Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1976 Page: 9 of 20
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that does not shrink
swell significantly.
“Cracked streets and
soils that are cracked
during dry spells, indicate
areas of shrinking, swell-
ing soils. From this stand-
point, it’s best to look
at a prospective home site
during the dryest part
of the year and immedi-
ately after a heavy rain.
After a heavy rain, both
swelling and surface water
problems are evident,”
Brown concluded.
Editor's Note -- Any ques-
tions regarding this col-
umn should be addressed
to Science Writer, Dept,
of Agricultural Communi-
cations, Texas A&M Uni-
versity, College Station,
Texas 77843.
swelling often is found running
Tourism Shows Winter
Increase Throughout State
tion.
“Thereafter, during dry
periods, the soil 1----
accept generous watering
visitors to Texas tourist
bureaus ended 18 per cent
ahead of last year.
According to Travel and
Information Division Direct-
or Tom H. Taylor, the
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Texas tourist bureaus is
ing better water penetra- creased volume must go enough
somewhere. It will result cracks
will in greater heaving of the
• r soils than before the soil
and won’t settle as much crac^e<^-
as it would otherwise.
to crack, the
often develop
down the center of the
rows. Then when water
is poured on one end of
the row, it disappears and
January 9, 1793-First successful balloon ascension in
the United States was made by a Frenchman, Francois
Blanchard.
January 10, 1920-Establishment of the League of
Nations.
January 11,1757-Birthday of Alexander Hamilton.
January 12, 1687-Robert de la Salle, French explorer,
available to the extent they
were in previous years.
According to the fall tra-
vel summary, out-of-state
auto visitors drove an aver-
age of 1,099 miles while
staying in Texas 6.61 days.
The tourist party averaged
2.36 persons who spent
$353.77 while in Texas. That
compares to summer-quart-
er visitors who stayed less
than six days and spent
$299.58 on their trip.
The fall visitor profile was
based on 5,760 questionnair-
es returned by travel parties
during the fall-quarter sur-
vey period.
The nation’s energy statistics are integrated with
crunch hasn’t discouraged highway traffic surveys con-
American travelers; from ducted throughout 1975.
the President vacationing at However, the year’s tally of
his favorite ski resort to the m----- *-----•-j-
retiree rambling southward
to Texas’ Lower Rio Grande
Valley, Americans are still
very much on the move.
That’s the conclusion
'drawn from the fall-quarter increasing popularity
travel report just released Tzr.zz
by the State Department of indicative of current travel
Highways and Public Trans- trends to plan trips more
portation about out-of-state carefully, making more effi-
auto visitors to Texas during cient use of both time and
September, October and fuel. Also, free travel litera-
November. ture and highway maps from
Tourists are driving just private sources are no longer
as far, staying just as long, ;
and spending even more
money than they did during
the same period last year. In
fact, those travel indicators
are topping even 1973, which
was Texas’ all-time banner
year for tourism.
The report does not state
that overall Texas tourism
has increased, because such
data will be available only
after an entire year’s travel began his last historic journey from the coast of Texas.
, . Even in the
lliis is a dangerous prac- much of the sprinkler center of clayey areas,
tice, since when the soils irrigation runs off. you may be able to find
are rewetted, the in- “If the soils get dry a place to build on soil
“Shrinking,
soils are difficult to irri- OU£ the other end of the
“Some people have gate with a sprinkler row.
tried to solve their pro- system or by furrow “Fortunately, soils of-
blems by filling the cracks irrigation. They usually ten vary from one acre to
in their lawn with soil, absorb water slowly and the next.
of the sprinkler center of clayey
and
isn’t
often
By Robert L. Haney, Science Writer
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
dollars
damages
roads
ways.
Texas has about 10
million acres of clay soils
“The soils below the
center of the house
remain wet while those
around the edge dry out
from evaporation and
from absorption of water
by the roots of grass,
shrubbery or trees.
“The result is that the
edges of the slab drop
while the center does
not. This often causes
cracks to open at the
top of a masonry wall
and eventually down
worse, it
uniform.
Some of Texas’ largest with the Texas Agricul-
cities are built on soils tural Experiment Station
that shrink when dry and (TAES).
swell when wet. Such “These soils may rise
soils cost property owners and fall as much as 4
and taxpayers millions of inches from wet to dry,”
each year in according to Brown.
to buildings, “Cracks may open to a
and airport run- width of 2 inches and
may be 6 feet deep.
“Such volume changes
cause roads to break
which are noted for these down, pipelines to rup-
swelling, shrinking pro- ture, and houses and
perties. The cities of foundations to crack and
Fort Worth, Dallas, Waco break apart.
arid Austin »are located on “The rise and fall
a Atrip of these black, alone is bad enough, but
deep, uniform clay soils, to make bad matters
A On another less contin-
Zirims strip are the cities of
Beaumont, Houston and
Victoria. All these cities
"were originally market
cities for the agricultural
Lproducts grown in their
/ plack soils.
One advantage of
shrinking, swelling black-
clay soils is the ability
they have to store water.
They often have enough
stored water to get a crop
through an extended dry
period, whereas soils with
less clay do not.
Another characteristic and eventually
can be either an advantage through the foundation,
or a disadvantage: when “What can be done
these soils are worked about it? Well, properly
while wet, they become reinforcing foundations
nearly impermeable. In during construction helps,
an ordinary field this is a as does stabilization of
disadvantage, but for rice the subsoil by the incor-
production, where contin- poration of lime, and irri-
uous flooding during the gation around the base of
growing season is desir- the foundation.
able, it makes an ideal “As a matter of fact,
soil. the last two actions can
“Shrinking, swelling be of some help even
soils are among the worst after construction. A
soils on which to build heavy application of lime
houses, roads, runways or gypsum into the soil
and pipelines,” says Dr. around the foundation
Kirk Brown, soil physicist may also help by allow-
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Hutson, Wayne & Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1976, newspaper, January 8, 1976; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1283380/m1/9/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Burleson Public Library.