Texas well represented at Farm Bureau meet
Texas will be well represented at the 56th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in New Orleans January 5 to 9. Texas will send 12 voting delegates, the new TFB queen Glynis Tietjen, and several state and county leaders as the federation plans to set national policy for 1975.
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Texas
Farm Bureau
WACO
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Orleans
Lone Star State
Farm Bureaus
AFBF
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Texas Farm Bureau
TFB
Glynis Tietjen
Schulenburg
Carole Ann Allen
Palestine
John Dillingham
Lampasas
Terry Davis
Dalhart
South
Carrol Chaloupka
State Farm Bureau
Resolutions Committee
Prolific Scientist George Washington Carver Highlighted
Prolific scientist George Washington Carver, celebrated as a Negro scientist, developed more than 118 products from sweet potato and over 300 from peanut. He also created paving blocks, corkage, paper, rope fiber, and many other articles from cotton.
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George Washington Carver
Weeds and herbicides boost yields and curb erosion, Texas expert says
Dr. Allen Wiese of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station argues that herbicides lower food costs by aiding weed control in fields and pastures. He cites yield protections, reduced soil erosion, moisture storage gains, and environmental benefits from no-till farming, urging greater adoption to boost production while saving fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Wiese
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio
Texas
Wiese
Pecos Classing Office Closes for Year with 45,614 Samples
The USDA classing office in Pecos closed for the season on December 20 after handling 45,614 samples, with 10,498 in the final week. Pecos territory cotton will be classed at Carlsbad New Mexico. weekly receipts totaled 2,494, bringing the season total to 48,108. Leading grades were 42 at 47 percent and 41 at 18 percent, with grade 52 at 13 percent. | Growers recieved 130 to 145 per ton for cotton seed. The Gold Rush Twins: What nectarines and cotton blue jeans have in common, introduced in California during the Gold Rush days.
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USDA
Pecos
Shirley Sewell
Carlsbad
N.M
Mack Bennett
California
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Tion
John C. Stennis
D.-Miss
William J. Kuhfuss
Roger Fleming
Vesper Services
al Hirt
Penn State
Lewisville
Tex
Greg Kubas
John Quinn
Greg Murphy
Walt Addie
Neil Hutton
Chris Devlin
Rawford Ughes
Egens
eFarm
eFarm Casualty
Pecos Enterprise
Dogge
Manuel Arvizu, Jr
Arvizu Pipe CO
Balmorhea Hwy
Pecos, Tex
MOBIL
Baker Pump Corp
Texas Manufactuers OF
Baker and
Complete General Machine Shop
Nance
Cummins
Engine Service
Jimmy Calhoun
Clint Glenn
France
Napoleon III
U.S
Robert L Haney
The
Dept. of Agricultural Communications
Texas A&m University
College Station
Bill Norton
Western Auto
N. Oak
Brown Pipe and Supply
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