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Brownfield, Texas - Applications are now open for the 2021/2022 cohort of Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors.
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The General Election for Terry County is Saturday for those who registered to vote, but the Joint Elections Administration held two early voting polls, the first was on Monday, April 19 until Friday, April 23 and the last was Monday, April 26 until Tuesday, April 27. The early voting polls were held only in Brownfield and Meadow.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky released the new interim public health recommendations for those who are fully vaccinated during a press meeting on Tuesday, April 27.
Read moreThe commissioners made the decision at the Monday, April 26 meeting to approve Medicare Insurance Supplement for retired employees who are 65 or older and have worked 20 years consecutively with the county. The policy took effect on April 26 and as Judge J.D. Wagner said the policy will not go back to pick up former employees.
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The last 30 years have seen tremendous technological and biological advancements in the cotton industry, resulting in growing yields each year – depending on the weather – that has helped boost the industry worldwide. The development of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant cotton cultivars through breeding has brought about not only increased yield but better management practices by farmers that has shifted from treating for pests to improving irrigation efficiency and maximized lint quality.
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Cotton Culture.Cotton was first grown in Texas by Spanish missionaries. A report of the missions at San Antonio in 1745 indicates that several thousand pounds of cotton were produced annually, then spun and woven by mission craftsmen. Cotton cultivation was begun by Anglo-American colonists in 1821. In 1849 a census of the cotton production of the state reported 58,073 bales (500 pounds each). In 1852 Texas was in eighth place among the top ten cotton-producing states of the nation. The 1859 census credited Texas with a yield of 431,645 bales. This sharp rise in production in the late 1850s and early 1860s was due at least in part to the removal of Indians, which opened up new areas for cotton production. The Civil War caused a decrease in production, but by 1869 the cotton crop was reported as 350,628 bales. The introduction of barbed wire in the 1870s and the building of railroads further stimulated the industry. In 1879 some 2,178,435 acres produced 805,284 bales. The 1889 census reported 3,934,525 acres producing 1.5 million bales. The cotton crop in 1900 was more than 3.5 million bales from 7,178,915 acres. 2
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A GMC burst into flames at Park Lane on Monday, April 26. It is not known what caused the fire as the owner said the car did not have a battery attached.
Read moreI recently told you righteousness is God’s RIGHT SYSTEM. The real definition of righteousness is right-standing with God; the ability to stand before Him without guilt or inferiority as if you had never sinned. What’s interesting about this definition is, if righteousness means to stand before God without guilt, it’s easy to see why the devil wants to feed us condemnation. His goal is to cause us to waver in our relationship with God.
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