De Leon's Monitor (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 2000 Page: 3 of 10
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• Are you cod under pressure?
• Do you want to give back to your community?
• Do you have what it takes to become a firefighter?
The De Leon Volunteer
Fire Department is accepting
applications from the public
to three (3) vacancies for
apph-
cants should be of high
moral character be able
to the strenuous de-
mands of physical stress
(ability to lift 100 pounds) for
often extended periods of
time flHHHMBHB
Applications accepted will
be reviewed by a recruiting Mm
committee before being passed forward for nwnareareE
final selection
Applicants who are accepted to t» BwaaMBM
receive paid tuition for IMIgMng «*M
take place at Texas AAM, Mineral Wala
departments across the area.
Applications may be obtained M Ctoli
De Leon Free Pvrea anfi Dre M. OB
ATTENTION FARMERS!
Stop by and see me for your 2000 MCPI,
CRC & Crop hail quotes.
Christal Cogburn, Agent
/^■De Leon Crop Insurance
108 South Texas • De Leon, Texas
V 254-893-4360 • 800-468-4795
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"Don't yew idiots realize whut all these
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Benefit auction to be
held in Gustine
Eastland Auction Co.-Tuesday
Ranger Auction Co.-Thursday
• Call in your
Party Platter
order 24 hours
in advance
• With a puchase
of meal be
eligible to enter for
Party Platter give-away!
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Thank you
Kevin O'Brian and the man who
helped (Rocky forgot your name—
sorry) the fire fighters. Also to the
gals at city hall for the food for the
fire fighters. Also thank you to all
of the fire departments who assisted
on January 13.
Sipe Springs, Cisco, Rising Star,
May and Carbon Volunteer Fire
Departments
by Charlie
Stenholm
For Consignment
info contact:
David Coan
254-629-1194 (home)
254-653-7227 (mobile)
Thomas
254-734-2978 (home)
Eastland Auction Co.
254-629-3200
Ranger Auction Co.
254-647-3247
Guns, coins, antiques and more are
expected to be for sale Saturday, Jan.
29 during a special benefit auction to
help build a pavalion in downtown
Gustine.
Gustine's City Council and the
city's Economic Development
Corporation are sponsoring the event
which will take place at the Gustine
Community Center located on Col-
lege Street Items for sale will be avail-
able for viewing starting at 8 a.m and
the auction will get underway at 10
am.
(Directions) From Comanche
head to Gustine on Highway 36. At
the blinking light go left and its one
block up. Watch for signs.
By Carolyn Balzen
Better Living for Texans
Label Lingo for terms found on
food labels.
Free-An amount so small that it
probably won't have an effect on
your body; for example, “calorie free”,
“fat free” or “sodium free”.
Low- An amount specifically de-
fined for each term, such as “low calo-
rie”, “low fat”, or “low cholesterol”.
Reduced-An amount used to de-
scribe a food with at least 25 percent
less calories, fat, saturated fat, cho-
lesterol or sodium than a comparable
food.
High-lf s an amount that’s 20 per-
cent or more of the Daily Value for a
nutrient, for example, “high in Vita-
min C” or “High calcium”.
Good Sauce-lt's an amount that's
10-19 percent of the Daily Value for a
nutrient for example, “good source
of fiber”.
More-11’s an amount that’s 10 per-
cent or more of the Daily Value, for
example, “more fiber” or “more iron”.
You won't find it on meat or poultry
products.
Light-A food with 1/3 fewer calo-
ries or 50 percent less than the tradi-
tional version. A “low calorie" or “low
fat” food with 50 percent less sodium
might also be called “light".
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recommend this system only in
places where perennial weeds like
johnsongrass are a problem. *
Liberty is another herbicide that
is non-selective and broad spectrum
like Roundup. It does have a quicker
bum down time that Roundup but
does not control quite as many weed
species. With the Liberty Link en-
hanced system you can apply Lib-
erty herbicide till com is 24 inches
tall.
