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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1972
Page
4
National 4 H Club Week proclaims a shift from traditional crafts to diverse projects spanning citizenship voting studies playground projects and consumer fashion. 4 H emphasizes personal growth across genders with programs across Milam County inviting youths ages 6 to 19 regardless of background.
United States Savings Bond sales in Milam County during August totaled $58,932, per County Bond Chairman Henry Liebman. Eight-month Milam sales reached $500,806, about 70 percent of the year’s $710,000 goal. Texas August sales were $17,819,733 with January–August state totals at $142,833,527, about 72 percent of the $197.5 million goal.
Army worms threaten lawns and gardens with notes from Monroe Fuchs and Bonnie Cobb urging vigilance as showers revive pastures and small grain. Milam County pecan producers may vote on a 50 cent per 100 pounds assessment for research and control. ballots reach mailers in October and are due by October 23. Anton Anderle invites pecan producers to reserve a quart of pecans for the 1972 Pecan Show in Rockdale on November 18 with classes for all varieties.
The Austin Cotton Classing Office reports decreased receipts due to poor harvest weather. Brazos River Bottom is about 50 percent harvested while Crockett and Waco Temple areas are around 65 percent. Fifty percent of readings are in the desirable micronaire range. strength readings show 26 percent at 75-79k psi, 45 percent at 80-84k, and 26 percent above 85k psi.
Texas farmers push cotton and corn harvests while pecan and citrus crops begin. Cotton yields beat expectations but prices stall. statewide harvests show cotton over 25 percent complete and corn over 50 percent. Milk production up two percent in August. citrus pests trigger expanded quarantines in Cameron and nearby counties.
Texas ranchers at the TSCRA quarterly directors meeting in Midland heard from health experts on screw worms fire ants fever ticks and scabies. They discussed eradication funding dip programs and certification efforts with state and federal agencies and noted quarantine and testing requirements for brucellosis and fever ticks.
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