Awards Presented To Three SCS Employees In Vernon
Three Soil Conservation Service workers from Chil dress were honored at the Area Christmas Awards Program in Vernon on December 9. Harold Cawthon earned a Certificate of Merit for starting parallel terraces. Teddy Hightower received a promotion notice for outstanding work. Chester Hufstedter earned a Certificate of Merit for helping Chil dress City obtain government aid for terraces and soil and water conservation at the airfield. The Vernon meeting covers SCS offices across several towns and featured a Texas Park and Wildlife program on murder of silence presented by Wayne Chapman and Senator Jack Hightower.
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Soil Conservation Service
Childress
Area [It
Vernon
Harold Cawthon
Childress County
Teddy Hightower
Chester Hufstedter
City of
SCS
Ducah
Memphis
Matador
Quanah
Crowell
Iowa Park
Archer City
Henrietta
Texas Park and Wildlife
Wayne Chapman
Jack Hightower
Texas
Food from Ponds in Texas Could Boost Fish Supply
Wallace Klussmann says Texas private waters exceed 500000 acres with over 250000 ponds and lakes capable of yielding about a million pounds of fish annually. He notes common pond problems include sunfish overpopulation, bullheads, weeds, muddy water, and low fertility. Everett Janne urges landscape plants to enhance rather than hide homes.
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Texas
Wallace Klussmann
Everett Janne
Friday Deadline For Fat Stock Show Entries
Prospective exhibitors of cattle horses sheep and swine at the 1968 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth must submit entries by Friday January 15 for poultry rabbits and pigeons while the main livestock show runs January 26 through February 4 announced by W R Watt stock show president and manager.
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Fort Worth
W. R. Watt
Pricklypear a Severe Range Problem in Texas
G O Hoffman Extension range brush and weed control specialist says pricklypear is a severe problem on 20 million acres of Texas rangeland and a lesser problem on 55 million acres. It can be controlled by mechanical and chemical methods and higher quality forage can be grown in its place. Local county agents can supply information on control methods.
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Texas
G. O. Hoffman
Supplemental Feeding Of Catfle Viewed
Supplemental feeding of rare beef cattle is a growing practice for Texas producers, using liquid molasses and urea to provide energy and non protein nitrogen. A.D. Thompson notes self limiting intake two to four pounds per head daily, with cost considerations and equipment needs. Congressman Purcell introduces a national strategic grain reserve bill to aid farmers through on farm storage and a permanent reserve, aiming to stabilize prices and ensure food base. The measure parallels an earlier Senate proposal by Mike Monroney, focusing on producer control and fixed parity based release pricing.
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College Station
Texas
A.D. Thompson
Texas A&m University
Thompson
Graham Purcell
Purcell
Senate
A. S
Mike” Monroney
House Committee On Agriculture
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporaton
Strategic Reserve
Cotton Yield Down 352 000 Bales in 1967
Washington reports 1967 U.S. cotton production estimated at 2 830 000 bales a drop of 352 000 from 1966 and a forecast total of 7 618 000 bales down 251 000 from the November projection marking the smallest crop since 1895 according to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
UPI
Texas
Agriculture Department
Panhandle
K. E. Voelkel
U.S.D.A
Memphis
Voelke
Highest Soybean Yield Sets Record at Halfway Test
The 1.7 Soybean Variety test at the High Plains Research Foundation Halfway reports a top yield of 52 bushels per acre, with yields ranging from 32 to 63 bushels. Early maturing varieties performed as well as long season ones despite an Oct 15 frost and multiple irrigation rounds.
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Halfway
High Plains Research Foundation
Patterson, Clark and Wayne
Clark
Dare
Hood
Patterson
Wayne
Lee
Bragg
Hinn
USDA
Custer
Delmar
Kent
Douglas Owen
Foundation
Jim Valliant
Woman in Salonike Claims 132 Years Old
Mariath Nyfli, reported by the Athens News Agency, asserts she is 132 years old and attributes longevity to never having affairs with men. The claim appeared in a Saturday report from Salonike.
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Athens
Salonike
Fac
Mariath Nyfli
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U.S
Iran
Childress Index
Nait
Repow
Ministry of Agriculture
Memphis Cotton Report
Pressley
Cotton Research Committee of Texas
Robin Malone
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Robin
BY Bob LukKers
Sala
Mike
Verushka
Ducky
Neal
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