The Clearfield Production System
is the new brand name for imidaz-
olinone-tolerant crops including
com, canola, wheat, rice sugar beets
and sugarcane. The imidazolinone
herbicide family includes Pursuit,
Arsenal, Cadre plus others I am not
aware of because this is a big family.
Lightning is the chemical approved
for use in the Clearfield Com Produc-
tion system and Lightning is a mix of
Pursuit and Arsenal. It has a wide
spectrum of control for both
broadleaves and grasses and does
include sedges. Most peanut produc- 1
ers have used Pursuit and know its I
capability. Lightning must be used I
post emergence.
A final enhanced com seed is
Poast-Protected Com. Poast and
Poast Plus contain sethoxydim and
both have been around a long time. )
Sethoxydim is strictly a grass control j
product unlike the broad spectrum I
herbicides already mentioned. Poast- *
Protected com is unusual in that it is
not a genetically altered seed.
Sethoxydim-resistance was conven-
tionally bred into the plant so that a
grass control product does not con-
trol com which is a grass. Poast is
very effective on grassy weeds if used
properly. The grass must not be
stressed but actively growing. The
high rate of herbicide mixed with a
crop oil must be used and a second
application is a must for perennial
weeds like johnsongrass or with
tough annual grasses like colo-
1100 East Navarro • De Leon, Texas • 254-893-4319|
concern shown during the illness Mars,
and loss of our loved one.
Your prayers, call, vftits and com-
forting words have helped us
through a very difficult time.
We Want to especially thank
Donnie Nowlin and his staff and the
First Baptist Church for providing
the meal for the family. We will be
ever grateful.
The family of Dale Scott
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Thank you The De Leon Chamber of Com-
We sincerely express our deep merceand Agriculture welcomes you
appreciation for the kindness and aboard the Discovery De Leon for a
The flight begins January 31,2000
at 7 p.m. at the City Hall Auditorium.
While aboard, our mission will be to
impress you with edible delights of
Mars and to keep you entertained
with surprises that are out of this
world.
Tickets are available at the Cham-
ber of Commerce office located at 200
South Texas Street.
The market report for Saturday,
January 22, 2000, on 1077 head of
cattle.
Cows: Utility. 33-37, few high dress-
ing. 41, Cutters. 32-36, Canners, 28-32.
Old Shell. 20-27. Stockers. 450-700
Bulls: Bologna. 42-46, few high
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Stocker Steer Calves: Choice. 100-
115. few up to 130. Good. 90-100. Me-
dium, 80-90, Common, 50-80
Stocker Heifer Calves: Choice. 95-
105, few up to 115, Good. 85-95. Me-
dium, 75-85, Common. 40-75
Stocker Feeder Steer Yearlings
Choice,75-82, few up to 88. Good,
70-75. Medium. 65-70. Common. 40-65
Stocker Feeder Helfer Yearlings
Choice. 72-80, few up to 85. Good,
68-72, Medium. 63-68. Common. 40-62,
Cows and Calves: Good. $650-
$750, Plain, $450-8550
Cora Silage Choices
Silage growers now have many
seed choices, more than ever before,
and picking the right variety can be
difficult. The newest technology in
com seed involves the enhanced
seed systems that in most cases in-
volve gene transfer to establish tol-
erance to herbicides or cause the
plant to produce a toxin to insects.
These new seed systems have
proven their worth over the past
years if you have the special prob-
lems they work on, if not they can be
just an extra expense.
The explosion of conservation till-
age in com, especially in the Mid-
west, has helped spur on the devel-
opment of herbicide tolerant com
varieties. These varieties have a spe-
cial tolerance to herbicides that in
normal circumstances would kill the
weeds and the com plant. One of the
first new herbicide tolerant varieties
introduced was Roundup Ready
com. Researchers found a gene that
controlled tolerance to Roundup and
placed it in a com variety. Roundup
herbicide is a non-selective chemical,
killing all vegetation that it comes in
contact with. Com with a Roundup
tolerant gene is now able to continue
growing even when sprayed with
high doses of the herbicide. This al-
lows producers to use no-till plant-
ing with chemical weed control very
successfully.
