The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1955 Page: 2 of 16
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The Rusk Cherokeean, Rusk. Texab
Livestock Men
Felt Effects Of
Drought In 1954
Livestock producers of Texas
and the Southwest again felt the
effects of searing drouth in 1054,
and while there were some areas
of improvement, most livestock
lost ground again.
A comparison of prices thif
week with a year ago reveals fed
steers selling to better advantage
than a year ago, and fat lambs
steady. Bulls also held steady.
However, all other kinds of live-
stock are at lower levels a check
of prices at Fort Worth revealed.
A year ago good and choice fed
steers and yearlings topped at $18
to $23, and comparable cattle to
day sell from $19 to $24, a few to
$25. Lower grade steers and year
lings a year ago drew $10 to $17,
and comparable kinds are $1 above
that now,
Butcher cows at $10.50 to $13
a year ago and canoers and cut
ters at $0 to $10 in Deccmbei
1053, were around $1 above ear-
rent values on comparable kinds
Bulls at $8 to $13 a year ago com
mand the same values today.
Slaughter calves of good and
choice grades sold readily at $18
to $20 a year ago, and similar
calves average around 50 cents un-
der that with some fairly good
kinds $1 below last year's levels.
Some additional discount in re-
turns from calf sales this year can
be charged to grubs which are
much worse this year than last.
Lower grade calves are fully $1
under a year ago.
Most marked improvement in
the trade was in stocker and feed-
er eat He and calves. Choice feeder
and stocker steer calves quotable
at $10 to $21 at. Fort Worth today,
are $1 to $2 above a year ago, and
feeder steers and yearlings quot-
able today in a similar range are
.$1 to $3 ahead of last year at this
time. A supporting factor in the
cattle and calf trade all this year
was the strength in stockors and
feeders and thi-i class has averag-
ed fully $1 to $3 and at times $-1
or more above the low periods in
Jote summer and fall in 1053.
Quiet demand for stocker cows
this year at prices somewhat above
their slaughter value has been ovi
dent throughout the season,]
whereas in late summer and fall
of 1953 stocker cows demand was I
virtually nil.
HOG Ü SMASH. Y BELOW 1953
Mo ;s topped Monday at l''ort
Worth at $18.75, arid all dnrim:
Novei il i- and Dm inbor of I.')'>!
; wine h:;vi been :■ l!in\ a! or near
the Icv.v.it point in i couple of
vear '! h • l.i-d \. .1. in I) >:nbfr
more under a year earlier, along
with most other sheep and lambs,
butt the small improvement of the
past few days, coupled with a re-
verse at the same date last year
:aused the apparent level in pric-
es.
Many sections of the sheep
country have far fewer sheep and
lambs than a year ago at this time
when good grazing was enjoyed
on grain pastures in many places.
However, at the moment there ap-
pears to be more sheep farther
west and more sheep farther east
in the state than a year ago.
Good wintering conditions a
year ago caused more choice fat
lambs to be marketed, percentage-
wise, early in 1953 than in any
recent year.
possible to immobilize them before
shackling, or even before remov-
al from coops, handling problems
would be lessened and the num-
ber of downgraded carcasses re-
duced. The carbon dioxide treat-
ment caused no harmful effects.
This research, explains the spe-
cialist, is one of many projects _ ,
carried out by U S D A and the meats dominate the plentiful food
Meat Remains On
Plentiful Food
List This Month
For the third consecutive month,
State land-grant colleges in coop-
eration with private agencies to
discover more efficient methods
of marketing farm products.
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Balmorhca State Park, south-
west of Balmorhea, Texas, has the
world's largest walled swimming
pool—fed by natural springs at
the rate of 26,000,000 gallons per
day.
list. Included are heavy turkeys,
beef, pork, halibut, haddock,
shrimp and canned tuna.
January features for this area,
however, according to the USDA,
are eggs, fresh and processed
oranges, grapefruit and tanger-
ines.
Dairy products and rice remain
in good supply. So do walnuts, al-
mond.* and filberts, raisins, lard,
vegetable fats ar\d oils.
The plentiful foods list is based i
upon a survey made each month |
in the major trade areas of the j
state by the southwest food dis- i
tribution division, Agricultural I
Marketing Service, Dallas. Foods
shown to be in heavy enough sup-
ply are placed on the list. Ray- j
mond J. Totoro is in charge of the
area food distribution division.
A West Texas tradition says that
a horned frog can live a hundred
years without food or water.
Marshall, Texas, was once the
capital of Missouri.
Horse racing is at least 3,000'
years old.
The Cape of Good Hope is at
the foot of South Africa.
ALWAYS FRESH
fcnfu
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MADE IN EAST TEXAS
State's Top
Industrialists
Due In Houston
Texas' top industrialists will
come to Houston on January 13 to
pay tribute to Howard T. Tellep-
sen, one of Houston's outstanding
business men, on the occasion of
his inhuguration as president of
the Texas Manufacturers Associa
lion.
A reception and dinner in the
Houston Club will be highlights
of the installation ceremony, ac
cording to Gordon S. Nees, vice
president of the Petrolitc Corpor-
ation, who is 'I'MA Houston Chap
ter Chairman.
Tellepsen, president of the Tel-
Jopsen Construction Company, is
limmediate past president of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce
arwl an active worker in many oth
er civic activities.
