County Agent Notes Highlight Brazos Corn Acreage Boost
A Bryan meeting with Brazos County farmers and Extension staff, plus Halbert's Inc and Holly Farms, signals potential increases in Brazos Valley corn acreage to support more than 50 million broilers per year by 1972. Prospects hinge on competitive prices with the Midwest.
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Bryan
Brazos County
East Texas
Brazos Valley
Halbert’s Inc
Holly Farms
Texas
Tips From Tippit on Driving Safely and Being Indispensable
The booklet urges self worth while warning that disturbances vanish quickly like a wand in water. It cites Texas traffic deaths last year to remind readers life goes on and urges care to avoid breaking traffic laws or taking risks while driving.
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Texas
Grain Inspection Changes Outlined
Restrictions in the U S Grain Standards Act are eased to let licensed elevator and warehouse employees draw official grain samples. The Warehouseman’s Sample-Lot Inspection program and four other certification programs will speed up official inspections.
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College Station
John J. Seibert
Texas A&m University
Seibert
United States Department of Agriculture Consumer and Marketing Service
United States
Science meet selects Yoe High students for UT symposium
Yoe High School honor student John Ben Sutter and Yoe High teacher Fred Johns were chosen to attend a nuclear science symposium at the University of Texas on June 25. The event is sponsored by UT and the Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation, with support from Texas Power & Light Company. About 550 honor students and teachers from across Texas will participate. TAERF includes ten investor owned electric utilities in Texas, TP&L among them, funding fusion research at UT.
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John Ben Sutter
Fred Johns
YHS
University of Texas
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
Texas Power & Light Company
Supt
D. R. Dodson
of Texas
Texas
Tp&l
TAERF
Milam 4-H and FFA prepare baby chicks linked to May show
Fifty 4-H and FFA members ready equipment for eight week chick-raising project. Five top birds enter the May 16 Junior Broiler Show. Milam County 4-H senior club meets March 31 at 7 30 p.m. in Cameron.
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Hal Lester Senkel
Milam County
Vo-ng
Cameron
Leo Fuchs
First National Bank
Local Buckholts Notes Share Weekend Visits and Hospital News
Orba Arnold remains hospitalized after Monday surgery at Scott and White. Visitors include relatives from Lubbock Cameron Freeport Rosenburg Gatesville and Houston. Weekend travel and family visits involve the Garr y, Zellisco, Walzel, Shipman and McCall households along with church services at First Baptist.
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Orba Arnold
Scott and White Hospital
Boyd Rice
Lubbock
James Zelisko
Sam Houston College
Huntsville
Betty Zelisko
Fritz Glaser
Joe Hebner
Roy Johnson
Cleburne
Leonard Warren
Houston
Jackie Walzel
Jack Walzel
Helen Shipman
Gatesville
Jo Loftin
E. E. Allison
Travis Hill
Belton Sets Snake Hunt
The Belton Jaycees host the third annual Rattlesnake Round-up and Flea Market on April 4 and 5. Snake Headquarters will be in downtown Belton with cash prizes for weight and trophies for snake size. Venomaires perform live shows hourly Saturday and Sunday. Flea Market costs $2.50 daily. snake hunter registration is $2. Dwayne Digby is hunt chairman.
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Belton Jaycees
Belton
Fort Worth
Venomaires
Dwayne Digby
Hunt
Plastic Pipelines Solve Cattle Watering Problem
Durable low cost plastic pipe helps Central Texas cattle raisers water livestock in rotated pastures. Pipelines and troughs offer a flexible solution where farm ponds are impractical, with cost share programs through the Agricultural Conservation Program and Soil Conservation Service guidance available.
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Texas
Agricultural Conservation
Soil Conservation Service
Ermelo lovegrass praised for versatile pasture use
Farmers are urged to plant Ermelo lovegrass this spring for pastures. The warm season perennial grass adapts to various soils, grows 3 to 4 feet high, and provides early green grazing. For winter use, cattle can be kept with little hay, and planting rates are one pound per acre in rows or three pounds broadcast. Plant now through late April in a pure stand.
Alfalfa weevil alert issued to Texas growers
Texas alfalfa producers are urged to cooperate in a survey to assess alfalfa weevil infestation. Extension entomologist L Reed Green asks growers to contact their county agent, collect samples of suspect insects, and participate in the survey.
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Texas
Texas pulpwood truck drives $25,000 yearly
A Texas pulpwood truck operation averages about $25,000 in annual business for the community, highlighting the industry’s local economic impact.
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Texas
Milam County farmers urged to sign up for 1970 farm programs
ASCS News urges Milam County farmers to enroll in the 1970 feed grain, wheat, and cotton programs. Payments are planned to start in July, with a mid August completion target. Sign up to participate, arrange required acreage and diverted uses, and request the county measurement service to aid compliance checks. March 20 is final sign-up day.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Milam County
ASCS
Swine Short Course At Texas A&M In April
An upsurge in swine production prompts a two day short course at Texas A&M University on April 6 and 7. Attendees will hear discussions on confinement swine production and related management topics.
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Texas A&m University
Texas Egg Clinic Set for March 25 at A M Memorial
Representatives from every segment of the Texas egg industry will attend the 15th annual Commercial Egg Clinic to be held March 25 at Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center.
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Texas
Texas A&m University
Memorial
Texas A&m University - Memorial
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J. D. Moore
James Henderson
Texas Animal Health Department
Gerald Gehlbach
Lincoln
Illinois
H. W. Dunne
Pennsylvania State University
Bob Fleming
Texas Water Quality Board
Austin
D. B. Hudman
Wilson Agribusiness Company
Oklahoma City
T. D. Tanksley
A&m
Leland R. Tribble
Texas Tech University
W.W. W. Sipple
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Ww. S. Allen
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
John Fair
Texas Pork Producers Association
Science
YOE High
By Fred Schuetze
Lester
Buckholts News
Mrs
Edwin Gandy
Bob Vastola
125 Circle Drive
W, Gillis
M. C, Durr Distributing Co
New Soil Conservation District
Ascs News
By Alva E. Sanders
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