Legislative picture on farm up to date
UPI report outlines farm policy as of the ongoing battle between Senate and House over aid programs for cotton rice corn and feed grains. The Senate Agriculture Committee bill would set new acreage rules and price supports while the House death omnibus bill faced defeat. separate Senate approved measures on surplus disposal and milk subsidies were awaiting action.
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Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Congress
Dairy Industry Has Changed In Recent Years
The dairy sector is more commercial postwar with fewer milk cow farms, rising production per cow, and a shift from home use and cream sales to selling 90 percent of milk output. Farmers now focus on whole milk amid better preservation and higher profitability.
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Washington
Herbert Co. Kriesel
Agriculture Department
Fire Ant Control Not Abandoned In State
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C. White says the fire ant eradication program is not halted, but large scale aerial and ground spraying paused for summer. Other methods and quarantine measures continue as surveys slow due to overgrowth and heat, with spraying to resume in fall and winter to prevent spread and protect wildlife and livestock.
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Austin
John C. White
Texas
White
Commissioner White
Cheapest Johnsongrass Control Is Spot Treating
The article outlines spot treatment methods for Johnsongrass in row crops using oils or dalapan. It notes naphtha oils, diesel blends, and fortified fuels, plus sprayer types like Texas gravity sprayer, slidegun, and jetgun for targeting sprouts from dime to dinner plate, with county agents providing guidance and equipment details.
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Elliott
Texas
Cottonseed Meal Proves Safe for Swine Rations
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station released Bulletin 898 on using cottonseed meal in hog rations. Safe when complete rations contain 0.01 percent or less free gossypol, with 0.04 percent or less considered safe. The study notes no deaths or injury signs in trials and highlights the protein-rich, widely available feed as a key supplement. Copies available from the Agricultural Station in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Station
Texas
Isle of Banishment Saint John’s banishment noted on Patmos
Patmos Island in the Aegean Sea is known as the place Saint John was banished. He reportedly received visions that are described in the Book of Revelation while exiled there.
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Patoms Island
Aegean Sea
Saint John
Poultry Convention Set At Texas A&M College Station
The 1958 Poultry Conference will run July 9 and 10 at Texas A M College Station. It covers breeding and care of laying hens broilers and turkeys with national and Texas speakers including B A Keathly E W Glazener Dr Clement D Gordon and Dr C D Mueller. The program aims to provide up to date industry progress and outlook for hatcherymen breeders and producers. Copies of the program may be ordered from county agents or the Department of Poultry Science Texas A M College. All interested persons are invited to attend.
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College Station
Texas A&m College
Ben Wormell
Extension Poultry Husbandman
Texas
Texas A&m
B. A. Keathly
Calif
E. W. Glazener
Poultry Science
North Carolina
Clement D. Gordon
U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. D. Mueller
Arbor Acres Broiler Breeding Farm
Conn
Wormell
Sindustry
Department of Proultry Science
Uncle Sam’s Lands Hold One Fifth of America
The federal government owns about 407 900 000 acres or 21.4 percent of the continental United States. The figures show an immense public domain spanning multiple regions and states through which government ownership stretches.
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Uncle Sam
Continental
United States
Costs Favor Mechanization of Chore Work
Dairy farm costs increasingly favor mechanization of routine chores though operators must weigh labor savings against added equipment costs. Meekma notes tech advances enable mechanized dairy farming but not all dairies can justify the investment. Poorly suited farm buildings and small herd sizes hinder adoption, slowing the mechanization gap with crops. Ohio leads in greenhouse tomato production.
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A. M. Meekma
Dairy Husband
Meekma
Weed Control Is Essential for Productive Texas Pastures
A Texas Agricultural Extension Service bulletin titled Weed Control in Texas Pastures warns that weeds can cut pasture yields by up to 50 percent and raise hay costs. It emphasizes prevention, proper fertilization, and management, noting chemical and mechanical methods are only temporary without maintenance. The 19 page publication, available through county agents or the Agricultural Information Office in College Station, is labeled B-92.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
Agricultural Information Office
Lost Colony Mystery: Norse Settlement Vanishes in 1100s
Article notes a Norse settlement in Greenland resembling North Carolina's Lost Colony. Established in the late tenth century, it disappeared about five centuries later when supply ships failed to arrive from the homeland.
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North Carolina
Greenland
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United Press International
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By Gaylord P. Goodwin
Bendorf
Germany
Genghis Khan
Ogdai
Britannica Je
Encyclopedia
Isle OF Banishment
Uncle Sam’s Land
Ohio
Oman
Federal Land Bank
The
National Farm Loan Association
Childress
N. T. Shirley
Sedy-Treas
Main St
Childress, Texas
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