Farmers Press Legislators For Farm Trailer Exemptions
Farmers from across Texas converged on Austin on June 20 to urge lawmakers to exempt farm trailers from current light and brake requirements. About 50 farmers and their spouses met with representatives and senators, also seeking extra screwworm fly appropriations and tax reform. Local participants included G. A. Dodd Willie Moran and Ervin Pelzel.
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Austin
G. A. Dodd
Willie Moran
Ervin Pelzel
Leader says beef prices not high amid rising production
J T Red Woodson president of the Texas Farm Bureau argues beef prices to consumers are not high relative to other goods. He notes beef production has increased 2.5 times in 20 years while population rose a third, and says retail prices reflect past inflation rather than current costs. He calls for fair pricing to sustain meat supply.
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Texas Farm Bureau
J. T
Red) Woodson
Woodson
District 4-H Horse Show Highlights Cameron Entrant
Martha Lynn McDermott of Cameron placed in Halter Western Pleasure and Reining at the District 4-H Show in Gonzales as she eyes a July trip to the State Horse Show in San Antonio. Milam County 4-H also sends six youth to District 10 Junior Leadership Laboratory at Brenham for extensive training June 27 to 29.
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Gonzales
Martha Lynn McDermott
Cameron
Martha Lynn
San Antonio
Milam County
District 10
Blinn College
Brenham
Milam County Reports May Bond Sales Increase
May sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds in Milam County reached 69 609 dollars reported by County Bond Chairman Henry Liebman. Five month total 326 021 dollars, 46 percent of the 1972 goal of 710 000. Statewide May sales 17 314 314, up five percent from May 1971. January through May sales 91 572 743, 45 percent of the 202 3 million 1972 goal.
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United States Savings
Milam County
Henry Liebman
Milam County Crops Tour Highlights Variety Tests and Catfish Stop
The Milam County crops tour on Monday July 3 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon gathers at the Cameron post office. Attendees will view Temik treated cotton and Southern corn rootworm damaged corn, plus grain sorghum varieties on multiple farms and a stop at Joe Glaser’s Buckholts catfish farm. It notes screwworm cases, urging cattlemen to inspect and treat wounds, and cites bollworm egg peak dates and rising apprenticeship program minority participation.
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Milam County
The
Crops Committee
Cameron
Joe Glaser
Anton Kunchick
Frank Kratochvil
Doyal Arnold
Wilburn Beckhusen
Joe Mueck
Anton Moran
Southern
Frank Donelik
Buckholts
Mission Lab
Brush Control On Salado Farm With Kerosene and 245 T
Cooperator Leslie Doug las reports controlling mesquite on his Salado pasture with a single spray of kerosene and 245 T. A follow up application is needed to prevent regrowth, with 80 to 95 percent kill possible if properly applied.
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Leslie Douglas
Salado
Leslie
Texas Leads Nation in Cattle on Feed as Texas Becomes Top State
Texas sits atop national cattle feeding with 2,045,000 head on feed as of June 1, up 22 percent from a year earlier and 11 percent from last month. Total six-state on feed across Texas and five others reaches 7,925,000 head, up 12 percent year over year. Milk production in May totals 293 million pounds, per-cow yield at 825 pounds, with May wholesale milk at 6.65 per hundredweight. Hatchery data show egg-type chicks at 2,009,000 in May, broilers up five percent, turkeys 1,436,000, egg production 240 million. Hog auctions rise while cattle and sheep fall from year-ago levels. DDT ban to proceed with no serious Texas problems, and the cotton season opens with first bale ginned in the Lower Rio Grande Valley amid promising prospects.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Arizona
California
Colorado
Nebraska
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Tami Gray
Thorndale
Cameron Club
Paula
Donald Fleming
Rosemary Ehler
Brian Cobb
By Rodney B. Kruse
Bill McCutchen
Mexico
Southwest
Department of Labor
SCS News
Soil Conservation Office
Soil Conservation District
HUD
Texas Power & Light Company
Farmeast
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Texas Agriculture
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