Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 273, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 1937 Page: 5 of 8
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_BROWNWOOD (Tctm) BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Brown County and Central West If
farm news
Farm Population In 76 TOMS OF
Texa§ on Decrease B?!!
IT'S BLOSSOM TIME IN DIXIE-LAND
BY STATS EX!
MSNT STATION HHOV
ONE PEB CENT LOSS
Early Beeves
Demand Shown
CANE. HEGAR1 AND MAIZE
STALKH USED AS ENSILAGE
BY JOE M. HALL
PRESIDENT OP STATE ASSOCI-
ATION SAYS PRICE EXPECT-
ED TO BE U CENTS
PROBLEMS IN PASTURE Mil
AGEMENT IN THIS ABBA
LISTED BY TECHNICIANS
COLLEOE STATION. Te*as. Sept
1.—(UP>—Ttxas feeders hare pros-
pects of an exceptional market for
such beeves as they can finish out
by the end of the year and the first
two months of 193$, according to O.
W. Barnes, animal husbandman of
the Texas A. and M SxUnslon
St rvlce.
Barnes.-who has recently complet-
ed a tour of the major grain and
livestock areas of the state
Joe M Hall recently constructed
and filled a trench silo on his farm
which Is located 3 1-2 miles south-
east of Blanket.
T.'.e trench was constructed with
a farm tractor and fresno at a very
low cost It is 81 feet long. 5 1-2
feet deep, with an average width
of 11 1-2* feet. giving It a capacity
cf 5.119 cubic feet which will hold
approximately 153.576 pounds or
76.7 tons of ensilage.
Tile ensilage was made with sor- !
yhums harvested from 28 acres: 10
acres of Red Tup cane. 8 acres of
hegar! 'and 10 acres of maize stalks,
thit'g a production of app.r> ornate- 1
ly 2.7 toi-s per acre.
. Tne actual cost of constructing
and filling the slk) was $75.20 or 98
cents per ton. T.*is cost ts excep-
tionally low In this case due to the
fact that farm machinery was used
and much of the labor was furnish-
ed by neighboring farmers.
For successful silage sorghums
timid not be harvested until the
reed has become rard. If harvested
earlier, a silage with high add
content is produced and s feed loss
occuts from tne excess acid. Ex-
periment stations show that there
Is no great dliference In feeding
value between sorghum and com
silage Properly made silage has at
high content of carotene. t.:e yellow
pigment from which vitamin A Is
formed Ui the animal body, gccord-;
mg to County Agent C. W Lehm-jl
be-g.
Silage has been found to be a qiaLITY OF TEXAS
wtU adapted ieed for all types of
liver lock. However, a hen used as a
fattening tat ion it should be sup-
plemented with protein and mineral
concentrates In order to secure a
well balanced ration.
A large number of trench *i!o»
have been constructed In Brown
county thi> year and fanners ae
sowing considerable interest b:
attendance at eacn of throe firm
cn.it rations. »
'*** ^ • i H(P than middling for Tcxa.s r.ji-
\ And nuU 111 Tr)ta-" mt'an pecar.s
Lti., "/if Which W S Price of GuAinc pro: *
ldcrT>t °[ th? TexasI*fcsm Grow
■, -■ cent of normal une pro' ,<!•> .nc:i -
■Btt families of picxers with
etfCT*y.IfrmBf* a: *40a.du> mwagw-,.
X, £:* - ‘ pmr. r nui.-.i, -n ^ I:
ml ^tjerw-
{‘ Jr&tWjVKLFm ? , MiwrM| y *r the Mate will r<im--
Ay ' ■; jys^’ SmJI—Bp-24.0J0.000 poundi as comu.i ec :o
*V • - jQ, 10 400 000 la.' t year marmnorh
v» De Voca wrote Uiai the Indian.*--
Wjt* ** ~r|n migrated to r.ver t>utt -rru. In iht
fc* * ' -jjHt.lB I fall of the year to eat the abundant
»<*«■*■'■ —mBBi \Jm Tdm,+,W rntbJtmD pecan crop and Texas river bot-
of the 8outb— its pretty girls and Its liarvest of cotton—meet m a happy bouquet at toms still produce the bulk of the
co.ton-picking season. Here are. left to right, Ora Kate Wlsenbaker. 1 Elizabeth crop, mainly from native, wild trees,
Franklin, all of Valdosta. Oa, showing how tr.L> season's much-heralded bumper crop to which cultivation methods are
♦odes County. being slowly applied. When lancle;
pecans are grafted on the native
.BE HI SPENDING 60TT0H CROP ls«5|
ta ■■»■■ BE 1 1 -aj AAA AMI I" A tributaries; the Brasoa river, and
the Nueces. In the Nueces area
Price lists Wharton. Oonzairs, La-
\aca, Payette, Bastrop. Caldwell.
