Winter pastures near for cattle with careful management
County Agent notes rains boost prospects for winter pastures while cotton and peanut grades suffer. Small grains sown in September yield good pastures. cost around 60 per acre for land prep seed and fertilizer, but value high given protein energy and carrying capacity. Limiting access helps. dry cows gain less from high quality forage. Newman reelected to five year term as director of subdivision 5 in Taylor SWCD, serving south of Brushy Creek and Little River areas.
Fertilizer and Fuel Availability Shrinking for 1974 Farmers
Texas A&M economist Dr. Michael Sprott warns 1974 could bring tight supplies of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers and fuels. He cites 62 million acres set aside in 1972, rising foreign demand, dollar devaluation, and gas curtailments affecting ammonia production. LP gas shortages threaten crop drying, while officials coordinate policy to safeguard farm fuel needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Sprott
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Sprott
Texas A&m University System
Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Interior
Miss Falke Addresses Milam County Farm Bureau Meeting
Lynn Falke of Thorndale spoke at the Milam County Farm Bureau board meeting held October 4. Earnest Dodd reported on the cotton producers meeting in Waco and will chair the Milam County cotton program. Reeves Brown reported on the Constitution Revision Committee meeting in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Falke
Thorndale
Farm Bureau
Milam County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Earnest Dodd
Waco
Reeves Brown
Austin
Horse Judging School At A and M Opens Oct 19
A Texas A&M Horse Judging School expected to draw over 500 horsemen from across the state will start with a barbecue and orientation at 6 p.m. October 19 in the Animal Science Pavilion on the A&M campus. Ramada Inn in College Station serves as headquarters per B F Yeates, extension service horse specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A&m University
Ramada Inn
College Station
B. F. Yeates
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Animal Science
A&m
Banquet honors Milam County 4-H'ers at record event
Milam County 4-H Council hosted the annual awards banquet on October 13 at the Methodist Fellowship Hall Cameron drawing 200 attendees. Ricky Richter led as master of ceremonies as 65 adult leaders were honored and 84 awards presented by County Judge O B Harden and extension staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Cameron
Ricky Richter
4-H Council
Mary Lee Graham
Thorndale
Daniel Richardson
O. B. Harden
Chris Laws Vivian Pittman
Rodney Kruse
Bill McCutchen
J.D. Moore
Moore
Milam County Extension Agnet
Aluminum Company of America
Rockdale Works
Gerald Vinton
Hal Reagan
Alcoa
Rebecca Riola
Donald Fleming
Charles Riola
James Richardson
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Ed Laywell
Cameron Chamber of
Safemark
Cotton Market Report Reflects Rain Delay and Mixed Quality
Cotton harvesting in the Taylor and surrounding areas is about 80 to 85 percent complete, with Waco Temple and Brazos River Bottom at 30 to 40 percent. Quality shows 61 percent in Light Spotted grades, staple 32 at 37 percent, micronaire largely stable, and fiber strength tests with 35 percent at 80 84 000 PSI. Prices hold around 4.00 to 7.00 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Classing Office
USDA
Taylor
Waco Temple
Brazos River
Pressley
Fiber Laboratory
College Station
Break Through In Grazing Says Pittman In Temple Area
F T Pittman soil conservationist Cameron says the decade's dramatic grazing breakthrough is underway with over fifty planned systems covering more than twenty three thousand acres in a seven county Temple area. Short duration high intensity grazing is praised as productive, natural, and well proven, though conventional systems also offer benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Pittman
Cameron
Temple
Pittman
Great Plains
Farm price declines and livestock market shifts noted in Texas report
The Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service details a 30 percent drop in cattle and similar hog declines over recent weeks, marking the biggest fall since 1950. Beef cattle at 47.80, hogs at 41.80, and sheep at 15 per hundredweight show month to month decreases while crops rise for sorghum and wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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Dennis Herd
SWC
N. N. Newman
Rockdale
Taylor Soil and Water Conservation District
Rockdale High School Vocational Agriculture Building
Newman
Brushy Creek
Little River
Milano
Gause
A. 7
Ball
P. O
Bryan
Sign OF the Times
Texas Power & Light
Tp&l
Texas Power & Light Company
Miss Falke
Andy Kirk
Theresa Winkler
Rhonda Biar
Priscilla Lamere
Suzanne Simms
Peter Riola
Shirley Junek
Jan Burks
David Cobb
Rosemary Riola
Monica Marak
Leonard Marak
Tina Marak
Cassandra Marak
Mariah Garza
Margaret Graham
Denise Biehle
Patricia
Chamber of Commerce
Cotton Market Report
Cate
F. W. Vogelsang
Texaco
Cameron, Texas
C. E
Hearne, Tex
C. E. Pillot
Armecast
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
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