Reeves Rural Water Programs Serve 529 Families
The Department of Agriculture reports a record 429 million dollars in fiscal 1973 for rural water and sewer programs. Texas leads in rural water systems with 729 built or approved. Reeves, Ward, Winkler and Loving counties are in the Pecos FHA area. In Reeves County 529 families are served by the Madera Valley Water Supply Corporation, while Ward County serves 51 families. The MVWSC was the 500th system.
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Reeves
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Farmers Home Administration
David Marion
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pecos
FHA
Reeves, Ward, Winkler
Loving Counties
Reeves County
Madera Valley Water Supply Corporation
Ward County
Ward Rural Water Supply Corporation
MVWSC
MVW
Department
Four County
Iowa
Water importation to the plains discussed at Lubbock meeting
Water importation to the plains is the subject as Lubbock hosts a West Texas Water Resource Council meeting on October 3. Water, Inc. will present testimony backing a plan to import water to West Texas and eastern New Mexico, citing feasibility amid rising farm costs and changing financial projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
AL. Black
Water, Inc
Mississippi River
West Texas
Jack Barton Heads Farm City Week in Texas
College Station reports Jack H Barton of Houston as president for Food and Fiber Appreciation Month activities in November and he has accepted the chairmanship for Farm City Week, reflecting stateAgricultural efforts and industry engagement led by Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Barton
College Station
Jack H. Barton
Houston
Texas
Boll weevil eradication shown feasible in three-state test
A three state trial across 18 600 acres in Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama demonstrates that the boll weevil can be eliminated as an economic pest in cotton. The study funded by Cotton Incorporated and USDA shows core zone zero infestations and negligible counts in buffers, with ecologically sound suppression methods including pheromone traps sterile males and cultural controls. The report notes benefits exceed costs and elimination is technically feasible nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkville
Miss
United States
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Cotton Incorporated
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mississippi State University
J.R. Brazzel
USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Farm Bureau reorganizes with two new staff divisions
Warren Newberry, Texas Farm Bureau executive director, announces the creation of a Leadership and Program Development Division led by Wayne Little and a Farm Bureau Field Activities Division headed by James Burns. Don Neumann will replace Little as field services director, overseeing a 15 member staff. The changes, driven by growth and the Expanded Program of 1971, aim to better serve the 145,000 member family organization.
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WACO
Spl
Texas Farm Bureau
Warren Neweerry
TFB
Wayne Little
Newberery
County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Field Services Department
Safety Department
James Burns
Area Field Services
American Farm Bureau Federation
Little
Field Services
Don Neumann
Newberry
Cattle on Feed Up Again in Texas 1973 Prospects
Texas leads U S cattle on feed with 2 314 000 head as of Sept 1 up 10 percent from last year and 1 percent from last month. Pecan crop prospects are bleak due to freezes and damage, with Texas forecast to produce 23 million pounds. Cotton in Texas seen best since 1962 at 4 65 million bales with Plains yields strong though rains and rot affect other regions. Nationwide, 1973 crops show record sorghum and high peanut and soybean output. corn up 54 percent. wheat seeding over 10 percent. Range conditions steady at 76 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Apt
Trans Pecos
Red River
Florida
Rains slow cotton harvest across Texas regions
In College Station Dr John Hutchison of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service reports rains delayed cotton harvests in parts of the Southeast and far South Texas while West Central and Central areas saw gains. Rice harvest progressed with some losses in windy, rainy counties. sorghum harvests are active in plains with above average yields. late crop yields and grades exceed nearer crops.
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Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison Sai
Hutchison
San Antonio Winter Garden
Rio Grande Valley
Town and Country Church Conference Retitled Issues Theme
College Station Sept 25 The 28th Town and Country Church Conference at Texas A&M Oct 11 12 centers on Issues of Today and Tomorrow ministers face in communicating with congregations and communities. Registration starts 8 a.m. at J Earl Rudder Center with sessions on food costs county government Texas judicial system and government programs. A Rural Minister of the Year banquet speaker Dr Bob Eckert Houston and Del Deterling editor The Progressive Farmer will present the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas A&m University
Garland Marshall
A&m
J. Earl Rudder
Marshall
Texas
del Deterling
Progressive Farmer’ Magazine
Bob Eckert
Houston
Scientist in Hashish Find Leads to Arrest in Diyarbakir
In Diyarbakir, a 29 year old man named Haci Alpkan was arrested with nearly 100 pounds of hashish in various stages of preparation. He told police the material was part of a scientific experiment to determine whether it was hashish, after claiming to have found the substance in a field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diyarbakir
Turkey
Haci Alpkan
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Bureau of Reclamation and
Corps of Engineers
Black
E.F. Knipling
Agricultural Research Service
Barton
Kiwanis International
Dallas
Arkansas
Missouri
L.S
Bill) Pope
Farm City Week
FFAM
Pope
U.S
Agr Business News
Texas Department of Agriculture
John Co White
High Plains
Low Plains
Blacklands
Pecos Enterprise
Agricultural News
Tes
B.R
Pat ™ Fuller
Texas Department of Public Affairs
Austin
Treanor
Cottingham Bearing Corp
Crosby
Mgr, Sill Dogge
Ronnie Dogget
Arvizu Pipe CO
Farm & Ranch Pipe Lines
Manuel Arvizu
Mobil
Wwe
Baker Pump Corp
Baker & Pecos
General Machine Shop
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