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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family farms and ranches have long been essential to |
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the economy and culture of the Lone Star State, and the Mason Family |
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Farm in Garza County has been recognized for its role in this proud |
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tradition with its acceptance into the Family Land Heritage Program |
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in 2018; and |
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WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture, |
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the Family Land Heritage Program honors farms and ranches that have |
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been in continuous operation by the same family for a century or |
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more; and |
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WHEREAS, On April 4, 1918, L. R. and Eula Mason acquired 172 |
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acres in Garza County, where they began raising livestock and |
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producing cotton, milo, and corn; following Mr. Mason's death, |
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three of his nine children procured the title to the land, and in |
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1959, his eldest son, Thomas Mason, purchased 200 acres of land, |
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including the original property, which he converted into irrigated |
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farmland; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, the farm actively produces cotton, rye, and |
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milo, and five of Thomas Mason's children, Thomas, Charles, Jack, |
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and Joe Mason and Ida Mason Brown, own the land under the name of |
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Mason Family Farms Inc.; and |
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WHEREAS, For the past century, the Mason Family Farm has |
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played an important role in Garza County and helped to preserve the |
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rich agricultural heritage of Texas, and it is indeed fitting that |
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the members of Mason Family Farms Inc. be recognized for their |
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outstanding stewardship; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the induction of the Mason Family |
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Farm into the Family Land Heritage Program and extend to all those |
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associated with the farm sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Mason family as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |