Hornung Brothers Hatchery Built From a Boy’s Flare
The Hornung Brothers Hatchery in Cameron grew from John Hornung’s early backyard Black Minorcas into a major Texas operation. Now run by brothers including Guss Elsey, it features 15 incubators with 52,000 egg capacity, a broad Texas and southwestern market, and a staff that includes Betty Elley sorting sexed chicks for pullets or cockerels.
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Lloyd Albertson
Hornung Brothers Hatchery
Cameron
United States
John Hornung
Hornung
John
C. W.otto
G. L. Hornung
H. O Herman
Texas
Guss Elsey
Taylor, Caldwell
Giddings
Tempie
Beiton
Main Street
Betty Elley
Louis Elley
Dallas
Parcel Post
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Guss Elley
Mexico
O W Hornung
Herman Hornung
O. W. Hornung
Fredwil Hornung
A&M to Host Dairy Short Course November 21-22
Dairymen and dairy industry staffers will attend the 1963 short course at Texas A&M November 21-22. Topics include dairy policy shifts, low solids, dry lot feeding, and feeding programs under drought, with keynote speaker Hoards Dairyman editor W. D. Knox and a panel of Texas dairymen. The article also discusses Hornung hatchery changes and a moss treatment method using sodium arsenite for farm ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&m
Memorial
A&m
W. D
Bill) Knox
Hoards Dairyman
Texas
David Smokier
Olin Pattillo
Kingsville
Henry Hasler
Bastrop
Moss Treatment
A Place to Live Rural Urban Affairs Yearbook
Texas A&M Extension specialist Gerald F Vaughn highlights the 1965 Agriculture yearbook A Place to Live. The volume covers rural to urban shifts, family farm transitions, urban fringe farming, rural town dynamics, water factors, and rural industry encouragement with guidance for Texans. Copies available free from a Congressman or for $3 from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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College Station
U8 Government Printing Office
Careful handling advised after treatment
Be handled with care keep animals and children away from treated areas for at least two weeks. Do not draw irrigation water from a treated pond for at least one week after treatment.
Cotton Referendum on Dec 10 Explained by Official
W L David, Chairman of the Conservation Committee, explains the December 10 cotton marketing quotas referendum. All upland cotton producers in 1965 vote, with two thirds in favor needed to set quotas for the 194 upland crop and penalties for excess cotton, price support 6 to percent for compliant farms. If more than one third oppose, no quotas or penalties and price support is 3 percent. Allotments remain in effect regardless of outcome to determine price support eligibility.
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College Station
W. L. David
David
County 4H Swine Demonstrators win awards in 1968 contest
Winners of the 1968 County Management Contest for Sears 4H Swine Demonstrators have been chosen by the livestock sub committee and County PMP extension Agent J A Petty. Sears Roebuck Foundation will award prizes to Verda Ruth Malone Jause William Earl Davis Goose and Wayne Albert Franklin Jones Prairie with payouts of 12.06 8.00 and 5.00 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Cormittee
PMP
J. A. Petty
Sears. Roebuck Foundation
Verda Ruth Malone
William Earl Davis
Wayne Albert Franklin
Jones Prairie
University nursing cap ceremony honors Karen Adams
The University of Texas School of Nursing held a capping ceremony in November 1961 at the Student Union Building. Dr Marilyn D. Willman presented caps to Karen Adams, a 1961 graduate of Yar High, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Adams. A reception for parents followed the event. The chairman said the ceremony will be available to growers before the December 10 referendum.
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University of Texas School of Nursing
Marilyn D. Willman
School of Nursing
Karen Adams
Yar High
Edwin Adams
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Robert Taylor
Iowa
Buff Orpington
California
Taylor
Buff
Tawn Hatchery
Plymouth
Voc-Ag
Nature
Quide Gershback
Cavilla
Gerald F Vaughn
Vaughn Sad
Bette
AE Swind Ciuitty SA
America
Buckingham Corp
W.Y
FFA
Hugh Smith
Milam Tractor Co
Billy Don Davenport
Yee High School
VHS Ffa
Santa Fe Agent
Santa Fe
Secretary of Agriculture
Ei&e
John FE. Snell
W. First ST
Centex
First ST
Martfred Jackson
Jeismooth
Chevrolet
Biscaynes
Fisher
N. Fannin
Cameron, Texas
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