Bill Text: TX HR236 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Compton Farm on its induction into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-12 - Reported enrolled [HR236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR236-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 236 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
| greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and the Compton | ||
| Farm Partnership was officially recognized as heir to this proud | ||
| tradition with the acceptance of the Compton Farm in Childress | ||
| County into the state's Family Land Heritage Program in 2018; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture, | ||
| the Family Land Heritage Program honors farms and ranches that have | ||
| been in continuous operation by the same family for a century or | ||
| more; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1905, William Iley Compton, a native of Arkansas, | ||
| arrived in Childress County, and in December 1917, he purchased 160 | ||
| acres, where he and his wife, Myrtle, raised dairy cattle and grew | ||
| cotton, milo, and wheat; after Mr. Compton's death in 1935, the | ||
| title of the property passed to Mrs. Compton, and one of the | ||
| couple's sons, Iley, took over the operation of the farm; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Iley Compton acquired an additional 100 acres | ||
| adjacent to the original farm in 1938, and four years later, he | ||
| bought part of the original property from his mother, purchasing | ||
| the remainder in 1976; he and his wife, Ethel, raised six children | ||
| on the farm; after Iley Compton's death in 1996, his surviving | ||
| children, Peggy, Jean, Mike, Jerry, and Tony, formed the Compton | ||
| Farm Partnership to carry on the family's agricultural legacy; | ||
| Peggy Compton Williams passed away in 2013, and her siblings have | ||
| since maintained the partnership with the participation of her | ||
| eldest son, Joe Williams Jr.; the property continues to operate as a | ||
| cotton farm today; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For 100 years, the Compton Farm has played an | ||
| important role in Childress County and helped preserve the rich | ||
| agricultural tradition of Texas, and it is indeed fitting that the | ||
| members of the Compton Farm Partnership be recognized for their | ||
| outstanding stewardship; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Compton Farm on its induction | ||
| into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage | ||
| Program and extend to all those associated with the farm sincere | ||
| best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Compton Farm Partnership as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 236 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 6, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
