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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1973
Page
4
Texas hog numbers on farms show a 19 percent drop from last year as of June 1 with breeding stock at 150 000 head and market hogs 810 000 head. Farrow intentions total 102 000 sows through November down 11 percent from last year under high feed costs and frozen retail prices.
The text discusses that intelligence does not correlate with brain weight, noting that a genius can have an average brain size while a feeble minded person may have a heavy brain. It adds a legend of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus finding refuge behind a juniper bush in Egypt as a symbol of protection.
Texas A&M University hosts a Beef Cattle and Pasture Forage Short Course on the Ramada Inn site August 2021. Dr. Dennis Herd chairs the program focusing on economical nutrition for beef cattle, grazing systems, grasses like bermuda and fescue, and new forage machinery. Speakers include Dr. W Mccormick and Dr. John Reager with Extension staff and Experiment Station researchers presenting.
Dr. Bill Vastine of Texas A&M warns a rare summer freeze and a recent retail price freeze threaten farmers and consumers. He says retailers may absorb losses, restrict offerings, or cap purchases, risking lower future production and higher prices unless bumper crops materialize this fall. Industry sources foresee product shortages from the combined freeze and bad weather.
The Federal Reserve change labeled Seasonal Borrowing Privilege could add about 1 billion dollars in loanable funds to Texas rural banks. Economists from Texas A&M say the move helps meet seasonal agricultural lending needs for crops like grain sorghum cotton and wheat while expanding consumer credit and local development opportunities for about 334 rural banks.
Texas Agriculture Extension Service reports varied conditions across the state. Panhandle to Rolling Plains need rain as ranges brown. coastal South Texas suffered last week’s heavy rains with crop losses. Hay yields rise in East and Central Texas while cotton, peanuts, and other crops show mixed progress and pest activity.
Geese deter weeds in peppermint and cotton and alert guards over whisky in Scotland. Veteran geese in peppermint fields give way to new herbicide. Also notes young Dave Jadwin began fishing with a radio antenna and safety pins at age nine as his first tackle.
At the Vernon district horse show July 6 7 Childress County 4 H members earned finals or semi finals spots. Billy Williams placed third in reining finals securing a slot at the State 4 H Horse Show in Odessa August 1 4.
After 16 500 fans left a Nas sau Coliseum show in Mineola New York police counted one larceny charge 26 narcotics arrests three criminal mischief charges and several overdoses treated.
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