Bluebonnet Farm Seeks Better Angora Wool And Soil Care
Texas A M experimental tract near Mc Gregor advances a project to breed finer mo hair and reduce coarse older goat wool. The effort involves Bluebonnet Farm with support from Angora and Sheep Raisers associations to boost soil fertility and optimize fertilizer formulas by soil type. The article also notes Whitesboro farmers planting certified Comanche wheat seed to improve local wheat quality, and reports rising artificial insemination of dairy cows in Collin County, with Dallas and Parker counties leading in breedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluebonnet Farm
New
Texas A. & M
McGregor
Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Southwest Texas Angora Goat
Texas
Bluebonnet Farm Project
Collin County
Jack McCullough
Dallas County
Parker County
Denton County
Johnson County
Grayson County Soils Shown Improved by Pilot Plot Experiments
Agricultural extension workers in Grayson County report soil improvements from several years of pilot plot experiments. The program tested soil management practices, aiming to document fertility gains and potential crop benefits for local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Farmers Transform Slope Land For Pasture And Crops
C A Hingus of Friendswood Texas is converting 40 acres of old rice fields into a pasture using White Dutch clover and Dallis grass. The field is plowed along the steep slope to maximize drainage with 500 pounds of superphosphate 50 pounds muriate of potash and 100 pounds nitrate of soda applied. More than 10 million bushels of the 1948 wheat crop are under government loan across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico with about 3 million in Texas 6 million in Oklahoma and 335 thousand in New Mexico reported by Latham White field director of the Production and Marketing Administration in Dallas. Cleve and Pat Hamilton of Dimmitt sold 330 head of mixed calves for fall delivery to The Younger of Texline at 28 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hingus
Friendswood
Galveston County
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Latham White
Production and Marketing Administration
Dallas
White
Cleve
Pat Hamilton
Dimmitt
Younger
Texline
Rancher Marks Cedar Eradication and Grazing Recovery
Marshall, a longtime Texas rancher east of Rock Springs since 1889, says all grass has returned after eradicating cedar. He notes the grazing range, previously unusable for sheep for 20 years, now supports year round grazing on his Marl ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards County
O. Q. Marshall
Rock Springs
Marshall
Texas
Texas Dairy Output Rises Slightly in August
Milk production in Texas for August rose by 1 percent per a University of Texas Bureau of Business Research survey. Dairy product manufacturing fell 6 percent from July to 63,300,000 pounds, and overall dairy manufacturing declined 3 to 17 percent from August 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Dairy operator moves herd to new Waco farm
Ralph Goolsby, who ran a dairy in Abilene, leased a farm one mile east of Waco and moved his dairy herd there. He came from Jones County years ago and cited water scarcity as a reason. A heavy rain fell the day after he began the move in Taylor County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Goolsby
Abilene
Waco
Goolsby
Jones County
Grouth
Taylor County
Whitesboro FFA members feed hogs using self-made mix
Gene Foster notes the Whitesboro FFA boys prepared 8000 pounds of hog feed at $4 per 100 pounds. The 40 percent protein mix combined 200 pounds meat scraps, 200 pounds cottonseed meal, and 100 pounds dehydrated alfalfa leaf meal for 100 hogs on market. Under Kinney County program, 37 ranches completed range improvements with 15 more expected. top practices include removing destructive plants and building earthen dams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesboro
FFA
Gene Foster
Foster
Kinney County Agricultural Conservation Association
Terraces Boost Cotton Yields On Uhland Farm
Freddie Weison, a local farmer in Uhland, says his terraced fields held moisture during rains and produced two thirds more cotton per acre this year than nearby non terraced land. The statement highlights terrace effectiveness in drought or irregular rainfall conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Weison
Uhland
Cotton quarantine and vegetable acreage planned in Texas counties
Cotton in Eastland County remains quarantined for pink bollworm and must be ginned with approved sterilizing equipment to satisfy government rules. Harris County projects 25 000 acres of vegetables this fall with a potential value of 12 million dollars, per Sam Doerre of the Farmers Cooperative Market in Houston.
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Eastland County
Astland County
Harris County
Sam Doerre
Farmers’ Co-operative Market
Houston
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Lack McMahan
Farmers of America
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Texas Herd
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J. S. May and Son
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Tom Thumb
Chester Lio
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Dwayne Jacobs
Raymond Jacobs
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Berkshire
Sears Swine Foundation
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Elo Condrey
Fort Bend County
Condrey
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Goliad
Bermuda
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Morton Salt Co
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