Guadalupe and Bexar counties; In
the upper Colorado, San Saba. Lla-
no. Lampasas. Brown, Tom Often.
McCulloch. Comanche, Mill*, Ma-
son and Burnet; In the Bmr.o area
Stephens. Palo Pinto. Hoxt Hoaque.
Hill. McLennan. Coryell. Bell and
“What is a good pasture worth?*-
ask officials of the local soil con- |
servation camp. Nineteen thousand 1
acres out of 27.000 acres under j
agreement with the Brownwood sod 1
conservation camp is proof enough4
of the important part that pasture
plays in this section, they say.
Some of the problems in pasture^
report*
that the grain crop ts good over a
major portion of Texas.
k Good Grain Crops /
“The good grain crop over a large
part of the state. In combination
with the shortage of grain for early
feeding In the corn belt, makes th j
an ideal year for Texas feeders.'*
Baines said. He warned, however,
that feeders should start their op-
erations at once * In order to
get thrlr animals well finished and
on the market before cern belt
beeves begin to move.
The excellent grain pospect In
the corn b.lt have siren* :ht tied th*
demand for feeder and vtocker an-
imals. Barnes pointed ou*
normally sells about two
feeders and slockers each j
raid, and feeds out aroutu
beeves.
If beeves-are placed on
soon as the grain supply wurrani.-.
so that the animals can be market-cl
Burned
management that confront ranchers
and stock-farmers in this section
are listed by 8. C. 8. technicians
j as follows:
1. Controlled and mixed graxlng.
. No stockman should overgrass.
Greater profit is realized per acre -
where weeds and brush, as well an ,
. grass, are utilized by using mixed4
grazing.
2. Weed and brush control. Accom- j
pllshed by mowing end clearing. But
mixed graxlng with sheep and goat*.
Is a more profitable way to do the
job.
• 3 Sodding and seeding. Retired
land should be sodded to Dermnda
or other native gram. Italian ijw
grass, rescue grass, bur clover, and.
black medic will prove profitable in j
many cases.
4 Care of land that has been re-
tired from cultivation to pasture.
5 Contour ridging, contour list-
ing and contour furrowing, to ooo-
■erve and distribute water.
6. Gully oontrol. Cutting off head-
water. plowing, sloping and iniltht,
7. Providing stock tanks. This la j
to better distribute stock water :
which facilitates more even gnudng
over the entire pasture.
Warren Portson has been practic-
ing pasture improvement for the
past three years. Mr Portson claims
that the better grasses In this area
grow more abundantly In the open
areas By cutting all underbrush
and prickly pear, and by contour
ridging, the better graeawe have
spread over his pasture and In- 1
creased his carrying capacity one-
third Where grass production can
be increased from one-third to one-
half by clearing underbrush, prickly
pear, killing meaqulte by contour
ridging* and by practicing controll-
ed grazing, it Is better to Improve
ten seres than to buy five acres of
unimproved pasture, he declared.
mllllou
ar, l»e
150,000
before early April of lsui
belirvc.t that Texas feeders coalJ
profitably finish out front J00 000 to
5OC.000 animals.
BAIN TUESDAY NEITHER MA-
TIKI ALL V HELPED NOR III KT
LOT TON CROP KEP.E
TEXAS HAS RECEIVED $235.0»M.
884 TO DATE IN AAA BENE-
FIT PAYMENTS
‘ion 8ervlee. ty'uevsn. The act was
passed by the present Congnm and
signed by the Preatdrnt on April
13 of this year.
DeMgnrd to coitfct the "h-g-
round system of ceitton buying. Un-
set requires that the Department
zl Agriculture, upon request Horn
my gftiup of pfedneerj o-ganwo
increase (excess of births over
deaths! on Texas farms was only
33.00S That Is to say. had there
been no net loss in population due
to cityward migration, the Texas
farm population would have in-
creased by 33.000. Since Texas farms
lost SajOSO by migration to cities and
to farms In other states, however,
the total farm population decreased
by 38.000. (50.000 minus 33 000 equals
Central Texas Decrease
In general, farm population was
found to be decreasing In West Tex-
as and. Central Texas and In-
creasing In South Texas and East
Thu The drought caused a slight
decrease In the farm population of
the north plains In the major cot-
ton growing areas of Texas the In-
crease of large-scale fanning, due
Co the uae of tractors and power
eulpment. has apparently caused-
some decrease lh farm population.
