Far West Texas cotton making good progress
Texas reports broad farm activity with cotton harvests in full swing in Central and North Central Texas and strong progress in Rolling Plains and Far West Texas after recent rains. Land prep for small grains, fall gardens, and winter vegetables continue. livestock stable though grazing tight, stock water low and pests like screwworms and ear ticks present. Rio Grande Valley exceeds 266000 bales harvested. Coastal Bend yields vary widely.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
North
South
San Antonio Winter Garden
South Plains
North Central
Red River
Pecos
West Central
Rio Grande Valley
Trompillos and Beefmaster talk in Pecos farming notes
A Pecos column discusses trompillos a native weed spreading with rain and notes Lou Kilgore recovery from surgery. It explains the Beefmaster cattle breed blending Brahma Shorthorn and Hereford, and reports on okra peppers onions and cantalopes projects at Chocolate Flat Farm Co with 20 acres okra seed sale to F A Richtero Co and harvest plans for October.
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June Casimir
West Texas
Lou Kilgore
Houston
Pecos
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Chocolate Flat Farm Co
Loring Box
Balmorhea
Mr. Box
F.A. Richtero Company
Cairo
Lady Dundee wins register at Nebraska State Fair
Upstream Ranch of Taylor and its champion Lady Dundee 1974 won the Hereford Register of Merit Show at the Nebraska State Fair. Adams Brothers and Co. of Kilgore took reserve champion with ABC Ladey Evan 204. The spring yearling Lady Dundee is a spring yearling heifer and Upstream swept multiple classes, with other placements from Breeding and Caldwell of Miami Tex and OXO Hereford Ranch of Ridgeway Cole plus Kansas entries Post Rock Hereford and C. K. Ranch.
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Lincoln, Neb
Taylor
Lady Dundee
Adams Brothers and Co
Kilgore
ABC Ladey
Upstream
Breeding
Caldwell
Miami
Tex
Adams Brothers
OXO Hereford Ranch
Ridgeway
Cole
Kansas
Post Rock Hereford
Waldo
C. K. Ranch
Brookville
Texas A&M Career Day Planned at College Station
College Station reports Texas A&M University will host Career Day on September 30 for high school students families and friends. Exhibits from Agriculture Engineering and Science run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Zachry Engineering Center Biology Building houses science displays. A&M and US Military Academy football game at 7 30 p.m. End zone tickets at $1. Jarvis Miller named director of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station effective Sept 1 after 17 years at A&M
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering and Science
H.O. Kunkel
College of Agriculture
Zachry Engineering Center
College of Science
Biological Sciences
Kunkel
Texas A&m
Us, Military Academy
Jarvis E. Miller
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas A&m University System Board of Directors
A&m
Jack K. Williams
Miller
Destroying Cotton Stalks Key To Boll Weevil Control
Texas A&M entomologist Dr. Raymond Frisbie urges farmers to shred and destroy post harvest cotton stalks to cut overwintering boll weevil populations. He explains diapause as a winter state and notes that early insecticide use can trigger outbreaks. shredding and plowing stalks deep is essential for pest management and a prosperous 1973 cotton crop.
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College Station
Texas
Raymond Frisbie
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Frisbie
House Rejects Wheat Promotion Campaign
The House killed a bill to finance a wheat advertising campaign by a 235 to 122 vote, amid worries it would raise bread prices. Rep. Paul Findley won a referendum trigger requiring two thirds of producers and half the market to approve any program. Rep. Pierre S. duPont urged GAO probe into possible windfalls from the U S Soviet wheat deal and potential conflicts of interest in Agriculture Department officials.
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House
Pierre S. duPont
R-Del
General Accounting Office
Congress
U.S
Paul Findley
Findley
duPont
GAO
Soviet Union
Justice Department
Agriculture Department
A&M researchers study satellite use in agriculture
Two Texas A&M University researchers join a nationwide project to test the Earth Resources Technology Satellite ERTS 1 as a tool for agriculture. Dr John W Rouse Jr and Dr Edward A Hiler lead data analysis and coordinate ground observations across 18 stations in four regional corridors to predict planting timing, weed and pest control, drought, and grazing planning.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
John W. Rouse, Jr
Remote Sensing Center
Edward A. Hiler
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell University
NASA
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
Rouse and Hiler
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Columbia River Valley
Rouse
Rocky Mountain
Columbia River
A&m Remote Sensing Center
John A. Schell
Hiler
Peavy Named Local Horticulturist for Far West Texas
William S. Peavy was named area horticulturist for Fort Stockton and the Far West Texas Trans Pecos region with the Texas Agricultural Office on September 1. The position, created by growth in pecans and vegetables, will coordinate intensified educational programs and work with county agents, committees, producers, and organizations in an area wide effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
William S. Peavy
Texas Agricultural Office
Fort Stockton
Far West
Texas
Trans- Pecos
Extension Service
John E. Hutchison
Hutchison
Waste Used For Roads In West Germany
Cologne reports that the West German Road Research Institute is testing garbage incinerator waste for road construction. The effort aims to repurpose urban waste into paving material and reduce landfill use, reflecting postwar efforts to recycle industrial byproducts.
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Cologne
Germany
Sorghum grain outlook brightens for 1972 marketing year
Agriculture Department experts say milo sorghum will be in demand next fall and winter as feed production declines and livestock feeding rises. Production is seen around 803 million bushels with a large carryover near 160 million, markets expect somewhat higher prices than 1971.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Plains States
California
Economic Research Service
U.S
ERS
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Panhandle
Descom Goodrich
Goodrich
Trompillo and
Marilyn Walker
the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the
United States
The
Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
Miller Gets
Past
Pecos Enterprise
ERTS
William Peavy
Aut
Stu
Western Meat Packers
Cya Ning, Inc
Woodcock
San Antonio, Texas
Milo
New Mexico
Pecos Tractor and Picker Service
Stafford Blvd
Cottingham
Williams Tools
Ronnie Doggett
Johnny Mauldin
Preston
Pete
Reynold's
City Gin Co. Inc
Balmorhea Highway
Pecos Tractor & Picker
Service
Jarland Steel Company
Strippers & Roods
Tri
Pecos Tractor & Picker Service
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