Cotton Open End Spinning Expands Use of Cotton
New Cotton Inc officials report 1975 Feb open end spinning yarns consist of 79 percent cotton or cotton blends, up from 73 percent a year earlier, with cotton outperforming synthetics in performance, cost, and aesthetics. Open end spinning boosts production, cuts labor and materials, and broadens cotton markets as mills shift from synthetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Karl Mueller
Cotton Inc
U.S
Mueller
American Association of Textile Technologists
United States
Hal E. Brockmann
Textile Research and Development
Brockmann
Raleigh
N.C
New York Market
Mueler
Brockman
Textile Research Center
Texas Tech University
Charles Chewning Jr
County Agents To Meet In Texas For Annual Meeting
Texas County Agricultural Agents Association schedules a three day gathering at the KoKo Inn beginning Sunday. Notables include Dr. John Hutchison and Mrs. Wilmer Smith with awards to be presented for distinguished service. Educational tours, officer reports, and a banquet will close the event naming a Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keth Henley
Winter County
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas County Agricultural Agents Association
TCAAA
KoKo Inn
Dallas County
Steve Wheeless
John E. Hutchison
College Station
Wilmer Smith
New Home
Texas A&m University System Board of Directors
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Kenneth Wyatt
Tulsa
General Assembly
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Jack Alderson
Hutchison
High Plains
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Charles L. Hottel
Dimmit
Castro County
Lee A. Wilson
Edna
Jackson County
John Kuykendall
Llano
Llano County
Johnny E. Cates
Quitman
Wood County
Hollis D
Duke
Jourdanton
Atascosa County
Billy R. Percival
Crockett
Houston County
Orville C. Lindsey
Throckmorton
Throckmorton County
Mrs. Smith
Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
Feather Fabrics, Inc
Texas Tech University Textile Research Center
Wheeless
Baylor County
Lowell B. Cure
Seymour
National Association
Rep
Clayton
Texas
Wyatt
Hottel
Liberty County
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Texas A&m University
Epsilon Sigma Phi
Frater Wilson
Extension Service
Wilson
Texas A&m. Llano County
Kuykendall
Percival
Houston County Development Foundation
County
Texas A&m
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Lindsey
Throckmorton Coun
Sunflower Growers Near Peak Harvest on High Plains
Area agronomist Dr. James Supak reports sunflowers across the High Plains near full maturity after a favorable season. Farmers must time harvest with caution and avoid premature growth stoppage from harvest aids, as dry head bases and potential drift pose risks to seed quality and nearby crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Plains
James Supak
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Lubbock
Supak
Agricultural Chemical Industry
Bond Requirement Urged For Packers
Washington DC special report notes the American Farm Bureau Federation backing legislation to require meat packers to post bonds to protect livestock producers and feeders. William J Kuhfuss argues bonds should cover packers’ operation value for several business days, enabling scrutiny of fineness and soundness and allowing timely action by the Packers and Stockyards Administration if a bond is at risk of cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Farm Bureau Federation
AFBF
Kubfuss
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Planning Termed Important in New Mexico
LAS CRUCES NM Special report notes a critical link between agriculture and county planning. Jose Herrera of New Mexico State University warns that Class 1 farmland is being bought for housing, industry, highways and other non agricultural uses. He calls for creative planning to protect farms and provide land for growth while mitigating tax increases on operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
N.M
New Mexico Agricultural
O'Connor
NMSA
P. J. Wierengs
M. T. van Genuchten
Jose Herrera
New Mexico State Univer
Herrera
Soybeans Upgrading Proposed by ASA at Washington
The American Soybean Association urges changes to federal grading standards to curb blending that lowers quality and to add USDA personnel at major foreign ports to monitor shipments. ASA leaders Johnson and Jackson say the moves will restore overseas confidence and improve US exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Karl Butz
American Soybean Associaton
ASA
Seymour Johnson
Indianola
Miss
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
U.S
Jackson
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Texas Tech
Cotton Inc. Research Center
Tesas A&m
Charles Hottes
Orville Lindsey
Johnny Cates
Hollis Duke
Billy Percival
Lee Wilson
House Agriculture Subcommittee On Livestock and Grains
William J Kuhfuss
Packers and Stockyards Act
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