Gillespie County Fair Highlights Stock Shows and Night Entertainment
The Gillespie County Fair in Fredericksburg offers rescue, flag, barrel, and pole bending youth races with three age classes. Night shows feature Dick Albers and Yvette and Blue, with St Mary’s High School Band and Gene Ledel Shows providing entertainment. Over 130 beef cattle, 43 Angora goats, 198 sheep, and 66 swine join a wide exhibit display. admission is hourly priced with evening half-price parking after 6 pm.
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Fredericksburg
CMA of
Chicago
Dick Albers
Yvette
Blue
Vernon Schwarz
St. Mary's High School Band
Karen Kneese
Linda Ahrens
Sandra Feller
Gene Ledel
Fort Worth
Schwarz Combo
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg High School
Felix Pehl
Park opens with tours at LBJ Ranch visitors center
The LBJ Ranch park plans include free admission with nearby bus tours and ample parking. Food concessions offer German sausage, barbecue, hamburgers, and Mexican dishes in the park's eastern section. Shuttle service will transport visitors and the Visitors Center remains open throughout the day.
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LBJ
Water Wells Flourish In Gillespie Hill Country Drilling Boom
Range and Field notes a surge in water-well drilling across Gillespie County during a dry spell. Harr Hohmann reports a high-yield artesian-like well near Willow City Loop yielding 35 gallons per minute from 135 to 140 feet. The Buddy Hahn farm well near Pedernales River tests around 1800 gallons per minute, rare in granite terrain. Texas leads U S in breeding swine exports with 11 399 head, amid growth from Gillespie County farmers. A potato bush with tomato-like seeds sparks curiosity. Dams along Honey Creek create sizable lakes aiding flood control and recreation.
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Harr Hohmann
Willow City Loop
Llano Highway
Harry
Hohmann
Ad. Schneider
Texas
Range & Field Agri. Com
John C. White
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Indiana
Texas Dept. of Agriculture
Gillespie County
Live Oak Creek
London Road
Harry Jordan
Erhard Klein
Range & Field
Rc&d
Pedernales River
Albert
Williams Creek
Texas Agriculture
Texas Department of Agriculture
Commissioner White
Swine Short Course Offered With Industry Speakers
The 1970 Swine Short Course, sponsored by the Extension Swine Committee and Rural Development Committee, features talks by Dr. Bill Thomas on Breeding and Herd Management, Dr. T. D. Tanksley Jr. on Nutrition and Feed Additives, Dwight Pittmann on Pollution Problems, and sessions on Financing swine promotion with Donald Osbourn and management systems with a Cargill representative. Sessions run Mondays in Milam Hall at 7:30 p.m. Registration is $2 at the County Extension office or at sessions.
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Extension Swine Committee
Duery Menzies
Gillespie County
Bill Thomas
T. D. Tanksley Jr
Dwight Pittmann
Texas Water Quality Board
Donald Osbourn
Texas Pork Producers Assn
Cargill Inc
Milam Hall
Rancher Planting Alicia Bermuda Grass for Adaptability Trial
J. D. Rutledge Jr. in Gillespie County plants Alicia bermuda grass in rows on Tivydale Road to test soil and climate adaptability. With a Soil Conservation Service technician, fertilization will be followed next spring to compare forage quality with other local grasses. Public observation is welcome.
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J. D. Rutledge Jr
Tivydale Road
Rutledge
Soil Conservation Service
Gillespie County
Shopping Aids for Canned and Frozen Vegetables
Betty Moldenhauer explains how to buy canned and frozen vegetables wisely. Key tips cover quality cues taste price appearance and labeling standards including U S Fancy grading and federal inspection rules.
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Betty Moldenhauer
Texas Tech
U.S
U.S. Department of
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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the Swarper Herald
Harper
Gallespie Far
Duss
Stonewall
Bier
Wallace Ottmers
Ottmers
America
Freddie Tatsch
Hunters’ Creek
Luckenbach
Gillespie County Soil and Water Conservation News
Cicero
Hunter's Creek
Leta Ann Thoxton
Cambridge
Mass
Athens
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard Coop
MIT
Pedernales
N.J.D
the Herald
Seevapo Butane Company
Call Collect
Frederiksburg
Liane
Barker's Grocery
Friendly Store
Moorman’s Quality
Philco Appliances
Zenith TV
Floy Bode Company
Phone UN
Harper, Texas
Woerner Warehouse
Brederichaburg
Barrett
Heipei, Texes
Fredericksburg, Texas
the Metheny Bros. Western
Misa
Dennis Crow
the Sundown
Playboys
Arehouse CO
Ted Holekamp
Esquire
Just
Stemling Bros
Men & Boys
Charlie Schwarz
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