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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1973
Page
4
Farmers in Milam County weigh immediate planting with wet fields and scarce phosphorus fertilization. Dr Welch cautions pre plant phosphorus is essential for early root growth. side dress phosphorus after planting is inefficient unless soils are severely deficient. Nitrogen side dressing remains viable within 30 days of planting for sorghum and cotton.
The Texas Department of Agriculture promotes stretching beef dollars with the TAP program running March and April for beef turkey and onions. A beef chart and a pamphlet titled Stretching Your Beef Dollar explain best use of beef. Entries for the second annual Texas Grain-Fed Beef Cook-Off run through April 30 with top prize 500 dollars and 200 dollars for category winners.
The two hundred farmers met February 25 to 27 at Riverside Inn Brownwood to discuss legislation commodity marketing and youth roles in the Farm Bureau. Milam County delegates Carl and Mrs. Grothe attended. notable speakers included Mrs Neal Pack Millard Shivers and Warren Newberry.
Visitors from Dallas Rockdale Cameron and Houston split weekends across Maysfield and Austin. Johnny Yates Jr. arrived after discharge to visit his parents with his wife. Bobby Yates heads to Weatherford for teaching practice and graduation from A&M. County Treasurers Conference set at Texas A&M March 21 22 to discuss bonds budgeting and finance laws.
Texas milk production rose four percent in 1972 to 3.381 billion pounds while the cow herd increased to 358,000. Fertilizer use climbed almost 200,000 tons with mixed and primary nutrients leading gains. Citrus harvest in the Lower Rio Grande Valley remains active as broiler prices surge. Cattle on feed in Texas reached 2.215 million, up 22 percent from a year ago.
Dr. Roland Smith of Texas Agricultural Extension Service says a 10 percent dollar devaluation will raise prices for imported foods like spices, vanilla, pepper, coffee, tea, bananas, cocoa, silk and rubber while making U S products cheaper abroad. He notes limited global demand, ongoing port and rail shortages, and potential price reflections in domestic markets as exports rise mainly from summer and fall crops.
Texas A M University College of Veterinary Medicine will hold its annual public open house from noon to 5 p m on Saturday March 24 Dean A A Price announced The event features guided tours displays information centers a movie and a collection of antique surgical instruments Michael C Gosney president of TAMU Student Chapter AVMA is organizing the showing.
The U S forest service laboratory in Corvallis Oregon reports no drastic or irreversible soil nutrient depletion from timber removal according to chief soil scientist Dr C T Durness.
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