07 Dec 1971
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1971
Page
1
Short days and cool cloudy weather set a dreary winter mood. Cattle benefit from summer moisture while fruit trees need 750 to 850 hours below 45 degrees for dormancy. Pruning should wait until dormancy, and pecans need a hard freeze to drop hulls before harvest.
Kenny Norton buys Mexia Flying Service to offer aerial grass planting and pest control from Coolidge or Mexia Airport. McGregor Experiment Station seeks calves from about 2,900 cows for crossbred AI bred between January and June, with prices around 150 to 160 dollars at 90 days. County predator hunter Bennie Montgomery reports coyotes and a bobcat captured in November and December as tracks lead toward a hog farm.
Dr. John A. Lipe has joined the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station as assistant professor of pomology at the Overton center. Effective December 1, his work will focus on berries peaches and other tree fruits. He is a Cameron County native and Texas A&M graduate student now completing a PhD in plant physiology.
Star studded lineup announced for the 40th anniversary Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Astrodome. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans open the event February 25 with matinee and evening shows, followed by Nabors, Charley Pride, and Roger Miller across February 26 27 and 28 respectively. Livestock show opens February 23 with festivities surrounding the gala rodeo.
The text covers choosing suitable Deodar Cedar and other trees for Central Texas and care tips for container grown or balled trees. It lists Houston concert acts Lynn Anderson Jerry Reed the 5th Dimension Wayne Newton Eddy Arnold Glen Campbell David Cassidy and the Chuckwagon Races rodeo in March with top purses and finals.
The Agriculture Department reports Frego bract cottoni, a mutant found in Arkansas in 1940, can cut boll weevil populations by 66 to 94 percent. Though not high quality for commerce, it might be bred into usable cotton within five years. Bracts disorient the weevil, delaying egg laying and reducing pesticide needs.
The House Agriculture subcommittees will jointly hear testimony on the CCC grains sold for Russian consumption. The December 8 and 9 sessions will examine the sale of barley oats and corn to two North American companies for resale to the Soviet Union.
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