The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 1, 1940 Page: 3 of 8
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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
Friday March 1 1940
EWS ITEMS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS OF THIS SECTION
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Bell County Farmer
Realizes Goal Set
for Conservation Work
TJo secure more profitable re-
turns from farming and to in-
sure the permancy of these re-
turns were the principal objec-
tives that Ed 0. Sell had in mind
five years ago when he set out
.to install a complete erosion
control program on his 107-acre
farm locatetd near the Meeks
Community in Bell County.
At that time Mr. Sell's farm
was very similar to the typical
unprotected Blackland area
farm where the absence of ero-
sion control measures and good
land use practices had resulted
in the loss of much of the top
soil and the serious depletion of
the fertility of such that still
remained. Small gullies were
present in most of his cultivated
fields and occasional light spots
of subsoil clay were indicative
of the losses caused by erosion
in the past. A large gully
which had practically divided
the farm was receiving the
drainage from approximately
110 acres of land on this and the
adjoining farm and very active
erosion on its vertical banks was
seriously endangering addition-
al land on either side. Previous
to this time there was very lit-
tle pasture and no meadow or
other type of permanent vegeta-
tion on this farm as practically
all of the land was in cultivation
remainder of the gully has been nnnftnillM!n M n .. l
accomplished by Mr. Sell during bOllSGrVBtlOn KBDOFt
his spare time when the condi- n A r
tions were ideal for plow sloping N lf)WS A llUU UUU
and sodding. Where this gully "u" UUUUUU
erriptied into a natural drainage AfTPQ ftdf Troofmnnf
on the farm approximately GHUIC l IICdUIIUIIL
acres of land was retired to pas-J
ture and sodded with Bermuda Almost three million acres of
grass ; and in less than. 2 years Texas farm and ranch land went
a complete cover has been ob- under the soil and water con-
tained. Later on this 6-acre servation banner for the first
pasture will be increased by en- time in 1939.
closing the stabilized gully with That brings the figures for
a pasture fence which will ma- the 24-year-old campaign to 16
terially increase the available million acres of crop land pro-
permanent pasture on this farm tected against loss of soil and
and at the same time afford a rainfall while some 14V mil-
very practical method of main- lion licres are still in need of
tenance. To control erosion on protective measures
an isolated 3-acre tract of land Thus Texas is off to a good
that could not be conveniently start in 1941) a year slated to
cultivated because of its shape see record breaking advances in
or could not be retired to pas- conservation as all agencies of
ture because of its location a the U. S. Department of Agri-
permanent meadow of Little culture unite with state anl lo-
Bluestem grass was seeded. cal organizations in a joint drive
In addition to the erosion con- to protect soil and hold the rain
trol measures already mention-where it falls
ed Mr. Sell has also carried on a Detailed 1939 figures as an-
program of soil improvement' nounced by M. R. Bentley agri-
that has consisted of plowing cultural engineer and C.
under several acres of Huban (Dutch) Hohn soil and water
and sorghum as green manure conservation specialist both of
crops each year. On the basis the Texas A. and M. Extension
of his experience with sorghum Service include 766211 acres of
as a green manure crop for sev- crop land terraced 426625 acres
eral years Mr. Sell is of the protected by furrow damming
opinion that this practice has a and 1254699 acres pit cultiva-
tendency to aid in the control ted. Around 1500000 acres of
of cotton root rot. I crop land were farmed on the
With reference to his conser- contour for the first time.
vation m-oerram Mr. Sell stated County-owned tractor-irrad-
with the exception of a small "I am very well satisfied with er outfits in 172 counties ac-
area adjacent to the farmstead J my program and the results that counted for 410991 acres of the
that was being used as a I have obtained thus far. The terracing total. On range and
"stomp lot" for the livestock. I work did not amount to very pasture land 56689 acres were
During the past live years much and it certainly has been terraced 97800 ridged 195736
however the physical cnaracter- time well spent as the land had
istics and land use practices of to be protected or all of it would
Mr. Sell's farm have changed have washed away."
