The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Page: 3 of 8
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OUT AT THE FARM
By John Herring
ers and ranchers may offer eligible
Brucellosis in Cattle
4th Annual
Women’s Ministry Luncheon
TICKETS
August 28, 2010
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KRESS HOMETOWN FESTIVAL
EVENTS.
SWISHER COUNTY RSVP and the
SWISHER COUNTY LIBRARY
QUILT
RAFFLE
$1.00 each or
6 for $5.00
Please call 655-2181
for a discount ticket.
Go, Cowboys, Kangaroos and
Hornets
announce a new program to deliver books and other ma-
terials to homebound people. Books to Go is available to
anyone unable to come to the library. To register for book
delivery, call the Swisher County RSVP at 995-2104.
Volunteers needed to make calls and deliver books.
To Volunteer call RSVP at 995-2104.
Kress Hometown Festival
QUILT RAFFLE
A beautiful quilt made by the
Kress Keenagers
and
machine quilted by Sew Needed's
Joann Gary of Lockney, TX
Hus is a queen size quilt that will go
with any decor
Swisher Co. RSVP
will be taking a bus that
night. Call 995-2104 to
reserve a seat.
Saturday, August 14th
is
“Tulia Night
at
Texas
in the
Canyons.”
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR
ATHLETES!
Join the Happy, Kress and Tulia
Booster Clubs.
Call or go by the church office to get your ticket.
806-995-3591 / 101N Crosby
(Tickets are limited, so get yours today)
Speaker:
Tickets go on sale: July 28th
KRESS HOMETOWN FESTIVAL
AUGUST 7,2010
BBQ Cookoff
Judging Stans at 12:00 pm
South of Bank
LAWN TRACTOR PULL
Starts at 2.*00 pm
South of Bank (by Bus Bam)
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
CONTEST
Judging at Senior Center at 3:00 pm
Car Show on Skipworth Street
Afternoon
We will be serving smoked Bruket with sides
$5 00 donation per plate at Senior Center at 5:00 pm
Cany out will be available
Stmt Daace at 7:30 pm on SUpworth Streti
Mask by DJ One Party Stop till midnight
???Intercsted tn being a judge???
contact. Mark Wegscheid at (806) 684-2243
Swisher Tire & Fuel L.L.C.
806 995-2724, 995-1709
P. O. Box 434
Tulia, TX 79088
We provide mobile service for all types of tiresl!
We are now proud distributors of
Derksen Portable Buildings
10% Off Sale
Rent-To-Own
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From Doc’s Desk
by Dr. James Tucker, DVM
Animal Hospital
www.animalhospital.com
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1:30pm
First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
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NOW CARRYING CHILDREN'S SQUEAK ME
SHOES, SIZES 3 TO 8. GIRLS & BOYS
New Shipment of Baby
Boy clothes has
arrived.
Also Bella Jewelry now
in stock including
inter-changeable and
reversable pendants.
Very reasonably priced
and make great gifts!!
NEW INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS AVAILABLE
NOW! $5.99 - $9.99
Jeannett’s Art & Design
143 East Broadway Tulia 995"4777
Brucellosis (also known as con-
tagious abortion and commonly
called Bang’s disease) is caused
by bacterium of the Brucella ge-
nus The malady causes full term
abortions, lower milk production
in cows and sterility in the affected
bulls
When a cow becomes infected
she may abort only once but some
cows abort every pregnancy The
germ is contacted by mouth and
rarely by sexual contact. When an
animal calves (give birth) the or-
ganism is shed by the thousands
Other cows can become by lick-
ing the fetus or after birth. My first
contact with the disease was in the
early fifties.
There were some regulations as
to what you could do with a “posi-
tive” animal but at that time there
was no Program to eliminate the
disease As there is no cure for
“Bangs” Vaccination of calves and
test and slaughter of infected cows
was how the disease was eliminat-
ed in Texas.
After about sixty years of State
and Federal cooperative programs
Texas is now classified as Brucel-
losis Free This status has not com-
pletely eliminated interstate ship-
ping regulations but it has made
them less stringent Brucellosis
causes Undulant Fever m people.
We don’t see this disease much
anymore mainly because of pas-
teurized milk and stringent testing
regulations of dairies.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
Harter to Speak to
Speak on Railroads
Attention all history buffs! You
are invited to hear Mike Harter
speak on “Crossing Texas” on
Thursday, August 5th at the De-
pot at 7:00 p.m.
The Swisher County His-
torical Commission is proud to
bring present Mr. Harter, who
never fails to delight the audi-
ence with his knowlege of the
history of the panhandle.
Joann and Pete Odom and
Mary Burgess are hostesses
for the meeting If you’d like L
to know the impact the railroad I
had on Texas, you will want to
attend this meeting! :
11:00am ~
Quilt Raffle
Homemade Ice cream Contest
Closest to tbe pin
Water balloon
Volley Ball
Pie in tbe Face
Tractor Pull
Water Polo
Bouncers
Dunk Tank
Car Show
Street Dance
BBQ Cook Off
Lunch Hamburger $2.00 Hot Dog $100
11 30 am L30 pm
Supper Bnskctt Plate w'wdes $5 00 donation
500 pm
Distributor of Petroleum Products & Tires Lr
Just as I was about to start jotting down my thoughts for this
week's column on Sunday night, I had that dreaded call from the
police dispatcher that they had a report of cattle being out on a
highway northeast of town I hated to have to go check it out be-
cause the location told me they probably weren't mine, but because
of potential financial liability, I couldn't afford not to check it out As
expected, they weren't mine, but at least we were able to confirm
that cattle were out and gave the dispatcher an idea of who he
should call next.
