Farm census drive urges Texas farmers to return forms
Letters totaling 99,000 Texas farmers urge return of 1974 Census of Agriculture forms. With 323,000 mailed in January and 69 percent accounted for, the Bureau of the Census closes June 30 after follow-ups and phone checks. Returns are mandatory with confidentiality. estimates accepted when data not available. Results influence county and state statistics, supplier decisions, and future allocation programs for inputs.
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Bureau of the Census
Texas peach crop trims forecast amid freeze damage
Texas crops report lower peach production at 312,500 bushels, down 52,500 from 1974 forecast, after a March freeze. Harvest speeds up in Gillespie and Limestone counties with earlier varieties picked in North Texas.
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Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Gillespie County
Limestone County
Texas
West Texas farmers restart planting after severe weather
West Texas replanting under way after hail winds and blowing sand damaged 250000 acres of cotton in the South Plains. Soybeans and peach orchards face losses and ongoing harvests continue across Central Texas Gillespie County yields strong. Agricultural agents report conditions across Panhandle to Far West with moisture shortfall and good livestock
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High Plains
College Station
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John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
South Plains
Midland- Odessa
Hutchison
Gillespie County
Panhandle
North Central
Midland-Odessa
Elderly Texans Gaining Power As Population Portraits Shift
A Texas A&M study reports the state’s 65 plus population expanding rapidly from 1970 to 1974 with 1.107 million elderly by 1974. The share of seniors rises from one in 67 in 1850 to one in 11 by 1970 and projected to one in 10 by 1980, driven by longer life expectancy and better health care.
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Texas
Bullentin
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
R.L. Skrabanek
Texas A&m University Real Estate Research Center
Department of Sociology and Anthropo
Skrabanek
Mulching Best Practice for Home Gardens
Mike Boatright of the Soil Conservation Service touts mulching as the top conservation practice for home gardens. Mulching protects soil from erosion, reduces crust formation, suppresses weeds, retains moisture, lowers soil temperature, and adds organic matter to support earthworms and soil life. Any organic material such as compost straw cotton hulls or lawn clippings can serve as mulch.
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Mike Boatright
Soil Conservation Service
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