The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1962 Page: 2 of 12
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true on the sandier soils and
the irrigated land, the agent
went on to explain.
Since the beginning of the
year, 150 samples have been
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THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
Serving Cottle-King Counties For 56 Years
Puoiished Every Thursday by
The Post Publishing Co.
Corner of Eighth and Richards Streets
MR. AND MRS. E. KENNETH TOOLEY ........................ Owners
KENNETH TOOLEY ........................................ Editor & Publisher
MRS. DORIS TOOLEY ................................................ Society Editor
JO ANN BIDDY ................................................................ Bookkeeper
C. E. WHITLOCK ............................................ Linotype Operator
JAMES R. BARBEE ............................................................... Printer
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Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Paducah,
Texas, under the Act of March 30, 1879.
Subscription Rates:
Cottle and adjoining counties, $2.50; elsewhere, $3.50
The Paducah Post is an independent Democratic Newspaper,
publishing the news impartially and supporting what it
believes to be right regardless of party .politics.
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Optometrist
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9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
At the Afton Willingham
Building
PHONE 88
For Appointments
Paducah
Lodge
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Stated Meeting at 8:00 pm.
Tuesday Night, May 8
vll members urged xo attend.
Visitors welcome.
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R. ERNEST LEE
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Givil Engineer - Land Surveyor
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PADUCAH POST
“SOMETHING OUGHT to be
done about it,” is an often
heard remark here at the news-
paper . . . and when we are
able to help do something a-
bout it, we usually do.
The unhappy thing about the
person who says something
ought to be done about it is
that he’s waiting for the other
fellow to lead the way, and he
might go along ... or usually
he’s more apt to lay low.
The best thing that can hap-
pen to any organization, or
business, or in some cases in-
dividuals, is for the person who
has a suggestion to take it
directly to the principals of
that organization, business and
have his say.
If you’re unhappy with what
the chamber of commerce is or
isn’t doing, tell one of the board
of directors of the chamber ...
if you’re unhappy with the way
a merchant serves you . . . tell
the merchant. If you don’t like
it when the paper boy throws
your paper on the house in-
stead of in the yard, tell us!
All this is to say that criti-
cism and suggestions of bet-
'King County Soil’
Though there is only a small
amount of irrigation in King
County and in that irrigation
is an expensive operation, those
farmers who have it should con-
sider several items in the set-
ting up and use of an irriga-
tion system.
Farmers use irrigation only
for one reason, that is to in-
crease production and thus
make more money. It has been
figured that to install and op-
erate and irrigation system on
cotton, production must be in-
creased 50 to 75 pounds or more
per acre, to take care of the
cost and operation of the sys-
tem. Beyond that, a farmer gets
a return for his increased labor.
Soil and water quality have
a great deal to do with whether
irrigation can be successful or
not. Probably a good way to
determine this is to have an
analysis made. A water analy-
sis coupled with the type of soil
on which it is to be used and
the type of crop to be grown
will give an idea as to the suc-
cess that can be expected.
To assure better success with
irrigation the soil should be wet
at planting time. If it doesn’t
happen through winter and
spring rains, pre-watering can
be very beneticial. This will
give the seed quick germina-
tion.
To determine how much land
can safely be irrigated, a farm-
er should figure if he has about
ten gallons per minute per acre ,he lus commodi
to be irrigated during the peak I - spending money
season of use. That is with a lto
600 gallon per minute well a
terment can only come about
when that person or organiza-
tion which is at “fault” knows
about it. The worst thing you
and I can do when we see some-
thing wrong or something we
don’t like is to tell everybody
else we see instead ot that per-
son or organization.
—Lamb County Leader.
★ ★ ★
HAPPY FAMILY CIRCLE
The world is heavily populat-
ed with individuals who would
do “great things” if they had
fine positions or plenty of mon-
ey. However, the world has very
.ew men or women who are
striving to do the little things
.n life in a manner that befits
die doing of the greater things.
There is much talk today, for
example, about the value of
family life. What do the average
father and mother, in this day,
do for the benefit of family
life? For that matter, what con-
tributions does the young son,
or the young daughter, feel im-
pelled to make in developing
a happy family circle that, in
too many instances, is but the-
ory?
