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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1951
Page
6
Poultrymen adopt electric devices to clean wash and grade eggs and to ventilate houses and incubate chicks. Egg cleaners wash and dry or just wash with varying kwhr per case. Graders and candlers save labor. cooling methods include fan vented basements and evaporative walk in coolers. Eggs must be cooled to 50 degrees within 24 hours and stored at 50 to 65 degrees with 75 percent humidity.
Six New Mexico home extension club delegates will join 6,000 members at the National Home Demonstration Council meeting at Michigan State College East Lansing from August 13 to 16. Delegates include Mrs. Alice Oberlin Mrs. L Grartman Trouquer que Mrs. Inez Carpenter Clovis Mrs. Oliver Slade and Mrs. Henry Mallette Las Vegas and Mrs. Lisle James Farley accompanied by state home agent Elsie Cunningham. The program centers the Torch We Hold with Edgar A. Guest and Mrs John L Whitehurst among speakers.
William T. Wilie of Lovington will earn a Master of Education at Highlands University in Las Vegas at the end of the summer term. Glessie M. Shiplet of Jal will receive a degree in physical education.
United Press reports Congressman Dan Flood seeks to reactivate a cavalry division of 15 000 horses and 2 000 mules amid falling farm horse values and dwindling animal populations. The Army plans to buy about 5 800 horses and mules for Turkey under the ECA. CCC wool holdings have been sold down, while wool production is rising to 260 million pounds.
Reports to the Leader Monday indicate Lovington Odd Fellows may announce plans for a new building three stories high. The lodge owns two corner lots from the Youth Center and is drafting sketches. Plans include leasing the ground floor to a post office, renting second floor offices, and a lodge hall on the third. Estimated cost around $100,000.
The Roosevelt County Fair will run in Portales from September 25 to 28, announced County Agent W. G. Vinzant. Officials note energy use details from lamp efficiency and discuss synthetic fiber supply and cost.
In Vera Cruz state 1400 diseased cattle were shot to halt a hoof and mouth outbreak. The Gulf Coast ranges are quarantined while 300 workers use the so called Senity Rifle to cull infected livestock under joint Mexico United States Commission oversight.
Mrs Gussie Dearduff announced plans to start construction on a rent house within the next few days on a lot she recently acquired. The project marks a new development for the local property, signaling investment and housing activity in the area.
Elder Daniel H. Shattuck, a retired B and M railroad engineer with a 42 car service record, discovered a washout on tracks near his Orange home and flagged a freight approaching, averting a possible wreck.
A brief note advises watching for mold in bread and using plastic bags for summer storage. It mentions inspecting daily and keeping bread sweet and fresh with a seda rinse bath twice weekly, then drying in the sun.
The Agriculture Department will offer to buy cottonseed oil cake or meal and linters from crushers as part of the 1951 cottonseed price support program. Previously announced parts include loans to farmers or direct purchases from cotton ginners. The government will buy any one of the three products from crushed cottonseed producers.
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