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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
6
Milam County farmers may plant cotton as late as June 30 to satisfy Pink bollworm rules, with a July 1 deadline extended due to bottomland overflows. State and local agents advise checking cotton insurance when planting late and note general growth timelines for central Texas, including emergence, square formation, boll development, and harvest windows.
Milam County farmers completed most of the oat harvest after a week of good soil moisture benefiting all crops. County Agent J. D. Moore notes field progress at a fair rate and highlights ideal moisture for corn at the roasting ear stage. Cattle and pastures look good, tomato crop will be short, cantaloupe prospects remain uncertain until harvest loading.
Guidance for growers from the Agricultural Information Office in College Station Texas. The bulletin promotes county extension office resources and offers practical vegetable gardening tips to assist local gardeners.
Milam County and 43 nearby central Texas counties received a third extension for cotton planting. The Agriculture Commissioner set a new deadline of July 1 citing persistent rain and overly wet lowland fields that prevented planting by June 20 after earlier moves from June 10 to June 20.
Nine Milam County 4H youths and three adult leaders attended the District 8 H Club Camp at Lake Brownwood from June 17 to 19. Attendees included Bernard Jungmann and Alan Moran from Cameron vicinity, Wayne Moran, Dennis Moran, James Pavlek, Dan Davis from Sharp, Pat McCollum from Thorndale, William Cargill and James Cargill from Davilla, with County Agent J D Moore and assistant agent. Bernard Jungmann and Alan Moran were elected to the Camp Council. activities included swimming fishing softball volleyball horseshoes and washer pitching with lectures on swimming boating and hunting safety.
Jefferson B. White of the Cameron Herald is named among the "roll of friends" in the new book As I Was Saying by veteran newspaperman House. House, ex-Ranger and ex-Fort Worth Star-Telegram staffer, notes the volume includes hundreds of anecdotes and marks a tribute to newspaper folk. World Premiere of As I Was Saying will occur in San Antonio on June 28, aligning with the Texas Press Association Convention at the Gunter Hotel.
Soil conservationist Adrian I. Moore urges farmers in the Little River San Gabriel district to adopt weed control to restore grass pastures. He cites three strategies: controlled grazing, mowing, and chemical sprays, with mowing in May and June and mid-summer re-mows.
Gayle Ann Wilson of Box 491 Cameron is admitted to Gonzales Warm Springs Rehabilitation Foundation. She is the wife of Herndon Wilson and a polio victim.
Recent guests at the home of Mr and Mrs H N Tate 500 West 12th were their daughter Mrs E H Shelfer and her sons Edward Harvey and Fred and Robert Coventing all of Houston.
The Milam County Health unit will hold a clinic on Wednesday July 3 since it closes Thursday July 4 for Independence Day. Last week four measles cases were the only disease count.
Edward S. Haraldson Jr. received a Bachelor of Law from South Texas College of Law in Houston on June 3. Graduation featured a ceremony and reception at River Oaks Baptist Church. Haraldson is employed as a civil engineer with Walter Kedde Consultant Engineers. Mrs. Haraldson is Leslie Rose Tarno of Cameron.
Thomas Leonard of Cameron and 19 other Central Texas Scouts and advisors were called out for the Order of the Arrow on June 14 at Camp Tahuava Troop 83 in Cameron is sponsored by the Kiwami Club.
Extension Economist John McHaney notes a brighter price outlook for eggs. Texas commercial hatcheries produced 23 percent fewer egg-type chicks in Jan-Apr 1957 than in 1956, while the national drop was 21 percent.
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