Earlier this week we had a call about cattle being out north of
Claytonville one night. A neighbor and I drove the roads and never
found anything out, but did see his cattle huddled up in a corner of
a hotwire fence trying to stay away from mosquitoes We suspect
that that was what the 'local cattle patrol' (everyone who has a
cell phone) had seen and reported to the police We appreciate
everyone being alert and reporting strays, but it does cause stress
sometimes for those that are caretakers of cattle
It is certainly a relief to see the highway mowers moving into this
extremely lush area of southeast Swisher County The rights of
way are 3 feet to 7 feet tall and stray cattle can be seen only when
they are in the traffic lane Thanks DOT for helping protect our lives
and our property!
Looking back at events of 2007-2008 when world crop shortages
and the resulting explosion in prices should make us realize we
can be only one event by a major world exporter away from a ma-
jor shift from producing enough to meet demand to a potentially
critical shortfall in supply Wheat prices have now almost doubled
from where they were when harvest started Feed grains are rising,
soybeans are back over $10 per bushel, and cotton is challenging
its yearly highs World wide demand is challenging our ability to
produce
There is no strategic reserve of grains in this country anymore
There is no significant supply of government owned grains. The
only thing the government controls a surplus of is retired farmland
in the CRP. Two years ago when crop prices were going up, there
was talk of an early release of CRP back into production The econ-
omy crashed and farm prices went down somewhat with the slow
economy Now crop prices are back in an uptrend after floods and
hail in Canada, drought in Eastern Europe and Russia, and the
effects of El Nino in Australia and Argentina Our government is
running so far behind the curve that it is about to have a huge new
signup in to the CRP to take land out of production for 10 to 15
years We should jump at the chance because I think that within
five years they will be offering us an incentive to plow it up and put it
back into production We need some people in the USDA that have
some common sense and can advise the Secretary of Agriculture.
Big oil is still running the show. They will make sure we can't grow
enough for fuel and food, both
Local crops continue to improve. Cotton is blooming a lot now
and for the first time I am gaining confidence that we will make a
great crop rather than just big stalks.
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cisions on the EBI cutoff will be
made after the sign-up ends and
after analyzing the EBI data of all
the offers.
Those who would have met pre-
assists farmers, ranchers and other vious sign-up EBI thresholds are
agricultural producers to use their not guaranteed a contract under this
environmentally sensitive land sign-up In addition to the general
for conservation benefits. Produc- sign-up, CRP's continuous sign-up
ers enrolling in CRP plant long- program will be ongoing. Continu-
term, resource-conserving covers ous acres represent the most envi-
in exchange for rental payments, ronmentally desirable and sensitive
cost-share, and technical assist- land. For more information, visit
ance. CRP protects millions of http://www fsa usda.gov/crp.
acres of America's topsoil from___________________________________
Aug. 3, 2010
USDA Announces Conservation Reserve
Program General Sign-up To Start Soon
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July erosion and is designed to improve
26, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary the nation's natural resources base.
Tom Vilsack today announced Participants voluntarily remove en-
that a general sign-up for the Con- vironmentally sensitive land from
servation Reserve Program (CRP) agricultural production by entering
will begin on August 2, 2010 and into long-term contracts for 10 to
continue through August 27,2010. 15 years. In exchange, participants
During the sign-up period, farm- receive annual rental payments and
ers and ranchers may offer eligible a payment of up to 50 percent of
land for CRP's competitive gen- the cost of establishing conserva-
eral sign-up at their county Farm tion practices.
Service Agency (FSA) office The By reducing water runoff and
2008 Farm Bill authorized USDA sedimentation, CRP also protects
to maintain CRP enrollment up to groundwater and helps improve the
32 million acres. Jim Miller, Agri- condition of lakes, rivers, ponds
culture Under Secretary for Farm and streams Acreage enrolled in
and Foreign Agriculture Services, the CRP is planted to resource-
made the announcement on behalf conserving vegetative covers, mak-
of Secretary Vilsack during a con- ing the program a major contributor
ference call with reporters to wildlife population increases in
"America's farmers and ranch- many parts of the country As a re-
ers play an important role in im- suit, CRP has provided significant
proving our environment, and for opportunities for hunting and fish-
nearly 25 years, CRP has helped ing on private lands.
this nation build sound conserva- Land currently not enrolled in
tion practices that preserve the CRP may be offered m this sign-up
soil, clean our water, and restore provided all eligibility requirements
habitat for wildlife," said Miller, are met. Additionally, current CRP
"Today’s announcement will help participants with contracts expiring
us create a greener and healthier this fall covenng about 4 5 million
America, and I encourage all in- acres may make new contract of-
terested farmers and ranchers to fers Contracts awarded under this
contact their local FSA office to sign-up are scheduled to become
learn more how to take advantage effective Oct. 1, 2010
of this opportunity ” FSA implements CRP on behalf
To help ensure that interested of Commodity Credit Corporation
farmers and ranchers are aware FSA will evaluate and rank eligible
of die sign-up period, USDA has CRP offers using an Environmental
signed partnership agreements Benefits Index (EBI) for environ-
with several conservation and mental benefits to be gamed from
wildlife organizations, which will enrolling the land in CRP The EBI
play an active role in USDA’s consists of five environmental fac-
2010 CRP outreach efforts. Ad- tors (wildlife, water, soil, air and
ditionally, Secretary Vilsack has enduring benefits) and cost. De-
recorded two public service an- ’ ‘ ”
nouncements, which are available
to the press and public at www
fsa.usda.gov/psa
CRP is a voluntary program that
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Hooten, Patsy. The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 3, 2010, newspaper, August 3, 2010; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249447/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.