Cattle Births Hoped From Egg Transfer Breakthrough
San Antonio announces dramatic seven year ova transplantation project by Dr Harold Vagtborg and the Foundation of Applied Research. Over 750 cattle involved. pregnancies achieved but no calves yet. Project moving from earlier sites to Essar Ranch near San Antonio with a national conference set for April 14 to discuss egg transfer and superovulation.
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San Antonio
Texas
Harold Vagtborg
Foundation of Applied Research
Southwest Research Institute
Vagtborg
Foundation
Raymond Umbaugh
Scien Tiic Organization
Vagthor
Malden
Missouri
Worcester
Massachusetts
Edenton
North Carolina
Essar Ranch
Walter Heape
W. E. Petersen
Arthur E. Dracy
University of Minnesota
Gregory Pincus
M. C. Chang
Foundation For Experimental Biology
Tom Slick
Indiana
Umbaugh
Slick
Rajcer
South America
South Pacific
United States
Legislature to Appropriate Ten Million for Soil Conservation
The Texas Legislature considers a ten million dollar capital fund to advance soil conservation over the next year. A five member state board will allocate grants to 175 districts, with Boswell and the Association of Texas Soil Conservation District Managers backing the plan. The revolving fund aims to supply equipment and supplies to small farms, speeding up conservation work without extra legislative requests.
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Austin
Mar
Texas
Temple
Galveston
Sykes Brothers Steamship Lines
Havana
J. A. Luedemann
Brenham
Soil Conservation Board
Association of Texas Soil Conservation District Managers
R. M. Boswell
Kenedy
Boswell
Southwest Farm Markets See Mixed Week in 1949 USDA Report
The USDA’s Production and Marketing Administration notes mixed farm market results across the Southwest. Sorghums down eight cents per hundredweight while yellow corn gains creep in. Rice remains firm to strong. hay and feed markets show easing undertones. Livestock prices hold mostly steady with modest shifts for hogs, lambs, and cattle as receipts rise year over year.
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US Department of Agriculture
Texas
Louisiana
Southwest
Arkansas
Denver
New Orleans
Hammond
Colorado
South Texas
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Hot dog vendor learns a harsh lesson in depression
A roadside hot dog man, deaf and blind to newspapers, thrives until his educated son warns of a global and domestic downturn. He cuts orders and signs, sales plummet overnight, and father and son conclude they are in a great depression. Local notes mention visits and a home purchase in Harper.
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George T. Trundle
Market Rates Rise in Texas and Nearby Cities
Prices show higher rates for beef across major markets with Dallas and Houston at 32.40 cents per pound and New Orleans at 32.45, signaling a regional uptick in pork costs.
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Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Grand Master to Address Master Masons of Southeast Texas
Several thousand Master Masons from Southeast Texas will gather in Houston at the Scottish Rite Cathedral to hear Hugh M. Craig, Grand Master of Masons in Texas, followed by a Master Mason's Degree conferred on stage with lighting and sound. This annual event draws thousands and is the state's largest gathering aside from the Grand Lodge meeting in Waco.
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Texas
Houston
Scottish Rite
Polk and
Caroline
Hugh M. Craig
Grand Lodge
Waco
Revered Baumann Returns to San Antonio After Visit
Rev. Hubert Baumann, who has spent four weeks with his mother Mrs. Arthur Baumann, returned to San Antonio.
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Hubert Baumann
Arthur Baumann
San Antonio
Baumann Family Visits in Kerrville Center Point
Mrs. Arthur Baumann with sons Arthur Jr and Hubert and Mrs. Kaiser visited Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Baumann in Kerrville and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kaiser in Center Point on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehne of San Antonio visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lehne and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kramer on Sunday.
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Emil Lehne
Fredericksburg
Mrs
Alfred Lehne
Arthur Baumann and Sons
Arthur Jr
Rev
Hubert Baumann
Wm. Kaiser
Maxie Baumann
Kerrville
Albert Kaiser
Center Point
Woud
Robert Lehne
San Antonio
Alfred Kramer
Hondo and Colorado visitors stay with Wiley couple
Mr and Mrs Earl Sylvester and their son of Hondo along with Mrs Roscoe Martin of Colorado spent several days last week with Mr and Mrs Dan Wiley, sharing local hospitality and family time.
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Mrs
Fred Gammenthaler of
Fredericksburg
Earl Sylvester
Hondo
Roscoe Martin
Colorado
Dan Wiley
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