Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 159, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 20, 1938 Page: 6 of 8
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BROWNWOOD (T«m) BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, AMttL~20;i93g J
iinty and Central West |Tex
Some Multiple Blessed Eventing, Eh, Kids? *Tf 'flHFFP THFI
FARM NEWS
Brown C
COTTON ALLOTMENT I NCR E AS
ED; KMN ACRES ADDED
'! TO TEXAS QUOTA
Author's note: This article Is not
bring written to discourage pasture
contouring. because tbs author thor-
V cughly believes that this is a good
practice to Improve pastures and
taorssM hint food and pasture car-
*7tog capacity.
X hope that this article win en-
courage landowners to develop arti-
ficial cover for quail in certain sec-
tions where ridge contouring is
totog practiced and save what nat-
ural cover that is possible, where
further contour ridding is planned.
and wool. Slaughter. Wharton, chairman of Brownwood Tuesday
Mr. Cowstrt asks that every sheep the Texas Agricultural Conservation f*Ttn and home demc
man in the county submit his brand Committee. nineteen counties in
and marks to sheriff Robey so that The total Increase In allotments vice district 7.
officers can more easily trace losses due to the amendments may etiaeed This was the fim <
that are reported. Mr Robey la 2 million acres, he said. The qrigl- enees to be held in f
keeping a book of the brands and acreage allotment for 1938 was year, others wtll be
losses. * 28300,000 seres. In Texas the sddi- October end Decexnl
The veteran agent for the sheep tional allotment will amount to George E. Adams,
and goat raisers makes a plea to tip around S80.000 seres. J \ agent, and Miss Mi
ranchmen to fine brand their sheep | The 4 per cent reserve will be used district home demon
He points out that paint brands and to assure minimum allotments to were in charge of t
ear mart* are poor identifications small cotton farms, provided u*ddi-!i Speakers were P. <
end. when used to court, weak evl- tional acreages for farms on v hich tension Service on
dene*. allotments were materially reduced rialist: C. Bowk
Persons desiring information con- because of an unusually large num- marketing specialist*
cerntog the Texas Sheep * Ooat ber of small farms in the county, bet, stomal inubsndr
Raiser** Association to this county and to provide representative allot- Kinsey, head field as
may contact Oeorge Rhone of Otoe- menu to oounties or farms v hich AAA m xexas* Ml
man or Elbert Ex am of Tslpa. otherwise would reoeive allotments field specialist in la
---- which are low in comparison with gardening C H O
Mexi® oil Bought Err: rsrrrr
their usual coton acreage > mclogy ZndTZnt C
The amendments also provide that • Ccuntto <MKrici
if the allotment to any farm is less
The five bal
ter* bom at
in fJg± J.
said he had
awarded to first, second and third
place winners. In judging the pro-
jects. eighty points will go for the
highest lint production and twenty
points for neatness and complete
set of records on the projects.
open garden Is being recommended
to families under supervision of the
Perm Security Administration to an
effort to raise enough to. complete
the canning budgets. Because of
the shortage of fruit that Is ex-
pected because of the freese, the
PSA clients are being urged to In*
crease their gardens In order that
sufficient foodstuffs may be canned
COMANCHE: At a meeting of
the livestock committee of the Co-
manche Chamber of Commerce re-
cently. plans fir the fourth annual
4-H and FT A Calf Show were made.
Exact date and details will be an-
■sun cad la tar. the committee re-
ported. It was decided to include
a division of breeding stock in the
Show and to confine the spring show
to calves, lambs and pigs. The com-
mittee hopes to have a general
stock show in connection with a
county fair.
RICHLAND STRINGS: Range
inspectors to have charge of the
1938 range program for' San Saba
oounty were selected st a county
committee meeting last week. The
three selected wer« Bill Moore. Carl
Shirley and C. R. Lewis. Those
named for the positions were se-
MEXIOD CITY. April fUP)
—W. R. Devls. of Davis Sc Co., Inc..