He succeeds liarle Cabell, presi-
dent of Cabell's, Inc., Dallas, as
TMA president, heading a slate of
officers which includes George
Armstrong, Jr., chairman of the
board of Texas Steel Company,
Fort Worth, as vice president, L.
Ii*. Juengling, secretary of Shef-
field Steel Division, Arinco Steel
Company, Houston, as treasurer,
and Ed C. Burris as executive vico
president.
Tellepsen will preside over the
first 1055 meeting of the 75 mem-
ber TMA board of directors in the
ltice Hotel on January 14
Ins:; lopped at .¡¡20.25 to
:>2(i.5(t. i $7.75 higher than to
lay's lev Is. Sows at $22-$24
,'ear a-'o, today r-ll :>.l $12 to $1(5,
ir ;?}! or move fo low last year's
levels at this date.
Most p:v!;ei\s i'i their year-end
uiar.'.ki! statements Hamed small-
er oa.v.in.;:. on th> hi h costs of
ho'!-, tl'irin,' the first three'juar
tci'M of 105-1 Wi'.h en estimated
fiv.' (-en'rat iuc:vaiv in the Spring
pi * crop looinie*;. prospects f r
t:.d recovery ri the loss. :<
of the pas, year seem rather dim,
though some improvement early
next year may be in the offering
after the peak winter movement
subsides. ..
FEEDER LAMBS, OLDER
SHEEP SOMEWHAT LOWER
Fat lambs topped at $10 at Fort
Worth Monday and that matched
the fat lambs top of a year ago.
However, slaughter ewes quoted
at $5 to $0 50 this week are $1 be-
hind a year earlier. Feeder lambs
sold at $12 to $lfi, and load lots of
fleshy shearing lambs were quot-
able to $17 here Monday, this av
erages about $1 under a year ago
December average prices of fat
lambs have been around $1 oi
New Method Is
Developed For
Killing Turkeys
A tv'w nnthod of turkey slaugh-
ter combining humaneness with
hette 1 protection of t h e bird's
:¡i.v.l¡t,v, has been tested by the
l./SDA. The new process reported
by I1'. 7,. Ileanblossom, extension
•uniltry marketing specialist, calls
for gassing the birds with carbon
dioxide, and thereby rendering
them unconscious before they en
I >r the processing line.
Further research is under way,
a/cordii; ; to Ileanblossom, to de-
v! >p methods which will make
the prorcs. ,v.i,:lical for comrner-
e;:;' plants.
!ic proper n-¡u entralion of gas
must he worked out very careful
ly before the method can be used
successfully on a large scale, he
explained. Too much gas kills a
bird before it travels the slaugh-
ter line, and too little gas takes
so long to produce unconscious-
ness that the birds may absorb too
much carbon dioxide, which also
kills them prematurely.
Loss of grade in processed tur-
keys is a serious economic concern
of turkey processors, Beanblos-
som says. Bruises, dislocated and
broken bones, as well as torn and
ibrnsed skin result from struggles
if the excitable birds during re-
noval from coops, shackling and
laughtcring. If it should become
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PLANTING A GARDEN?
We have a complete now supply of
GARDEN SEEL
English Peas, Radish, Beets, Squash, Pumpkin, Turnip,
Mustard, Lettuce, Carrots and many more you will be
wanting to plant.
ALL NEW TOMATO SEEDS
Stokes, D. Landreth, D. V. Burell, Asgro, Ferry Morris
and other*.
Fresh Onion And Cabbage Plants
M0SELEY DRUG STORE
Phone 44
Prescriptions
Rusk, Texas
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 AND 8
GLADI0LA SIS
Can
10c
Fresher
"PRODUCE"
Fresh, Green
CABBAGE
Lb.
Bag
APPLES
HONEY BOY
SALMON
1 Lb. Can
39'
4
Lb. Bag
39'
LEMONS.
Dot.
2f
Large Cricp
LETTUCE
151
Head
Extra-Tender
"MEATS"
NEUHOFF'S PREFERRED
SLAB SLICED
BACON
^ 59°
Tender - Tasty
Chuck Roast
MRS. TUCKER'S
SHORTENING
Lbs.
|00
EVAPORATED APPLES
12 Ox. Pkg.
49<
KRAFT
VELVEETA CHEESE
2 Lb. Box
75'
WOLCO
BLACKEYED PEAS
No. 300 Cans
49'
WOLF
CHILI
No. 2 Can
45*
JACK
MACKERAL 2
1 Lb. Cans
39"
KRISPY CRACKERS
1 Lb.
25'
LONE STAR
COT-NOIL
Gal.
2°9
WRIGLEY'S
GUM
Ctn. (20 Pkgs.)
69'
3
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Lb.
45'
Brown 'N Serve
Sausage
8 Ot Pkg. 49C
Lean - Meaty
BEEF RIBS
Lb.
35'
Sugar Cured
HAM
(Center Sliced)
99c
1% &
What Your Stock Needs Is In
SUNGL0 FEEDS
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FELT0N BANKS
SUN GLO HEADQUARTERS!
And what a line of feedsl Made
by the millers of GIAPIOIA flour
—and what a story THAT tellsl No
matter what you're feeding—chick*
•ns, turkeys, dairy cows, hogs, rab-
bits, show horses, or what—-
WHAT EACH OHB NEEDS-
IS IN...
100 LBS. NET
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SHERMAN, TEXAS
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Whitehead, E. H. The Rusk Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1955, newspaper, January 6, 1955; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150059/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.