Resolutions from Gillespie County Farm Bureau Convention
The Gillespie County Farm Bureau adopted multiple resolutions at its 28th annual convention on October 21 at Legion Hall led by Joe Frantzen. Items include opposition to compulsory land use planning, labeling imported meats, open range landowner responsibility, agricultural tax valuation, auto liability and insurance issues, expanding the Safemark program, increased screw worm funding, brucellosis vaccination, beef and feeder commodity divisions, fertilizer seed inspection, prohibiting throw away containers, canceling farm allotments subsidies, fire ant eradication policy, and predator control. Delegates to the State Convention in Fort Worth were named, with Stanley Wissemann re-elected president and Dan Wade Crenwelge named as a new director.
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Gillespie County Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Joe Frantzen
Leo Itz
Milton Oehler
Stanley Meier
Desmond Sagebtel
Odell Frazier
Helmuth Khinksiek
David Beyer
Helmuth Klinksiek
Marvin Prochnow
Roscoe Basse
Walter Kuhlmann
Dan Crenwelge
Leo Itzall
Fred Mathisen
Edwin Dittmar
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Stahley Wissemann
Kenneth Lindig
M. J. Dittmar
Chester Koennecke
Stanley Wissemann
Dan Wade Crenwelge
Edgar Usener Jr
Ft. Worth
Inspiring Declaration on cotton rag paper and archives
The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4 1776 and signed August 2 1776. The document’s significance is tied to cotton fiber rag content used in its paper. The original remains in a helium filled glass case at the National Archives Building in Washington DC. Auguste Barthelmy remarks on change.
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Congress
National Archives
Washington, D.C
Wildlife Food and Cover on Grain Fields After Harvest
Crop residues and waste grains on croplands provide food and cover for wildlife, especially birds. Delaying tillage and leaving residues aids fall and winter forage, aids soil moisture, and reduces erosion. For details contact your local Soil Conservation Service office at the Hoggett Building, Main Street.
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Wildlife Food & Cover
Wildife
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Soil Conservation Service
Hoggett Building
Main Street
Sheep meeting and farming notices in Harper area
County Agent Duery Menzies outlines events including a sheep meeting on November 1 in Harper Cafetorium and a Turkey Day on November 4 at the American Legion Hall. Also listed is a Beef Cattle winter feeding short course on November 8 at Milam Hall and guidance on pest sampling, peach spray, and potato handling.
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Harper
American Legion
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