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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
2
Milam County ASCS outlines near term plans for measuring cotton peanuts soil bank base crops and feed grain diverted acreage. Producers must assist in land measurement and provide original wool sales documents for 1962 program payments and 1961 wool payments in July 1962.
Cattle numbers 423 and hogs 121 sold last week at Camer on Livestock Auction with prices across categories. Good and Choice steers and yearlings 22.25 to 24.00. common to medium 19.00 to 21.00. cows fat 14.00 to 16.00. stocker cows 14.00 to 17.00. bulls 16.00 to 18.00. calves good and choice 24.00 to 26.90. stocker and feeder calves 19.00 to 24.00. cows and calves 165.00 to 195.00. hogs various grades 12.60 to 16.10. sow and feeder ranges 10.00 to 13.50. insurance ad and contact details for George Childress Insurance follow.
Five Milam County 4-H members were drawn for Sears gifts on May 8 at the County Extension office. Johnny Mann Patsy Stevens Randy Graves Curtis Parsons and Reed Davis received gifts, with Calvin Shenkir Jr. winning the Sears boar. The group will raise and show pigs at the September Sears Show, then return the best litter gift to another 4-H member. Milam County has run the Sears Swine program for over 14 years and 4-H participants have performed well at district shows and related contests.
The Texas Highway Commission approves a $100 000 expenditure to build about 3.8 miles of Farm to Market Road in Milam County as part of the 1962 FM Road Program. Resident Engineer Carol D Zeigler will supervise from Hearne. The one year program covers 179 counties and 1216 miles of roads statewide.
Warm open weather aided farming with planting well advanced and growth satisfactory. Spot markets slow with light shipper buying while domestic and export interest edged up. Coastal bend prospects vary from poor to good and many counties face moisture or weed issues. central Texas planting nearing completion.
A farm welding short course for adult farmers runs May 21 to 25 under Cameron Yee High School Vocational Agriculture with Texas agencies and Texas A&M instruction. Edwards, welding specialist, leads sessions at Yoe High with on farm help and certificates for full attendance. An entry fee of 5 dollars applies. contact Supt Zeigler or C Titsworth to enroll.
County Agents report thrip damage in early planted cotton despite prior poison treatments hindered by high winds and tractor speed. Casebearer activity is forecast in Bexar and Guadalupe counties with Malathion planned after 3 percent nut infestation. hatchery quail demonstrations offered through 4H and FFA with Texas Game and Fish involvement.
Cameron District CYO met in Cameron on April 29 with about 250 members. James Barta led the session as Dime Box girls and Caldwell boys won volleyball trophies. Plans outlined for a July district outing in Cameron and a bi district outing with Brenham. Rev. Alfred Kallus spoke. barbecue, Cameron Club entertainment followed. Belaire sisters provided music. Mrs. C. W. Bradbury to present piano recital May 18 at Yee High Auditorium.
Ben Milam School hosts a spring round-up for next year’s first graders on May 17 and 18 from 2:45 to 3:45 p m in the cafetorium. Parents must bring child’s birth certificate and immunization records including smallpox and DPT. Children must be six by September 1, 1962.
An amendment to the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act tightens labeling for several chemical classes and brings under USDA supervision many products not previously regulated.
Texas draft boards receive a June quota of 237 men, compared with 218 in May and 244 in April, as part of a national 6500 men Army allocation. Local boards will not send men for pre-induction physical or mental exams in June, and June quotas are already mailed.
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