The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1958 Page: 2 of 4
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Cotton Losses
Heavy Over
Entire State
Page 2—THE ODEM-EDROY TIMES—Odem, Tex., Thurs., Jan. 16, 1958
Many Farmers Covered By
Self Employment Tax
Many self-employed fai’mers and
ranchers in this area are now co-
vered by Federal Social Security
and must pay a self-employment
tax, according to John W. Her-
nandez. Administrative Officer of
Internal Revenue Service in Cor-
pus Christi.
Under Federal Social Security
law, social security taxes are paid
by farm employees and their farm
employers, and a tax known as the
self-employment tax , must be paid
by self-employed farmers. These
taxes are placed in special funds
by the U. S. Treasury for old-age,
survivors and disability benefits
under the Federal social security
program.
A selfemployed person is one
who operates his own business.
Therefore, farmers who operate a
farm, either on their own land, or
land rented from someone else,
are selfemployed. This is true even
though they employ someone else
to do the farm work and don’t
live on the place themselves.
Farmers must file a Federal in-
come tax return for 1957 and pay
any self employment tax due, even
though they owe no income tax.
Normally, no selfemployment tax
is due unless net earnings from
selfemployment amount to $400 or
more for the year. Farmers with
actual net earnings from the oper-
ation of their farms of less than
$400 may, under certain circum-
stances, elect to pay the self em-
ployment tax, thus becoming
eligible to receive benefits under
Sie social security system.
Selfemployment tax rules, to-
gether with rules pertaining to the
Federal income tax, are explained
in the instruction booklet which
farmers receive in the mail along
with their blank return forms. Free
copies of the official pamphlet,
'Farmers’ Tax Guide,” which
proved so helpful to farmers last
year may be obtained from local
Internal Revenue Offices, or from
county agricultural agents.
Those who find they need help in
preparing their income or self-
employment returns, may obtain
assistance from tire local office of
the Internal Revenue Service, both
by telephone and in the office.
Best personal service is available
every Monday on Taxpayer Assis-
tance Day. He requested that tax-
payers fill out their own returns
as far as possible before calling
or visiting Internal Revenue.
Revenue reminds farmers and
ranchers of this area that Monday,
February 17, is the deadline for
filing their income and self-employ-
ment tax returns in event they did
not file an estimated return on
January 15. If an estimated return
was filed and the fax due paid on
January 15, they have until April
15 to file their final return for the
year 1957.
Texas Draft
Call Biggest
Since July
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan.3—The Tex-
as draft call for February will be
the biggest since July 1957, Colonel
Morris S. Schwartz, state Selective
Service director, said Friday.
Colonel Schwartz also announced
that Texas draft boards will for-
ward men for pre-induction mental
and physical examinations in Feb-
ruary. Exams are also scheduled
in January.
The state’s February call for
induction into the Army is 641, as
compared with 493 for January,
340 for December, and 346 for Nov-
ember. The quota in July 1957 was
661.
Draft boards will forward more
than 2,000 men in February for the
preinduction examinations, in add-
ition to a similar number in Jan-
uary. These are the first such ex-
aminations in Texas since the past
August, when about 1,500 were ex-
amined.
Local board quotas for induction
and examination in February are
scheduled to be mailed from State
Selective Service Headquarters Fri-
day.
The February quota will be filled
with men who are at least 22 years
old on February 1, with the ex-
ception of volunteers or delinquents,
who may be younger.
The Texas quota of 641 for Feb-
ruary is the state’s share of a na-
tional call for the Army of 13,000
men. This is the biggest national
quota since July 1957, when the
Army asked for 13,000 men.
COLLEGE STATION—Texas cot-
ton producers literally took it on
the chin from a lot of sources in
producing their 1957 crop. Floods,
hail storms, insects and unfavor-
able weather during the normal
harvest season all took their toll
but, reminds'Harlan Smith, exten-
sion plant pathologist, cotton dis-
eases got in a lick and cut pro-
duction in the state by about 10
per cent.
He says the state average, how-
ever, doesn’t tell the story be*
cause in areas where diseases
struck the hardest, losses ran into
ruinous figures. The three diseases
which caused most of the damage
were listed by Smith as bacterial
blight, root rot and seedling dis-
eases. These same diseases have
been listed for the past six years
as big trouble makers for cotton
growers.
