Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1971 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME'15
6 PAGES
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1971, DELL CITY, TEXAS 79837
NUMBER 28
10 * A COPY
BEAUTY & UTILITY OF PLANTS
A&M SPECIALISTS TO
AND GRASSES
CONDUCT APRIL
-SCS,Harvey Kahlden
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RUSH CALLAN
RECEIVES SCIENCE
SCHOOL GRANT
PROS-CONS IN CONGRESS RE FARM
GUAR PRODUCTION
PAYMENT CEILINGS
MRS. CHARLIE WRIGHT
PASSES AWAY
FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA
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LIVING FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
Theme:
MARCH 28 - APRIL 3, 1971
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BETTER
FHA WEEK
FHA CARES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
APRIL 1
Dell Valley -Mr. Rush
Callan, High School Science
teacher, has been notified
by Louisiana Tech University
in Ruston, Louisiana, that
he has been awarded a grant
to attend the National Sci-
ence Foundation Summer
Institute on Foundations of
Physics to be conducted from
July 12 through August 20,
1971, at Louisiana Tech Uni-
versity.
AGRICULTURAL MEETING
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Daienna Holguin, Mary Snow, Sylvia Holguin and Zana Switzer
outline a busy week.
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Former Dell City resident,
Nirs. Charlie Wright, passed
away last week in Robert
Lee, Texas, after a lengthy
illness.
Survivors are husband,
Charlie of Robert Lee, sons
Edwin "Bimbo" Lee Wright,
Robert Lee, and Charlie, Jr.,
of San Angelo; two daugh-
ters, Eva Stevens of Robert
Lee and Mrs. Gerald Lewis
of Pecos and several grand
children.
Funeral and burial was in
Robert Lee. Pallbearers
were J. W. Hill, Clayton
Wood, Euel Ross, Roy Ras-
coe, Pat Lewis, Pete Lewis,
V. C. Snodgrass and Buck
Waiding
MEETING - EL PASO
There will be a Guar pro-
duction meeting in El Paso
April 5, 1971, Yucca Room,
Bassett Rodeway Inn.
Program participants are
Barnie Rivers, Field Repre-
sentative, Stein-Hall 8 Co.,
Inc., Vernon, Texas; Her-
bert H. Partridge, Field
Agronomist, General Mills
Chemicals, Inc., Munday,'
Texas; Kenneth E. Lindsey,
Area Agronomist, Texas
Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice, Fort Stockton, Texas;
Charles A. Taylor,, Area
Farm Management Specialist,
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, Fort Stockton, Tex-
as.
A Guar production meeting
will also be held in Pecos
April 6, and Midland, April
7.
Farmers in Southwest Tex-
as have been expressing in-
terest in possibilities of grow-
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MEETINGS
Sammy Helmers, County
Agenty, has informed the
Dell Valley Chamber of
Commerce that several Tex-
as A8M Specialistswill con-
duct a meeting in Dell City
on April 27 or 28.
Mike Spratt, Charlie Tay-
lor, Ken Lindsey, and possi-
bly Jim Mallett 'will con-
duct a meeting for all in-
terested farmers and ran-
chers on the Dell Valley
farming situation. This
same group will conduct a
meeting in Sierra Blanca
also.
As soon as a definite date
is set up, the Herald will
publish it and any other de-
tails of the coming meeting.
County Agent Sam Helmers
has arranged an Agricultural
meeting April 1, 7:30 in the
Dell City Community Bldg.
Charles Neeb, Area Exten-
sion Entomologist, Ft. Stock-
ton will speak on "New Con-
cept Cotton Insect Control", -
and Ken Lindsey, Texas A8M
will speak on "Cultural Prac-
tices for Grain Sorghum".
MRS. TOMMY BREWER
FUNERAL HELD ON
MONDAY
Andrews, Tex. -Mrs. To-
mmy Brewer passed away
in Andrews Saturday, She
was the daughter-in-law of
the Carol Brewer's of Dell
City.
Survivors: her husband,
Tommy of Andrews, one
daughter, Pharis, Andrews;
Mother and stepfather, Mr.
and Mrs. Farris Brooks of
Florey, Texas; brother,
Robert J. Walton, Andrews.
Funeral was held in An-
drews on Monday.
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-Congressman Richard C. White
To what extent should tax money be used for direct payments
by the government to farmers? The questionnaire I recently dis-
tributed to residents of the 16th District contains two questions
on this subject: # 36—"The 91st Congress set a maximum of
$55, 000 on annual subsidy payments to farmers. Do you favor a
limit on annual payments to farmers?" #37—"Should this farm
payment be lowered to $20, 000 per year per farmer?"
The limitation put into law last year applied only to three
crops--upland cotton, wheat and feed grains. 7116 House set its
limit at $55, 000 per producer on each of these crops. The Sen-
ate set tire figure at $20, 000. The Conference Committee chose
the House figure and it was put into law .It is considered quite
certain that the proponents of a lower payment ceiling (probably
at $20, 000) will try again in the present Congress. Indeed, at
least one bill has already been introduced to set the ceiling at
$10, 000.
