White Grubs Threat to Texas Lawns and Control Steps
County Agent outlines white grub life cycle from May June beetles to soil dwelling stage three, describes damage signs such as yellowing grass that can be lifted easily, and prescribes sampling thresholds of more than four grubs per square foot. Recommends Diazinon dursban isofenphos for control, application timing in August, and soil washing water. Emphasizes proper lawn care, watering, fertilizing, dethatching, and following label directions to reduce grub problems.
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Texas
High Plains
4 H Shooting Sports and Bread Projects Offered to Members
Youth 9 and older or in 3rd through 12th grade may join a Shooting Sports Project August 25 at 6 p.m. at the Salt Fork Conservation Building, with Kent Riley teaching gun safety. Guns provided. no firearms brought. Also August 26 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the County Extension Office on the courthouse’s second floor for a Bread Project with prizes and a Sept. 19 Tri State Fair entry option.
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Salt Fork Conservation Building
Dodson Highway
National Guard Armory
Kent Riley
County Extension Office
4-H
County Extension
Amarillo
Sauina
Panhandle wheat variety tests released for 1997-98
Dryland wheat trials at Bushland Washburn Canadian and Etter showed strong yields despite a hot dry late season. Top performers TAM 202 TAM 110 and TAM 109 led the list with 2137 Coronado Pecos and TAM 107 also notable. TAM 202 offers good straw strength easy thrash and leaf rust tolerance. Tam 110 has greater green bug tolerance and TAM 109 is beardless for grazing.
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Bushland
Washburn
Canadian
Etter
Coronado
Pecos
Kansas
Ogallala
Larbuddie
Wellington
Custer
Tomahawk
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
Eastern
Panhandle
Baumgardner
Collingsworth
Variety
Halt
Bush ties spark calls for disclosure over Texas deals
Letters accuse Governor Bush of profits for his partners from state dealings, citing no-bid sales to Crescent Real Estate led by Richard Rainwater and near $20 million in state funds invested by the Permanent School and University Funds. The writer urges full explanation and accountability.
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Bush
Texas
George Bush
Gov. Bush
The
Houston Chronicle
Crescent Real Estate
Richard Rainwater
Permanent School Fund
Permanent University Fund
Rainwater
WIT AND WISDOM FROM WINDY VALLEY AT Enterprise Alabama
The Welington Leader column reflects on life choices and resilience with an anecdote about Enterprise Alabama’s boll weevil statue. It links hardships to growth, noting how farmers switched to peanuts after disaster and praising perseverance from pioneers toward a promised land.
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America
Prince Charming
Enterprise
Alabama
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Bread Project
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Eer
Garry Mauro P.O. Box
Austin
DE Aes
Mangum
Welington Leader
Dangerous Don Willingham
Wit & Wisdom
Windy Valley
Greenbelt Electric Cooperative
Thomas Jefferson
the Sage of
Monticello
Collingsworth County
Commissioner's
Jim Forrester
Zeb Roberson
Joe Tipton
Dudley Coleman
Glen Taylor
Rts
Conplin
Eat
Collingnworth
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