Alert for '71 Southern Corn Blight at College Station
Texas A and M Extension plant pathologist Dr C Wendell Horne warns the 1971 corn crop faces renewed risk from Southern Corn Leaf Blight with limited resistant seed stock. He advises turning under 1970 stubble deeply, learning disease techniques, and planting available resistant hybrids to mitigate damage.
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College Station
Texas
C. Wendell Horne
Texas A&m
Horne
Wool and Mohair Payments Due for 1970 Marketing Year
Payments for wool and mohair marketing in 1970 will begin April and be issued after ASCS review. Eligible producers must file by January 31, 1971 with sales receipts showing current year completion, title transfer, ownership records, and 30 day livestock ownership.
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National Wool Act
Milam County
ASCS
Hereford Bull Test Auction Set in Corsicana
Corsicana Livestock Auction hosts the Texas Hereford Certified Bull Test Sale at IH 45 and East Highway 31. Bulls have gained on test since July and will be scored for fat thickness by Dr. Boyd Ramsey using Sona Ray. Breeders include Noack Rockdale Fair Oaks Ranch San Antonio Prather Hereford Comanche Lazy K Ranch North Zulch Marquez Herrin Hereford Houston Rock Brook Farm Dallas Tic Tac Toe Frost Hatter Moody Six Bar J McGregor Yarling Schulenburg Harkins Rocking S Burton Her ing McGregor Dr N D Timons Fort Worth C M McCulloh Fort Worth. Sale begins 1 p.m. Friday December 18.
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Corsicana
IH 45
East Hiway 31
Sona Ray
Boyd Ramsey
Texas
Leon Noack
Rockdale
Fair Oaks Ranch
San Antonio
Prather Hereford Ranch
Commanche
Morris Lazy K Ranch
North Zulch
Marquez
Herrin Hereford Ranch
Houston
Rock Brook Farm
Dallas
Tic Tac Toe Ranch
Frost
Hatter Hereford Ranch
Moody
Six Bar J Ranch
McGregor
Yarling Herefords
Schulenburg
T. S. Harkins Ranches
Rocking S Ranch
Burton
Jim
National 4 H Poultry Judging Contest At UIC Circle Campus
Fourteen teams from fifteen states compete at the University of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus for the National 4 H Poultry Judging contest. Contestants judge laying hens, dressed fryers, fowl and turkeys and score eggs and exterior egg quality. The event includes a Chicago tour and a recognition banquet on November 28.
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University of Illinois
Chicago Circle
Chicago
Cooperative Extension Service
American Poultry and Hatchery Federation
Hugh S. Johnson
U. of I. Extension Poultryman
Milt Dunk
Watt Publishing Co
Mt. Morris
Illinois
Arkansas
Florida
Weevil Devastates U S Cotton Farms After Decades
Despite decades of control efforts, boll weevil continues to cause about 300 million dollars in crop losses and 75 million dollars in pest control costs annually in the United States, impacting cotton farmers nationwide.
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United States
Bill to expand animal welfare law approved in committee
The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains unanimously approved a bill to broaden humane animal protection. The measure expands authority to cover animals in wholesale pet trade, zoos, road shows, and auction markets, backed by welfare groups, scientists, and officials administering the current law.
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House Committee On Agriculture
Subcommittee
Granham Purcell
D-Tex
Congress
Tom Foley
D-Wash
William G. Whitehurst
Purcell
Foley
Whitehurst
Engineering VP Tours Alcoa Works in Texas Visit
Alcoas vice president of engineering Robert N Wagner toured Rockdale Works on November 16 as part of a three Texas site inspection. He cited a large capital program at Rockdale Point Comfort Operations and Marshall Works and stressed completing projects on schedule amid competition. Wagner previously helped negotiate the original power contract and led electrical work for the Massena rectifier station.
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Robert N. Wagner
Alcoa
Rockdale Works
Texas
Wagner
Rockdale
Point Comfort
Marshall Works
Texas Power & Light
Clarkson College of Technology
Potsdam
N.Y
Massena
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Hubert Jistel
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Richard Jistel
Joe Vaculin
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