In some counties, the crop adjust-
ment program has influenced popu-
lation movements. In some of the
drought counties, farm people were
enabled to stay with their farms
with the help of government bene-
fits. but In many cases. It ts felt,
the government benefits have In-
creased large-scale
research and field stations In Texas
to assist In the rapid development
of native pecan orchards and Price,
sees additional markets In eastern1
states, where, be says, the net is
little known. ' v
P. cans sell in competition with
English walnuts, almond^. Brazil
nuts and cashews and pecan Trov -
ers are interested In a bill in Con-
gress increasing tariffs on cashews
and discouraging Importations,
lost year amounted to
cent In any given year Ttj.x.i.- titles years the Extension Sociologist
are still gTowlng at a hVh rate Rurm.| Women s Organization wdl
Were it not for the increased use of t.'ecome Extension Adviser in Rural
machinery on I arms the increasing Organization Work,
consuming power of Texas
collect and expenditures fur form by grass oppsrs and bollweevUs { The threshers who shake and
arum on the “d r«v« bt*n thrill th.* —;---I the trees to mol? the shucks rel<
varl us class- AA,A' *7dCh listed expend:.ures up iyAGENTS TO MELT , the nuts are usually paid on the I
latlon on the J? laAt Jun* « $2,270.848 510 Bene- Ocunty Agent C. W Lehmberg k> of pounds harvested oy pic
les and suple 11 , *or liiif yeaT WlU to- und Miss May«aie * Malcne, home and pickers are paid by the poi
be post«-d at ^ another $4oO OoouOO. i demonstration agent. ‘ will leave Price estimates the valuy of
places in cot- Next m government form spend- Sunday for College Station to at- Texas pecans trees conhorvatl'
iue* lng unportaiice is the Resettlement tend a (.emitrente ol Texas farm at about $30,000,000 and says a i
provided by whiui estimated It and home agents. Thy conference.t mal icrop gives employment
rted samples h*cl *Peul ^404 000.000 for farm aid which will contmue through F*n- 35.000.
il cilices lor *n<1 fiGboiarginai laud purchase. 1. day. Sep«. 10v was called after this Processing plants, comm emu
ndirated that wlli ‘penG anoU.er $100.000 000 this year s Farmers* Short Course was with Texas* position as source o
e their class- ***** ^ , I cancelled| P^r cent of the world's pecan <
ur days after The Federal Emergency Relief | . TT **7” 1 for ten years, are scattered over
Administration and tne Works Pio- During each inealtune on a «t»te with an outlay in eqmpa
xganlzed one gress AanmustraUun spent more dining car of a rallrtpad. about 1000 amounting to about $1,500,050.
involving ap- than $2jO,OUO 000 in loans and granu dishes must be washed In a sink largest shilling plants lp the w
ners. in the for aid to ioAi.CKW isrm laaiunsg. less than two feet square. 1* at 8an Antonio, best market
Her He also inosUy victims of the 1934 and lkio ——— --Texas pecans, although Dallas 1
2 000 Tekas orougm*. T , P°l»r have an exceptionally Worth. Houston and 8t. Louis
rgamzvd Intoj Gcvenunent Loans ^ scute sefue of smell. affording expanding facillt
ion of quality The Commodity Surplus Corpora- ~~ , r Ninety per cent of the Tex-s t
i of the in- lion has purchased $287.958069 nuU. for plan ting soil building crops Ip processed by sheilers. usu
i. tliene farm- worth of surplus commodities. for such as summer legumes and for working by hand.
I be In a po- distribution to relief case*. It has using approved better land prac- Exp rlment BsUsm
Miss Heien Swift, district agent,
will succeed Mrs. Barry as Ex-
tension Sociologist— Rural Womens
Organizations
Miss Swift will be succeeded In
maintain their own population by District No. 5 by Miss Kate Adele
births They must depend on a high Hill, present district agent f;r D1 >-
rural birth rate and on a constant trict No -6.
stream of migration from farms. Mss Hill wUl be succeeded by
which
32.000.000 pounds.
j Southwestern states predicted a
fair p can crop this year but with
prevalence of pecan scrap discour-
aging.
fanning and pie from the farms will not be as
hence population displacement.. great In the future as In the past.
Farm population was found to be * All of the above facts considered
increasing In the Rio Orande plains along with the decrease of the farm
population during 1936. Indicate
certainly that no Increase in the
Vexas farm population Is likely dur-
ing the next few years. It is more
lkely that the farm population will
the j decrease or possibly remain spproxl-
nately stationary.
United Stale* Trend*
The Bureau of Agricultural Eco-
nomics found that the total farm
population of the United States also
iecreased during 1936. On January
I. 1037, the farm population of the
United 8tates was 31.T29.000 as com-
pared with 31,808.000 one year
writer and 31.801.000 In 1935 The
vet loss of 80 000 persons was the
first net loss r< ported since 1928.
The bureau further estimated that
during the year 1936 . 716.000 babies
»ere bom to farm women and 348,-
000 farm residents dlad. The net
nigratlon from farms to towns and
titles was 447.000 persons; 1.186 000
oersons moved from farms to vil-
lages, towns, and cities, and 719 000
noved to farms The most import-
ant single factor affecting the farm
population during . 1926 was the
drought. Decreases In the drought
area were larger than elsewhere.
