Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1974 Page: 12 of 20
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THE KIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 10 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1974
Fewer Related
Screwworm Cases Noted Program To Begin In Starr
All-Risk Insurance Crop
MISSION, The fall
screwworm buildup arrived in
September with 1,098
laboratory confirmed cases of
the parasite in Texas animals.
This compares to 1,786 for the
same month a year earlier.
Gulf Coast ticks, which pre-
disposed the ears of thousands
of south Texas and coastal bend
area cattle to screwworm in-
festations in September of 1973,
have proven a less severe
problem this year.
Damage done by ticks is
statistically evident in reports
from Brooks, Jim Hogg,
Kenedy and Willacy counties,
reports Dr. J. E. Novy of the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Screwworm
Eradication Program. He is
director of field operations for
the program which is ad-
ministered by the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS).
The heavy case reporting
pattern continued into October
with 367 cases confirmed in
Texas the first seven days of
this month. The biggest share
of these were in the hill country
where sheep and goat shearing
season is underway.
Shearing wounds are leading
to many infestations in that
area. Female screwworm flies
oviposit their eggs on edges of
wounds. Hatching larvae enter
the wound to feed for about a
week.
Female screwworm flies
mate only once in their
lifetimes. More than 200 million
sterile, but sexually active,
screwworm flies are produced
each week in the world's largest
insectary at Mission.
In cooperation with the Texas
Animal Health Commission
(TAHC) and the Agricultural
Extension Service of Texas A &
M University, these flies are
distributed by APHIS airplanes
in a barrier zone and in areas of
known screwworm infestations.
EDINBURG - The recently
announced expansion programs
of All-Risk Federal Crop In-
surance on cotton and graLi
sorghum in Cameron, Hidalgo
and Willacy counties and grain
sorghum in Starr County gets
underway November 11 when
sales representatives begin
explaining provisions of the
programs and taking ap-
plications for coverage on the
Any eggs produced by a female
as the result of mating with a
sterile male will not hatch,
ending the life cycle .
Case counts, by county, in the
south Texas and coastal bend
regions during September
were:
Maverick, 6; Zavala, 13
Dimmit, 9; La Salle, 4; Frio, 13
Medina, 16; Atascosa, 2
Gonzales, 14; Lee, 3; Karnes, 2
Goliad, 3; Live Oak, 1; Webb, 5
Duval, 2; Jim Hogg, 47; Brooks
50; Kenedy, 21; Willacy, 12
Cameron, 2; Hidalgo, 6; and
Starr, 6.
1975 crop.
District Sales Supervisor Ron
Lovan reports that program
activities will be controlled
through the Federal Crop In-
surance District Office, 220 N.
12th St., Edinburg, although
several locations will be
established throughout the four
counties to aid in providing
. information to all those in-
terested. These locations will
be announced soon, he says.
The cotton and grain sorghum
All-Risk insurance programs
will provide protection for in-
sured crops from the time of
planting until harvest. They
protect against damage to
crops from all natural hazards
beyond control except drought
under the irrigated farming
practice. Drought is covered
under dryland farming prac-
tice*
The new plans join the
Federal Crop Insurance citrus
protection plan in which FCIC
paid more than $400,000 to in-
sured growers in 1974 for freeze
damage to their fruit, and are
RIO LIVESTOCK SALES, INC.
P. O. BOX 396
RIO GRANDE CITY. TEXAS 78582
TELEPHONE
512-482-5551
October 11, 197U
To Our Friendai
We had a nice run of cattle this week. Our market waa
stronger and very active on our stocker calvea- feeder cal-
ves and butcher calves* m Butchcr cows, cow and calf pairs,
and bulla were steady,
m Butcher buyera are taking all of our heavier bloomy fat
calves* Thia ia quite a turn around from the market ashort
tjjne back, whan everyone waa wanting light calves.
We all hope that the market continues to advance. Right
now the cost of poroducting a good calf ia more than the cow
man ia getting for it.
None of ua can stay in business under this conditions.
Which ever way the market goea, w® here at the Rio
Livestock Sales, can aasure you that you will receive the
TOP MARKET PRICE for your stock.
Sincerely loura^
■Buy «t Auction" "Sell at Auction ■
being made available at the
urging of local growers,
financial leaders and
Congressional representatives.
"All-Risk Federal Crop In-
surance is a self-help program
administered as a public cor-
poration by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Since 1938
farmers have been using it
nationwide to spread their
farming risks and minimize
effects of natural hazards such
as hurricane, excess moisture,
freeze, drought, hail, insects,
disease and others that cannot
be controlled," Lovan says.
The insurance plans provide
for an established guarantee of
good quality cotton or grain
sorghum. Should production on
an insured unit fall below these
guarantees due to un-
controllable natural causes,
Federal Crop Insurance pays
the difference in cash up to tne
guarantee levels at a pre-
agreed price of up to 35 cents a
pound on cotton and $2.50 a
Hundredweight on grain
sorghum. Several lesser options
also are available.
As production costs - fer-
tilizer, seed, labor, chemicals
and machinery - continue to
increase at a rapid pace, it is
more necessary than ever for
farmers to protect against crop
destruction. This is especially
true if borrowed money is at
stake, Lovan says.
Interested growers, not
previously contacted, are asked
to telephone the Edinburg office
- 512-383-3462 - to arrange an
appointment. The insurance
program is voluntary and there
is no obligation to buy.
U.S. Customs Seize 297
Pounds Of Weed
U. S. Customs Patrol Officers
at the Port of Progreso have
seized 297 pounds of marihuana
in an unsuccessful attempt to
smuggle it into the United
States from Mexico. An-
nouncement of the seizure was
made today by Cleburne Maier,
Regional Commissioner of
Customs in Houston.
Maier said that a tan 1968
Ford Stationwagon was ob-
served near a wooded area
approximately 11 mile from the
river with the lights out. As two
Customs Patrol Officers ap-
proached the vehicle, three men
ran from the car along the edge
of the brush in the direction of
the river. Inspection of the
stationwagon revealed that the
men had been in the process of
removing the brick marihuana
from burlap bags and boxes and
concealing it in theh spare tire
will and other compartments of
the stationwagon. The
marihuana, valued on the illicit
street market at $14,850, was
turned over to Drug En-
forcement Administration in
McAllen, Texas.
Seizures of marihuana in-
creased from 156 tons in Fiscal
Year 1973 to 225.5 tons in Fiscal
Year 1974, an increase of 45
percent. Total drug seizures by
Customs amounted to 21,964
during last fiscal year-up 64
percent over the previous year.
613 W. 2nd St
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Van Nest, Lloyd A. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1974, newspaper, October 17, 1974; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194479/m1/12/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.