The specialist advises farmers to
become familiar with the diseases
most common in their area. This
knowledge will enable them to plan
a systematic control program. De-
tailed maps of the fields on which
are shown areas known to be in-
fected with cotton diseases are an
aid in combatting this production
problem. These spots or areas can
be left out of cotton and handled
in a different way.
There isn’t much that can be
done about most cotton diseases
after the crop is up and growing.
Here are suggestions from Smith
on practices which have proved
their value in cotton disease con-
trol. All planting seed should be
treated; whenever available disease
resistant varieties should be plant-
ed cultural practicies and crop ro-
cultural practicies and crop rota-
tations are of great value in control
programs and he advises against
mixing high and low quality plant-
ing seed. Low quality seed may be
the source of infection of many
diseases. The application of a com-
plete fertilizer with a high phos-
phorous content will aid in con-
trolling seedling diseases and no
planting should be done until the
soil temperature is 70 degrees F.
for three consecutive mornings at
a depth of 3 inches. The temper-
ature readings should be taken a-
round 7 a.m.
The pathologist suggests a visit
with the local county agent for
more detailed information on a
disease control program for your
county.
TAX NOTICE
I Will Be At The Following Places For The Purpose I
Of Collecting Taxes
ODE M January 20
M A T HIS January 21-22
TAFT January 23
GREGOR Y January 24
P 0 R T L A N D January 27
Davis Vickers
Tax Assessor-Collector
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San Patricio County
San Antonio Show
Tickets Go On
Sale This Week
Tickets for the 1958 San Antonio
Stock Show and Rodeo .starring
Gene Autry and Annie Oakley went
on sale this week.
Two downtown locations were
opened with tickets available for
the Feb. 7-16th rodeo in the lobby
of the Gunter hotel and Kallison’s
Country Store, 124 South Flores.
Tickets may also be obtained for
the 15 performances of the Everett
Colborn world championship rodeo
by mail from Harold M. Freeman,
Ticket sales chairman, San Antonio
Stock Show and Rodeo, 1015 Transit
Tower, San Antonio 5, Texas. Mail
orders should specify seats desired,
performance and date.
■Tickets for the ten day stock show
and rodeo, which includes front
gate admission are priced at $3.60
for boxes; $3, $1 and $1.50 for
balcony seats.
There will be 10 evening per-
formances of the rodeo with mat-
inees on Saturday and Sunday.
All evening performances start at
8 p.m. with exception of closing
night, Feb. 16 which starts at 6 p.m.
Matinee performances start at 2
p.m.
The nation’s top western stars of
movies, television and recordings,
Gene Autry and Annie Oakley will
perform at each rodeo along with
the Melody Ranch Boys. Champion
and Lillte Champion, Autry’s hor-
ses and Target, Annie’s horse, will
also appear with the stars.
Norman Jostes
Participates In
‘Snowdrift’ Test
FORT HUASHUCA, ARIZ. —
Army Specialist Third Class Nor-
man L. Jostes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Jostes, Tynan, participated
in “Exercise Snowdrift”, a recent
state-wide communication test in
Arizona.
Specialist Jostes, a mail clerk in
the 232nd Signal Company, was
faced with the problem of working
in inclement weather and assisting
in the mission of installing and
oprerating communication equip-
ment under adverse conditions. He
entered the Army in May 1956 and
completed basic training at Fort
Hood.
The 23-year-old soldier was grad-
uated from Mathis High School in
1951 and from the University of
Texas in 1955. He was employed
by Frazer and Torbet Accounting
Firm in civilian life.
RUBBER STAMPS MADE TO
ORDER—
By VERN SANFORD
Ever build a brush cover in your
favorite fishing lake? Right now
is just about tire best time of the
year to do it.
If you like crappie or bream fish-
ing, then a brush cover has a great
deal to offer.
Biologists are agreed that a good
brush cover offers a definite ad-
vantage in catching fish. And a
good one can. be built in a couple of
hours. It is hard work, however,
especially if you are a desk man.
Generally orusn covers don’t
work too well in a running stream.
They must Ire firmly anchored. In
relatively still lakes they can be
tied down with heavy rocks. How-
ever, if they can be built around an
old tree trunk it is even better.
To build a brush shelter you’ll
need a sharp axe, a pair of pliers,
and plenty of bailing wire. A good
tow-rope will be helpful too. It is
best to work with two boats, or a
boat and some type of barge or
raft. ■ .
The process of building the shel-
ter is in itself relatively simple.
