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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1973
Page
2
County Extension Office holds lists of fingerling and food size catfish firms with names addresses and phone numbers plus fish descriptions. The 1973 Small Grain Variety Trials summarize Texas Agricultural Experiment Station results from Mc Gregor.
Catalogs for the 23rd Hill Country Angus Association Sale are out. The event on November 10 at Gillespie County Livestock Auction in Fredericksburg features 40 gain-test bulls from Felix Lindig Rocky Creek Ranch Johnson City plus 12 other top bulls and 21 females open and bred heifers with calves by side. Sale starts at 1 p.m. auctioneered by Willard Jordan. Consignors include Roy Strickert Jr. and others. cattle inspected on sale day at the barns. Catalogs and test results available from secretary Mrs Audrey Schuch or listed directors.
The Farmeast notes Texas pecan yields will be very low or zero in many areas around Fredericksburg and Gillespie County due to a late April freeze and insect damage. Nationally, 1973 pecan production is forecast higher, but Texas may contribute only about nine percent of U. S. output, with Trans-Pecos and North Texas faring better. Local trees like White Oak and Shin Oak show acorns, but most counties report scarce acorns, persimmons, and beans.
A tour through Scotland’s thirteenth century shows how the prickly thistle became the national symbol. Legend says a barefoot Norseman cried out after stepping on a thistle during Haakon’s raid at Largs, alerting the Scots and contributing to Haakon’s withdrawal and Hebrides return.
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