NewGin feeder cleaner developed by engineers
Engineers at Cotton Incorporated and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station have developed a gin feeder cleaner that removes 50 to 60 percent of trash from seed cotton and boosts feeding efficiency by about 20 percent. The device can be used with or without existing automatic gin feeders and was tested in Texas field trials during 1976 77.
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College Station
Cotton Incorporated
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
J.K
Jones
American Cotton Producers
Lambert H. Wilkes
Texas A&m
Gary Underbrink
Texas
Wilkes
The
A&M Farm To Host Field Day In Brazos Valley
The 5th annual Texas A&M Plantation Field Day will be held July 7 at the Burleson County plantation with HQ on Farm Road 50. Registration at 3:30 p.m. and tours begin 4 p.m. The event includes four stops on body conditioning, trickle irrigation, weed control, and grasses with educational booths on implants, sorghum, soil fertility, and more, ending with a Brazos Valley barbecue.
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Brazos Valley
Texas A&m University
Burleson County
A. A. Melton
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Goad Named Texas ASC Committee Chairman
Secretary Bob Bergland names James E. Goad of Rosebud chairman of the Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Committee members include Joe E. Chapa Linn Edward L. Lehman Jr. Vernon John D. Smith Sudan and Charles W. Stenhholm Stamford. Goad, 64, farms 550 acres growing cotton and feed crops and owns a cotton gin. He is a National Farmers Union member and previously served on the Texas ASC Committee from 1961 to 1969.
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Bob Bergland
James E. Goad
Rosebud
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Joe E. Chapa
Linn
Edward L. Lehman, Jr
Vernon
John D. Smith
Sudan
Charles W. Stenholm
Stamford
Texas
Goad
The
National Farmers Union
Texas State
CAMD Cotton Varieties Show Promise For 1979 Crops
County Agent notes CAMD cottons bred by Dr. Luther Bird performed well on the Milam County Crops Tour. The varieties offer fleahopper and boll weevil resistance, early spring cold tolerance, and fiber quality near Lankart and ahead of SP37. Yield advantage noted. watch Kratochvil field at harvest.
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Luther Bird
Milam County
Frank Kratochvil
Texas Beef Referendum Draws 42000 Sign Ups
Registration figures from the nations first Beef Referendum show 42000 cattlemen in Texas and over 295000 producers nationwide registered. Texas BDT chair J D Sartwelle credits outreach and media coverage for the turnout and notes June 6 17 signup at ASCS offices qualified voters for July 5 15 vote. If two thirds approve the referendum could raise 30 to 40 million annually for beef research education promotion and foreign market development.
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Texas
U.S
Texas Beef Development Taskforce
BDT
J. D. Sartwelle
Sealy
Texas Bdt
ASCS
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A&m Farm
Bill McCutchen
Fred Miller
Texas Agricultural
A&m
Cameron
Crossroads Grain CO. Inc
Cameron, Texas
Kenneth Marek & Cruz Perez
Worth & Farm
Sartwelle
Bob Orr
Rockdale
Amalie
Koro
Ennzoil
Pen
FERON
Reg. Price
Travis Cameron
SUN
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas
Central Texas
Southwestern
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