Cut an armful of brush, such as
willow, tie it together, and attach
a stone so that it will sink to the
bottom of the lake. Select a suit-
able spot where the shelter will
not be a hazard to navigation, or
get in the way of deep trollers.
It doesn’t have to be too far from
shore. At least a dozen large bund-
les of brush should be transported
to the spot. Some of it should con-
sist of fair-sized brush, such as
mesquite trees.
In lowering the brush into the
water, it is well that the brush be
stacked, so that it will be in a pile
at the bottom of the lake. A brush
shelter a dozen feet around and
some five or six feet through is
ideal.
Some builders find it profitable
also to anchor a bale of alfalfa
hay in the center of the pile.
To be most effective the brush
should not be matted together Fish
must be able to swim around free-
ly among the branches. At the same
time, some shelter'builders prefer
a brush pile that big fish cannot
get into—one that furnishes a re-
fuge for smaller fish.
When big fish chase the little
ones into the brush pile, they’ll
hang around nearby. That’s a pret-
ty good time to lower a minnow in
the vicinity. For that reason the
perimeter should be well marked.
Plenty of hooks can be lost fishing
in brush shelters, if the bounds are
not known.
Some fishermen use poultry net-
ting to hold the brush together. In
that event the entire project must
be completed on land and then
towed to its resting place.
We once heard of a fisherman
who made an unusual, yet ideal,
shelter in a lake that had just been
lowered. He found a couple of old
outhouses, filled them with heavy
brush, then hauled them to a spot
that would be just the right depth
when the lake was re-filled. There
he anchored them down to stay.
They were left flat on their sides,
with, the door open.
Needless to say, he had an ideal
cover for fishing and caught more
than his share of crappie and
bream.
Another good plan is to build the
shelter directly under the end of
the boat dock or pier. In this inst-
ance it is necessary to use heavy
wire to keep the brush from wash-
ing out, and to keep hooks from
snagging.
Anyway, now is a good time to
build you a brush shelter. Just be
careful where you cut your brush
and where you put it. Do the job
right and you’ll have a good fishing
spot.
What About the Man Overboard?
Ever so often I wonder just what
I’d do if a sudden and wholly un-
expected need for a life preserver
existed. This thought hits me
whether I’m just plain fishing or
pleasure-boating. And I’m not a-
fraid of the water either.
Fact of the matter is, my concern
is over what I’d be able to do to
help someone else. Chances are I’d
be paralyzed with fear. Apparent-
ly that’s why I always carry a sur-
plus of buoyant cushions, in ad-
dition to the familiar old-style,
round shaped life preserver, with
a long rope attached.
In my book you can’t overdo the
safety angle. The law requires one
approved life preserver for every
passenger in your boat. Don’t for-
get it- Better yet, see to it that your
guests wear life preservers. Insist
that children do. The wise outdoors-
man will never take a chance,
especially on or near rough waters.
Speaking of life preservers, now
comes the Muter Company of Chi-
cago with a Res-Q-Pak that’s an
easy addition to any safety kit. This
inflatable emergency life preserver
comes in a pocket-sized package,
no larger than a pack of cigarettes.
Should be a part of every tackle
box.
Res-Q-Pak inflates instantly, A
gentle squeeze on the package—
and presto, ■ you have a two-foot
float, shaped very much like the
old-style water wings. Manufac-
turers say it will support a 250-
pound man for hours in the water.
Learning to Cast
To spin cast or bait cast with
accuracy takes practice. An old-
timer’s method of mastering the
trick is to place an empty beer can
under the casting arm, then prac-
tice casting without dropping the
can. This makes it necessary to use
only the wrist for action which is
tire secret of successful casting.
And, by the way — if you have
trouble dis-assembling your cast-
ing rod, at the end of a day of fish-
ing, here’s an idea. Next time you
get ready to put your gear to-
gether, wipe the male ferrule
against your nose a few times, rol-
ling the ferrule over and over as
you rub. That will put a base of
oil from your skin onto the ferrule
and make the connection easy to
assemble, and most important of
all, easy to dis-assemble.
Slick trick. ,And it works!
Caught the Wife’s Eye
Finally got the wife interested in
fishing.
Actually, South Bend’s colorful,
green Spin Cast 2320 Rod and
matching “77” reel did the trick.
Cooperation op the part of some
nice black bass cinched the deal.
Now we got a fishing pardner —
pardner — anytime, anywhere.
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