Happy family life is a co-
operative affair. It does not de-
pend on father or mother, or son
or daughter, alone. Unless all
work for the common good, un-
less' all members of the family-
try to be unselfish as possible,
then there can be no completely
happy family circle. But it is
worth thinking about and work-
ing for. Whai are you going to
do about it?
—The Shamrock Texan.
★ ★ ★
FEEDING THE WORLD'S
MILLIONS
In addition to the many other
worthy undertakings- to which
our successive congresses and
presidents have pledged the
American taxpayer and his pos-
terity, it is now proposed in at
least one important AFL-CIO
union that we internationalize
our school lunch program.
The estimate is that there arc
650 million children who suffer
from malnutrition. Already voi-
untady sources are caring for 30
million of these. It is argued
that this program will make an
outlet for much of our “sur-
pluses,” and give our farmers
chance to prove they could
produce much more. It woulu
be called, possibly, “Food for
Peace.”
From where would the mon-
ey come? Simply quit spending
50 billion on national defense;
also quit wasting money on
stockpiling and on nuclear tests,
says the union writer.
Thinking of it in terms of
saving money with which to do
things, we probably also would
be saved the expenses of "31s-
Soil Tests Reveal
Proper Amount Of
Fertilizer Needed
The soil test is still the best
tool we have for determining
the amount of fertilizer needed
for a certain crop, L. M. Mc-
Carroll, county agent, reported.
“There is no method of telling
what the soil needs until you
have the soil analyzed,” the
agent stated. “Just as an oil
gauge measures the oil level in
your car or truck, a soil test
measures the fertility level in
your soils.”
More of the cotton and grain
sorghum farmers in Cottle and
King Counties are using fer
tilizer. Many have applied fer-
tilizer according to the soil test
recommendations and have re-
ceived returns on cotton up to
$12.00 for each $1.00 spent on
fertilizer. This is especially
true on the sandier
the irrigated land,
went on to explain.
farmer would be able to irrigate
about 60 acres of cotton during !
July and August.
During the growing season
water should be applied when
one-half of the available mois-
ture in the top one-fourth of
the root zone has been used.
That is when soil from the top
foot is somewhat crumbly, but
still contains a small amount of
moisture, when soil is in this
condition 3% to 5 inches should
be applied.
The son type and slope of
the land greatly determine the
type of system that should be
used. Sandy soils or soils that
are slightly sloping are best
suited for sprinkler irrigation.
Tight and clay soils with little
or no slope lend themselves |
more to gravity systems.
for defense and stockpiling. The
Soviets would quickly come to
our “rescue” and distribute the
i surpluses for us.
—Floyd County Hesperian.
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sent to the testing lab at Sey-
mour from the two county area.
Private labs have probably test-
ed another 30 or 40 samples.
McCarroll said he would
highly recommend every farmer
get his soil tested in the next
few weeks, if this has not been
done this year.
Sample boxes and informa-
tion sheets may be obtained
from the county agent’s office.
These sheets also show how to
correctly take a sample. The
fee for testing is $2.00. A
pie should not
than 30 t<
help in
ping or interpreting results, you
are invited to check with the
county agent.
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Governor
* A DEMOCRAT
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We Believe Walker to be Honest, Forthright, and
Worthy of Christian Consideration and VOTE.
(Paid Pol. Adv. paid for by Cottle County Friends)
WE WORK FOR ALL INDUSTRY
(C&kte/L oL tile ‘SoutfCoeiT
Modern industry is a complex structure.
Manufacturers rely on others to supply
many things, among thym raw materials,
machinery, power, containers, transpor-
tation.
West Texas Utilities Company is both an
industry and such a supplier. The product
we make — electric power — is used by
other industries in our service area.
We are proud of this close relationship.
It is our job to provide a plentiful supply
of electric power today. It is our obliga-
tion to increase the supply as present
industries expand and new ones come in.
Our current expansion program antici-
pates continuing industrial growth. One
example is our new Oak Creek generating
station pictured above, with another and
even larger plant already on the drawing
boards.
To aid in industrial development, we will
continue to tell the Nation’s industrial-
ists that "... in this area lies opportunity,”
as evidenced by the many industries
thriv ing today in the CENTER OF THE
SOUTHWEST.
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Tooley, Kenneth. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1962, newspaper, April 26, 1962; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017618/m1/2/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.