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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1952
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCowan of San Antonio, Mrs. Alma York of Spofford, and Miss Anita Richter of Seguin spent the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Richter.
In 1952 Oscar Johnson, a Freestone County farmer near Buffalo, wins the Texas Hybrid Corn Production Contest and is named Champion Corn Grower of the Year for yielding 137.5 bushels per acre with Texas Hybrids 28 and 30. The Texas Certified Hybrid Seed Corn Growers Association sponsors the event, with Min ter Womack as president and E A Miller supervising. Other Gulf Coast and South Texas winners include J E McSweeny and Julius Hlavinka of Wharton County with 116.2, Joseph McAfee of Lavaca with 109, Benny Jensen of Washington County with 107, and Louis J Smesny of Liberty with 101.3.
The article notes sturdy shelter is unnecessary for good dairy cattle comfort and milk yield, while swine are at risk of flu during warm days and cold nights. It urges protecting livestock from elements and mentions county figure 99.1 bushels.
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