Cage Poultry Project Expands in Seagraves for Egg Growth
Seagraves Chamber of Commerce leads a cage poultry program with 18 cages housing 1,140 hens each. Banks back loans enabling operators to earn 200 to 300 dollars monthly as production targets hit 70 percent. yearly expansion aims for 300,000 chickens and 70,000 to 75,000 Grade AA eggs daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagraves Chamber of Commerce
McMurray
South Plains
Riley
Seagraves
Petar
Eastexas
G. P. McCrary
Acme Lumber Company
Reynolds Aluminum Co
Tusco Manufacturing Co
Portales
XN. M
General Mills
Seagraves’ Feed Co
Seagraves Feed Co
Carl Westbrook
Don Fleming
Bank
Seagrave
Coun
Bill McMurray
Seagraves First National Bank
Conservation practices and cotton market outlook presented
W L Peeples advocates interplanting cow peas with grain sorghum as a soil improvement method, with five Lubbock County cooperators drafting a field specific conservation plan aided by SCS personnel. The wider report details 1954 55 cotton production stocks imports and forecasts, plus a Texas swine breeders conference with talks on certified hog programs disease control nutrition and marketing and a barbecue lunch after field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Peeples
Lubbock County
SCS
Jack Creel
KFYO
Roy Eee
Co. W. Mitchell
Stanley Anderson
J. D. Jones
Doyle Love
Texas Swine Breeders Association
Ben So Mitchell
Polen China Record Association
Dr. Black
F. G. Harbaugh
eeenoTech
Dean Stangle
Ray M
Ollie Liner
Hale County
Roy Snyder
Texas Extension Service
Ted
Marvin Bridges
Bridges
Black
ASC Elections To Be By Mail In 12 Lubbock Communities
ASC elections will be conducted by mail with postmark deadline Aug 19. Each of 12 communities forms a committee of three men and two alternates to select personnel for ASC offices, with nominees listed for New Deal Becton Owater Roosevelt Wolfforth and others. Nominees for remaining communities to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
ASC
Halling
Wells
New Deal
B. E. Attebury
Coleman L. Cowan
Horace A. Davis
Billy Fortenberry
Aubrey Tegen
Paul Rogers
W Sides
T. H. Thomas
Wolfforth
Cecil Bradshaw
Doyle Curry
J. T. Davis
Sam McWhorter
Sherman Nelson
J. T. Patterson
Homer Tapp
C. M. Trotter
N. L. Weems
Pete Woodson
Cooper
Glenn Allen Jr
Otho Doyle
Feat Ehler
Ralph D. Flesher
F. H. Griffin
R. B. Love
Ways of Water in Soil for Home Gardeners
An amateur gardener learns soil water behavior to achieve deep irrigation. Dry soil resists downward movement. to reach 6-8 inches, apply water after rain and test with a tensiometer or by digging. Use well drained porous soil and slow sprinklers to avoid runoff and leaf wetness at night.
Irrigated Pastures Show Profit for Texas Farms
Dr W V Clark farms near Lub bock on Buffalo Lakes Rd reports irrigated pastures and hay can be profitable. A 15 acre plot yielded 585 bales of mixed alfalfa and grasses priced at roughly 25 bales per ton. He plans 15 more acres of irrigated tame pasture and uses hay to supplement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Clark
Buffalo Lakes Rd
Lubbock
Clark
Soil Conservation Service
Floyd Price
Carlisle
Price
SCS
W. A. Holeman
Soldier From McAdoo New Is allowed At German Post
Crosbyton special report states M/Sgt. William De Allen, son of Mrs Blanche Tooke of McAdoo, is stationed in Germany with the 25th Field Artillery Missile Battery as operations sergeant. He entered the Army in 1948 and trained at Fort Jackson. Mrs Allen accompanies him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosbyton
William de ‘Allen
Blanche Tooke
McAdoo
Mowee
Germany
Allen
25Th Field Artillery Missile Beiter
Army
Fort Jackson
Seven Lubbock Members to Attend Chinchilla Meeting
Seven Lubbock residents will join about 130 Panhandle Chinchilla Club members from West Texas and Oklahoma for a semi monthly meeting in Amarillo today. Attendees from Lubbock include Mrs. Marie Smith vice president of the club and Mr. and Mrs. G A Bagley Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lusk and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Panhandle Chinchilla Club
West Texas
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Marie Smith
Broadway
G. A. Bagley
41St St
Lawrence Lusk
28Th St
Tommy Davis
Auburn St
First Bale Prizes Listed For Lynn County Cotton
Tahoka plans a premium for the first 1955 cotton bale grown and ginned in Lynn County. Ginners and businessmen will raise funds, with $20 per gin to the premium fund and a 40 cent per pound minimum bonus guaranteed by the Chamber of Commerce. The prize goes to the first bale deposited at the First National Bank in Tahoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Tahoka
Lynn County
Tahoka Chamber of Commerce
Tohoka Jaycees
Fach
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Tohoka
Beatrice McLaurin
O'Donnell
Wells
Hale County Farm Bureau To Hold Queen Contest
Hale County Farm Bureau directors vote to stage a Farm Bureau queen contest for Hale County girls tentatively set for September 12 in Plainview. Committee includes John I. Bowling Mrs A T Duerkson Mrs Elmo Ellis and Manuel Ayers. Entry blanks available at the bureau office or county home demonstration agent's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Hale County Farm Bureau
Hale County
John I. Bowling
A. T. Duerkson
Elmo Ellis
Manuel Ayers
County
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Ter
Schoefer
McAdoo New
Arkin Space
Scott Ballard
Hers
Bann
Chinchilla
Lynn
Hale Farm Bureau
Myron D. Mattison, M.D
Association OF
Frank M. Ryburn, Jr., M
Cardiology
Internal Medicine
Ubbock, Texas
Shelton Wells
Axtell CO
Chrysler
F.H.A
Taylor Newton
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