Heat in Far West tempers cotton harvest delays
In Texas, troughs of rain brought moisture to southern and eastern counties while cool wet weather slowed High Plains maturity. Central Texas progressed with about 75 percent of the Blacklands cotton harvested, as northern and western areas saw boosted ranges but grazing remained short and stock water low. Screwworm and ear tick infestations lingered in many counties despite some easing. Panhandle wheat planting runs 70 to 90 percent complete, with corn harvest starting in the southwest and grain sorghum being cut in Donley and Collingsworth counties, and South Plains reporting some early sorghum harvests amid late plantings.
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Texas
John E. Hutchinson
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
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Blacklands
Hutchinson
Panhandle
Donley
Collingsworth
South Plains
Hall
Hardeman
North Central
Far West
West Central
South Central
Men Clinic At Tucumcari Highlighted By South African Expert
Jim Tom Kelton and Mike Harrison attended the Cow men's Clinic in Tucumcari New Mexico last week. The Western Livestock Journal sponsored the clinic and presented Dr. Ian Scott McFarlane outstanding cattle expert from South Africa. Dr. McFarlane used audio-visual and live animal demonstrations with lectures for commercial cowmen over a two day meet. The Sundowner session allowed informal talks with Dr. McFarlane followed by a cowboy barbeque and pow wow. Field day at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research Station drew praise from attendees with comments on cotton potential and program value. Vocational agriculture students from Balmorhea and Pecos joined tours. Dr. Hefner plans to expand next year to include more high school science and biology along with agriculture. A gardening tip advised using a granulated systemic poison around chrysanthemums to deter aphids for about six weeks, also effective with spring bulbs and roses.
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Mike Harrison
Tucumcari
N.M
Western Livestock Journal
Ian Scott McFarlane
South Africa
McFarlane
Texas A&m Agricultural Research Station
George Millers
Dennis Woody
Jack Davis
Frank Crews
Harold Meyers
Bett Ivey
Dr. Hefner
Balmorhea
Pecos
First Limousin bull Domino to be sold at Texas State Fair sale
Domino the first purebred Limousin bull sold in Texas will be auctioned at 1 p m during the inaugural Texas Limousin Association sale at the State Fair in Dallas. The event features an all Limousin lineup with 75 percent bulls and high interest due to Limousin gains in carcass yield and lean beef, with names like Blue Meadows Ranch and M E Singleton Jr. as organizers.
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Texas
Dallas
United States
Colorado
Geesen Limousin
Agate
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Bov Import
Denver
Pan American
North America
Canada
Limoges
France
Far West cotton market shows limited activity and steady prices
Agricultural Marketing Service reports scarce futures demand as mills buy a few thousand San Joaquin Valley bales. Prices hold for Fresno Middling 31 at 28.00 cents lb and Phoenix Middling 31 at 27.00 cents lb while El Paso 37 sits at 31.85 cents lb. Limousin cattle dominate horse of state fair items, with big prizes and breeding notes.
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USDA
San Joaquin Valley
Phoenix
California
Arizona
Pecos
Texas
Fresno
Mike
Texas feed grain gains from China and Russia markets
Texas A M researchers say new markets for feed grain loom as China buys U S wheat and Russia moves into grain trade. Dr Randall Stelly of Texas A M notes China s pork poultry and hog industries could become major buyers of Texas sorghum and other feed grains, boosting export sales toward 260 million by 1986.
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Texas
Texas A&m
Randall Stelly
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Nixon
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Peking
Stelly
Japan
India
1971 Texas cotton crop worst in 25 years
The 1971 Texas cotton crop yielded the lowest per acre in 25 years with 385 pounds on 3,940,000 harvested acres generating 2,579,066 bales. Lint value reached about 346 million dollars as prices ranged from 18 to 27 cents per pound. Texas topped national output by nearly one million bales over Mississippi, with Lubbock Dawson and Hidalgo counties each producing over 100,000 bales. Crop District One led in total production with 1,163,900 bales.
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Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Lubbock
Dawson
Hidalgo
Cameron
Hale
Lynn
Terry
Hockley
Lamb
Gaines
High Plains
Oscar for Steel Design Award Opens to All
The Design in Steel Award Program invites architects engineers designers and artists working in steel to compete for a national honor. Past winners include dump trucks subway cars and summer houses as a 12 member panel of experts judges this year’s entries.
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New York
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