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Harvest of the ‘‘best wheat crop in years’’ in this area is about completed, with only a few patches to be cleaned up, grain men and farmers said this week. Shipment of the grain from Winters this year has exceeded total shipments in recent years, according to J. C. Jarrell, agent for the Abilene Southern Rail way. He said that he had billed out 154 cars of wheat, but ex pects the total to be about 160 carloads for the year. In addition, many carloads of this year’s crop have been ship ped out by truck, and much of the grain has been stored local ly, according to local informa tion. Besides being a bountiful year, production - wise, the qual ity of the Wheat this year has been excellent, it was said. There has been little trouble with moisture, because there have been no prolonged wet pe riods. Moisture in the grain was noted for only a short time fol lowing scattered showers dur ing the harvest season. Price for local grain has held fairly steady in Winters, too, ac cording to information, in con trast to the fluctuation and downward trend in many sec tions. Local grain growers have been receiving $1.50, it was sta ted. Too, the agricultural econo my of the Winters area was bol stered by the fact that most of the wheat had been harvested before the price break became a reality throughout the grain growing areas. The absence of heavy rain storms, hail or high winds in this area during the harvest pe riod offers another reason why this year will go down in his tory as a good grain produc ing year, it was indicated. Other small grain has had a good year in this area, it was re ported. Although barley is a minor crop here, with few ac res planted, there have been 78 carloads received locally. One local grain dealer said that the barley brought into Winters..has been the heaviest he has ever seen, above the usual standards for that grain. This has been a good year for oats, too, it was indicated. There probably has been up wards of 20 carloads of oats re ceived in Winters from this year’s crop.
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Winters Enterprise
Winters, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 19, 1964
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