Fertilizing and garden prep drive last week farm work
In College Station Texas Dr John Hutchison director of the Agricultural Extension Service notes topdressing small grains with nitrogen fertilizer and preparing vegetable gardens were the main farm activities last week. Rain lingered in parts of the state adding to soil moisture.
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College Station, Tex
John Hutchison
Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison
South Texas
Central Texas
South Plains
North Central
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Worst fertilizer crunch threatens US farms in 1973
Washington AP reports the fertilizer sector faces its worst shortage since World War II due to fuel limits and plans to expand cropland. Edwin Wheeler of the Fertilizer Institute urges unconditional priority for natural gas to hydrous ammonia plants, warning food production could be restricted without action.
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Washington
Edwin M. Wheeler
The
Fertilizer Institute
Wheeler
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Nixon
Pecos Territory cotton classing volume rises to 73 568 samples
The Pecos Territory cotton classing volume for 1972 73 rose to 73 568 samples from 60 992 in 1971 72. Most samples were classified at Pecos then Carlsbad after Dec 20, with Strict Low Middling 41 at 38 percent as the leading grade and 78 percent of mike readings between 3.5 and 4.9.
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Pecos
USDA
Carlsbad, N. M
Mack Bennett
Carlsbad
Pressley
Nest Egg Pitch: Join the Payroll Savings Plan
The notice invites readers to participate in a Payroll Savings Plan as a means to build a nest egg. It mentions U.S. Savings Bonds as part of the program, highlighting it as a personal finance option for future goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payroll
U.S
Fat Stock Show and Rodeo Set for San Angelo Week
San Angelo readies for the 40th Fat Stock Show with banners and crowds heading to the arena. Exhibitors bring fat lambs sheep goats and cattle as Wednesday weighings begin under president George H. Crownover.
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San Angelo
Stock Show and Rodeo Association
George H. Crownover
Delaine
Suffolk
Columbia
Hampshire
Roger Miller
San Angelo Coliseum
Crownover
Barrow
Miller joins Pecos Conservation staff
Soil scientist Wesley L. Miller joins the Pecos field office staff of the Soil Conservation Service in Pecos. Miller, a Dalhart native, earned degrees at Texas A M University and previously served in Mineral Wells. The article also notes a regional cattle scabies outbreak under federal quarantine across eight New Mexico counties, 34 in Texas and eight in Oklahoma, with cases in eight states since July 1971.
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Wesley L. Miller
Pecos
The
Soil Conservation Service
Ray Blackwell
Miller
Dalhart
Texas
Texas A&m University
SCS
Mineral Wells
Washington
Southwest
Agriculture Department
Quay County
N. M
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Colorado
Idaho
Upper
National Cooperative Soil Survey
Vicky
First National Bank of
Edible Cottonseed Based Meat Packaging Debuts
The National Cotton Council notes acetoglyceride, a colorless edible coating from cottonseed, is disposable and edible. Developed by the USDA Southern Marketing and Research Division, it could package meat at packing houses for direct shipment to retailers. Heating makes the coating a nutritious shortening, or it can be washed off with warm water.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Southern Marketing and Research Division
Cotton Inc names directors for agricultural research
Cotton Incorporated announces associate directors for agricultural research at its Raleigh center. George A. Slater coordinates physiology biochemistry genetics and plant pathology with Dr. Wolf Wessling. J.K. Farmer Jones expands mechanization and automation. Fred Abel advances implementation. Wessling oversees genetic breeding lab and gene transfer efforts.
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Raleigh
George A. Slater
J.K
Jones
Fred Abel
Cotton Incorporated
America
H.L
Hal) Lewis
Lewis
Slater
Wolfgang H
Wolf) Wessling
High Plains
Texas
Farmer Jones
Har
Slater, Jones and Abel
Memphis
Abel
Cotton
Wessling
Cotton Incorporated Research Center
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Australia
Agricultural Marketing Service
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Phoenix
el Paso
Panhandle
Far West
West Central
Sutton County
Central
Upper Gulf Coast
South Central
J. K. ‘Farmer’ Jones
George Slater
Hal Lewis
Jacqui Johnson
Westbrook
Mt. Prospect
Illinois
Pecos Conservation
Wesley Miller
National Cotton Council
Pecos Enterprise
J. Dukes Wooters Jr
FORD
Dozier
Tractor & Implement Inc
Treanor
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Mer
Bill Dogge
Ronnie Dogget
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