Yeast
Selma Ottmers
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Charles Pozzi
Victoria
Roy Chumney
Hamilton
Edward Schmalrede
Crawford
Edgar Rehfeld
McCoy
Helen Boerm
Nordheim
Mrs. Smaistrla
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