Waterwise landscape tips for hot weather from county agent
Dale Dunlap of Collingsworth County offers water conservation guidance for landscape development amid heat. He highlights using native plants, advanced irrigation, mulching, soil preparation with organic matter, and composting to reduce outdoor water usage and improve aesthetics.
4-H Livestock Judging Team Earns Fourth at District Contest
Four juniors from Collingsworth County led by Tate Baumgardner and teammates Tucker Long Matthew Wynn and Bo Bohannon placed fourth overall at the District 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in Canyon. Baumgardner was 1st high in swine 7th in sheep and 14th overall. Long 17th in sheep. Wynn 9th in category and 19th overall in senior class. Evans Derrick 19th overall in senior class. Twenty-one teams and 82 4-H members competed. Dale Dunlap coached the group.
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Tate Baumgardner
Tucker Long
Matthew Wynn
Bo Bohannon
Evan Derrick
4-H
Dale Dunlap
Collingsworth County
Night ride for flour ends with buckboard and mule in hole
W D Twichell volunteers to fetch flour for the XIT Ranch crew. A dark night, he uses the north star and big dipper for navigation, sleeps, and wakes to find a mule stuck in a pour off. He frees the mule, resumes the run, and returns to the base for breakfast. The note lists 1875 Texas panhandle ranches financed by foreign money. Hannah Briggs places 4th in District 4-H Fashion Show with gold, Whitney Gulley earns green. Theodor Reik quote closes.
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W.D. Twichell
Xit
Twichell
Texas Panhandle
Hannah Briggs
Hannah
Whitney Gulley
Whitney
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