Direct payments for farmers could replace price supports
Sen Herman Talmadge and Rep W R Poage say Congress will approve Brannan style direct payments to farmers, replacing loan based support. They estimate five major crops would cost about 2.3 billion yearly if open market averages 75 percent parity, with lower costs if prices rise. Direct payments would boost farmer receipts and reduce government storage and marketing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Herman E. Talmadge
D- Ga
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Congress
Brannan
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Talmadge
Poage
Sorghum Grain Insects Hard To Control
In 1958 College Station Texas experts identified the sorghum web worm and the corn ear worm as the major grain sorghum pests. Late planting increases damage. wet seasons worsen webworm losses. The headworm and related pests are targeted by several insecticides including parathion methyl parathion thiodan Sevin Phosdrin toxaphene and Hercules 5727 though some are label restricted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Neal M. Randolph
Texas A&m
Texas
Randolph
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Hercules
Dairy Month Campaign Promotes Milk and Cheese Dishes
College Station reports six line theme June Dairy Month with a galaxy of dairy dishes. The campaign highlights USDA support and Texas Extension Service efforts to boost sales of milk cream and cheeses across the nation. Texas dairymen join with industry groups to get more dairy foods into consumers hands as milk production remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas Extension Service
Texas Dairymen
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Insecticide guidance for corn earworm control
An entomologist notes that low corn earworm infestations persisted in both experiments and only fat control was achieved with any insecticides. Methods and results are discussed in Progress Report 2083 from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. copies are available from the Agricultural Information Office in College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Information Office
College Station
William Penn and the Start of Pennsylvania Brewing
William Penn helped establish the brewing industry in Pennsylvania shaping early colonial commerce and local drink culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Penn
Pennsylvania
Reasons Given For Low Prices On Eggs
Extension Economist John G. McHaney cites eight factors shaping egg prices including production, layers, hatchery output, weather, replacements, storage, and long range changes. January-March 1959 egg output rose 6 percent nationwide and 14 percent in Texas, while Texas first quarter prices ran about 1 percent lower than 1958. April prices fell 24 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Ege
John G. McHaney
Texas
McHaney
Former pastor pleads guilty to burglary in California
Donald J Thralls, 26, former minister of the Church of the Brethren near Covina, pleaded guilty to burglary. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, seven years probation, and ordered to seek psychiatric help. He remarked he once led others but failed to lead himself to righteousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Calif
UPI
Donald J Wn. Thralls
Church of the Brethren
Covina
Vacation planning tips for home makers and kitchens
A compact guide offers a vacation prepare list covering plants, car kits, and food storage. It advises grouping plants in a lighted box with transparent wrap for three weeks, packing a mother's helper kit, and using transparent plastic wrap to preserve perishable foods before travel.
Cotton growers pay heavy toll to insects, USDA reports
USDA entomologists and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station findings show cotton losses to pests would require about one pound of seed cotton per three produced without modern insecticides. Treated plots yield about 1,049 pounds per acre on average, 42 percent more than untreated plots, with gains averaging 53 percent since insecticide use began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
ARS Cotton Insects Research Laboratory
Waco
Texas
Cotton Insects Laboratory
Meany Sees Clash Over Labor Policy
New York AFL-CIO President George Meany criticizes federal government actions against labor as hostile. He argues cooperation between workers in overalls and desk workers is not forthcoming and warns of a declaration of war if policy continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor
Grasshoppers Destroy Crops Across Texas Each Year
Entomologists of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service warn that severe grasshopper outbreaks cost Texas ranchers millions. In 1958 about 5 million acres in the Panhandle were infested, with four million acres untreated. Losses exceed five million dollars, while spraying at the right time could save most of the grass at about sixty cents per acre. A leaflet L-429 explains grasshopper species, life cycle, and control measures, available through county agents or the Agricultural Information Office, College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Panhandle
Texas
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Information Office
Senator Earl Long in Psychiatric Treatment Defense
Galveston Texas reports Sen Rus sell Long says his uncle Gov Earl K Long of Louisiana is undergoing psychiatric treatment. He claims most people sympathize with the governor who fought for the common man. In Los Angeles Stuart Symington states he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, calling politics his business and the presidency the highest honor.
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Galveston
Tex
Russell Long
D-La
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Los Angeles
Stuart Symington
D- Mo
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