Waggoner Ranch Delivers Quiet Operations Across Texas Lands
Vernon Texas report notes the Waggoner Ranch uses a helicopter and radio phone to direct work over more than 500000 acres in Wilbarger Foord Archer Knox Wichita and Baylor counties. Owner heirs run the estate which avoids publicity while watching cattle by weight and sale prices. The piece covers ranch history, visitor impact, grain demonstration plans, and brush control efforts with figures on potential income gains.
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Vernon, Tex
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
A. M. Meekman
Farm notes warn of grain sorghum pests and seed plans
Care warns farmers to compare grain sorghum varieties in Texas for best adaptation and notes seed from Texas A&M seed foundation. Entomologists report green bugs and midges harming sorghum on the high plains and rolling plains with some fields sprayed locally. Advises close field checks before spraying and offers assistance. also mentions July screwworm cases at Mission lab and McCarty on Waggoner Ranch labor and cattle feed crops across 350 to 400 workers, 15 line camps, and ranch radio contacts.
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Cee Wee
McCarty
Lesa Garrison Wins Ribbon At State 4 H Show
Lesa Garrison, 14, daughter of Lonnie and Mrs Garrison of Tell, earned a seventh place ribbon in the Grade Gelding 14 hands and over class at the State 4H Horse Show. She did not place in finals for performance events but qualified in barrels with an 18.81 second run. The event drew keen competition, and observers praised the show as the best in five years. The Waggoner Ranch notes highlight extensive cattle and ranch mechanization with continuing growth ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Cure
Lesa Garrison
Lonnie D. Garrison
Tell
Lesa
Texas brush control could save landowners millions annually
Texas A&M Extension specialists say brush control and proper land management could return about 10 million dollars yearly to landowners in Texas. Major strides in demonstrations since 1960 aim to boost profits, with expanded acreage and research on resistant species guiding future practices.
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Texas
G. C. Hoffman
College Station
T. 9. Hoffman
Texas A&m University
Hoffman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Legislature Set to Vote on Tax Exemption for Pollution Equipment
Public notice details a proposed constitutional amendment sJR21 to allow the state and subdivisions to exempt all or part of equipment installed to comply with air and water quality standards from ad valorem taxation. The measure would be on the November 1968 ballot with separate pro and against statements.
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State OF
Texas
Mey
Hi Plains Castor Display Set at 12th Field Day
Hi Plains Castor display planned for September 12 at the 12th Annual Field Day of the High Plains Research Foundation in Halfway Texas. Castor acreage has risen across the High and South Plains, with over 85 thousand plants in 1968, as growers seek methods and uses. The Castor Committee will run the exhibit 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. with three hosts each hour and a committee meeting on September 3 to review the current program and plan for 1963 research. Members include John Anderson Plainview Karl Gene Beach Cotton Center Roy Davis LubSock Dr Wayne Domingo La Mesa CA Bob Francy Happy Homer Garrison Plainview Don Marble South Plains Wayne Martin Plainview Martin Schur Plainview and Jim Wedel Muleshoe. Assistance will come from Delbert Langford Donders and Dr D L Vantotn Plainview. Civic clubs and chambers greet Field Day visitors and guide them to tours, registration, and printed programs from Young Homemakers. Charlie Young Plainview Chamber chairman of greeters. Filton Wilson Agricultural Chair. five men per chamber invited.
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Halfway
Texas
High Plains Research Foundation
High
South Plains
United States
High Plains
Castor Commodity Committee
Board of Trustees
Don Marble South Plains
Castor
John Anderson
Plainview
Karl Gene Beach
Cotton Center
Roy Davis
LubSock
Wayne Domingo
la Mesa
California
Bob Francy
Happy
Homer Garrison
Don Marble
Wayne Martin
Sistance
Delbert Langford
Donders
D. L. Vantotn
West Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Attce
Young Homemakers
Charlie Young
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Filton Wilson
Chamber of Commerce and Civile Clb
Almanac facts for August 13, 1968 era and history notes
Almanac page notes August 13 1968 as the 226th day with 149 remaining. Highlights include 1923 Yes We Have No Bananas by Silver and Conn. 1930 Captain Hawke set transcontinental speed record Los Angeles to New York in 12 hours 25 minutes. 1955 Soviet armed forces reduction announced. 1961 Berlin Wall construction begins. Thought by Thomas Carlyle on writing character.
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United Press International
Saturn
Venus
Frank Silver
Plan
Irving Conn
Frank Hawke
Los Angeles
New Yorkn
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
Geman
Thomas Carlwle
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Waggoner
el McCarty
Vernon
W. T. Waggoner
Dan Waggoner
Big
Child County
By Lowell B. Care
Mission
Waggoner Ranch
HAY
A&m
R. E. Leighton
U. S
Eugene Ely
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
Rex E. Sullivan, Jr
Quanah
Almanac
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