4H Club Notes Highlight Milam County Winner
Gwendolyn Jistel, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert Jistel, is recognized as a County Record Book Winner in 4H Club. She grew up in 4H, pursuing Dairy Poultry Swine Field Crops Frozen Foods Recreation and Grain Marketing projects and serving in leadership roles. The article also notes the Sears Gilt Show results and a tip on preventing girt tire cuts by beveling hole edges.
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Gwendolyn Jistel
Hubert Jistel
Gwendolyn
Final date Sept 15 for cotton allotment waiver in Milam County
Milam County producers who failed to plant 75 percent of their 1963 cotton allotment may file a written waiver request by September 15 with the county committee. If approved, no downward adjustment to base acreage will be made. if not, the 1964 allotment will be reduced.
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Alva E. Sanders
Milam County Agricultural, Stabilization and Conservation Service
Sanders
Auction Report At Cameron Livestock Sale
The Cameron Livestock Auction handled 541 cattle 160 hogs and 2 sheep last Thursday with buyers paid sales values not specified.
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Cameron Livestock
Williams Hired As Teletype Operator
Ronnie Williams, a 1962 Yee High School graduate, was hired last week as the Heralds teletype setter operator. He is a former Milam County Abstract office employee, studied at Durham's Business College in Austin, and will handle routine news supplies and circulation duties. Williams is married and lives in the Marlowe community. The dairy cow yields about 2,190 pounds of milk per acre, with 72 pounds of digestible protein and 712 energy units.
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Ronnie Williams
Yee
Herald
Accord Williams
Milam County Abstract Office
Durham
Business College
Austin
The
Williams
Marlowe
Swine litter testing program at Texas A&M announced
County Agents note hog profits depend on production cost and selling price. The Texas A&M swine litter testing program offers producers a check up on production and carcass desirability. Entries run Aug 1 to Sept 9 with two littermates per pig. weaned pigs donated to a fund for a new testing facility.
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Texas Aam
T D. Tanksley
Texas A&m University
Texas A&m
A&m
Fall Screwworm Can Be Stopped
Officials of the Southwest Screwworm Eradication Program warn that a fall rise in screwworms must be stopped to finish early eradication of the livestock pest. The program reports favorable conditions and ranch practices boost infestations September through November, with eradication machinery ready to deploy on farms reporting cases.
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Southwest
South
Texas
Cotton harvest peaking in Brazos River area report
J N Brevard of the USDA Cotton Division Austin reports peak harvest in the Brazos River bottom with 65 792 samples classed last week and 359 877 for the season. Grades held steady with 45 percent Light Spotted and 54 percent White. Middling and related grades totaled 73 percent. Staple length shows 37 percent 114 inches or longer and 37 percent 11 32 inches. Micronaire readings reach 96 percent at 3 5 or higher.
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Brazos River
J. N. Brevard
Usda - Agricultural Marketing Service
Austin
Texas
Irrigation Work Expands In Little River Bottom Area
Severe drought prompts irrigation and drainage plans for farmers in the Little River bottom. Bulldozers and road graders begin leveling fields and maps are made to assess feasible sites while noting many Milam river bottoms require no work.
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Little River Bottom
Cameron
Milam
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Helena Rubinstein
Sill Fashion
Suk UO Mane
Shades
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West Feed
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Mitchan Auto Supply
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