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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1959
Page
9
Health officials urge Texas cities to apply for Public Law 660 funds to finance sewage treatment and outfall projects. Applications due May 1 1959 with priority based on financial need existing pollution and readiness. Texas share about 685430 under a proposed 20 million federal budget.
U S cotton farmers would pay about a pound of seed cotton in toll for every 3 pounds produced to insecticides. ARS and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station field tests in Waco show treated plots yield 1,049 pounds per acre, 42 percent more than untreated plots, with average gains 53 percent since modern insecticides. 1955 saw the peak with 1,461 pounds on treated plots vs 778 on untreated.
A late fall survey finds grasshoppers likely to be more widespread in western states but not as heavily concentrated as 1958. Eggs were found on 22,666,922 range land acres in 15 states, with Texas showing 3,460,000 acres of eggs from light to very abundant. Parasitism by blister beetles and bee flies offers hope.
Extension Economist John G. McHaney discusses eight factors shaping egg prices and future supply. He notes 1959 first quarter production up, prices down, and large 1958 hatchings affecting late 1959 layers. Vertical integration and risk sharing may steer future marketing practices.
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