Nylon Zippers For Ladies Wear Highlighted By Agent
Milam Home Demonstration Agent Rheba Merle Boyles notes a new all nylon spiral zipper enhancing ladies ready to wear. She cites its strength lightness color range and automatic lock safety, and advises careful pressing and pressing techniques to ensure a professional fit.
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Milam
Rheba Merle Boyles
A & M College
Texas Declares 4-H Club Week Across Nation
Governor Price Daniel proclaims March 4 through 11 as 4-H Club Week in Texas and nationwide, highlighting 4-H programs in agriculture home economics and citizenship. He urges 4-H members to develop leadership and practical skills to improve homes communities and the state.
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College Station
Texas
Price Daniel
United States
Agricultural Extension Service
The
A & M College of Texas
Orchard soil care and sorghum contest in Milam County
Milam County growers attended an orchard demonstration in Rockdale stressing soil organic matter improvements and proper fertilization. The event announced a grain sorghum contest with cash prizes, divisions for dryland and irrigation, and eligibility for 4H and FFA members with specified hybrids and minimum acre requirements.
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Rockdale
FFA
Texas
Milam County
Milam
Milano 4-H Club Discusses Uniforms and Events
Milano Senior 4-H Club met February 21 with Brenda Hux as president and Jane Reese as vice president. Members explored the meaning of each uniform element including blouse for judging and demonstration, skirt for projects, belt for support, shoes for program and leaders, hat for achievement and reference. James Parker won a Dairy Calf Scramble at the Houston Fat Stock Show and plans to show a Helestine Hereford next year. Milam County reported 14 strep throat, one measles, one chickenpox, one gonorrhea, and three mumps for the period ending February 25 1961. rust-trapping nursery work aims to discover new rust races.
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Milano
Brenda Hux
Jane Reese
James Parker
Houston
Helestine Herford
Milam County
T. E. Crump
Statewide seed programs sponsored for sorghum and corn
The Texas Certified Seed Producers Inc. in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service will again sponsor statewide production programs for growers of hybrid grain sorghums and corn.
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Texas Certified Seed Producers
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Certified Seed Producers, Inc
The
Soil Temperature Guides Timely Cotton Planting
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station findings at Lubbock show eight inch soil temps guide planting. Seed germination improves above 70F, with 60F+ over ten days yielding five to nine days emergence. cooler temps delay up to fifteen days. Request MP.465 for details.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lubbock
Agricultual Information Office
Changing Dry Flies Versus Wet Flies in Fly Fishing
The piece explains that dry flies lose effectiveness when water logged while wet flies become more attractive as they warm. It advises changing dry flies often and leaving wet flies on the line to maximize catching potential.
Additional Funds Open For Farm Housing Loans
A $50 million allotment is released by the Farmers Home Administration to support farm housing loans. County supervisor William H. Gaston says the funds will ensure credit for eligible families through the fiscal year, with 4 percent interest and terms up to 33 years. Loans aid construction, modernization, and service buildings across rural areas, with eligibility tied to farm value, income, and lack of alternate credit.
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Farmers Home Administration
William H. Gaston
United States
Gaston
Milam County
Insurance Offer for Brick Veneer Home Coverage
Advertises fire and extended coverage for brick veneer homes within city limits at 12.39 per year. Written AEtna Casualty through George Childress Insurance. Calls Oxford 7-2112 for contact.
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Aetna Casualty
George Childress Insurance
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
Oxford
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