4 H Horse Club Practice and May Playday Preview
The 4 H Horse Club held a practice at Old Settlers Arena with twenty members preparing for the first point playday on May 29. They practiced halter showing and four performance events including western pleasure pole bending reining and barrel racing. Hog producers are invited to an Area Swine Meeting on May 25 in Paducah to learn about the Anscan Ultrasonic Machine for hog loin eye area and fat thickness. Bagworms elm beetles and general pest control guidance are provided with insecticides and removal tips.
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4-H Horse Club
Old Settlers Arena
Paducah
Frank Orts
Gilbert Hollis
FAA
Brush Control Efforts Target Rugged Texas Rangeland
Texas A&M and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers study ground and aerial spraying for brush control on rough rangeland. They test tires, bulldozer blades, and low volume sprayers to reduce fuel use and improve coverage, with 18 month results pending and support from ranchers and the Brush Control and Range Improvement Association.
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Texas
Harold Wiedemann
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lubbock
Texas A&m University
Wiedemann
Spur
Widemann
Brush Control and Range Improvement Association
SBA To Honor Congressman Price On Capitol Hill Ceremony
Congressman Bob Price will be honored May 23 on Capitol Hill by the National Small Business Association and the National Committee for Small Business Tax Reform. He will receive a Certificate of Appreciation for supporting Small Business Tax Reform Legislation. Edward Larson praised Price for publicly backing tax simplification benefiting the 1642 million small businesses and his district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Price
National Small Business Association
National Committee For Small Business Tax Reform
Capitol Hill
Washington, D. C
Price
Edward Larson
Anderson Company
ANCQC
Gary
Indiana
Congress
America
United States
Momentum for Cotton Campaign Gains Support in Texas
Hart leader Ray Joe Riley and Texas A&M official Dr. John E. Hutchison head the Better Yields campaign urging USDA and the National Cotton Council to boost cotton production. They argue cotton supplies sustain mills, satisfy rising textile demand, and help protect farmers profits amid growing global demand and a shift from man made fibers.
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Hart
Usda National Cotton Council
Ray Joe Riley
Riley
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
Grant Approved For Texas A&M Boll Weevil Research
Senator John Tower announced a $100,000 Department of Agriculture grant to Texas A&M College Station's State Agricultural Experiment Station. The funds support boll weevil eradication research, aiming to reduce the costly pest burden on Texas producers.
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Washington
John Tower
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Texas
Tower
Queen City of the West: Cincinnati’s Hillside Setting
Cincinnati Ohio is described as the Queen City of the West due to its throne of hills and terraces rising above the Ohio River’s north bank.
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West
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Texas rains improve farming across drought areas
Rains across Texas eased drought conditions with active planting on the High Plains and Northwest while harvests approach in the Rolling Plains. Alfalfa and hay crops improve, hog cholera cases reported near Corpus Christi, and screwworms prompt cattle checks as regional prospects vary by district.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
Southwest
John Hutchinson
The
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
High Plains
Northwest
Vernon
Hutchinson
Hutchison
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
South Plains
Lubbock
North Central
West Central
Central
Blacklands
Orange County
Victoria County
Bexar
LaSalle
Real
Uvalde
Frio
Atascosa
Atascosa County
Duval
Jim Wells
Brooks
Price Opposes Increase Of Minimum Wage
Lawmaker speaks against the House vote approving a two stage rise to the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 an hour. He argues higher wages boost prices and cause unemployment among marginal workers and cites opposition from constituents and business concerns.
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House
Wild West Across a Patchwork of Clues
Crossword style puzzle item listing across and down clues with mixed solvable terms, names, and abbreviations. Includes references to animals gear and western imagery, plus scattered proper nouns and Latin phrases.
World Almanac Facts from the era
The article notes horsepower as 550 feet pounds per second and 746 watts equal one horsepower. It recalls American Indians chewing spruce resin as a thirst quencher and the first U S chewing gum State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum made in 1848 in Bangor by the Curtis brothers.
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United States
Maine
Franklin
Bangor
Curtis Brothers
Inflation Fight Tied to Bill Cast in Harsh Light
A critic condemns the President for an annual inflation rate under 4 percent while arguing that the bill's passage will hinder efforts against inflation and unemployment.
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Congress
Farm Exports Soar To All-Time High
U S farm exports hit a record value for the fiscal year despite dock strikes. July-March exports totaled $5.97 billion, with April sales around $700 million. Gains were led by cotton, tobacco, soybeans, dairy, fruits and vegetables, while grains and flaxseed waned.
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Washington
U. S
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Rahe
West Coast
Gulf and Atlantic
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Ronny F. McNutt
SBA
Texas A&m
Conveyance
Explorer
Mrs. Johnson
Parent Cecil
Sally Person
Brads
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Earl Butz
Houston
Tax Research Association of
Harris County
TRA
Wst
State Farm
Earl Harwell Childress
Dial
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Cs Ra
Rogers Lumber Company
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