I mention Roundup Ready com
first because it is used on many acres.
This corn seed has tolerance to
Roundup Ultra produced by
Monsanto and a new herbicide called
Touchdown by Zeneca. Both of
these herbicides are non-selective,
systemic, postemergence without
any soil activity. They would be used
after weed germination and can be
used several times in the season if
needed. These products used at
hjgher rates can control weeds and
grass that are too large for other her-
bicides. There is a technology fea- rtMlbrass. Do not kMMM|h 8el
attached to every bag of seedwhidt too big or Poast won’t work.
may make it cost prohibitive. T wouf3
s. o. s.
Our number is few, our ac-
cumulated years are many and
there are lots of things going
on in De Leon.
> We need your help in re-
porting what's happening that
our readers would be interested
in. Call us, come by or write
us when you have something
to share. If you have pictures,
we would love to see them too.
We'll ran them if we can, and
we'll get them back to you.
After all, Oe Moni-
tor belongs to you! We are
just tending to it.
Eastland Dou9als
— Market Report--- — Market Report—
The market at Eastland on 534
head was very active, on Steers, Heif-
ers and Bulls weighing 200-500 lbs.
Feeder Steers to Heifers 600-800 lbs.
sold steady to strong. Packer Cows
and Bulls steady with last weeks
higher market. Young Bred Cowsand dressing. 52. Stockers. 5040. Utility. 40-
Cows and Calves S1O-S25 higher, ac-
cording to David Coan, Market Rfe
porter
Next sale will be Eastland January
25, and Ranger January 27.
Slaughter Cows: 27-42, Stocker:
$400-5625 Slaughter Bulls 45-52
Feeder Steers and Steer Calves:
200-300 lbs 90-132, 300-400 lbs 80-128;
400-500 lbs 80-115, 500-600lbs 70-106;
600-700 lbs 75-95
Feeder Helfers and Heifer
Calves: 200-300 lbs 75-110; 300-400
lbs 75-100 400-500 lbs 75-100; 500-600
lbs 70-93; 600-700 lbs 70-90
Cow and Calf pairs: Good: $600-
$850 Plain $400-8600
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A taffl® group of area farmers and rancher attended a silage short course at De Leon's City Hall.
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lingo of food talk
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Congressman Charlie Stenholm milk production in 1997 or 1998, upto
announced today that the U.S. the first 26,000 hundredweight of
Department of Agriculture (USDA) production.
will provide SI 25 million in direct cash All dairy producers who
payments to assist dairy farmers produced milk during the last quarter
nationwide who have been hurt by of calendar year 1998 are eligible for
low prices. the program.
"Dairy farmers, like so many other Eligible dairy burners who dfti not
segments of our agriculture participate in the program last summer
economy, have been hurt by low must sign up at their local Fann
prices and need some relief," said Service Agency (FSA) offices or
Stenholm. "While this assistance is U§DA Service Centers from January
not a solution to the current 24 to February 28,2000. Fanners who
situation, it will at least help some participated in last summer's program
folks hang on until things get better." will automatically receive payments
In order to distribute limited and do not need to reapply for
resources equiUbly among ail dairy assistance.
producers, the Dairy Market Loss The dollar amount of payments
Assistance program provides will be calculated after sign-up is
payments based on an operation's complete.
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Thanks again,
Larry and Lori W<
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We would like to Thank Thomas
Propane, UAP Southwest, The Pecan
House, Texas Ag Credit, Jason Cattle
Company and Birdsong Peanuts for
purchasing Latonya and Tyler's calves
at the Comanche County Junior
Livestock Sale.
Your support is what makes youth
programs such as these successful and
De Leon a great place to raise kids.
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