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...motif is "Expo-Trans-Port," and the fair features an impressive mock-up of the new four-terminal airport presently under construction between Dallas and Fort Worth. There is also a new emphasis on Texas ethnic groups (German Day, Czech Day) and a growing spirit of Pan-Americanism. Cattlemen from Argentina, Nicaragua and Costa Rica flock to the fair to buy prime breeding cattle. They are treated like visiting royalty, right down to a barbecue for 1,500 on Lamar Hunt's Circle T Ranch. While the wealthy Latin Americans take the 5,000-acre spread in stride, their...
People Blight. Even so, to come this far 4-H has already moved piles of rural conservatism. Agricultural lobbies, including the purebred cattlemen's associations, mistrust urban 4-H programs because they divert extension experts from the agribusiness. The governing board of this year's Indiana State Fair has not provided space for several displays produced by the new urban projects. Although the fair managers plead that the programs are still too insignificant to be represented, to State Leader Frickey the omission is symptomatic. "They'll have an exhibit on corn blight, and that's fine...
...retailers. Because this beef is uninspected and carries no "prime" or "choice" stamps, it is usually ground up and sold as hamburger. Most sheriffs lack the manpower to check the rustlers. Instead, ranchers send gun-toting cowboys on range patrols in trucks and even light planes. The Florida Cattlemen's Association puts up $500 for tips leading to the conviction of any rustler; in the past 15 months, the reward has been collected only eight times. To sweeten the pot, county associations now offer additional rewards of up to $1,000. The state department of agriculture has added...
...competition. The nation's 50 million pigs, 38 million cattle and 350 million chickens threaten other forms of life with vast quantities of bodily wastes. Livestock produce two billion tons of manure in the U.S. each year. In some states the situation has become so alarming that farmers, cattlemen and scientists are frantically searching for a way to clean up the landscape...
...feed transactions that last year amounted to $15 million and yielded nearly $1,000,000 in fees and commissions. He caters to a solvent and not exactly saddle-sore clientele (among past and present customers: Banker Robert Lehman, Comedian Jack Benny, Actress Joan Fontaine). For would-be instant cattlemen, Oppenheimer will assemble a herd, buy a spread, hire a manager and oversee the whole operation. "Real crapshooters," as Oppenheimer calls clients who are able and willing to win or lose as much as 50% on their money in a single year, can go for so-called "feeder contracts...