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Fellow In ASAE
Thursday, June 20, 1963
College Station, Texas
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il engineers are working on a
em of petroleum mulching for
on and other crops,
he method is designed to warm
ground earlier in the spring,
reby hastening seed germination
i quicker, more profitable crop,
roject workers are W. P. Hatch-
agronomist at the Spur Experi-
it Substation; Dr. M. E. Blood-
th, A&M agronomist; and Lam-
t Wilkes, A&M agricultural en-
ier.
he petroleum mulch is an as-
It-like material, similar in ap-
rance and consistency to the
sprayed on roads before paving,
iperiments have been conducted
she Spur station. The petro-
a material was applied as a
ay through jet nozzles mounted
ordinary planting equipment.
tion rates were 60, 125 and
gallons per acre.
loodw'orth said the black color
the mulch absorbs heat and
ms the soil, causing the seed
germinate and emerge sooner
a they would if soil warming
oft to nature. The mulch also
s to conserve moisture,
lo said the 170 gallon rate of
fpum mulch appeared to be
>t effective. Germination was
*r and a higher percentage of
lling emergence w T as noted over
other treatments.
Ihis is related to the ability
the heavier film to hold soil
pre at a higher level and for
r time,” the agronomist
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esearchers Try
lulching System
Bllodworth said the system shows
promise but has some drawbacks.
Application of the petroleum
material appears to be its greatest
disadvantage because of the compli
cated equipment and relatively
large volume needed to make a
satisfactory mulch.
Price Hobgood, professor and
head of the Department of Agri
cultural Engineering, was elected
last week to the grade of Fellow
by the American Society of Agri
cultural Engineers, an honor re
served for engineers who have made
outstanding contributions to the
profession.
A long time member of ASAE,
Hobgood has received national rec-
ogintion for research accomplish
ments, particularly in rural electri
fication and in the agricultural
structures and electric power and
pi'ocessing fields. His recent publi
cations include “Tilt-up Concrete
Construction on the Farm,” “Future
Electric Power Use in the Dairy
Industry,” “Feed Proportioning,
Grinding and Mixing on the Farm,”
and “Evaporative Cooling and Air
Conditioning for Poultry and Live
stock.”
Hobgood joined the agricultural
engineering staff in 1939, and com
pleted requirements for the mast
ers degree the following year. He
was named professor in 1950, be
came department head in 1958, and
since has directed all agricultural
engineering research activities at
A&M.
He made many contributions to
research while serving as project
director for the Texas Farm Elec
trification Committee, as chairman
of the USDA’s Farm and Home
Structures Research Advisory Com
mittee, and as chairman of ASAE
Research and Education Division.
Hobgood presently is chairman
of the Equipment Instructors Re
search Advisory Committee to the
USD A, and is president-elect of
ASAE. He holds membership in
the National Society of Profession
al Engineers, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa
Phi, Tau Beta Pi, and is chapter
advisor of Texas Delta.
Ag Eco Department
Has New Teacher
From Texas Tech
James v W. Graves, formerly of
Texas Technological College, has
joined the A&M Department of
Agricultural Economics and So
ciology as an assistant professor.
He is teaching an undergraduate
marketing course and developing
research on cotton marketing.
Graves taught courses in agricul
tural marketing, prices and statis
tics at Texas Tech. He was award
ed a plaque in May as the outstand
ing instructor in agricultural econo
mics by students in Tech’s Agricul
tural Economics Club. He also
conducted research on economics of
water utilization in the High Plains
on cotton and grain sorghum.
The economist received his BS
degree at Cornell University in
1952, his MS degree at A&M in
1958, and is completing require
ments for a docorate from Michigan
State University. He plans to re
turn to Michigan State later this
summer to take a final oral exami
nation over his dissertation con
cerning western European demand
for United States feed grains.
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