Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Page: 6 of 10
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Firewise landscape: proper home landscaping
could provide protection against wildfires
By Scott Maunoy
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PALO PIN JO
COUNTY - In the
instance ot a wildfire,
the land**' aw sur-
rounding .1 lu'iitf can
become fuel 1 hervfore,
having a "tiwwiw*
Undtupr van knurn
the chance* ot wildfire
reaching and burning
vour homo
IVck* and Hiding
oasilv van ignito v\non
plant* (hat burn quick-
ly and produce high
boat are ptavcd adiacont
to the homo
A burning plant or
group ot plants in Iron!
ot w indows can cause
glass breakage allowing
tire to enter the home
latter tlamov ad|accnt
to the home, can enter
through the sottits
tire can get into the
crowns ot trees.it plants
are layered in such a
wav that the tire climbs
into the treetops
I hose are called "lad
der fuels ” When
flames burn through
the tree crowns lea no-
pv I. intense heat and
mac.,_
,*er.
embers are given
off this cause*
burning material*!
to tall on the root |
and surrounding
vegetation
Plant* placed
so that a tire can
spread to your
home increase the|
chance ot vour
home burning
Your home i* a
continuation ot
the tuel C reating |
"detensibte
space" w ill great' |
Iv reduce your
home s risk to
w ildtire
I he most
imp»>rtant portion]
ot the home igni-
tion forte is the
defensible space
(0-30 ft trom the
foundation).
Highly tlamma-
ble plants should I
be removed or
isolated Plants or
plant groups iHgini
should be isolated
into islands. TMi photo those* hose bouse* can bum to the ground quickly If aided by landscaping that sea* not "liewita.” Ptra
breaking up the can got into crosem of treat If plants are layered In such a seay that Bra climb* Into th# traataps.
tuel continuity
tile and larger trees and
plants to the outer por-
tions of the* defensible
space is important
Also remove
dead and dying plants
and plant material*
Keeping more vola-
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Another example of a bouse without' tiro tel so” landscaping can holp fuel a Hr*.
0-10 feet
from house
ITus area *h»*yjd have
plants that are low to the*
around. green and
health* Use moist plants
around the foundation
Keep them properly
watervd and avoid large
clumps ot plants that can
generate high heat Use
material such as rock or
•duo* instead ul m jlcr
around the hv*m«- to cn*-
ate a butter between the
grass and foundation
Small shrubs vyith low
density can pn>\ ule beau-
ty and other benefits
Maintenance inc ludes
MINERAL WELLS STOCKYARDS COMPANY
Weekly Livestock Market Report
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MINERAL WELLS Saturday Goats 10 A.M. Cattle 12:30P.M.
(040) 325-3373 FAX (040) 325-8256
Date of Sale: Saturday. May 25.2013
Receipts this week were 225 legal head of Mock The market on 200-800 lb steers and heifer* was steady
MXI-XOO lh steers and heifers were steady. Weighing cows and bulls were
steady Replacement cow* A pair* were steady. Sheep and goats were steady
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STEERS
CHOICE
200-300 LES 1*0 OO TO 200.00
200-300 LES 140 00 TO Mi OO
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PLAIN
200-300 lbs iao aa to laa an
200-300 LBS 110-00 TO 140 00
CHOICE
CHOICE
300-400 LBS tin aq TO 12BJ8
300 IDE LEE 140 00 TO 17*00
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PLAIN
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300 ISO LEO iiaoaTO iia.00
CHOICE
CHOICE
400 *00 LBS 1XOOO TO 100.00
400000 LES 13A QO TO 1*t OU
ALAIN
PLAIN
400 *00 LBS 100.00 TO 11*00
400-000 LBS 11*00 TO 131.00
CHOICE
CMOtCS
900-000 LBS IIS no TO ugjg
SOO-OOO LEO 1X0.00 TO 1*0 00
PLAIN
PLAM
*00 *00 LES 100.00 TO 11*00
SOO-OOO LEO 100-00 TO IX* SO
CHOICE
CHOICE
000-700 LEE 110 OO TO JJgJB
000-700 LEO 11X00 TO 130.00
PLAIN
PLANA
000-700 LBS MJ|t®J|MB
000 TOO LEO IQO.On TO 11X00
CANNEES III TO MB cummi
YOUNG cows a calves
MEDIUM COWS a CALVES
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keeping shrub* small,
proper pruning and
i leaning under all plants
and maintaining a green
and mowed Law n
I he Mlowtng art*
examples of acceptable
hrvk-n*s*siant plants that
could be u«ed in the hrM__
leet around vour borne
vttlumbtne, phlox, aater.
pnmnwe. violet*, blue
belt*. gay feather and blue
bonnet there ate many
more that you can choose
tnim that have tne-nnus-
tant charactenstws.
