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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1965
Page
22
The first snow of the season paused the Golden Spread cotton harvest on Wednesday, reducing sample receipts to about 3,000 per day. For the week ending Dec. 17, 26,000 samples were classed, the year’s highest weekly total, with about 45 percent of expected production classified to date.
State Selective Service director Colonel Morris S. Schwartz said Friday that 1,475 men from Texas will be inducted in January as part of a national call for 38,280. The Texas quota includes 29,200 for the Army and 9,980 for the Marine Corps with prior monthly totals of 1,523 in December and 1,456 in November.
Prices shown include Midwest readings 3.4 and higher with units 15 16 25.15 and 31 32 25.50. Farm prices for seed and feed sit around 47 dollars per ton to farmers, with regional points noting variations in pricing.
Wellington brothers Gary and Mark Killian will exhibit Angus steers in the 1966 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show January 28 to February 6. The brothers attend Wellington schools and are sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Killian. Fort Worth Stock Show president W. R. Watt expects entries to exceed 11 000.
Police in Fremont California hunt a three person gang in a truck accused of removing front doors from three new houses claiming doors needed refinishing. The spree follows a broader draft related note referencing January induction and examination quotas and rules for unmarried men and those with children.
A report notes that delaying or deferring ginning of cotton can improve fiber quality for mill use, suggesting timing affects quality and market value. The article highlights potential benefits to cotton producers and textile mills from adjusted ginning schedules.
Research by J. M. Ward and J. W. Graves examines deferred ginning or stating seed cotton one day before gin. The study details impacts on cotton processing timelines and yields at Texas A&M University facilities.
The text notes a favorable effect on fiber quality from machine harvested cotton and states the Benedictine Order was founded at Monte Cassino in the year A.D. 629. It references the historic monastery and a historical claim about cotton harvesting impacts.
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