Oak Society Members Pay Dues In Acorns
Louisiana hosts a quirky club of live oaks dated to 1934. To join, a tree must be at least 100 years old with a girth of 17 feet, paying 25 acorns annually to fund new plantings. The Seven Sisters Oak leads the society as president, with strict rules and human oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Louisiana
National Geographic Society
John Smith
America
Walt Whitman
John Muir
Society of Live Oaks
Seven Sisters
Lewisburg
House Report Calls For US Transportation Policy
A Subcommittee study finds countryside transport decay raises food prices and creates shortages. It urges a national transportation policy and active Rural Development input from the Agriculture Department along with new financing ideas and needs based planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Subcommittee On Rural Development
Bill Alexander
D- Ark
Alexander
Secretary of Agriculture
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yoe FFA Dominates District Meet With Multiple Firsts
The Cameron Yoe FFA earned first place in Senior Farm Skills with Mark Denson Gary Hollas Ricky Kirk Richard Hearell John Houston Keith Bean and Jimmy Patzke and Junior Farm Skills with Mike Kirk Erskine McDermott Kirby Flemming Sidney Youghblood Scott Albright John Houston. Farm Radio Broadcast also took first with Lee Dodd Mike Robinson Joe McAnulty. The group claimed a first place sweepstakes banner and will represent District I at Area III at Blinn College on December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Yoe Ffa
Texas A&m
Mark Denson
Gary Hollas
Ricky Kirk
Richard Hearell
John Houston
Keith Bean
Jimmy Patzke
Mike Kirk
Erskine McDermott
Kirby Flemming
Sidney Youghblood
Scott Albright
Lee Dodd
Mike Robinson
Joe McAnulty
Margaret Graham
Tina Titsworth
Douglas Price
Richard Sproull
Gerald Tomek
Roger Morris
Eric Soloman
Mark Michalka
Jim Chandler
Dennis Mueck
Donnie Marek
Jimmy Kohtuek
Mark Fritz
Raymond Lesikar
Raymond Tomek
FFA
Cameron
Wildlife focus shifts to income from hunting in Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department extension biologists report growing landowner interest in deer turkey quail dove and other wildlife as economic value of hunting rises. Landowners seek guidance on harvest limits habitat improvement and balancing farming with game management amid urban buyers and long established ranches.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Tommy Hailey
Breckenridge
Hailey
Texas
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Oak Society
Cameron Voe Ffa
di Leo
Yoe Ffa
Culpepper
Rocker
Dinette
Love Seat
W. Main
Cameron, Tex
Attention Farm Bureau
Ealing
TASCO
Milam County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Texas Agriculture
N. Travis
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