Another sign of the times-- Atlanta Journal reports today that WesetPoint Stevens has filed for bankruptcy protection. The following URL is a link to the...
Don Shurley
donshur@...
Jun 2, 2003 6:26 pm
7904
A farmer's wife asked me if I knew of a source for a flag with a cotton boll or some kind of cotton emblem on it. She would like to give it to her husband, a...
Owen Taylor
owen@...
Jun 3, 2003 3:08 am
7905
She could try Rosalind Smith Designs---she has a catalog with various cotton items. Another is The Cotton Fields, or maybe the Memphis Cotton Wives....
Pat Hargett
jhfarms@...
Jun 3, 2003 3:41 am
7906
Thanks very much, Pat! This will give her a good start. The Cotton Fields was the company I was trying to remember. Best regards, Owen Date sent:...
Owen Taylor
owen@...
Jun 3, 2003 12:57 pm
7907
During the fall of the USSR Radio Moscow was a better source of news that the BBC or US news for that matter. It was like reporting a train wreck in progress...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 4, 2003 7:13 am
7908
I quit farming cotton twice becasue of the damned boll weevil and the erdication program is woriking great in Oklahoma now that Texas got on board. Texas had...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 4, 2003 7:14 am
7909
... From: "Gordon Couger" <gcouger@...> To: <COTTON-L@...> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:37 PM Fast forward 20 day still no cotton up to...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 4, 2003 7:23 am
7910
I'm considering changing my quote setup (currently DTNstant via the internet), and am giving serious consideration to simply getting streaming quotes straight ...
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
Jun 5, 2003 2:24 pm
7911
Hi Barry, I bate tested the NYBOTLIVE quote system for a month and decided to use it for the Rhodes program this year. It is working really well and as soon...
WILLIAM B. GRIFFIN
GRIFCOT@...
Jun 5, 2003 10:07 pm
7912
I received the following e-mail requesting cotton seed for a school class project. Unfortunately, we've planted or returned all of our seed, and I have none to...
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
Jun 11, 2003 9:18 pm
7913
Sent reply waiting for answer. We are replanting hailed out places in Floyd Co. Tx. The rest is just sick. A lot like Tenn. and Mo. experienced this year. ...
James Hinton
JFH.Farm@...
Jun 12, 2003 2:50 am
7914
LONDON, June 10 (UPI) -- An independent think tank has concluded genetically modified crops can contribute substantially to improving agriculture in developing...
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
Jun 12, 2003 2:53 pm
7915
GENEVA, June 10 (AFP) - A group of west and central African cotton-producing countries led by Burkina Faso on Tuesday launched a drive to force major exporters...
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
Jun 12, 2003 2:57 pm
7916
As of Fathers day Tillman County looked about 1/4 to 1/3 up to a stand after a week of rain on it. Some looked pretty rough but most will do. It sure ...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 18, 2003 10:16 am
7917
India's farmers like genetic modification (GM). In fact, they like it so much they are illegally cross-breeding Monsanto's insect-resistant cotton with local...
Anton Doroszenko ,Con...
a.doroszenko@...
Jun 20, 2003 12:03 pm
7918
Farmers will find a way around most artificial barriers you put in their way. Adding a single gene to cotton is not a difficult process just a tedious one...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 20, 2003 8:32 pm
7919
I made up a web page on the cotton I took pictures of on Father's day. www.couger.com/farm It shows two stands of cotton coming up after a week of rain on...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 20, 2003 8:40 pm
7920
Farmers will find a way around most artificial barriers you put in their way. Look at the way EU and US farmers "work" the system to the limit. Adding a single...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 20, 2003 9:05 pm
7921
Hi Gordon, Those photos are dramatic! We have been preaching the benefits of minimum or conservation tillage for forty years. This past week the San Joaquin...
Ruozi
interstate@...
Jun 21, 2003 10:25 pm
7922
Hi Marlin, I it is just in the matter of being in the right place at the right time. I am just glad I wasn't in west Texas watching a thousand acers blow out...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 22, 2003 8:47 am
7923
Dear All, This article is quite long, but worth reading because of the possible implications for agriculture in North America and wider impacts too. Anton...
Anton Doroszenko ,Con...
a.doroszenko@...
Jun 24, 2003 1:50 pm
7924
Anton, We are not running out of natural gas in the US. There is a vast reserve in Oklahoma that is almost untapped becuse of it's depth and pressure. The ...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jun 24, 2003 8:04 pm
7925
We are having common 2,4-D injury showing up in cotton unexplained this year. We are really struggling to get to the bottom of where the contaimination or...
Carl Hobbs
carl@...
Jun 29, 2003 11:53 pm
7926
I have walked fields and/or talked with county agents and growers about phenoxy injury occurring in Berrien, Terrell, and Turner Counties. It appears that...
smbrown@...
Jul 1, 2003 12:23 pm
7927
Dear Steve, Could you change my e-mail to david@... Thanks, David Ruppenicker Southern Cotton Growers ... ...
david ruppenicker
druppenicker@...
Jul 1, 2003 12:27 pm
7928
We tracked some 2-4-D damage down in the 70's to the highway department. They burned cotton all over the Tillman County. There would be spots a handed yards...
Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
Jul 2, 2003 6:13 am
7929
My multi-talented wife is in the process of working on her Master's thesis, and is looking for good academic sources of information on the history of cotton, ...
Barry B. Bean
bbbean@...
Jul 11, 2003 4:27 am
7930
Barry, The CAB ABSTRACTS database is a useful resource. Your wife may be able to get access via an academic library she is affiliated with or else it is ...
Anton Doroszenko ,Con...
a.doroszenko@...
Jul 11, 2003 10:22 am
7931
Barry; i have in my libray several books which relate the cultural history of cotton. with references. I'm sure your wife has most of these but here's a...
Jack R Mauney
jacmauney@...
Jul 15, 2003 5:15 pm
7932
I have the reference that you can copy a section on history. This is "Cotton, origin, history, technology and production" by Wayne Smith and Tom Cothren. ... ...
