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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1954
Page
3
Extension wheat marketing specialist Fred T. Dines urges pre harvest storage cleanup to prevent weevil rodent or bird infestations. Clean bins walls floors and surrounding areas. spray with residual insecticides and check for leaks openings and hot spots. Traps and metal flashing aid rodent control.
About 1,600 Texas 4-H members travel to Texas A and M June 8 10 for the annual Roundup with leaders and agents. The event features 19 short courses from agricultural engineering to wildlife plus morning general sessions and full day contests on June 10. Recognition banquet June 9 and entertainment close the meeting. Sears Roebuck Foundation funds two events. Theme is Building a Stronger America.
Extension poulty expert C A Hensarling urges proper range use to cut costs and boost profits. He recommends large, well drained ranges, tree borders, shade, water access, and roost protections to prevent injury and predation.
College Station reports June as Dairy Month with ten thousand dairy herds supplying Grade A milk for Texans. Burleson notes surpluses require marketing. milk production exceeds national average while per capita consumption is down. Citizens urged to drink more milk and enjoy ice cream and cheese to support dairy farmers.
US Department of Agriculture reports March exports at 244 million dollars, up from February. For July to March, shipments abroad totaled 2.148 billion, slightly below the prior year’s nine month total. Cotton exports rose, oranges hit a high level, and tobacco remained small. Wheat demand declined due to lower world needs and higher production.
An Iowa farmer describes a makeshift chute built from two feed sacks joined at the ends to feed grain into a fanning mill. The farmer adjusts the overhead spout to control grain flow, with the milled seed collected in an open box and then bagged.
The Georgia First Lady Betty Talmadge answered Henry Morgan on TV defending Southern cooking after a Northern jab. A Fulton County grand jury, invited by Solicitor General Paul Webb, sampled fried ham and grits then dropped charges praising Southern fare. The Confederate Air Force threatened apologies and issued humorous commissions to Webb and Mrs. Talmadge.
Eden was expected back from London for a full session on Indo-China. Molotov planned a noon meeting with Georges Bidault to seek a cease-fire compromise. Western officials predicted Molotov would blame Bidault for deadlock and resist Communist pressures.
Mild temperatures persisted from Dalhart to Del Rio with 77 degrees at several cities. Lows ranged from 75 in Bryan and Waco to 73 in Lufkin and single digits at Texarkana. Behind the front Amarillo cooler at 54 and El Paso at 3. Trace rainfall only at Beaumont in the 24 hours ending 6:30 a m.
Private's army witnesses refuse to testify before Karl Mundt's subcommittee. Cohn and Carr accuse the Army of blocking records and protecting Schine, saying they will read all monitored calls into the record and claiming the Army has stacked the deck.
The geisha business in Japan has fallen into a slump as shipbuilding scandals deter industrialists from lavish entertaining. Prosecutors' reports expose costly parties, leaving geisha restaurants deserted while brothels still cater to lower income patrons. A quiet party with fish, shamisen, and geisha costs about $30 per person.
Soil conservation experts estimate the United States is shedding about 8000 acres of land each day due to erosion. The figures highlight widespread soil loss threatening agricultural capacity and watershed health nationwide.
Recipe week item shows Tomato Surprise with tomatoes onion mushrooms butter bread crumbs eggs and garlic baked until brown serving eight. Also lists breakfast dinner supper and tips on peeling tomatoes vitamin C and tomato quality guidance.
Fort Worth markets show cattle at about steady with 5 200 head turning slow sales. Hogs steady to up, sows unchanged, lambs 1.00 lower, slaughter calves weak, stockers mixed. Produce prices hold. eggs at 38 cents for large Grade A, fowls 15 to 19 cents.
An anxious Atlanta family phone call prompted Patrolman D T Kirkland to rush to the T C Sasser home. He kicked in a closet and fired at a plaster rattlesnake novelty, mistaken for a real snake, smashing it to pieces.
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