The decision is not an easy one. There are sound arguments
on both sides, and I would appreciate the counsel of the people
in the 16th District, which is a major producer of cotton, one
of the crops most directly affected.
Following are some of the pro and con arguments we are hear-
ing in Congress on the subject of still lower farm payment ceil-
ings.
FOR LOWERING THE LIMITATION TO $20, 000 or LESS
1. Farmers are not on welfare, and should not receive pay-
ments from other people's taxes. Many of the big farm owners
are huge corporations. Many others are wealthy individuals.
2. Lowering the payments to a maximum of $20, 000 would
save $171-million which could be put into many other urgent
social needs such as housing, education, and pollution control.
It might even be used to lower tire national debt which was re-
cently increased to $430-billion.
3. Lowering the payment limitation would restore public con-
fidence in the entire farm program. Today, the public generally
hears of big agriculture companies and wealthy land owners re-
ceiving payments running intp the hundreds of thousands of doll-
ars for NOT raising crops. This is contrary to the American work
principle, and also undermines the freedom of private enter-
prise.
4. Farming, like any other business, should operate on the
law of supply and demand. This law of the market place cann-
ot operate when direct payments are made to the producer by
the Federal government. By placing reasonable limits on the
amount of Federal payments which any single producer can re-
ceive, we can gradually convert farming to a sound business,
standing on its own merits.
AGAINST FURTHER LOWERING OF LIMITATION
1. It is true farmers are not on welfare. They are in business,
and the payments they receive from the Federal government are
built into the price structure of their products. They were es-
tablished by the government for the purposes of controlling pro-
duction, regulating land use, maintaining foreign markets,
assuring the best possible balance in agricultural economics,
and encouraging farmers to stay on the farms and maintain a
strong agricultural potential.
2. Setting the maximum of $20, 000 would not save money for
the government. It would upset the agricultural economy and
reduce farm income and the many Federal taxes engendered by
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the special values of rural
plants which enhance out-
door beauty and improve the
environment for rural and
urban residents.
"Conservation farmers
who plant grasses on deple-
ted rangeland or idle crop-
land in the Dell Valley area
do a lot for outdoor beauty, "
Kahlden said. "In fact,
sound soil and water conser-
vation on the landscape is
the key to a beautiful coun-
tryside. Any well managed
grassland or farmland adds
to the country green con-
cept. "
He said Soil Conservation
Service officials are using
the occasion to invite the
public to visit the SCS plant
materials center at Knox
City. Hundreds of plant
selections are being evalu-
ated at the center to try
to find improved strains
that will solve several con-
servation problems. He said
the best time to see the
plants is in late summer
when most are in bloom or
producing seed.
"Several new grass strains
are now in use across the
country because of our plant
materials work, " he said.
"Some of the ones being
used in Texas include King
Ranch bluestem; Grenville
switchgrass; El Reno, U-
valde and Vaughn sideoats
grama; and Selection 75
Kleingrass. "
The kleingrass selection
was released two years ago
and has proven so popular
that more than a million
dollar's worth of seed was
planted last year in Texas.
l1However, some of the
fascinating work underway
at Knox City is our work
with plants for wildlife, "
He said. "Since wildlife
and livestock co-exist in the
same land, they use many
of the same plants. We are
trying to select plants val-
uable to livestock and wild-
life which can be grown pro-
fitably for seed, "
Kahlden said that his off-
ice gets questions nearly
Confidence is the secret
of strength. -Monod
Tire beauty and utility of plants is one of the topics, being
stressed during National Lawn and .Garden Week March 20-26.
Harvey Kahlden, district conservationist for Soil Conservation
Service at Dell City said the event is being sponsored by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and the national officers of
garden clubs. Lawn and garden trade groups are also behind
the effort.
This year's theme "Country Green for City Living" stresses
every week from people
wanting to know what plants
to include in grass plantings
that will have special value
for wildlife. Unfortunately,
the number of plants he can
recommend for seeding is
limited. It's not because
there is a shortage of plants
what wildlife like - tire
problem is buying seed for
these plants.
He explained that 53 se-
lections of forbs and shrubs
thought to have value for
wildlife are being evalua-
ted at Knox City. This is
in addition to more than
400 strains of glasses, many
of which are also useful to
wildlife, which are being
grown. Several legumes
are also being evaluated.
He pointed out +hat many
forbs (broad leafed, her-
baceous plants) are not on-
ly good wildlife food but are
equally useful to cattle,
horses, sheep and goats.If
ways can be developed to
grow these plants profitably/
for seed production, it will
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Dell Valley -Future Homemakers make plans for FHA Week
March 28-April 3. Sponsor, Mrs. Jim Trimble, helps Jan Wood,
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