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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
5
Searcy M. Ferguson announced that the June 20 referendum will decide the 1959 wheat price support level, contingent on marketing quotas. If quotas pass, support remains at about 1.81 dollars per bushel or 75 percent of parity. if not, support falls to about 1.20 dollars per bushel.
The 24 hour period ending 11 a m Monday saw a high of 96 degrees after 2 and 4 p m Sunday. The low was 76 degrees at 5 a m Monday. Hourly readings show afternoon highs near 96 and evening drops into the upper 70s.
The 4-H roundup in Texas draws 2 200 members by buses and cars to College Station for a major meet. Participants return home inspired by leadership talks and friendships formed. Grace Holman is noted for a top speech on what 4-H means.
A Texas Agricultural Extension Service leaflet titled Texas Guide for Controlling Insects on Vegetable Crops offers preventive, preemptive control for common garden pests. It covers home garden mixtures methods of application precautions and includes a dust or spray program chart. Obtainable through local county agents or the Agricultural Information Office College Station Ask for L-256.
A travel snapshot highlights major Texas sights including Big Bend Guadalupe Peak Palo Duro Canyon East Texas oil fields the San Jacinto Monument Gulf Coast beaches the Alamo and Texas Longhorn Cavern. It notes Texas has some of the world’s finest scenery and natural wonders.
College Station reports favorable egg prices through the year as colder storage and fewer farm layers shrink the supply. Rising hatchery chicks later this year may ease prices, while 1959 early months likely see higher production and lower prices. April cold storage half of 1957 levels. U.S. farm flocks down 3 percent from last April.
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station study with a Dallas chain found shoppers favored Texas peaches over California ones despite similar prices. Texas varieties Cardinal, Coronet, and Ranger competed with California Blazing Gold, Gold Dust, and Red Haven, with low spoilage and sales of 16 to 21 pounds per 100 customers across Dallas supermarkets. Production in 1955 dropped to 35,000 bushels from 2,475,000 due to late freezes.
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