The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1954 Page: 3 of 12
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THE PADUCAH POST. PADUCAlt TEXAS. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
IET$ TALK
LIVESTOCK
BY TBV GOULDS
GRASS CATTLE MOVE
IN LARGER NUMBERS
The increased tempo of the
movement of grass cattle to
market in the Southwest re-
sulted in some weakness on
most kinds at Fort Worth
Monday. * . , , ,
The cattle offerings included
large numbers of cows and
grassy steer and heifer yearlings
of the plain or common quality.
However, the cow market with-
stood some effort on the part
of the buyers to lower prices.
Mature steers were fully steady
to strong.
Virtually all slaughter and
shipper interests appeared in
need of some numbers, and lo-
cal packers were stepping up
their killing floor activity to
near peak levels. This broaden-
ing of demand resulted in most-
ly steady market on cows. Bulls
were weaker, some sales 25 to
50c lower. Grassy yearlings and
heifers drew weak to 50c low-
er rates.
Calves continued under heavy
pressure and sold weak to 50c
lower along with most of the
Stockers and feeders.
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Included on the sales were
a load of 1.067-lb. cows at $14.50,
and two loads of 938-lb. cows at
$12.50 from the Tom Burnett
Cattle Co., Foard county; and
two loads of well finished year-
lings at 860 lbs. at $22 from
Geo. W. Lee of Briscoe county.
Kirk Edwards of Clay county
marketed 19 fancy heiferish cows
that average 1,079 at $15.50.
These appeared to be the kind
of cows that would dress out
exceptionally high in the beef.
Calvin Brannen, Gregg county,
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left to right Sir Henry Dale, Sn John Cockcroft, Sir Charles Har-
iugton and Sir Ernest Rock Carting. Sir Henry, Noble prize win-
ner, is by remote control sealing a bottle of radioactive phosphorous
to be flown to treat a Belgian suffering from a blood disease. Oc-
casion was the opening of new buildings of Britain’s Radiochemical
Center, where atomic products are prepared for peaceful uses.
had some $10 and $14 cows, and
some $18.50 calves. Naud Bur-
nett, Greenville, sold 175 fancy
feeder calves with the steers
at $22.50 and heifers at $20.
Most of the better Stocker cal-
ves sold around $21 down. Fat
calves $20.50 down.
F. C. Bloodworth, Jack coun-
ty, had some 482-lb. calves at
$20, a bull at $14.25, and some
cleanup cows from $8 to $12,25.
J. W. Benge & Son, Kaufman
county, had some cows at $9,
$10.25 and $14. Raymond W.
Castleman of Kaufman county
marketed some heavy calves at
$14, $17 and $18.50.
VAN ZANDT COUNTY REUNION
The 1954 Van Zandt County Re-
union will be held at the Mac-
Kenzie State Park, Lubbock,
Sunday, June 20.
Grady West, president, states
the program will be one o
“Food, Fun and Fellowship.”
Indian peace pipes usually
were made from stone quarried
in Minnesota.
New Dormitories To
Be Completed Soon
At Hardin-Simmons
Hardin-Simmons University’s
housing expansion program
which calls for the completion
of two new dormitories by Sep-
tember, is running on schedule,
T. S. Guimarin, director of hous-
ing, has announced.
The two dormitories—one for
men and one for women stu-
dents—are being built at a cost
of more than one million dol-
lars.
The dormitory for women is
to be a $357,800 structure. Cost
of the dormitory for men, which
included renovation of another
men’s dormitory, Ferguson Hall,
is $859,500.
Hardin-Simmons’ post-war de-
velopment and expansion pro-
gram since 1947 is now estimat-
ed at three million dollars.
Pity those who have no chil-
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to raise your own.
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PADUCAH, TE>;AS
‘LONE STM
AGRICULTURE’
John C. White, Commissioner
Texas Dept, of Agriculture
THE NEED FOR CHANGE
IN FARM PRACTICES
Recent drouth-breaking rains
in Texas should nyt be the sig-
nal to relax our soil and water
saving efforts. Rain today does
not guarantee prosperity on the
farm tomorrow.
Topsoil can be removed from
good land in a few years by
careless farming When our
topsoil is gone, the productivity
of the land is gone. Subsoil
moisture can be wasted even
more quickly—in a few short
weeks of thoughtless soil neg-
lect.
Yet, every time it rains, many
farmers relax just as though
there was never going to be
another drouth. Their atten-
tion is diverted by the more
immediate problems of taxes,
high cost of living and public
scandals. But there is no great-
er scandal than the costly
waste of our national resources.
The most recent drouth again
emphasizes the need for chang-
es in land use and farming
practices in many parts of Tex-
as. In the states of Colorado,
Kansas, New Mexico, Oklaho-
ma, Nebraska and Texas, more
than 11 million acres of crop
land and about 5 million acres
of range land have been dam-
aged by wind erosion this past
spring.
Many of the present diffi-
culties arise from the fact that
a great deal of poor land in
the drier sections of this area
has been improperly placed in
cultivation during the last 12
or 15 years. In the six-state
area, the amount of cropland
increased by about 3.6 million
acres from 1939 to 1949. Much
of this should have been left
to grasses.
The plowing up of sod land
for cash crops and the soaring
land prices were undoubtedly
influenced by the favorable
weather and high yields of the
1940’s and the high prices for
wheat and cotton. Then the
drouth started and the resources
were rapidly exhausted.
Emergency tillage programs
have been inaugurated but
these, at best, are only short
term measures. A long range
program should point toward
converting about 8 or 9 million
acres of present crop land in
the southwest to permanent
grassland where the soil is un-
suited for cultivation. For land
that is to remain in cultiva-
tion, such conservation prac-
tices as stubble mulch tillage,
cover cropping, strip crop-
ping and terracing for water
conservation are necessary.
Hog Lice Can Be
Controlled, Says
County Agent
Hog prices are favorable and
profits can be stretched fur-
ther if producers will control
the lice on their animals.
This parasite constantly ir-
ritates the hogs, slows its rate
of gain and, in turn, raises the
producer’s feed bill, explains
Kirby Clayton, county agent.
Lice also are a common spread-
er of swine pox.
Hog lice too often are taken
for granted, but they can be
easily controlled with DDT,
chlordane, toxaphene or me-
thoxychlor sprays at 0.5 per cent
concentration or with 0.06 per
cent lindane or gamma BHC.
The latter two insecticides give
best results, Clayton adds.
Sows with suckling pigs
should not be sprayed with any
of these insecticides, Clayton
says.
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1954, newspaper, June 17, 1954; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1034193/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.