Winners Named In 1962 Texas Hybrid Grain Sorghum Program
College Station special report notes lower yields than 1961 with Paul English of Deaf Smith County Hereford taking the area and state title at 8521.2 pounds per acre under irrigation. Top dryland yield went to Marvin Matthisett of Lee County at 6876.2 pounds per acre. The piece lists multiple county 4-H winners across districts in irrigated and dryland divisions and describes program aims and prizes.
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College Station
Texas
Ben Spears Extension Agronomist
Smith County
Marvin Matthisett
Lee County
Spears
Ennies
West
Bobby
Dale Githens
Ochiltree County
Tom Green County
John Wilde
Joe Schriever
George Schriever
Lester English
Hereford Farmer
Bruce Little
Bailey County
4-H
Janis Huffhines
Hoyle Curtis
Hale County
Jo Ann Sulak
Hill County
Judy Beckhusen
Millam County
Ronnie Sulak
Albert Sulak
James Bodiford
Lee
Fayette County
Marvin Matt
Milam County
Judith
Joe Paul Mueck
Martin
Jane Mueck
Texas Certified Seed Producers, Inc
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Agronomist
Additon
Ees
Cotton Futures Dull Most Of 1962 In New York Market
The 1962 cotton futures market stayed dull and irregular until the Cuban crisis briefly spurred activity in late October. With tension easing, prices settled again. A one price system for 1963 64 and cash or in kind payments to bridge domestic and world prices are under debate as agriculture officials push for a new law.
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New York
UPI
Congress
Charles S. Murphy
Agriculture
Murphy
Corn Processing By-Products And Uses In Agriculture
The article outlines how a typical corn crop yields about 4 billion bushels, with 85 percent fed to livestock and poultry. Remaining 15 percent fuels dry milling for meal and hominy, concentrates for feed, distillers for alcohol, and refiners for starch oil syrup and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Industries Research Foundation
Income Tax Primer 62 Form's New Look and Social Security
The 1962 tax return changes include bold Social Security number prompts and electronic processing readiness. Joint returns mostly require the husband’s SSN, with wife’s SSN needed if she has separate income over thresholds or self-employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Schoeneman
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Internal Revenue Service
Tractor Tune-Ups Increase Power and Efficiency
Henry O'Neal of Texas A&M says tune-ups for gasoline and LP gas tractors can raise power by 11 percent and fuel efficiency by up to 14 percent. Regular timing and carburetor adjustments avert damage and waste, with simple tools costing about eight dollars. Farmers can perform these procedures using the farm shop tools and the engine’s Operators Manual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Henry O'Neal
Extension Agricultural
Texas A&m College
O'Neal
Commission to Sponsor Farm Labor Day in Childress
The Texas Employment Commission announced a recurring Farm Labor Day in Childress starting Wednesday. M. A. Barron urged farmers and workers to meet at the commission office between 1 and 4 p m each Wednesday to find labor or employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
M. A. Barron
Texas Employment Commission
Commission
Barron
Tax Filing Rules for 1962 Divorces and Deductions
The guidance explains deductions and long forms, noting you can file long form and still claim the standard deduction. If divorced in 1962 you are considered single for the year, so joint filing is not allowed unless the divorce is not final by December 31 and you were not legally separated.
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Amesting Ranges
Taea
Cotton Quality Slips As Dockage Rises In Memphis Classing
Favorable weather helps cotton producers but Memphis classing office reports six percent of cotton whitegraded and ten percent docked for bark. Grade predominance is strict low middling light with thirty four percent in that category. 4 H news notes calves shown at Odessa Livestock Show with families including Dr Bob Jones and T Bar Tippett. Local area 4 H FFA judging set for Greenbelt Breeders Show with West Texas State College head Charles Smallwood guiding judging. Soil sampling and record keeping urged. Texas Family Account Book available. Anonymous reader sent a 25 cent joke book for Christmas.
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Memphis
Greenbelt
Charles Smallwood
Agriculture Department
West Texas State College
Evermore
Texas Family
Cattle Motel Tries Rural Lodging For Herds On U S Route 80
Baird Texas residents Jake Collins and Jimmy Parker run a 24 hour cattle motel off Highway 80 offering hay water pens loading chutes a weighing device and veterinary care for trucks of cattle. The facility charges 7.50 per night per truck load with extra feed and medical service. two footed travelers are turned away.
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Jake Collins
Jimmy Parkes
Collings
Parker
Jack Callas
Abilene
Collins
Almanac facts and historical notes for January 8 1963
The almanac for Tuesday January 8 1963 lists celestial highlights Mars and Venus in the morning sky and Jupiter Saturn at night. It recalls Andrew Jackson’s 1815 New Orleans victory and Congress actions on DC Black suffrage plus Webb Kenyon Act 1917 and Wilson's 14 points.
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United Press International
Mars
Venus
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Congress
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
Miniature Gin Aids Cotton Mechanization Research
A miniature 20 saw gin in Texas A&M Agri Cultural Engineering is used to evaluate cotton mechanization research. Built with support from manufacturers, USDA and the university, it gins research plots from Weslaco to College Station and has processed about 1 000 samples in 1962.
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College Station
Agricultural Engineering Department of
Texas A&m College
Beverly Reeves
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Reeves
Agricultural Engineering Department
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Weslaco
Denton
Fl Paso
Milk output rising for third straight year in 1962
Agriculture Department data show milk production up for the third consecutive year and per cow output continuing to rise in 1962. The rate of cow reductions slowed, with 1962 figures partly based on data for the remaining weeks of the year.
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Agriculture Department
Temperature Readings Show 58 Degree High Monday
A 24 hour period from Monday noon to today noon recorded a high of 58 degrees at 5 and 6 pm. The low reached 34 degrees at 8 am today. Historical note shows January 8, 1962 at 52 degrees with a 31 degree low.
Dow Jones Averages Report From United Press International
The Dow Jones industrial average stands at 669.13 with a 6.99 point gain. The rail index is 149.77 up 1.34, utilities at 132.48 up 0.74, a 65-stock total at 237.02 up 2.13. Third hour sales exceed 810000 by 4 p.m.
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United Press International
Dow Jones
Indus
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Thisetz
Lee Countian
James Schimank
Eolward
Erwin James Zech
Eugene Supak
Walter Rogers
Richard A. Mullens
Childress County
Jake Collins and Guest
Ralph Moncrief
the Almanac
Abraham Lincoln
LAM
Agricultural Department
Consumer Price Indexes
Appares
Agriculture Dept
Corre
Seber Everseson
Childress Motor & Equipment
Denzil Blacksher
Jack Scott
Uae
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