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considerably. With the assist'
ance of Soil Conservation Ser-
vice technicians attached to the
Elm Creek Project a complete
erosion control program was
planned for the farm and steps
toward the installation of this
program over a period of years;
was immediately taken. On the'
90 acres of land that were in
ltivation terracing and strip
ppng were the conservation
sures planned for its protec-
n. The large guny previously
mentioned was used as the ter-
race outlet channel and immed-
iately after the terraces were
constructed the outlets -.were
prepared and sodded with Ber-
muda grass. The control of the
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contour-furrowed and 30904
subsoiled or chiseled. Spread-
er dams constructed during 1939
will divert run-off water and
spread it over 108855 acres of
grass land. Much of the work
I on range land was done in co-
operation with the AAA's range
conservation program
i County agricultural agents
held 1094 meetings to explain
details of the Texas Soil Con-
servation District Law. The
meetings drew an attendance of
66362.
Rural Teachers
Invited To Attend
A. A. U. W. Program
Rural school teachers of Bell
county are to be guests of the
Belton Branch of the American
Association of University Wo-
men on Saturday afternoon
IMarch 2 at an open meeting. A
special program arranged for
the meeting -which is to be held
in Hardy parlors on the Mary
Hardin-Baylor college campus
will have as its theme "Rural
Problems."
Dr. A. E. Ballard of Belton
and Miss Tina Stewart count
demonstration agents will take
part in the discussion which will
be led by Dr. Bertha Ann Reu-
ter social studies chairman of
the A. A. U. W.
The Saturday meeting will be
the second community project
sponsored by the local branch
this year the first having been
the Good Citizenship rally in
Temple in January. "The meet-
ing has been scheduled for a
Saturday afternoon in order that
more rural school teachers may
have the opportunity of attend-
ing" said Mrs. Dorothea L.
Schlegel president of the Belton
Branch "and it is the hope of
the A. A. U. W. that many
teachers will attend and also
take part in the open forum dis-
cussion on which will follow the
program as we are anxious to
learn as much about rural prob-
lems." While the meeting will
especially honor rural teachers
it will be open to others interest-
ed in attending Mrs. Schlegel
announced.
$89362705 Possible
For Texas Farmers
Under 1940 Program
Full participation in the AAA
program in 1940 would bring
Texas farmers and ranchers
$89362705 E; N. Holmgreen
state AAA administrator re-
ported to the state Agricultural
Conservation Association com
mittee meeting in College Sta
tion.
To earn that amount Holm-
green explained all farmers in
the state would have to comply
in every respect with the pro-
gram with each doing enough
soil building work to earn the
maximum available and with
each ranchman putting enough
range - improvement practices
into effect to earn the maximum
available. The estimated fig
ure does not include any of the
money which farmers can earn
by planting forest trees for
which purpose $30 is available
on each farm.
Probably 90 percent of the
money available for all types of
payments will be earned by par-
ticipating farmers Holmgreen
estimated.
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Albert Steglich President of
the Bartlett Soil Conservation
Association states that he has
received word from the tate
Soil Conservation Board that
the proposed San Gabriel-Little
River Soil Conservation District 4-H Club Boys
has been approved for an elec-' t tj R1RinPKs
tion the date for the eletion to J? u81ness
be announced later. Mr Steglich n rig ocaie
said the State Board had enlarg-
ed the original district to include
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Save Money Plant Delinted Cottonseed
The saving In seed moie than pais for the
cost of dellntlng.
HAVE YOUIt PIjAXTING SEED
DELINTED AND DISINFECTED
By
EXPORTERS & TRADERS COMPRESS
AND WAREHOUSE CO. DELINTING PLANT
WACO TEXAS
TRUTH about ADVERTISINC
By CHARLES B. ROTH
Charles Roth
WOMAN." once remarked
the famed Hoosier humorist
Abewartin "will buy anything she
thinks the store is losing money on."
That was merely a funnyman's
way pf saying that in all our buying
price) is a most im
portrait considera-tlon4-the
one thing
wlth which we are
concerned every
time we spend a
cent.
Now what really
toonstitutes price and
how are prices es-
tablished? Without
getting too deep into
economic principles
we know that prices
are established by
what is called the law of supply
and demand.
This law teaches us that when
the demand for anything exceeds
the supply prices go up. Converse-
ly when supply is plentiful but de-
mand is light prices go down. But
how can we as customers know that
this law won't be 'tampered with
and men shrewd scheming and
selfish step in and raise prices and
gouge us by making us pay them7
They could you know and we would
not be any the wiser.
