Ralls Farmer Tim Lyles Embraces Combined Livestock and Cropping
Tim D. Lyles, ex mayor of Ralls, runs 500 acres with 32 registered Aberdeen Angus cattle and wide irrigation. He plans to expand to 100 registered cows while continuing cotton, grain, sorghum and wheat, using permanent pasture and alfalfa for feed to sustain a year round system.
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Ralls
Tim D. Lyles
Crosby County
Lyles
Crosby County Soil Conservation District
Brouth
Sudan
Soil Conservation Service
Mississippi
Mississippi State College
Mississippi A&m College
Ralls Rotary Club
Ralls First Methodist
Clint Harber
LaGrange
Texas
Ste Self
Jake
Founder Of 4 H Work To Visit Lubbock In Korea Aid Drive
Col Charles A Anderson ret known as the father of 4 H Club Work in Korea will visit Lubbock Thursday and Friday to solicit livestock and seed aid for Korean 4 H boys and girls. He plans to gather 90 milking goats 10 bucks 10 000 chickens 1 000 colonies of bees 30 Holstein or Brown Swiss heifers with 10 bulls 270 sows and 30 boars and assorted seeds. Anderson will work from the Texas Tech district extension office with agent W H Jones. His Texas tour supports the Texas Christian Rural Overseas Program Church World Service American Korean Foundation and Heifer Project Inc. He will also speak at public appearances across the South Plains to mobilize local help for Korea’s 122 000 4 H members.
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Charles A. Anderson
Korea
Lubbock
Col. Anderson
Texas Tech
W. H. Jones
Texas
Texas Christian Rural Overseas Program
Church World Service
American Korean Foundation
Heifer Project, Inc
Houston
Jones
4-H
Boy Seeks Summer Ranch Work From Mass Teen
A 17 year old from Roslindale Massachusetts writes to a Local Ranchers Association seeking a summer ranch job near Seagraves Texas. The letter dated June to Labor Day outlines his height weight farming experience and Massachusetts dairy work. It is displayed at the Seagraves bank with his address 25 Montclair Ave for potential employers. See COMPTON Page 13.
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Jim Compton
Avalanche-Journal
Seagraves
Roslindale
Mass
James Donaghy
Massachusetts
Seagraves Bank
Montclair Ave
More Underground Water Being Driled In Quitaque Area
Quitaque area farmers install new irrigation wells led by RL Brunson with a 4 inch well and Wayne Vaughan with a 6 inch well. Others include Jack Turner and Donnie Brunson. Several wells are shallow under 75 feet as agents urge irrigation measures and soil water tests.
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Quitaque
RL. Brunson
Wayne Vaughan
Jack Turner
Donnie Brunson
Skinner Brothers
E. J. Burgess
H. J. Bailey
D. M. Gilberts
Briscoe
Bob Ledbetter
Farmers of America
Bob Thurmond
Lubbock
Extension Service
Thurmond
Insect Control Tests Improve Cotton Yields at TAES
Tests at the Texas A&M Experiment Station on hollow-cone nozzle spray patterns show better bollworm control and higher cotton yields. Hollow-cone nozzles placed above rows yielded about half a bale more per acre than untreated plots, with one nozzle performing as well as multiple. Progress Report 1752 summarizes the 1952 54 results and is available from the Agricultural Information Office College Station Texas.
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Agricultural Information Office
College Station
Tex
Snow Gates and Valves Highlight Rustproof Parkerized Design
Snow showcasing Parkerized valves that resist rust and do not leak due to rust prevention and packed seals. Snow Round Klubberized packing seals valves against leaks, claiming exclusive features for Snow valves.
Dale Carnegie Club Names President for Houston District Meet
Members of the Lubbock chapter of the Dale Carnegie International meet Friday night and selected their president Stanley F. Gryzwacz to represent them at the district convention in Houston March 27 28. Gryzwacz was chosen for his winning a prepared speech contest and will speak at the convention against winners from other chapters. Oliver Cates won the impromptu speech contest.
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Lubbock
Dale Carnegie Club International
Stanley F. Gryzwacz
Houston
Gryzwarz
Oliver Cates
Sprinkler Irrigation Gains Interest in Lamb County
In Amherst on March 12 James Abbott reports rising interest in sprinkler irrigation within Lamb County Soil Conservation District. Cooperators Bill Miller Halbert Harvey J R Inklebarger have installed systems and others E J Stone W E Priddy K O Lynn Art Chesh er plan sprinklers. Abbott outlines three typical areas for use sandy soils uneven terrain and small wells with more than 53000 acres irrigated in the district.
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Amherst
Lamb County
Lynn
Littlefield
Art Chesher
Fieldton
Abbott
Hints for Gardeners Manual Effort in Spring Soil Prep
Researchers urge sparing or plowing as best for soil preparation. For small plots use a spade one hour daily for eight days to reach 12 inch depth in 1,500 sq ft. Organize work by trenches and piles, note spading loosens soil and improves water and air entry. English trenching at two feet depth is debated and used for perennials. vegetables may not require it.
Tech Cow Standout Milk Production Milestone Hit
Premier Colantha a restored Holstein cow owned by Tejas Tech surpassed 199.09 pounds of milk in production with 197186 pounds of milk and 3.909 pounds of butterfat in 2210 days. The Holstein Friesian Association of America based in Brattleboro Vermont notes strides in lifetime production due to herd health feeding and breeding for longevity.
Plainview High School agriculture program guides future farmers
In Plainview, students in the high school agriculture program gain broad training from crop raising to livestock breeding. The department features a well equipped shop and modern equipment, with contests in leadership and judging shaping student practical farming knowledge for the future. Nine Lone Star farmers are in the Plainview chapter this year.
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Plainview
Plainview High School
Gene Barnetts
Tom Duffen
PHS
Oma
Vocational Agriculture Department
FFA
Furture Farmers
Hovs
Hnes
Mainview
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Sunbeam
Bill Kimbrough
Crosbyton
Rails
Johnny Mitchell
Rosby County
Tim Lyles
South Plains
4-H Work
Area
Mitley
James Priddy
Sail Conservation Service
SPUR
Don McGinty
D. M. McGinty
Texas Agm College
Don
AGM
Panhandle
Compton
Texas Ace
Snow Gates
Moe
St Los Angelon
Call
City Dale Carnegie Club
Armanews
Lubbock, Texas
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Stephens Chiropractic Clinic
Chiropractic
Stephens Chiropractic
Cmeas
Uotil
Liversmith
EWOS
Morta
Oneida LM
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