Screwworm Outlook Warns of Possible Spring Outbreak
COLLEGE STATION Feb 6 The extension entomologist Cameron Siddall of Texas A and M warns that moist conditions favor a severe screwworm outbreak next spring unless unusually cold weather in February reduces pupae. He urges early surgical care of wounds and thorough treatment of animals to prevent worm maturation and urges livestockmen to act in February during low fly activity to curb March emergence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Cushing
Bureau of Entomology
Menard
Siddall
Balcones Escarpment
Rio Grande Plain
Zapata
Gulf Plain
Sheffield
Kerrville
Sid
Mrs George Allen Gibson Underwent Major Operation
Mrs George Allen Gibson underwent a major operation at a San Antonio hospital last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Allen Gibson
San Antonio
Texas Wheat Loan Uptake Hits Sixty Five Percent Mark
Texas wheat growers placed 65 percent of 1940 production under the Commodity Credit Corporation loan with an average 44 cents per bushel including protein premiums. State AAA reports 19,039,515 bushels loaned across 19,748 loans, led by Ochiltree and Hall counties in farm storage and warehouse loans totaling over 19 million bushels.
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College Station
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Charlie L. Thomas
AAA
Pampa
Ochiltree County
Hall County
January rainfall above average across Texas Willacy County
January rainfall in the Texas Will County and Fredericksburg exceeded the 1939 and 1940 records with totals around 3.29 inches in Fredericksburg and up to 3.23 inches in Willow City. Local observers note no snow, more rain, and potential benefits for spring plowing and crops despite some farmers needing dry days. Observers listed include Oswald Eckhardt Willow City 3.23, Otto Rahe Harper 3.11, Levi Deike Hye 3.11, Kermit Schnelle Handy Stop 3.06, F B Riley Crabapple 0.56, Karl Durst Doss 0.47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Will
Doss
Willow
Alfred Nefendorf
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 modern timber dwelling in the northern part of town. The white painted house with a green roof features two bedrooms a bath a living room and a kitchen. Carpenters Tommie Harlan Victor Harper and Morris Bein built the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Staudt
Tommie Harlan
Victor Harper
Morris Bein
Harper Family Moves To New Mexico
Walter Grosenbacher and family relocated to Cosona New Mexico to establish a home. They departed Tuesday evening with help from Paul Jones and son Mr and Mrs Belmore Roberts Mr and Mrs Edgar Coggeshall and Albert. The Harper country saw rain with the Harper–Kerrville road being worked on and Sylvester helping pull out stalled vehicles on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Grosenbacher
Cosona
New Mexico
Paul Jones
Belmore Roberts
Edgar Coggeshall
Albert
Grosenbacher
Harper Country
Harper-Kherrville Road
Sylvester
J. E. Koon
Kerrville
Harper
John S. Whitewood
Fredericksburg
P. F. Jones
Ruth
Jack
Fredericksbug
Dirt Farmers Oppose Sales Tax at Texas Congress Session
Former State Rep. Bailey B. Ragsdale was unanimously reelected president of the Texas Dirt Farmers Congress as delegates from 82 farming and livestock groups debated tax and policy changes. They urged opposition to a sales tax for social security funding and supported a moderate natural resources tax. The resolutions called for crop allotment adjustments, continuation of gas tax refunds, a dairy division, migrant labor investigations, funds for pink bollworm control, egg producer protections, and a two cent rice tax to boost national consumption.
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 In Texas 1941 Sign Up Drive
Systematic farming plans for 1941 aim to maximize benefits from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program. USDA and Texas A and M Extension agents will assist cooperators in completing farm plan sheets listing allotments, costs, and soil practices. Meetings across 12 districts precede county signups with officials predicting better soil conservation and tailored technical advice for farmers.
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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 Aims to Raise Funds for Soldier Work
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 state supervisor says funds will fund chapels near encampments and employ workers to support religious life for soldiers across 15 locations he has visited. He recalls his WWI chaplain service and warns of moral decline as a national risk, urging patriotism and religious revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Baptist
Texas
A. G Miller
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Dr. Miller
France
Efficiency In Herd Operation
G G Gibson assistant Extension dairyman Texas A and M College says ten months milking and two months dry is the efficient basis for herd operation. Cows should be bred about twelve weeks after freshening and breeding dates kept on every cow to ensure a seven month dry period after calving. Inheritance of dairy ability advances with sire selection, with about 7500 bulls proved in five years. Texas trails in numbers proved. Dam and daughter comparisons will be prepared at no cost to herd owners.
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Texas
College Station
G. G. Gibson
Texas A
M. College
Gibson
Bureau of Dairy Industry
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Texas Wheat
CUC
Maurine Hearn
Extension Service
Commissioners Courts
N.Y.A
the Press
W.D.A
F.S.A
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Shields
Coleman County
Vance
South
Charles Jones
Dorothy
Malcolm
Brown County
Washington
Jones
Sons and Daughters
Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts
Mrs
Reuben Bode
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor County
Alice Humphreys
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Brown Mayeste Malone
Callahan
Clara Brown
Coleman
Dorothy Jean Day
Eastland
Ruth Ramey
Margaret Blount
Rath
Ldith Lawrence
Gillespie
Elberta Martin
Grady Martin
McCulloch
Mabel Caldwell
Mason
Conerie Wool & Mehair
Lochte Storage & Commission Co
J. FF. Wedekind’s
Texaco
Bill’s Lunch Room
Woerner
Woerner, ‘T Prop
Hill Country
Staudts
Arkansas
Louisiana
George C. Hester
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Miller Harwood
Taft
Capt
A. H. Boyt
Beaumont
J. P. Maddox
Sweetwater
Harold W. Gaulrapp
B. T. Parr
Corpus Christi
Theodore Golsch
Tullettaville
W. P. H. McFaddin
Jr. Beaumont
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 Finnish
For All
Winthro Rocketel
John D It
Camp D
New Jersey
Brazil
Jettersen Cattrey
Ambeseader
Brasil
Heers
W. F. Willemsen
Collec
Gattrey
Posume
de Jeneie
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