New York, said today that he had
contracted to buy 1.500,000 barrels
of oil from the Mexican government
at an und isclosed pi ice. Davis flew
than 50 per cent of the sum of the
1937 cotton acreage plus diverted
acres, the allotment shall be in-
creased to 50 per oeat. provided that
the Increase does, not bring the al-
lotment up to more than 40 per cent
of the tilled land on the farm.
lected so that th« entire county
would be represented. Applications
for inspections under th* program
are being signed at a rapid rate.
tion and increase of quail on ranch
land. It is a known and proven
fact that quail need good food and
cover to them to remain
GOLDTHWAITE: Cotton grow-
ers of Star. Prtddy. mid Gtodth-
waite are planning to plant a suf-
ficient amount of one variety of
cotton to seeur* separate ginning*
About 10 per cent of the Ooldthvan*
gin patrons will plant Hag ley cot-
ton. Watson cotton will be ptontart
at 8tar, and fawners of Prtddy plan
to plant Mefaane cotton.
Demonstration
Club Reports
New Clues Studied
In Frome Mystery
SAN BABA: Extremely hard winds
from the north accompanied by
freeling temperatures damaged the
peach and berry crop In 8an Saba,
GOLDTHWAITE: Loss of sheep
and goats in the April blisxard is
considered very light, although
many rtockmra reported damage
to newly sheared goats. Prult
growers expect fo get a Partial crop
from their orchards and many
farmers have reported grain prac-
tical!y undamaged. The p&an
crop and gardens were reported to
be a total Kwai;>
EL PASO. April 90—»UP>—Troops
from Pact Bliss, on maneuvers near
Van Horn, repotted to Sheriff C -Ls
P. Pox today that they had found
a 38 caliber shell and a business
card a short distance from where
the bodies of Mrs. Weston O. Frome
and Nancy Prome were found.
The two Items were mailed to-Fox.
who will examine them for a possi-
ble connection with the Prome slay-
ing. The state laboratory at Aus-
tin said that a 32 oaliber pistol was
used to slay Che two women.
county from 80 to 75 percent, farm- May OT LaGliai*dia Of f
*iuck"nLseri^ciaimed tt£Ttte h*h For Oklahoma, Texas
rnS»ld^A,lnthan* Sarcoid NEW YORK. April 3&—<UP>- ,
weather, as much of the peach Mayor P. H Lagusrdia departs for
crop was blown from the trees be- Oklahoma CKy today to participate
fore the freese came. to Friday's Oklahoma Day oelebra-
- m ■ ■■ tion in Outhne
Ancient Tear Vase Shewn Prom Outhrie he and Mrs. La-
«r*vro«. o—. <up>—a
» ___________ before the Weet Texas Chamber of
Castor Beans Are
Found Impractical
As Hopper Control
lato which we must consider in this COLLEGE STATION. April <0—
phase of the government s range “Castor bean plants are net the
program. answer to the farmers' prayer for a
If tend owners hot* to keep quail cheap and easy wwy to control
on land* where this contour ridging grasshoppers.'' says R. R. Reppert.
