Texas defense boom towns strain public health services
National defense spending in Texas has transformed counties hosting camps and projects into boom towns facing housing shortages water and sewer gaps and environmental sanitation challenges. State and local health departments expanded to cover civilian and military populations with sanitation zones and new county units.
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National Defense Gram
Texas
Seo. W. Cox
Preeg
State Health Department
el Paso
Dallas
Tarrant
Nueces
Cameron
Brownsville
Harlingen
Midland
Texarkana
Brown Wood
Victoria
Palacios
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Galveston
Wichita Falls
Waco
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Weevil Spread in Texas Report Details
The vegetable weevil is now well established in Texas with reports from Anderson, Blanco, Burleson, Milam, Uvalde, and Van Zandt counties. First found in 1931 in Jefferson and Chambers, it spreads west and north. The insect feeds on carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, and many flowers. adults strip leaves, larvae munch roots, with peak damage September to February and March to June. Control includes cultivation, rotation, sanitation, and poisoned baits. arsenical insecticides are effective but avoided on edible crops.
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Texas
Anderson
Blanco
Burleson
Milam
Uvalde
van Zandt
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
Jefferson
Chambers
Bureau of
Entomology
Meeting Called By Alex Hardin for Llano Livestock Association
Llano County Livestock Improvement Association president Alex Hardin calls a special meeting for Monday July 7 at 2:00 p.m. in the Llano County courtroom urging all members to attend. The text also discusses Llano granite industry and regional memorials and buildings, with extensive notes on granite quality, deposits, and historical uses.
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Alex Hardin
Llano County
Llano
United States
Union
Kansas City
Houston
Texarkana
Dallas
Sherman
Texas
Telephone
Galveston
Fannin
Golaid
McKinzie Trail
Hale County
Fort Shackleford
Shackelford County
Bangs Disease Testing Urged for Cattle by UT Expert
A UT bacteriologist urges cattle owners to test herds for Bangs disease after abortions and calf losses. He notes the disease spreads quickly, can appear with no symptoms, and may pass through unpasteurized milk. Blood samples should be sent to the Livestock Sanitary Commission in Fort Worth for testing.
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Austin
University of Texas
Norman McCullough
McCullough
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Fore Worth
Bureau of Animal Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Wemleton
Ads Wrisley
Ify
Globe
Reno
Ihl’s Drug Store Pendable Service” i
J. N. Roney
Entomologist
Division of Entomology
Mississippi
Gulf
Ribe
Grande Valley
Llano Storage & Commission CO
State of Texas
Elmo Littlepage
Mgr
Liano, Texas
Moore State Bank
J. F. Cage
T. J. Moore
Allen S. Johnson
Willard Johanson
Asat
S. E. Chesnut
Benjamin Clayton Foundation of
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Cantaloupes
Bermuda
Bridge
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