Bill Text: TX HR237 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the induction of the Mason Family Farm in Garza County into the Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-12 - Reported enrolled [HR237 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR237-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 237 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family farms and ranches have long been essential to | ||
| the economy and culture of the Lone Star State, and the Mason Family | ||
| Farm in Garza County has been recognized for its role in this proud | ||
| tradition with its acceptance into the 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, On April 4, 1918, L. R. and Eula Mason acquired 172 | ||
| acres in Garza County, where they began raising livestock and | ||
| producing cotton, milo, and corn; following Mr. Mason's death, | ||
| three of his nine children procured the title to the land, and in | ||
| 1959, his eldest son, Thomas Mason, purchased 200 acres of land, | ||
| including the original property, which he converted into irrigated | ||
| farmland; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, the farm actively produces cotton, rye, and | ||
| milo, and five of Thomas Mason's children, Thomas, Charles, Jack, | ||
| and Joe Mason and Ida Mason Brown, own the land under the name of | ||
| Mason Family Farms Inc.; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For the past century, the Mason Family Farm has | ||
| played an important role in Garza County and helped to preserve the | ||
| rich agricultural heritage of Texas, and it is indeed fitting that | ||
| the members of Mason Family Farms Inc. be recognized for their | ||
| outstanding stewardship; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the induction of the Mason Family | ||
| Farm into the 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 Mason family as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 237 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 6, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
