Soil surveys explain uses for homes, farms and towns
The USDA Soil Conservation Service offers color leaflets detailing how soil surveys aid homebuyers builders developers and planners. Soil maps cover about 120 million acres in Texas with ongoing additions. Lavaca County is 50 percent complete and leaflets are free from local SCS offices upon request.
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Usda Soil Conservation
James Bower
Victoria
SCS
Texas
National Cooperative Soil Survey
a. _ Bower
Lavaca County
Hallettsville Scs
Bower
Lavaca SWCD News Highlights Cooperators and Conservation Plans
Lavaca Soil and Water Conservation District features cooperators G. W. Vogt and Joe Siegel planning year round grazing with Coastal bermuda grass Gordo bluestem and Kleingrass. Weisser Ed Walther and N. V. Styles Jr discuss ponds gullies and annual grazing. Hallettsville office notes equal services to all land users.
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G. W. Vogt
Lavaca
Gerald Camber
Fredrick Weisser
Weisser
Joe Siegel
SCS
K. C. Willis Jr
Ed L. Walther
Henry J. Pohl
N. V. Styles, Jr
Soil Conservation Service
Soil
Styles
Hallettsville
Katz Rally Falls Short Against Gonzales
In the second quarter the Apaches led 25 22 at halftime and trailed 33 30 after three. Gonzales pulled away in the fourth, finishing 49 to 46 as Bobby Beran 16 and Donnie Rothbauer 16 led Moulton with Beran earning an All Tournament award in a 14 7 season.
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Bobkatz
Katz
Gonzales
Moulton
Bobby Beran
Donnie Rothbauer
Russ Fisbeck
Rodney Maresh
Frank Nieto
Harvey Selzer
Moulton Bobkatz
Lavaca County ASCS Committee Elections 1975
The Lavaca County ASCS Newsletter reports 1975 committee elections. It lists Community A members Leroy Fishbeck Daniel Jasek Kenneth Kaiser Clarence Strauss Henry Melnar Daniel Rother and Community C members owald Erdelt Elwood Kasper Bennie Novosad Raymond Janak Robert Grahmann Alex Janak. Also notes delegates to the County Convention and officers Alfonse Grahmann chairman Marcus Hinck vice chair George Cinadr regular member. It recalls Eugene Hermes’s 19 years on the County Committee and wool producer receipts deadline January 31 1975 with possible 1974 incentives.
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Leroy Fishbeck
Daniel Jasek
Kenneth Kaiser
Clarence Strauss
Henry Melnar
Daniel Rother
Cowald
L. Erdelt
Elwood C. Kasper
Bennie F. Novosad
Raymond F. Janak
Robert J. Grahmann
Alex F. Janak
Marcus Hinck
Alfonse F. Grahmann
Marcus J. Hinck
George J. Cinadr
Eugene Hermes
ASCS
Texas survey aims to map county agriculture data statewide
In late November and December about 75 000 farmers and ranchers will receive crop or livestock questionnaires from the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Accurate estimates help reflect supply demand and guide state and county figures. Return promptly to the Agricultural Statistician in Austin. reports are confidential and used for official estimates.
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Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Texas
Agricultural Statistician
Austin
Sheriff Report Details December Duties and Auto Ads
The sheriff reports daily duties from December 22 to December 28 including fingerprinting and releasing prisoners on DWI charges, assisting highway patrol, handling abduction and theft cases, and responding to a house fire. The page also contains extensive classified vehicle ads listing 1970s Ford and Chevy models with prices and features.
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Highway Patrol
Capias
Fire Department
Mule Springs
Weimar
Stevens Rest Home
Houston
Woytek
Moulton
Yoakum
Business Place
City
Hallettsville Cemetery
Galveston
Pedesetrian
Ezzell
Hallettsville
Koerth
Gonzales
Schulenburg
Renger Hospital
Wied
Vienna Cemetery
Agricultural Outlook for Grass Varieties in Lavaca County
The article discusses drought resistant winter perennial grasses like TAM Wintergreen for Lavaca County, noting adaptation in 40 to 25 inch rainfall belts and Blackland prairie. It cautions that South Texas summers reduce winter perennials' appeal and suggests small acreage trials plus soil testing for 1975 crop planning. It also warns homeowners about sourcing topsoil to avoid weed pests and extra costs.
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Lavaca
Blackland Prairie
San Antonio
South Texas
Hallettsville
Texas Screwworm Program Targets Winter Area Decline
USDA officer Dr. J E Navy notes a steady fall in screwworm cases in north central and far west Texas by November with 837 laboratory confirmed infestations in November versus 2413 in October. By year’s end Texas logged 6836 cases, APHIS concentrates sterile fly releases in winter refuges, urges breeders to avoid calving in September and October to reduce newborn calf vulnerability.
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Texas
J. E. Navy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Novy
The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
Christmas Eve Theft Leaves Small Church Bare
In Dalbo Minnesota Salem Lutheran Church found a Christmas tree and pews left for services while most valuables including a gold cross oak clock piano stool and stained glass windows were stolen the week before Thanksgiving. The church serves about 20 congregants in the town of about 200 residents built around the turn of the century.
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Dalbo
Minn
Salem Lutheran Church
Minnesota
GI Bill Helps 580000 Veterans Upgrade Education
About 580000 veterans with under four years of high school used GI Bill benefits since 1966. Of them 202000 earned free entitlement after high school level refresher courses. Programs include VA outreach to educationally disadvantaged and a new feature not available to earlier wars. Monthly stipends aid full time study while high school training is funded separately. Veterans are urged to contact VA offices or local veterans organizations.
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Veterans Service Organizations
Hot Water Under Gulf To Be Tapped
The University of Texas studies tapping vast pools of extremely hot water trapped beneath Texas Gulf Coast sands for geothermal energy. Researchers will assess technical environmental and legal aspects of bringing the hot water to the surface to flash into steam for power generation.
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Texas Gulf Coast
University of Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Soil and Water Conservation Dist. News
Soil Conservation Service Soil
Tom Kostelnik
George Vogt
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Ak Orpout
Lavaca Co
ASC
Hilmer Woytek
Zimmermann
Teresa
Allan Kresta
Johnnie R. Berry
Ford
Jerry L. Lackey
Gulf
Voskamp Motors
Ford Motor Co
Volkamp Motors
Hallettsville, Texas
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