Screwworm Outlook Warns of Possible Outbreak Next Spring
College Station Texas February 6 The extension entomologist Cameron Siddall warns that moisture favors a severe screwworm outbreak unless February weather kills pupae. He urges immediate veterinary care and early surgical treatments to prevent worm maturation and an early spring fly surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Cushing
Bureau of Entomology
Menard
Siddall
Balcones Escarpment
Rio Grande Plain
Zapata
Gulf Plain
Sheffield
Kerrville
Mrs George Allen Gibson Undergoes Major San Antonio Operation
Mrs George Allen Gibson underwent a major operation in a San Antonio hospital last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Allen Gibson
San Antonio
Time And Work Donated In Mattress Projects
In 1940, 4,258 women and 8,663 men in Extension district 7 built 11,209 fifty-pound cotton mattresses for low income farm families. Local sponsors funded materials, with schools churches 4 H clubs NYA and civic groups aiding. District seven saw 7,480 farms plant soil-building gardens and John Will Vance win the 1940 Master Farmer award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Extension
Maurine Hearn
Extension Service
Commissioners Courts
N.Y.A
the Press
W.D.A
F.S.A
John Will Vance
Shields
Coleman County
Texas
Vance
South
Charles Jones
Dorothy
Malcolm
Brown County
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Jones
Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce
Texas wheat loan program details 1940 CCC
Texas farmers placed 65 percent of 1940 wheat under the Commodity Credit Corporation loan averaging just over 64 cents per bushel with premiums. Of 29,355,000 bushels produced, 19,039,000 were loaned totaling about 18.96 million dollars. Ochiltree and Hall counties led in farm-storage and warehouse loans respectively with a combined 19,748 loans on 19,039,515 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Charlie L. Thomas
AAA
Pampa
Ochiltree County
Hall County
4-H Girls Benefit From Poultry Project Cooperation
Ten girls in District 7 started a poultry project with chicks repaid from market proceeds. The plan funded purebred flocks with help from the Chamber of Commerce and local newspapers. Mrs Will Landry of Mason county produced 594 pounds of fruit cake sold at 50 cents per pound, with a grocer ordering future cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor County
Alice Humphreys
Brown County
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Brown Mayeste Malone
Callahan
Clara Brown
Coleman
Dorothy Jean Day
Eastland
Ruth Ramey
Margaret Blount
Rath
Edith Lawrence
Gillespie
Elberta Martin
Jones
Grady Martin
McCulloch
Mabel Caldwell
Mason
Ellen Steffens
Miss
Emma Scott
Palo Pinto
Mary Sue Gesell
Runnels
Myra Tankersley
San Saba
Frances Prichard
Shackelford
Grace Cody
Stephens
Zelma Munroe
Taylor
Hattie
Tucker
Blanco
Comanche
Llano
January rainfall widely above average in Hill Country
January rainfall in the Texas Hill Country exceeded average levels with observ ers noting totals from .47 inches at Doss to 3.23 inches in Willow. Fredericksburg registered 3.29 inches for January, slightly above 1939's 3.20 and far above 1940’s .74 inches, aiding moisture for spring work though risks of late frost remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Doss
Willow
Alfred Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Radio Post
Oswald Eckhardt
Willow City
Otto Rahe
Harper
Levi Deike
Hye
Kermit Schnelle
F. B. Riley
Crabapple
Karl Durst
Staudts Move Into New Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Staudt have moved to a newly completed home in the town’s north side. The modern lumber structure features two bedrooms a bath a living room and a kitchen painted white with a green roof. Carpenters were Tommie Harlan Victor Harper and Morris Bein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Staudt
Tommie Harlan
Victor Harper
Morris Bein
Harper Family Relocates to Cosona New Mexico
Walter Grosenbacher and family moved to Cosona New Mexico, leaving Tuesday evening with help from Paul Jones and son, Mr. and Mrs. Belmore Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Coggeshall and Albert. The note wishes them luck. Also mentions heavy rain in Harper country and a rescue on the Harper Kerrville road with Mr. Sylvester aiding Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Grosenbacher
Cosona
New Mexico
Paul Jones
Belmore Roberts
Edgar Coggeshall
Albert
Grosenbacher
Harper Country
Harper-Kerrville
Sylvester
J. E. Koon
Kerrville
Harper
John S. Whitewood
Fredericksburg
P. F. Jones
Ruth
Jack
Dirt Farmers Oppose Sales Tax At Texas Congress
The Texas Dirt Farmers Congress reelected Bailey B. Ragsdale as president at its third annual session in Austin. Delegates from 32 farming groups urged against a sales tax to finance social security and backed a moderate natural resources tax. They endorsed tax refunds to stabilize highways, a dairy division, and tighter egg and rice measures, noting Texas ranks high in egg production but low in prices received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Bailey B. Ragsdale
Texas Dirt Farmers Congress
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Congress
Rev
Price Daniel
Liberty
Thomas C. Plunkett
Elton
American Rice Growers Association
Planned Farming And The AAA Systematic Planning
Planning farming operations for 1941 will help farmers cooperate with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to maximize benefits. Department of Agriculture agents and Texas A&M Extension Service will assist in filling farm plan sheets listing allotments, payments, and soil-building allowances. Local committees will guide signups and field guidance, with district meetings already held and county drives soon to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
National Farm Program
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
B. F. Vance
Soldier Day in Texas Baptist effort to aid camps
Soldier Day will be observed February 9 by 3,100 Texas Baptist churches and 760,000 members to raise 6000 for soldier work in Texas. Dr A G Miller, new state supervisor, says funds will mainly build chapels near major encampments and hire workers with military officials to provide religious life for soldiers. He notes interviews with officers and chaplains in 15 locations show strong interest in welfare and moral strength. He links patriotism and religion to national vitality and cites historical examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Baptist
Texas
A. G Miller
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Miller
68Th Infantry
France
Efficiency In Herd Operation in Texas Dairies
G. G. Gibson of Texas A and M College finds ten months milking and two months dry as the efficient basis for herd management. Cows should be bred back about twelve weeks after freshening, with breeding dates kept on every cow and a seven month dry after calving. Inheritance and sire selection are emphasized, noting 7500 bulls proved in five years and free dam daughter comparisons to aid herd owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
G. G. Gibson
Texas A
M. College
Gibson
Texber & Tol
Bureau of Dairy Industry
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Mehair
Lochte Storage & Commission Co
Orenlenmens Rat Wool
J. FF. Wedekind’s
Texaco
CCC
Massachusetts
Reuben Bode
Woerner
Mit
Obrner
Hill Country
Staudts
Arkansas
Louisiana
George C. Hester
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Miller Harwood
Taft
A. H. Boyt
Beaumont
J. P. Maddox
Sweetwater
Harold W. Gaulrapp
B. T. Parr
Corpus Christi
Theodore Golsch
Tallettsville
W. P. H. McFaddin
J. B. McNair
R. A. Graham
Greenville
O. W. Curry
C. W. Vandervort
Edcouch
E. C. Caldwell
Odem
Ray Shelley
Donna
Uncle Sam
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Andrew Paanenen
Carver
Mass
Volunter
Winther Rockefelie
John D., II
Camp di New Jersey
Ween Cattrey
Ambessato Brasil
W. F. Williamson
Mr. Gettiey
Rio de Janeiro
Lususy
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