Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1975 Page: 10 of 16
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HONOREES - Retama Manor residents celebrated birthdays on
Sept. 27 and to commemorate the occasion they held a birthday
party. There was music and dancing and cake and punch was
served. The honorees were (left to right) Paulita Escobar, Jacinto
Andaverde, Mercedes Ramirez, Ramona Hawthorne and Rosa
Pena. Residents also enjoyed the pool table which was purchased
with the proceeds recovered from the recent raffle.
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October May Be
Peak Month For
Screwworms
MISSION-Texas' peak
number of screwworm cases for
the year may come this month,
says a U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
veterinarian.
September's 3,705 laboratory
confirmed cases of this
livestock parasite from 94
Texas counties brought the
state's nine-month total to 9,381.
This tally ranks 1975 second only
to 1972 in severity of infestation,
says Dr. David A. Mitchell.
The acting veterinarian in
charge of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) Screwworm
Eradication Program says
October has been the month
with the year's most cases in
seven of the past 13 years.
September has never, so far,
been the month recording the
highest number of screwworm
cases.
Screwworms are larvae of the
primary screwworm fly. Adult
flies deposit their eggs on the
edges of wounds in warm
blooded animals. The eggs
hatch in about 12 hours and the
emerging larvae immediately
burrow into the wound where
they feed on living flesh.
South Texas, where many
ranges are experiencing a
heavy eartick infestation, has
contributed the biggest share of
the state's 1975 cases. Wounds
made in ears by earticks pre-
dispose animals to screwworm
infestation. However, ear ticks
are expected to slack off in
October.
Increasing numbers of
screwworm infestations are
expected in the sheep and goat
rearing areas of the Hill
Country, Trans-Pecos, and Big
Bend region during October.
Shearing season, and its con-
current cuts and scratches, is
underway in the area at this
time of year.
Seven West Texas counties
recorded their first 1975
screwworm cases during
September. They are Gaines,
Borden, Nolan, Coleman,
Fisher, Jones, Stonewall, and
Knox. In Oklahoma, Tillman
County recorded seven cases
with one verified in Kiowa
County.
Mitchell urges livestock
owners to watch their animals
carefully for screwworm in-
festations. In addition to
treating animals promptly,
they are asked to submit a
sample of worms from the
wound for laboratory iden-
tification. Free, postage paid,
sample kits are available from
County Agents, veterianariaas,
livestock inspectors, or
program headquarters at
Mission.
All wounds, such as navels of
newborn animals, should be
treated with a protective
smear. Spraying or dipping
livestock regularly provides
them some protection. The
APHIS program is based on the
sterile male release technique.
Female screwworm flies mate
only once in their lifetimes. Any
eggs they produce after mating
with a sterile male will not
hatch, ending the life cycle.
Sterile flies produced in the
APHIS insectary at Mission are
released in the area of known
screwworm infestations to
make with fertile wild flies.
Areas to release these sterile
flies are determined by
laboratory identification of
samples submitted by livestock
owners.
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BUFFALO GRASS - Buffalo grass is plentiful in Starr County.
Here Valeriano de la Garza is shown in one of his buffalo grass
pastures.
Starr County ioil Conservation
REPORT
By Silvestre Gonzalez
Oistrict Conservationist
With winter just around the
corner we should start thinking
about next year's growing
season. Most of the growth that
is going to be made this year
has already been made. What
little grass growth is made now
will not amount to much.
If you find that your forage is
about gone what are you going
to do during the next couple of
months? Feed or sell! .. Either
way it will cost you money. The
time to have started to consider
the problem was last spring.
But it is never too late to initiate
action and plan for next year's
production.
A man that has to feed cattle
all the time, should consider
that perhaps he is ever grazing
his land. Proper stocking will
lead to better grass production
even with small amounts of
rain.
Excellent grjjss growth
following a resting period. It
should be noted that a below
normal rainfall was recorded
that year.
RGC Student Council Sponsors
Orientation Program
A club and class officers
orientation program was
sponsored by the Rio Grande
City High School Student
Council at the Multi-purpose
Center on September 29, 1975 at
6:00 p.m.
Mistress of Ceremony for the
event was Senior Represen-
tative Omelinda Vasquez,
chairman of Special Functions
Committee. The introduction of
colors was presented by Rio
ROTC. Maggie Sanchez,
Student Council secretary gave
the Pledge of Alligence.
Approximately 25 club and
class officers were recognized
by Michael Saenz, parliamen-
tarian of the Council.
Junior Class President Bobby
Villarreal presented the euest
speaker for the evening who
was Ruperto Escobar, F.F.A.
Co-op teacher and instructor.
Escobar gave a very in-
formative talk on parliamen-
tary procedures and oriented
the group on how to conduct
meetings.
Th<i group present then had a
question and answer session.
Raymond Gonzales, Council
President, then divided the
students that were present into
five groups. Each of these
groups was given time to put
their imagination to work and
present a skit on "Our Bicen-
tennial Year."
Each Council member wore a
red, white, and blue ribbon. A
social followed.
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Rodriguez, Rene. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1975, newspaper, October 9, 1975; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194527/m1/10/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.