Our safeguard against this is the
advertising we see in the newspa-
pers That protects us Under our
competitive system of buying and
selling one merchant vies with on-
other merchant for our trade Each
WHAT ABOUT PRICE?
comes out publicly in the newspa-
pers with his price. We consult
these prices before we buy.
Seen in this light advertising be-
comes the informant that prevents
dishonest sellers from taking advan-
tage of us and our ignorance of
prices we might have to pay.
A recent mystery drama has the
villain contriving to plunge the city
into complete darkness for one
night so that he and his henchmen
can dash in and make away with
their loot. "We who have some-
thing dastardly to puT over" he ob-
served "must needs fear the light."
High prices skimpy quality gyp
products also must needs fear the
light. That is why they are cloaked
in such phrases as: "We don't ad-
vertise. We pass the savings along
to you." "Why pay the high cost of
advertising? We put It into our
goods" etc. etc.
But the merchant who advertises
uses Hie light of advertising and
asks you to compare his goods and
his prices and to find out before you
buy. You can always pay his price
because it is the right price. That
you know because the protective
power of advertising has told you
that it is.
And this protective power of ad-
vertising is working for you every
time you unfold your newspaper and
read an advertisement. That black
print on white represents a buying
guide which is worth several hun-
dred dollars a year to you and your
family
e Charles 1) Roth.
Texas' 4-H club boys were in
the hog business in 1939 with
5578 boys raising 13541 swine.
Boys in 189 counties took part
in the work. These figures ac-
cording to E. M. Regenbrecht
swine husbandman of the Tex-
as A. and M. Extension Ser-
vice do not include the large
number of pigs still on feed but
only the number of demonstra-
tions completed in 1939.
Totals for 1939 represent a 44
percent increase in the number
of completed demonstrations
over 1938.
all lands between the South San
Gabriel and Lampasas Rivers
west to the Burnet County line.
The present approved district
includes 770000 acres more or
less.
A new oak floorhas just been
finished in the camp infirmary.
The "Silver Bell Playboys" the
camp orchestra furnished the
music for a dance at the camp
Friday night February 23 1940.
FOR SALE OR TIRADE Mules
truck Ford cars Hogs Harness
trailer. W. W. McDANIEL
Bartlett Texas. 3tfc
1000 lbs. per acre and when a
man takes that much plant food
from one acre each year he cer-
tainly will lower the production
of that acre of land" Mr. Steg-
lich concluded.
Precipitation last week: none
JSfOjS ' .:
EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN FIELD and
GARDEN SEEDS CAN BE FOUND HERE
SEEDS GRAIN and FEED
Are Our Line"
FRIEDRICH GRAIN COMPANY
Your Red Chain Dealer
Phone 257 Bartlett Texas.
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the SAMPLE COPIES!
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To the people in this community who have
received sample copies of The Tribune during
the past two weeks we want to say again that
we hope you enjoyed reading them. We hope
you liked them so well that you will want to
continue reading The Tribune each week dur-
ing the year.
To the many who have already become sub-
scribers since receiving the first copy we wish
to express our appreciation. We are glad to
welcome them into the family of Tribune
readers. We are proud that our subscription
list is growing.
"I would not let a man rake
and burn an average growth of
cotton or corn stalks on my land
for $2.00 per acre" E. M. Steg-
lich of Bartlett stated today.
Mr. Steglich pulverizes his stalks
as soon as his crops are harves-
ed with a tractor-drawn ma-
chine and plows them into the
soil.
"It takes more time and labor
to rake and burn the stalks than
it would to cut them" Mr. Steg-
lich continued. "The stalks af-
ter they are cut do not inter-
fere with my tillage operations"
he said.
"Stalks cut and left on the
land gives the soil a much bet-
ter mulch helps to keep the soil
fertility up and they will re-
duce sheet washing a great1
deal" Mr. Steglich added. "Soil
with a good mulch is more open
does not run together so badly j
and will take in more water"
he said.
"An average growth of dryijiM.j..M..i..i....i..t..ii.i..i..n.4..i..i..i..i.4-4-'
The subscription price is only $ 1 per year in
Bell Milam and Williamson counties and
$1 .50 outside of these home counties. If you
have not yet subscribed or have not renewed
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Ford, Robert C. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 1, 1940, newspaper, March 1, 1940; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76617/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.