to being extensively practiced, it is; entomologist of th* Texas A/ and
up to the individual owners to M. College Extension Service,
artificial cover tor the birds. In He bases his statement on recent
wiiy a rrm%truf could be information from the U. 8. Depar t -
ftoppad at the edge of a dump of ment of Agriculture. ‘Test* so the
oaks. —"«»■* or other growths that effect to castor bean plants on
will make excellent cover for quail, grasshopper* have not *Coe tar
Piles of brush could be left between enough to find out whether the
the plowed strips and not . burned alkaloid rtcln contained in the
as moat ranchmen are doing. I plants to as poisonous to grassbop-
that the burning to the brush per* as it is to man and the higher
lie nu— the beauty to the protnrea. animals.'* h« said,
but this brings the question; Bad “Even if it is. ckstor bean plant -
you rather have a beautiful pasture lng is Impractical for hopper Con-
or have quail on the land? It trol. It would be mpossibie to raise
would probably be advisable to put the plants early e tough to kill the
some straw tram the aid straw insects before they spread. And
stock between She layers to brush the eeedt* pretty high, so it would
This would give the birds some ex- cost s good deal to plant enough to
ceOent protection during the cold do any good. Efen if the seed
winter days and wetod also serve were planted, and early enough for
asw naming atte during tbs Rpring the fim hopper* the chances are
ahd summer. that the insects would eat all the
LU each land owner do what he cultivated crops before beginning on
can to Increase quail to sections the castor beans,
where we see taking the natural "Oraashoppers are beginning to
environment from them. Improve hatch out in the southsrmost of
their habitat and let's have more thr^tot Texas counties that are
quail- threatened by the want hoppei in-
— , . <»„ ■. frotation in many years.” Reppert
HITLER OBSERVES ^
49TH BIRTHDAY ^ __
_ The method used in Texas last
RERUN ADrtl 30 — (UP) - wWch “V*d T>XM f»«ner»
WuJhrerLaiwf Hitler todev eelebrat °*er ■** mUUon <loU*r* return-
TVT - mm, iMn . huMM dollw for
MXtogtoWffl, the luppm* of >1. «« i'"'.’1;* ‘TtotmT-
because of the absorption of his na- year. ^ This conewU of spread
tire Austria into the Oerman Reich. ***• O®***1 ot bran' 80^ Ub1
Nearly 10.000 troop* reprmenting and sometimes sswdust op tha)
every branch and every weapon to u*il “ut*
the hew army which Hitler formed Scattered thinly at the rate of 10
in lU/torvY of - h** Versailles tretty to 30 pounds an acre as recommend*
paraded In his honor. «* * ««*7 agricultural agents.
; HHier stood to a reviewing stand is barmiessto man and to
In Untar TV" fAn*!—» opposite the domestic animal, lie only danger
war memorial to take the salute 1* from using lumpy bait, spread-
from the Oerman troops and those tog it too thickly, or leaving K in
fww the T-*— and fBajr garrisons to ptim or containers easily reached,
the Austrian army as they marched Reppert pointed out.
BERTRAND, Neb. ♦UP)—When
Charles Walters celebrated his 99th
birthday, tl didn't mean he was too
oM to enter a kite contest He
mingled with children to end?*vot-
ing to become a kite flier to the
first rank.
ONLY YOUR
MILEAGE
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MERCHANT
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OIL-PLATES
1L* s.' mf V ^ - t* \/<i «its
Each Sunday evening the Bpworth •
League to atudvmg “Studies to the
Christian LiCjK” Mrs. Dunaon to
teaching this most lnt re.uing book'
and urges all young people to be!
present and take part to the study'
each Sunday night.
The Baptist W. M. 8. met Mon-
day in the home to Rev. and Mrs.
R. Neal Greer with 10 women pres-
ent. Rev. Oreer taught the 14th
chapter to Matthew.
IBmop—
Mrs. R. Neil Oreer, Mrs. Hubert
Mathews and Mrs. Ray Mathews
visited the W; M. 8. of the Central
Baptist church. Brownwood. Mon-
day and sstiRed in the reorgani-
sation of the W. M. 8. in that
church.
\ Munroe Hag ley retuipaed Friday
from a visit With his wife and chil-
dren at Merkel.
Wheat Quota Helps
Stabilize Markets
COLLEGE STATION April pSO -
Wheat marketing quotes under :h«
new farm act will be proclaimed
only when the supplies for any
year are estimated at mors than
990 million bushels, according to
Oeo. Slaughter, chairman off thg
Texas Agricultural Conservation
Committee. The act states that
there win be no wheat quote lor
1938 unices parity payments s>t
made available.
The qfMta plan for wheat win be
umd only when the total supply to
TING of ad dUt bote a Am
so large that prises threaten to fail
to very low Reels, as they did from
MM to 1934. and then only when
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 159, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 20, 1938, newspaper, April 20, 1938; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1025723/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.