FmHA financing hits record level in Texas
The Farmers Home Administration reports Texas rural development loans and grants for FY 1978 totaling 525 million dollars, a 43 percent rise from 1977. Farm loans exceed 345 million, housing nears 96 million, and over 33 million funds business financing. Emergency and ownership programs expand nationwide.
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The
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Rural Credit Agency
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
W. H Pieratt
Pieratt
Rural Development Loans and Jobs Boost in Fiscal Year
Federal Rural Development program highlights show loans and grants aiding rural industries. FY 1977 to 1978 loan commitments rose from 15.8 million to 33.4 million with a 45.1 million budget for the current year. Grants total 415 thousand to local bodies for rural industrial sites, creating about 2,144 new jobs and preserving 2,160. A state reorganization will consolidate district offices to align with sub state planning districts to improve service to families and housing loans.
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Pieratt
Grants
Fmha
Texas offers fingerling stocking for private waters
Texas Parks and Wildlife invites applications for stocking private waters with bass, catfish, and sunfish in 1979. Fingerlings arrive spring for bass and late summer for catfish and sunfish, at rates of 50 per acre with fees of 2 and 4 to 5 dollars per acre plus a 2 dollar application. 37 state locations will receive deliveries and buyers must pick up.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Smith School Road
Austin
Charles Mussman
Mussman
America
Stenholm waits for committee appointments in D C
Congressman-elect Charles Stenholm and his wife are in Washington for orientation sessions this week. He is awaiting committee assignments, with appointments likely to be named next week.
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Charles Stenholm
Washington, D. C
Stenholm
Nation
Capitol
Arsenic defoiliants under EPA scrutiny threaten cotton output
Cotton experts warn the EPA may bar arsenic acid as a harvest aid, risking lower lint and seed quality, higher ginning costs, and disruption of Southwest production. Dr. Robert B. Metzer of Texas A&M urges farmers to complete a siting survey to weigh benefits against risks before December 4.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Robert B. Metzer
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Metzer
Texas A&m University System
Proper cabbage selection guidelines for heads
Choose firm heavy heads with dense tight leaves. Look for vibrant green or red outer leaves and avoid serious blemishes. Remove the outer wrapper leaves as wasteful when purchasing.
New antiviral and medical advances highlighted in store feature
Pharmacy Topics reports a cure claim for common viral diseases with a drug that stops replication, while trials on a one shot yearly birth control vaccine begin in the US. A high fiber diet may help diabetes control, an epilepsy drug offers hope for hard-to-treat cases, and a heart assist pump aids recovery after open heart surgery. The Country Drug Store promotes these advances.
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U.S
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
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