Rodeo Cowboys Face Fading Bucking Bronc Challenge
Oklahoma City NEA report on rodeo life notes shrinking bucking broncs due to breeding for speed and stamina. Freckles Brown comments on stock quality, rodeo education, injuries, and travel grind as cowboys adapt to changing western towns and expanding college rodeo programs.
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Oklahoma City
NEA
Lone Prairie
Freckles Brown
Bronc Ae
West
Shawn Davis
Larry Mahan
Brown
Loans Now Open to Small Farm Operators in County
The Farmers Home Administration offers operating loans to owners of family‑size farms to cover livestock, equipment, improvements, and living expenses. Interest at 5.5 percent with terms up to seven years for livestock and five for equipment. Eligibility includes farm experience, credit challenges, US citizenship, and operation within a family‑size farm. Local FHA office in Childress at 301 Ave B NW.
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Farmers Home Administration
United States
County Committee
FHA
County Farmers Home Administration
Childress County
Ave. B. N W
Childress
Harvest 85 Per Cent Complete in Paducah
Paducah report notes 23 977 bales weighed in by Saturday of Cattle County cotton harvest with at least 123 unweighed. Lee Currey of Pan handle Compress Co. estimates 8 percent complete versus 1967 progress of 16 895 of 18 000 bales.
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Paducah
Lee Currey
Panhandle Compress Co
Cattle County
Currey
Method for mass rearing aphid lions at College Station
A Texas A&M University biochemist reports success in mass rearing aphid lions on a water amino acid solution with sugars vitamins and nutrients fed twice daily on tiny cellulose sponge diets. The development promises an efficient predator supply for pest control. Farmers can obtain the 1969 Farmer’s Tax Guide Publication 225 detailing new tax laws and complete farm return forms.
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College Station
USDA
Texas A&m University
Erman Vanderzant
Dallas
Eilig Campbell, Jr
Internal Revenue
Texas
Farmer's Tax
Green bug losses in sorghum irrigation study hit 2500 pounds per acre
High Plains Research Foundation scientists report incidental data showing grain losses surpassing 2,500 pounds per acre from green bug infestations during a two week period July 24 to August 6. Dr. Tom Longnecker calls the finding a fringe benefit of annual irrigation research.
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High Plains Research Foundation
High Plains
Tom Longnecker
Cottle 4 H Club Enters Swine in Fort Worth Stock Show
Four Cottle County 4 H Club members enter four swine for the Fort Worth Stock Show exhibition set for January 30 and February 1. Fram Luedtke shows a Hampshire pig, Ann Luedtke a barrow, Ray Tobias a York, and Danny Willis a Poland China.
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Paducah
Cottle County
Barrow
Fort Worth
Fram
Calf and Team Roping Sanctioned RCA Rodeo Events
An overview explains three RCA roping events calf roping steer roping and team roping. It covers equipment ropes saddles horse duties timing barriers penalties keeper roles and notable rodeos Cheyenne Frontier Days and Pendleton Roundup as major arenas where steer roping remains featured.
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Rodeo
Rodeo Information Foundation
Denver
Colo
RCA
Sheila Wormsbaker
Roner
Leneth
Roper
Hereford
Angus
Ropey
Judgve
Pendleton
Eed
Beli
Memphis Cotton Harvest Peaked in Eastern Panhandle Report
W. E. Cain of Memphis Cotton Classing Office reports Eastern Panhandle harvest is past peak with one final week left. Classing data show 18 338 samples this week, total 128 750. light spotted 62 percent, spotted 28 percent, tinge 4 percent. Staples 15 16 eight percent, 31 32 36 percent, 42 percent one inch. micronaire 6 percent under 2.9, 21 percent 3.0–3.4, 69 percent 3.5–4.9. Prices eased early in week. spot quotes: Middling Lt Spot 31-32 19.20, SLM Lt Spot 15-16 18.56, 1 inch 18.99.
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Panhandle
W. E. Cain
Memphis
Consumer Marketing Service
Cain
Pressley
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