Pecan Crop Outlook and Disease Issues in Milam County
County Agent notes a uncertain pecan yield for 1975 with disease scab as the main problem. The Desirable pecan variety is praised for scab resistance. Insects are manageable but pecan scab reduced quality and volume. Soil testing is urged to optimize fertilizer use and maximize yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Mayer
Gene Angell
Randall Lake Farms
Milam County
E. J. Provasek
E.J
Seminar Speaker Raps Excessive Federal Spending
Dr W Philip Gramm Texas A&M economist on leave and Senate candidate told Southwest Texas lenders that inflation stems from excessive federal spending. He urged a balanced budget and warned of high interest rates, citing 1930s New York City as a model. The STAR seminar in Uvalde featured bankers and agricultural policy comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
W. Philip Gramm
Texas A&m University
Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Star Agricultural Finance
Gramm
New York City
New York
George Meany
Uvalde Civic Center
Hill Country Bankers Association
Wintergarden Bankers Association
Southwest Texas Agricultural Resources
Star) Program
The
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agri Business Report Highlights Dry Weather Impacts
The weekly agri news notes dry spells in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas hurting wheat and pasture, delaying seeding while other crops advance. Pecan and citrus production show gains with Texas yields up 45 percent for pecans and 242 million pounds nationally.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tex
High Plain
East Texas
Blacklands
Gulf Coast
U.S
Milam County Farmers Union Names Officers and Passes Resolutions
On October 25 Milam County Farmers Union elected Charles Ed Hensley as president, Willie Moran as vice president, and Paul Dillion as secretary. Resolutions urged the highway department to clear vegetation and add a flashing light at US 77 and 190, and proposed selling farm commodities to communist countries if returns are tangible. The group opposed farm product embargoes, government labor influence on policy, and tax shelters, while supporting raising the inheritance tax exemption from 60,000 to 200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County Farmers Union
Charles Ed Hensley
Willie Moran
Paul Dillion
Highway Department
Cotton Market Holds Steady Decline Across Regions
Trading for the week ending October 24 showed prices dropping 500 points. J.B. Russ of the Austin Classing Office notes no new crop cotton sold in the Brazos River bottom, while over 50 percent of the current crop has sold elsewhere. Cottonseed prices ranged from 75 to 105 dollars across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Russ
Austin
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Brazos River
Coastal Bend
Texas Blacklands
Origin of Welsh rarebit name traced to cheese on crackers
The term Welsh rabbit originated as a fanciful phrase for melted cheese on crackers reflecting traditional Welsh poverty and limited game at table.
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Bill McCutchen
Russia
Bob Armstrong
William F
Bill’’ Aldridge
Texas Banking Department
Agri Business News
Texas Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Joe Glaser
Buckholts
Jimmy Rettig
Imelda Hane Peschel
Theresa Wohleb Lee
Ethel Mae Jister Marak
Gloria Weems
Clay~ Pool
Yvonne Storey Koehn
Ann Wimberly Sheppard
Helen Armstrong Fuchs
Nan Hubert Daugherty
Joyce Hertenberger
Vaculin
Joseph Michalka
Yvonne Gill Burnett
Patsy Mullinax Fisher
Marliee Hughen Thweatt
Lille Ann
Jekel Butler
Catherine Krenek Chamberlain
Hazel Butler Spears
Joyce Brown
Terbun
Martha Dodson Mekush
Mary Helen Braden Talley
Wilma Kruemcke Caudle
Carroll William Boecker
Hackrow
Albert Mondrik
John Morris Duncurn
Daniel Hromeik
Joe Lee Heitman
Wayne Fisher
T. Leon Beale
Elton Coward
John Carroll Russell
Kenneth Harber
Tommy Chamberlain
Louis Hubnik
Donald Sheffield
Ray Brown
Yee High School
Elm Grove
Cameron
Fred T. Johns
Laura Warner Miller
Ruth Rosson
Ann Brock Hens Darling
Ada Margaret Smith
Martha Lewis Crenan
Sammie Markham Walker
Edward Biskup
Dorothy Merchant McLain
Doris Low Ur
A. T. Ball Lumber Co
W. Hwy
Bryan, Texas
Cotton Report
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