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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1952
Page
4
Lost blond cocker spaniel named Tuffy. If found, write Ira Brown, Box 202, Loco Hills. Advertisement dated 1/29.
The Lovington Chapter No. 35 Order of the Eastern Star hosted an official visit by Worthy Grand Matron Wardie Calloway on January 24 at the Lovington Methodist Church. The event featured a six o'clock banquet, decorations with Talisman roses, special floral displays, musical interludes, and the initiation of two members. A gift was presented to the Grand Matron and she spoke on the symbol The Triangle, highlighting life’s guiding triads. About eighty attended including visiting officers and local members.
Baker and Thompson face confessions after being questioned by Trimble and deputies. Details include a calf slaughter near the Country Club, skinning, and concealment in a cesspool. Virginia Dunaway named as present, with deputies verifying signatures on confessions and testimony from Morgan and Wood.
Lubbock officials announced the 19th annual South Plains Junior Fat Stock Show will run March 17 to 19 drawing exhibitors from 26 Texas and New Mexico counties. The event seeks to surpass last year's totals of 568 pigs 266 calves and 142 lambs totaling 986 animals, with dates chosen after a survey of agricultural leaders.
Farmers adopt infrared lamps to create a comfort zone over brooding areas for chicks and pigs. Details cover lamp height, number per area, guarding, wiring, transformer capacity, and safety per electrical code, with notes on cost savings and reduced labor.
New Mexico and Texas District 6 cotton growers heard praise for irrigation progress at the fifth annual 1517 Cotton Association meeting at New Mexico A&M College. R T Hoover Jr urged specialization in medium staple cotton while naming Delta Pineland and Stoneville 2B as weak interlopers. Clifton Kirkpatrick of the NCC and others lauded land grant researchers and NCC support, with W H Gary re elected president and A J Counts as vice president. The session covered breeding production marketing and advertising plus a campus tour and lab visit.
Victor L. Stedrowsky and Charles S. Shaw received a U S patent for lint cotton cleaners used between gin stands and bale press. The system cuts lint from mechanically picked or rough harvested cotton and is widely adopted. The invention has boosted annual cotton value by about nine million dollars.
New Mexico farmers should maintain a full 12 months of records for accurate farming accounts. Start with a beginning inventory of all assets and estimate useful life for depreciation. Depreciation reduces taxable income and should be planned as an expense. County agents provide guidance, and the New Mexico Record Book for the Farm, Ranch, and Home is sold at county extension offices.
Washington reports the agriculture department projects a record turkey crop near 58.788 million this year, about 11 percent above 1951. Mrs. Tom Cassal of Tulsa Texas visited with Mrs. Mary Payne last week and returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Doff Collins spent the weekend in El Dorado Texas with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crinwelge and family, formerly of Lovington.
L. S. Kurtz state 4 H club leader at New Mexico A and M College released the 1952 calendar of 4 H activities for Sun shine State 4 H ers. The schedule lists events from January Sun up Round Up in Denver through November and December national and state gatherings in Albuquerque Chicago and Washington D C.
Frankfort Kentucky UP The Kentucky agricultural mobilization committee asks state farmers to turn in scrap metal from farm equipment for national defense. Chair R O Wilson says steel mills want heavier iron scrap and outlines items such as old plow points shares cultivator shovels sweeps batteries and outdated gear replaced by newer machinery.
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