Area youth vying for championships at AJRA rodeo in Pueblo West
Texas leads a large contingent at the American Junior Rodeo Championships through Saturday in Pueblo West Colorado with over 300 youths chasing national titles, cash prizes and college scholarships. AJRA president Larry Todd of San Angelo tops the 16-19 calf roping ranks while Tony Churchill also from San Angelo challenges him. Odessa riders lead steer and bareback bronco categories as other Texan youths shine in barrel racing and calf roping across three age groups.
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Texas
Pueblo West
Colorado
Colo
American Junior Rodeo Association
AJRA
Larry Todd
San Angelo
Todd
Tony Churchill
Odessa
Tony Hooper
James Ward
GiGi Canon
Miss Ajra
Guy Miller
Ann
Wacey Cathey
Terry Davis
Steve Bland
Trent
Monty Taylor
Allison
Cropland helps purify water for recreation
Texas Tech University researchers at the Water Resources Center plan a miniature Lubbock Lakes Project to test multiple reuse of municipal wastewater for seven recreation lakes in Yellowhouse Canyon. The study measures nitrate effects on fish and plant growth and evaluates safety for swimming and edible fish, with nine small ponds including a no-treatment control and varied conditions.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Water Resources Center
National Office of Water Resources Research
Lubbock Lakes
Yellowhouse Canyon
Dan M. Wells
Texas Tech Water Resources Center
Robert M. Sweazy
Southwest
Wells
West Texas
Tex
Texas Tech
Playa Lake
State owned Molesworth Station in New Zealand tops farms
The largest farm in New Zealand is Molesworth Station a state owned property covering about 450000 acres. The cattle herd exceeds 10000 with plans to reach 20000 while assets total 1560000 dollars. First explored in 1850 and settled in 1854 with a neighboring area mentioned.
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Blenheim
New Zealand
Molesworth
New Zealand Information Service
Crown
New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey
Report shows gains in Texas crop production
The Agriculture Department monthly outlook shows Texas yields rising for sorghum to 336 million bushels from 318 million last year, despite rice lagging. Cotton is projected at 3.63 million bales, wheat at 44 million bushels, and sugarbeets at 575000 tons, with drought conditions in 1971 cited as a factor.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Department
Poultry Prices Seen Rising Amid Fed Era Economic Pressures
Dick Taylor of Waco told the Texas Poultry Federation convention that poultry costs may climb as a federal minimum wage rises and production costs grow. He noted broilers have edged up, while eggs remain cheap but likely to rise about two cents per pound or per dozen, with overall meat value still strong.
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Houston
Texas Poultry Federation
Dick Taylor
Waco
Taylor
Federation
Texas drought hits the state’s dairy hub Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs Texas a drought stricken city partners with private lakes and a new pipeline to secure water. Hopkins County leads U S dairy with around 55000 cows yet daily use nears 1.7 million gallons. City manager Olen Petty warns of 90 days without rain and outlines pipeline plans and cooperation with TP and L Rockwell Lone Star Gas and volunteers to keep dairy operations running.
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Tex
Texas
Hopkins County
United States
Sulphur Springs
Indivi
Century Lake
Olen Petty
Coleman Lake
White Oak Lake
Bastrop
Kansas City
Kan
Petty
Walter Helms
Helms
White Oak
Black Youth See High Hopes Despite Barriers in Deep South
Studies by Dr. Arthur G. Cosby and J. Steven Picou show black youth in urban and rural Louisiana expect strong futures. Urban males 49 percent aim for professional jobs. rural 38 percent. Females exceed males in ambition. Lack of money cited as the main limiting factor by 82 percent of rural and 72 percent of urban rural males, with significant concern over race as a future obstacle.
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College Station
South
Arthur G. Cosby
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Cosby
J. Steven Picou
Ohio State University
Louisiana
Deep South
East Texas
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Jeanine Hudson
Colorado City
Shana Bush
Mesa
Becky Lou Meek
Monahans
McCulloch Oil Corporation
Atlantic Ocean
Pecos Enterprise
Baker and Pecos
Baker Pump
Pete Maldonado
Goodyear
PECOS
Cummins Gas Engines Sales
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
Engine Service
Interstate 20
Baimorkea Hwy
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