10-VO feet
from house
I his area will most
likely have tree*, shrubs
and gras* t he grass
should he watered tegu-
laris and cut short
I adder fuels that allow
fire to climb Iwm lower
to higher segetation
should be removed in
this area
Use best choice* for
tree* ate deciduous spe-
cie* with w ide, broad
leaves
Shrubbery and bushes
should be placed awav
trom tn*es and planted in
islands or grouping*
Use brick or stone
along the edge of an
island to slow the flame
spread Single plant* or
groups within islands
pros ide a separatum of
fuel* and are decorafive
Small to medium
deciduous trees are pref
erable to evergreens in
this nme
30-100 feet
from house
Firewood, small brush
piles, or Mack* of build
irig material* should he
moved to this rope or
further awav
Learn more about pro-
t vs ting your home and
property at wwwti ro-
te i*e org and call the
County I »lensK»n Office
at (940) nVL2VW with
vour qumrion*
Study: Longhorn ancestry
spans globe, centuries
By MCNAEL ORACZYK
Supply
PONTOTOC, leva* —
A hrst-of-itv-kmd genetic
analysts of Trui
11 mg horn* shows the cat-
tle bored — a* much a
state symbol a* the Alamo
and cowboy* — share* a
diverse ancestry that spam
the gk4ir and mime* the
spin! and «eit-*uflkiency
of the quintesnentiAl Texan
The Umghom'* root*
ate traced back thousands
of year* to far-off place*
such as the Middle Last
and Asia, with the ani-
mal's direct descendant*
crowing the Atlantic with
Christopher' Columbus
They grew longer horn* to
protect against their New
World predator* and ev en
rebounded from a post
Civil War beef demand
that decimated herds.
The study's authors
sav the genetic influences
helped create a hardy
breed of cattle that ie
independent and well
adapted to the land.
*T think lexans
admire a lot of the char-
Afkaaialtro A L law
KlfnWKl Ifify WV In
Texas Longhorns
because iTs some of the
hum characteristics
humans had to have to
thrive In Texas,' says
David Hilli*. a
Univeraity of Texas biol-
ogist and g<
Inueslu^al I..
^pivivpi wn uit
I study ot the
Hiliia
___loral
fly !•**•
r . f*1*
of Mieaouri-
the study, -
which was published
earlier thi* year in the
Proceeding* of »he
National Academy of
Science*
They examined some
48.000 generic markers on
DNA from 58 cattle
breed*, confirming the
longhorns of today are
direct descendant* of
Spanish cattle brought by
Columbus to Hispaniola
on hi* second voyage to
the New World in 1493
Other Spanish colonist*
brought the descendants
of those cattle to Mexico
in 1521. where the ani-
mals flourished Some
became wild and migrat-
ed over the next cm tune*
to present-day Texas.
In the lone Star State,
they became target* of the
big cattle dnve* of the
late 1800* — memorial
ued in counties*
Hollywood wetem* — in
which they wear founded
up to feed a growing
demand in the eastern
US. for beef and tallow,
an essential ingredient in
candles.
*RMlfty, the cattle are
carefully managed by
rancher* like Hilli*. who
ha* about 30 at his Texas
HlO Country ranch
longhorn*, some weigh-
ing as much as a ton.
gram on whatrver the
rocky ground ami mm.
mal rain allow to grow
Oi the range, the
I onghoms are
ly adept at mai
among bees and
"IriEghorm are very
alart very Intelligent/
HUMs said. "They're very
good at w“*' I
going on i
maneuvering
- and bram h,-v
good at watching what's
• around them " I
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