Carcass Winners Named At Gillespie County Swine Meet
Gillespie County Swine Producers Association held a Friday night barbecue and meeting at Lady Bird Johnson Park Pavilion No 3. Wayne Geistweidt announced 102 hogs selected from 34 pens for carcass evaluation with winners Robert Zenner Clarence Klein and Edwin Strackbein receiving plaques.
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Wayne Geistweidt
Gillespie County Livestock Company
Robert Zenner
White Oak
Clarence Klein
Stonewall
Edwin Strackbein
Harper
Billy Roeder
Texaco Consignee
Gordon Geistweidt
Gillespie County
Texas
Gillespie County Swine Producers Association barbecue meeting
The Gillespie County Swine Producers Association gathered at Lady Bird Johnson Park for their annual family barbecue and meeting. In a pictured lineup are Wayne Geistweidt as president and Dr. Russell Thomas of Texas A&M Extension as guest speaker, alongside other association leaders and youths presenting an illustrated program on the Principles of Successful Farrowing System focusing on comfort safety sanitation and sow adaptability.
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Gillespie County Swine Producers Association
Feed House
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Birch
Wayne Geistweidt
Russell Thomas
A&m University
College Station
Steven Bauer
Wayne Wehmeyer
Dr. Thomas
Billie Roeder
Albert Usener
FHS VA
FFA
Texas A&m University Extension Service
Roger Crenwelge
Duery Menzies
Werner Bauer
Willie Wehmeyer
Dene Miller
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Sponsors and donors at Gillespie County picnic barbecue
A Radio Post photo shows sponsors and donors for the Gillespie County Producers Association annual family picnic and barbecue at Pavilion No. 3, Lady Bird Johnson Park. Participants include Hilmar Weinheimer Jr and Lee Harry Eckhardt from Farmers Grain, James Rode for Lochte Storage, Charles Bierschwale for Moorman's, Lee Roy Woerner of Woerner Warehouse, Bill Survant of Farmers Grain, Gordon Geistweidt of Gillespie County Livestock Co., and Billy Roeder of Texaco. Geistweidt supplied refreshments, feed houses handled barbecue, Birch's catered, and Roeder donated plaques.
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Gillespie County Producers Association
Pavilion No. 3
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Hilmar Weinheimer Jr
Lee Harry Eckhardt
Farmers Grain
James Rode
Lochte Storage
Charles Bierschwale
Ing Moorman
Gillespie County Hog Producers Make Top Ten In State
Gillespie County hog producers rank in the states top ten for hogs on hand with 16 500 on county farms as of December 1 1974 1 8 percent of Texas total 940 000 and a decline since 1973 statewide totals show 800 000 hogs in early March 1975. The report also notes 87 000 sows farrowed in fall 1974 a 1 305 000 pigs saved in 1974 and 350 811 000 pounds of pork produced with an average price of 33 30 per 100 pounds. The 1974 hog production statewide gross income exceeds 123 million.
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Gillespie County
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
John C. White
Texas
The
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Texas Livestock
Texas Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box
Swine awards honor largest loin eye and heavyweight carcasses
Friday night plaques were presented by Wayne Geist weidt president of the Gillespie County Swine Producers Association. Roger Zenner won for the largest Loin-Eye pig carcass and Barrett Klein took the heavyweight carcass prize. Edwin Strackbein of Harper earned best lightweight carcass but was absent. Radio Post photo.
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Wayne Geistweidt
Gillespie County Swine Producers Association
Roger Zenner
Robert Zenner
Barrett Klein
Clarence Klein
Stonewall
Edwin Strackbein
Harper
Strackbein
Radio Post
Soil Survey Presentation August 7 at Milam Hall
Gillespie County Soil Survey presentation set for Thursday night August 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Milam Hall. Free copies available. The survey includes 77 aerial photos and descriptions of 34 soil types and 48 mapping units.
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Milam Hall
Gillespie County Soil Survey
Soil Survey
Gilles
Pie County
Gillespie County
The
Soil Conservation Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Joint Bicentennial Program Announced by NPS and TPWL
National Park Service and Texas Parks and Wildlife announce a joint Bicentennial program with the raising of the American Revolution Bicentennial Flag at LBJ State Park and National Historic Site near Stonewall. The effort includes plays and exhibits during the Bicentennial year with free performances on August 23 24 at LBJ venues and Johnson Settlement Area.
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National Park Service
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Lbj State Park
National Historic Site
Stonewall
LBJ
State Park
Johnson Settlement
Johnson City
State Park Visitor Center
Alec Gould
Harold Woods
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