Floresville Remembrance Highlights Judge Carr Family Visit
Joe Carr of San Antonio visited Floresville on May 21 1980 with his nephew 2nd Lt. Robert Allen Carr en route to revisit the old National Bank building once housing Sam B. Carr Attorney at Law. The tale recalls Carrs Floresville career and local memories from 1914 to 1949 including I D Flores and Pauline Otts days, with five Carr children named Joe Sue Sammy Mary Margaret and John D. The Carr grandson 21 is bound for Korea.
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Murray
I.D. Flores
I. D. Flores
Flores
Pauline Roemer Orts
South Texas
Orts
Sam Carr
Ross Sterling
Pauline Otts
Farmers Still Largest Private Land Owners
Austin reports that farmers and farm managers remain the largest private landowners in the United States. A 1978 U S Department of Agriculture study shows farmers own 46 percent of private land, with over 8 percent of owners being farmers. The share of actual operators among farm land owners has fallen from 70 percent in 1946 to about 33 percent today.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brown Testifies for Ranchers On Predator Control Legislation
AUSTIN Agricul V Brown testifies before a U S Congressional hearing on House Bill 6725 to create a balanced predator control program using lethal and non lethal measures. He notes ranchers as environmentalists protecting rangeland and cites predator losses hitting Texas sheep and goats. Brown discusses predator control summit and funding issues for Pound 1080 research.
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Reagan V. Brown
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Texas
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Interior Department
Reduced Cattle Slaughter Impacts Texas Livestock Output
Agriculture Commissioner Reagan V. Brown notes cattle slaughter fell 2 percent in March, with veal slaughter down 49 percent. He says beef remains the major red meat, total March red meat output at 30 percent million pounds, while overall red meat production rose 2 percent year over year due to pork and lamb gains.
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