Garbage to Help Make Texas Prairie Bloom
Odessa tests a waste based soil enhancement program using shredded municipal garbage and sewage sludge to improve water retention and fertility on semi arid prairie. Plots test mixtures with treated wastewater fertilizer and shredded refuse while recovering ferrous metals for sale to fund the project.
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Texas
Odessa
West
Robert Schnatterly
Newell Manufacturing Company
San Antonio
Schnatterly
Advertising study finds car access drives most shopping trips
A New York based advertising research project funded by the Newsprint Information Committee reports that nearly 90 percent of shopping visits are made by car, four percent by public transit, and six percent on foot. The study notes 67 percent of shoppers travel outside their neighborhood at least half the time. The committee includes 13 Canadian newsprint producers.
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New York
Donors Boost 4 H Scholarships to 1 000 Level in 1975
Four additional donors raise 4 H college awards to one thousand dollars, lifting total 1975 grants to 7 awards of that size and boosting National 4 H Service Committee funding to over 200000 dollars. Nearly 60 donors pledge 205000 dollars, with many scholarships presented at the 54th National 4 H Congress in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ill
National
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
John Deere
Conservation of Natural Resources
Carnation Company
Coats & Clark Inc
Montgomery Ward
Celanese Chemical Company
Celanese Corporation
Moorman Mfg. Co
Purina Dog Foods Group
Ralston Purina Company
Family Land Heritage Program Reopens Registration June 1
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C White announces the second Family Land Heritage program opening June 1 to honor families who have owned and farmed land for 100 years or more. Last year 565 honorees were recognized at Dallas state fairgrounds. 20 families from areas unsettled before 1875 have already qualified for 1975.
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Austin
Dallas
Agriculture
John C White
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
White
IDA
Herbert Krousters
New Braunfels
Krouster
Carl Kreusler
Christian Kreusler
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Schick
RUGER
Norelco
Scott's
Gibson’s
Scott
Gibson
Mele Ol UY. Coud
BAYER
The
Harper Herald
Harper, Texas
Texas Veterans
Marschall
Victor Marschall
Harper
Joyce Black
Union Oil Company of California
Upjohn Company
Hercules Incorporated
Cooperative Extension Service
Extension Service
SO States
U.S
Family Land
Sportsman Cafe
Post Office
Doris Parker
Prop
Texas State
Aisocrafts
Errville
Quinlan Creek
Schreiner College
the Fair
Roy Acuff, Jr
Moe Bandy
Bobby Bare
Sherry Bryce
Johnny Bush
Connie Cato
Stoney Edwards
Barbara Fairchild
Freddy Fender
Crystal Gayle
Mickey Gilley
Johnny Gimble
la Costa
Darretl McCall
Leon Rausch
Red Levine
Nat Stuckey
Hank Thompson
Chamber OF Commerce
Kerrville
Butane CO
Best Buy
Herbert Feller
R. N. Burns
Homelite
Keyser Blorschwele
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