Texas Tech expands graduate ag programs at Amarillo center
The Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences broadened its Amarillo Center offerings with four courses this year led by Dean Anson R. Bertrand. Night classes target high school instructors, county agents, cattle industry personnel, and grad students, aiming to support a growing livestock sector near Pantex. Courses cover range cattle production, feed formulation, advanced animal science topics, and soil plant relations with instructors Klett Sherrod Stevens.
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Pantex
Texas Tech
College of Agricultural Sciences
Texas Tech University
Amarillo
Agricultural Sciences
Anson R. Bertrand
Bertrand
Killgore
Texas Feed Control Service
Animal Science
R. Hollis Klett
Texas Tech University Center
Lloyd Sherrod
Robert Stevens
Klett
Cotton Harvest Accelerates in Memphis Area
Clear weather drives cotton harvest in the Memphis region with the USDA Memphis Texas office led by W E Cain reporting 29 300 samples classed by December 24 versus 89 300 the prior year. Grades show Low Middling Light Spot at 48 percent and staple mostly 31 and 30 with mixed lots selling around 31 32 cents per pound. Gins pay farmers 55 to 58 dollars per ton for cottonseed.
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Memphis
W.E. Cain
USDA
Texas
Take Time for Soil Testing
COLLEGE STATION Texas A&M Extension advises farmers to sample soils now for the 1972 crop year. Recommends testing every two to five years and more often for intensive production or fields with problems. Soil tests cost little and guide fertilizer use to protect profits.
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C.D. Welch
Texas A&m University
Welch
Weach
Pesticide Regulations to Highlight West Texas Conference
The West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Conference at Kobo Palace February 9 and 10 will focus on new regulations and liabilities in pesticide use. Sponsors include West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University, and local chambers of commerce.
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Lubbock
West Texas
Kobo Palace
Boyd Isaacs
West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Institute
Texas Tech University
Texas A&m University
Lubbock and
West Texas Chambers of Commerce
Eugene A. Coleman
Tech Agronomy Department
Donald Ashdown
Texas Tech
Tom Beck
Amarillo
William F. Bennett
College of Agricultural Sciences
Bennett
West Texas Agricultural Chemicals Conference
Money Theme Of Conference Brings Texas A&M Economists To Amarillo
A one day Money Matters Conference on January 6 at the Quality Motel Amarillo aims to chart the 1970s for agricultural financiers cattle feeders farmers ranchers and real estate brokers. Texas A&M economists Dr T R Timm Dr John Hopkin Dr Ray Dietrich and Dr A B Wooten will discuss farm finance real estate markets and beef cattle outlook with industry leaders and local extension experts guiding sessions.
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Amarillo
Money Matters
Texas A&m University
Agricultural Industry Task Force
Panhandle
Ed Garnett
Area Extension Amnagement
R.C
Dick” Cline
D.W. Spencer
Dalhart
T.R. Timm
Texas A&m
John Hopkin
Stiles
Ray Dietrich
Carrol Forrester
Agricultural Industry
Ed Uvacock
J. Michael Sprott
A.B. Wooten
Garnett
Igran Shows Promise As Low Residue Weed Killer
High Plains Research Foundation researchers report Igran, a grain sorghum herbicide from Geigy, effectively controls watergrass and weeds with no soil residues. Tested over five years, it requires pre emergence use and does not reduce yields in soybeans cotton grain sorghum rye or certain vegetables when heavier applications are used.
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High Plains Research Foundation
Foundation
Igran
Geigy Chemical Company
Dennis Mooney
Mooney
From Pillar to Post Origin in Court Tennis
The phrase from pillar to post comes from court tennis played in an enclosed courtyard. Pillars posts and balconies acted as natural hazards shaping the ball’s erratic course. A ball skittering between post and pillar defined the game’s chaotic flight.
Referral sales schemes and consumer protection warnings
The article explains referral selling as an inducement tactic where buyers pay for overpriced goods by earning commissions from referring others. It outlines common targets like home fire alarm systems and appliances, warns of exaggerated earnings claims, the lure of free merchandise, and eventual market saturation as sellers move on. It notes many referrals lead to purchases funded by finance companies with little offsetting income.
Sleep Research Sparks Questions About Rest Or Illness
A discussion of insomnia and a new sleep book notes some sleep disorders may be treated as illness while others come from mysticism. The piece cites HEW definitions and mentions over two million dollars in federal sleep research grants from last year.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Oveta Culp Hobby
The
Houston Post
Mickey Finn
Los Angeles
New York
John F. Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
New HD Agent Named for Cottle and King Counties
Miss Thelma Wirges announces Mrs. Gary Park will assume duties Jan. 1 as county home demonstration agent for Cottle and King counties. Park returns to extension service after 1970 work as home economist for Texas Agricultural Products, succeeding Marilyn Haggard in Liberty County transfer. Park, a 1967 Texas Christian University home economics graduate, will lead family living programs and 4 H clubs with emphasis on homemaker outreach.
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Paducah
Cottle
King Counties
Thelma Wirges
Vernon
Gary Park
Texas Agricultural Products
Marilyn Haggard
Liberty County
Park
Wirges
Cottle and
King
Whitewright
Texas Christian University
Kappa Delta Social Sorority
Chi Beta
John Robert Powers
Fort Worth
G.W. Park
OSF
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College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
Carrizo Springs
Hutchison
South Plains
North Central
Red
West Central
Ballinger
South Central
Starr
Hidalgo
Rogers Lumber Company
Dial
United States
Emile Coue
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Crawford C. Martin
New HD
Cottle County
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