Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service aims for fair food and fiber
The ASCS operates with state and local committees to stabilize markets and manage soil, land diversion, and conservation. It helps farmers with cost sharing, emergency aid, and disaster response while supporting national food and fiber goals for current and future generations.
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College Station
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
U. & Department of Agriculture
ASCS
USDA
U.S
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Dende Doanes
America
Soybean Fertility Study Underway At High Plains Foundation
Dr. Douglas Owen oversees a study on soybean response to fertilizer comparing 40 varieties under fertilized and unfertilized plots. Initial 1967 trial used 147 pounds nitrogen and 96 pounds phosphate per acre, with some varieties showing yield gains up to 59 bushels per acre. Further results pending and no recommendations yet.
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Douglas Owen
High Plains Research Foundation
Meverel
Niee
FHA Funds Used For Rural Home Improvements Near More Than 13
Rural housing funds from the Farmers Home Administration aided improvements in Childress County. About 290 mandays of local labor were used by carpenters plumbers electricians and masons. The program supported private insured financing and aligned with President Johnsons rural development efforts.
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Childress County
Farmers Home Administration
Philip C. Madeley
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rural America
Aes
Jers Home Administration Office
Survey Finds Boll Weevils Increase Across States
A USDA survey indicates more boll weevils have entered hibernation across several states including Texas. Areas will be resurveyed in spring to gauge emergence and population. A pilot program tests releasing beneficial insects near Bakersfield to improve cotton pest control.
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USDA
Texas
Bakersfield
Local Couples Honor Texas Stockholders Banquet
The banquet honors original Texas stockholders still invested in the company and marks its 2th anniversary. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Bill McKee with special guests such as Wygal the TFB Agent and Mrs Parris secretary. Sidney Dean of Victoria will toast, with attendance by invitation only.
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T Southern
Bill McKee
Seng Ravina Ihegal
McKee
Wygal
TFB
Parris
Texas
Freedom Foundations
Sidney Dean
Victoria
Insurance Company
Families Use FHA Loan Program Here in Childress County
About 90 families in Childress County benefited from Farmers Home Administration programs in 1967. The agency issued 74 loans totaling 334620 dollars to rural residents, including 39 Emergency Loans, 27 Operating Loans, 3 Farm Ownership Loans, 2 Rural Loans, and 3 Economic Opportunity Loans. Loans were supplementary to other lenders. Details are at the local FHA office 300 Avenue B NW.
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Childress County
Farmers Home Administration
Philip C. Madeley
Avenue B
Farmers Union District 3 Banquet Attended in Knox City
Mr and Mrs Leonard King Jr Mr and Mrs J Frank In man and Mr and Mrs Ralph Sides joined District 3 attendees in Knox City for the TFU banquet. TFU president Jay Naman spoke on Congress debates to create a strategic wheat and feed grains reserve and a cotton farmer caution campaign. Delegations from 16 counties attended the event and discussed agricultural policy.
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Leonard King Jr
J. Frank Inman
Ralph Sides
District 3 Farmers Union
Knox City
Jay Naman
Waco
TFU
District 3
Wheat income to hit record 2.6 billion this season
Government energy projections show gross wheat income rising about 25 million to a near 2.6 billion figure as prices average about 1.40 per bushel for 1967 68. The larger crop of 1.5 billion bushels boosts returns despite lower market prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
R Cort
Department
Landscape development plan for new home project
A planning note outlines landscape development as vital alongside interior layout. It mentions budgeting 19 to a percent of total house cost for grading drives walks patios and major installations like a swimming pool. The Miami Seaquarium explains spider crabs carry seaweed and small creatures on their backs to avoid detection.
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Miami Seaquarium
Almanac Rage Eos Observations and Notable Historical Dates
On this day the moon sits between new and first quarter with Venus as the morning star and Mars and Jupiter as evening stars. Notable events include the 1779 Boston Massacre, 1933 Nazi gains in Germany, Stalin’s 1953 death, and a 1952 British airliner crash into Mount Fuji with 124 lives lost.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Boston
Germany
Josef Stalin
Japan
Mount Fuji
Izaak Walton
Marketing Man Faces Tough Job in Boosting Farm Prices
W E Black, Extension economist, says farmers must accept that marketing is hard and requires new ideas and services. He notes marketing should target groups with common interests rather than averages and urges farmers to use proven profitable marketing techniques.
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W E. Black
Hoover and wife near West Branch Iowa
Former President Herbert Hoover and his wife reside near Hoover's West Branch Iowa residence as part of their quiet country life.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
West Branch
Iowa
Honesty and hardship cross a UK gas meter tale
A nurse in Hucknall lost gas service for unpaid 5 pounds after arguing with the gas board about a defect in her coin operated meter. She later resumed service two months later after paying the arrears. In Seaforth Grove a man recounts ten years of riding with learner plates and 90,000 miles before finally passing his license test. In Aberdeen four men adrift for eight hours were saved when a 26-year-old seaman set socks aflame on an oar to signal a rescue boat.
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United Press
Hucknall
England
UPI
Grace Hind
Seaforthgrove
John Hawkins
Aberdeen
Scotland
APS
TV PATRON SAINT VATICAN CITY VISION SPURS ST CLAIRE LINK
The article notes St Claire of Italy as patron saint of television citing a vision of a distant church service from her sickbed. It also mentions the Abbey of Gethsemani in Bardstown Kentucky founded in 1848 as the first Trappist monastery in the United States.
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Vatican City
UPI
Italy
Trappist
Bardstown, Ky
Gethsemani
Here
United States
Leaves Changing Color Tied to Tree Winter Prep
The article explains that fall color shifts occur as trees prepare for winter. Chemical processes within the leaves alter pigment visibility, producing reds, oranges, and yellows before leaf drop.
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