Drip irrigation trial widens in Pecos Valley
Bob Bates of Pecos Feed Yard notes a drip irrigation test plot near Pecos as a potential fix for agricultural decline. The system, developed in Israel and used in California and Arizona, promises lower water use, higher yields, and reduced labor, with buried pipes and varied emitter spacing under study.
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Bob Bates
Pecos Feed Yard
Bates
Israel
Negev Desert
Australia
California
Arizona
Submatic, Inc
Lubbock
Lubbock Agricultural Experiment Station
Pecos
Pecos County Rancher Named Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture
Pecos County rancher Gerald Clayton Puckett has been named Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture for 1973 by the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association. He is one of six Texans honored and will receive the award August 6–7 in Austin. Puckett is active in 4-H and Extension programs and has held leadership roles in cattle, range and soil conservation groups.
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Pecos County
Gerald Clayton
Jerry” Puckett
Texas Agriculture
Texas County Agricultural Agents Association
Puckett
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Pat Garner
Pecos County Livestock Show Association
Pecos County Farm Bureau
Trans-Pecos Soil and Water Conservation Board of Supervisors
Texas A&m University
Stoneville 213 Dominates Reeves County Cotton Plantings
Reeves County led the 1972-73 upland cotton season with Stoneville 213 accounting for 57 percent of plantings, followed by Deltapine 16 at 24 percent. Pima S-4 remained the top extra long staple in Pecos territory at 70 percent of Pima acreage. Total Reeves upland ginnings were 43,676 bales. Pima ginnings 9,652. Weather notes: northern and western Texas need rain. coastal regions dried recently with heavy shedding and sorghum heads sprouting.
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Stoneville
Reeves County
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mack Bennett
Carlsbad
Pecos
College Station
Tex
John Hutchison
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Panhandle
Rolling Plains
Texas
Hutchison
Rare summer freeze raises fears for food prices
College Station Texas economist Dr. Bill Vastine of Texas A&M discusses the rare summer freeze and its potential impact on retail food prices and U S agriculture. He notes retailers may absorb losses or limit offerings while producers may cut production if prices are unprofitable, with bumper fall crops offering limited relief.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
Bill Vastine
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Vastine
U.S
Texas A&m University System
Galecron vapor action insecticide for worm control
Galecron from CIBA GEIGY promises early egg stage control of budworm bollworm and boll weevil. Its vapor action envelopes plants and ingests through eggs to prevent hatching, with compatibility options including methyl parathion toxaphene or Gathion for broader效果 in the field.
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Cibageigy Corporation
Ardsley
N.Y
Ciba—Geigy
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A. B. Foster
South
Reeves
West
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Crosby
Mgr
Bill Dogget
Ronnie Dogget
Dugan Trailer
Galecron
Gathion
Cnemagro
Treanor
R&r Trailer CO
van Horn
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