Pennsylvanian farms rise with yearly gains of one thousand
The report notes Pennsylvania has added about 1,000 farms annually over the last three years, while Texas tops farm counts with 205,000 farms across 141.8 million acres. U.S. farmers supply over half the world’s grain as bee production grows despite shrinking colonies, and scientists question four crops as native to the current United States.
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Pennsylvania
Texas
U.S
John C. White
Texas wheat estimate revised upward after rains
July 1976 crop report raises winter wheat to 98.7 million bushels, up from 70.2. Yield 21 bushels per acre, harvest 4.7 million acres. Eastern High Plains show improvement while western dryland droughted. Other crops: rye 16 bu/acre, oats 30, barley 40, corn 107. Local social notes follow with several Texas families visiting Bells and Sulphur, Oklahoma, and Arlington trips.
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Austin
Texas
John C. White
High Plains
White
Retired Sergeant Visits Mother
Tech Sergeant (retired) Henry F. Bell, longtime Air Force veteran, visited his mother Mrs Garnice Bell in Dallas VA hospital after a stroke two months ago. Doctors report remarkable progress and predict complete recovery. Bell served in many states and overseas including Puerto Rico and North Africa.
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Henry F. Bell
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dallas
Garnice Bell
Tech
Bell
Air Force
Puerto Rico
Pakistan
North Africa
Europe
Tom Bean News Update From Tom Bean TX Area
Local notices report hospital stays and travel to Fort Worth Sherman Denison and Little Rock. Families visit patients attend birthdays and observe a airplane crash aftermath pilot survived. Church activities include gospel meetings and a volleyball event at Tom Bean Baptist Church.
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Lucy Harris
Andrew Harris
Paul Harris
Monroe Harris
All Saints Hospital
Fort Worth
McKinney
van Alstyne
Lloyd Morris
Tom Bean Church of Christ
Your Farm May Qualify For Heritage Program
Austin reports slow applications for Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage as fewer than 30 farms have qualified. eligibility requires 100 years of continuous family ownership with land actively managed, not rented or used mainly for timber or hunting leases. applications available via county judge, Texas Historical Commission, or TDA. final eligibility decided by program staff. Since 1974 the program has honored 931 farms and ranches with certificates and registry printouts.
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Texas Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
John C. White
White
Texas Historical Commission
P.O. Box
Texas
Agriculture Department
Family Land Heritage Registry
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