The Pacific Coast states reported
increases due to migration, much of
which came from the drought states
Meeting Her*
The West Texas Pecan Growers
Association will meet In Brownwood
Friday. Bept:mbtr 10. One of the
features of the day wlH be Inspec-
tion by the growers of the two
United Elates Department of Agri-
culture pecan experiment stations
area, the Lower Rio Orande Valley
area, the Plney Woods Lumbering
area, the east and west ends of the
Coastal Prairie area, the oak cover-
ed Northeast Sandy Lands area, the
Norih'Central Grazing area
newer sections of the High Plains
Cotton area, and In small areas sur-
rounding large urban centers.
Arses of population decreases are:
the Panhandle Wheat area, the Low
Rolling Plains. Edwards Plateau
Oraslng area. Corpus Chrlsti Cotton
area. Black Prairie area, the pine
covered Nbrtheast Sandy Lands
area, the Post Oak ares, and the
Central Coastal Prairie area.
Ertimates of population changes
by counties are not available be-
Farm Price Level
Decline Is Shown
One Program Often Pays For A
*• _ I.
Insect
Report
WASHINGTON. Sept 1-The
general level cf farm prices de-
clined 2 points during the last
month, the Bureau of Agricultural
Eccncm.cs reported Tuesday.
It said the farm price index cn
Aug. IS stood at 123 per cent of
prewar levels. This was 2 point*
below July 15 and 1 point under a
year ago.
The survey shewed grain lost T
prints; cotton and cotton seed 16
and fruit 22 points during the last
month; meat animals and chicken.*
and eggs advanced 7 points, dairy
products gained 3 and miscellane-
ous products were up 15 points.
Cate* are
ching the
im and m
ict over/s
mepkug of farmers and ranchers
plret RIGHT from a radio pro-
g the cost of their radio many
this is but one of hundreds of
having a radio on the farm.
titon. 000,000 was made available by
Leaf worms have been found In ! congress for cotton price adjusl-
om Green County and poison has *n«tU payments,
ten applied to stop the damage in In the four-year period ended
nith County and In certain areas June 30, the AAA paid out $121,548.-
400 for administration. Of that
amount 886.138,707 was for salaries
and the remainder for supplies,
Club Demonstrator
Makes $124 Profit
The diameter of the star, Mira,
In the constellation of Oetus. is
nearly as great as the orbit of
Mars, and would take 27,000,000 of
)Ur suns to fill It.
The first military airship in the
} world was the “Signal Corps 1.”
purchased by the United 8tates
government Aug. 18. 1908. It was
j built by T. S. Baldwin.
, Mrs W. A. Forman, home In-
dustry demonstrator of the Bangs
Club, reports that her work has
produced a steady Income through-
out the year, with $124 cleared to
date.
This has been accomplished as
follows; Quilted 3 cotton quilts, $9;
quilted 6 woo:en quilts. $17; Re-
covered 2 down quilts. $4; hooked 3
rugs. $12; sold 1 hooked rug. $10:
braided 2 rugs. $6; re-upholstered
set of furniture, $90; roadside mar-
ket. $15; leased the roadside market
for $5; sold 1 woolen quilt, $10;
crocheted 1 bed spread, $10; cro-
cheted 3 luncheon sets, $6; Total
$184.
MODERN-ROOMS
MENT-SUITES
Then
1938 models are now read// for delivery. Come
today and let us shouruou their many
new features. Easuderms.
Snow is a most efficient insula-
tor. Experiment# show that with
an sir temperature of 33 degrees
below zero, soil surface beneath
only 10 Inches of snow registers
ibout 20 degrees above bero.
It is generally conceded that the
8uperms0ne Spitfire is the fast-
est fighting plane in the world. 81nce
facts on the newer Whips are no:
known, this Is merely a surmise.
'bower
Swam
Payments Her*
Brown county farmers up to Aug-
ust 1 had received $96,14143 in
1936 conservation payments, accord, j
lng to figures oomplied by tne Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
tion. The pay menu were made for
taking out of cultivation such soil-1
depleting crops as cotton and pea- .
PlanU of three different species
are worn ae “ahemrock" on St. Pat-
rick's Day.
A French airman, Eugene Ollbert,
was the fl:st pilot to use a machine
tun during the World War, He
strapped a Hotchkiss gun to tie
center section of a Morane plane
and succeeded lh shooting down in
L. V. O. two-seater
IEID ,Ufr.
The greatest mine disaster In
Great Britain was In 1913. when 439
lives were loot In an explosion at
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 273, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 1937, newspaper, September 1, 1937; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063211/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.