Milam County cotton weed tests begin on Arthur farm near Cameron
Milam County farmers test weed controls on Bill Ar thur's Cameron area farm May 16 17 with Frank Kratochvil assisting Dave Weaver Extension Cotton Weed Control Specialist Rodney Kruse and others. Tests include three incorporated preplant and eight preemergence herbicides plus a band post plant incorporator for use with a blackland planter.
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Bill Arthur
Cameron
Frank Kratochvil
Dave Weaver
Rodney Kruse
Fate of herbicides explained by soil and environmental factors
Garlyn Hoffman of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service explains herbicide fate involves decomposition, adsorption to soil particles, plant and animal uptake, and environmental exposure. Adsorption strength varies with soil type and herbicide properties. proper label use avoids environmental harm.
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Garlyn Hoffman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hoffman
Texas foliage plant producers grow larger despite fewer firms
Texas cut flower and foliage plant producers shrink from 103 to 61 between 1966 and 1971, a 41 percent drop, while average production area rose over 80 percent. In 1971 Texas had 1,573,000 square feet under nurseries, four percent of U S total. Sales of standards chrysanthemums rose 28.6 percent, pom poms over 50 percent, potted mums near 50 percent. total sales rose to 4.5 million, foliage plant sales up 112 percent to 1.804 million, chrysanthemums and related plants totaling 2.713 million.
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Texas
H. B. Sorensen
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Sorensen
Texas Crop Survey Urges Quick Return Of Questionnaires
About 24 000 crop questionnaires were mailed to Texas farmers to build a county and state picture of crops. Reports used only in aggregate form. Onions harvest in parts of Texas and favorable GPS yields noted. Hog cholera outbreaks in Hidalgo and Cameron counties trigger quarantines. Sheep feeders report 87 000 sheep and lambs on feed as of May 1.
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Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Services
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
San Antonio
Coastal Bend
Hidalgo
Cameron
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Senior Citizens Day Set in Milam County
May 27 marks Senior Citizens Day in Rockdale with a 2 p.m. party at New Salem H D Club House Fair Park. Milam County aging committee chair Mrs Clyde Holliman leads a program featuring Re generation Singers Rockdale and a Roaring 20s Skit by Thorndale 4 H Club.
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Rockdale
Milam County
Cameron
Cameron Sunshine H. D
Branchville H. D
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M. E. Singleton, Jr
Wss GA
Los Angeles
Southwestern Bell
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Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
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Council OF Governments
Camp Insurance
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Abbott Insurance Agency
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