COUNTY LIFE
First women in agriculture workshop set for May 17
From the classroom to the farm to the boardroom, women in agriculture are helping to pave the way for a better future. Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service in Montague County is offering workshops for women to foster their thirst for knowledge.
Women play an important role and here in Montague county we will be offering the first workshop for women on May 17 at the Wellington State Bank in Bowie from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
It is vital to make sure this and future generations of women are educated, encouraged and empowered to take on the challenges of meeting the world’s growing food, fuel and fiber needs.
According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, nearly one million women are working America’s lands.
Together, these women are generating $12.9 billion in annual agricultural sales. In Texas, we have over 120,000 female farmers working 43 million acres, making up 33 percent of Texas farmers, with an $818 million economic impact.
The goal is to get you started with some of the public entities that can play a vital role for women to include the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency and Natural Resource Conservation Service.
Others who will be attending include staff from the Montague County Tax Appraisal Office and the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service.
Light lunch will be served for those who RSVP by May 15 by calling 940-894-2831 or email: [email protected].
When we were going through my grandmother’s house in Nocona after it sold, I found a few neat keepsakes, but the biggest treasure I thought I had found was her biscuit cutter. I was so excited to show my mother (her daughter) and just knew she would be happy it was found and would still be used after all this time.
My mother, however, had a different thought about my precious biscuit cutter. She said, “Suzanne, you know that biscuit cutter is just an old tomato paste can that has both ends cut out.”
I was still no less delighted with my cutter. I continue to use it today. My husband has bought me vintage, new and fancier cutters, but this cutter is something I go back to time and again.
My Memaw was recruited to be a lunch lady from 1952 to 1958 at Nocona Elementary, back when lunches were cooked, not “fixed.” Lenora Brown Burnett was an excellent cook and everyone knew it. She went on to work at the Nocona Major Clinic kitchen from 1958 to 1969.
You could only use shortcuts if you knew how to do it the long way. That is how I still approach cooking. You can only use a cake mix if you know how to make a cake with lots of ingredients, time and effort.
Read Suzanne’s Love & Luck column in the Thursday Bowie News on the On the Table page.
Top photo – Grandmother’s biscuit cutter and hand written recipes. (Photo by Suzanne Storey)
By BARBARA GREEN
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It’s a bitter cold January week, so it must be time for the Montague County Youth Fair, which opens Wednesday running through Saturday.
More than 330 students from across the county will compete in everything from golf ball art work to top dairy goat in this annual event where there are 1,160 entries. Almost every contest saw an increase in entries from the prior year.
Scheduling was still in flux at presstime due to pending weather. Watch the fair’s Facebook page for any late changes.
The All Together Show was moved to 5 p.m. on Jan. 8 in the show barn. It had been set for Thursday.
There were no changes for leadership day on Wednesday at presstime.
Read the full story on the fair in the Thursday Bowie News.
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