Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 204, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1979 Page: 4 of 16
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DUBLIN AUCTION SALE
sold 535 head of cattle Friday,
April 6,1979. Stocker & feeder
sts & hfs fully steady to strong
on all classes. Stocker cows
and cows&cfs active. Packer
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• POULTRY JUDGING - The Dublin Chapter of Future Farmers
of America (FFAi placed 2nd in Area IV Poultry Contest held
at Tarleton State University, Saturday. April 7, 1979. Vocational
Agriculture Teachers Weldon Whitehead and Danny Prater
stated the local high school team will participate in the State
competition at Texas A&M University on April 28;44979. Pictured
Back Row (Standing Left to Right) are: Dr.Weldon Newton,
Head, Department of Agriculture, Dr. Bill kick. Head, Dept. of
Agriculture Education, Dr. Ed Fulton, Superintendent of
_______Poultry Contest Division, Weldon Whilehead, ,Veeationat
Agriculture Teacher, Danny Prater, Vocational Agriculture
Teacher. FFA Team Member Contestants pictured front row
(standing, left to right) are: Ted Pettijohn, David Wooten and
Allen Moncrief.
low-income people who had not
sought the aid have requested it
sinc Jan. 1. New rules under
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more than that, meaning food
stamp benefits also have ex-
ceeded estimates
The problem involves a ceil-
ing — called a "cap” by politi-
cians — that Congress put on
the program based on the esti-
mates at that time — $6.16 bil-
lion for this budget year and
$6.19 billion for fiscal 1980
The Carter administration
initially thought the cap would
be reached in August 1980 and
asked Congress to raise it or
remove it entirely by then.
Assistant Secretary Carol
Tucker Foreman told the Sen-
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Since the estimates for the
cap were made, food [rices
have increased more than 26
percent and are still rising.
Also, more than 1.8 million
cows and bulLs steady.
GOOD STEERS 200 to 300,
130.00 to 150.00 : 350 to 450,
115.00 to 126.00 : 500 to 600, •
87.00 to 96.00 : 650 to 700, 80.00 '
to 85.00 : 800 to 900, 73.00‘ to
78.50. „
PLAIN STEERS 200 to .300.
110.00 to 135.00 350 to 450.
95 00 to 115.00 : 500 to 600, 80.00
to 88.00 : 650 to 700, 75.00 to
83.00:
GOOD HEIFERS 200 to 300.
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Cattle have the
ability to select
what they need in
mineral elements
IF THEY HAVE
'THEIR CHOICE.
That is what the
CAT ALYX Mineral
Program is all
about Separate,
free-choice feed-
ing of 16 different
mineral elements
& vitamins
THANKS, DUBLIN NATIONAL- Sam Wolfe, left, principal of Dublin Elementary school is
pictured with Jimmie Johnson, representative of Dublin National Bank, and several children who
.received T-shirts worn in the Migrant track and literary meet conducted at the Dublin schools
Saturday. The children are, from the left, Marie Perez, Margie Arna da, Maria Hernandez, Lillian
"Aranda and Lila Delgada. More than 170 students from area schools participated in the all day
program. Dublin National Bank donated 30 T-shirts for the event, 1E-J Staff Ptoito by Witaa^
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110.00 to 135.00 : 350 to 400,
95.00 to 105.00 : 450 to 550, 80.00
to 90.00 : 600 to 650, 75.00 to
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• AREA IV FFA CONTEST I ■MHD
DAIRY WINNERS - The Dublin Chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA) placed lstinthe
Anai IV FFA DSlry CMtHI told at larletoa State University, Saturday, April 7, 1979. Vocational'
Agriculture Teachers Danny Prater and Weldon Whitehead stated the local high school team will
participate in the State competition at Texas A&M University on April 28, 1979.
FFA Team Member Contestants Pictured front row (standing left to right ) are: Barry
Whitebead. Donna Traweek and Ronnie Mund
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By DON KENDALL
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Un-
90.00 to 110.00: 350 to 400, 90.00 Thank you &■ we'll seeyou
to 95.00:450 to 550, 78 00 to Friday.
leas Congress provides more • the 1977 act, designed to attract
money in the next two months, them, took effect then.
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food stamp benefits for about
17.8 million people - approxi-
mately 5.6 million families —.
will be cut by one-third this
summer, according to a senior
Agriculture Department offi-
cial.
When Congress overhauled
the program in 1977, it esti-
mated that food prices would
ris less than 4 percent a year.
But-greeeries have gone up.
Friday, April 13th
Saturday, April 14th
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Thursday, April 12
DiSCO Night
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445-2584 barn 445-2638. Our
next dairy sale will be April
16, 12-00 p.m. We do
appreciate your business.
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Bootleg Junction
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STOCKER COWS Preg
tested and good 750 to 100,
60.00 o 67.00 Plain 57 00 to 63.00
older, 50.00 to 55 00.
COWS AND CALVES Good
young pairs $675.00 to 730.00
few up to 815.00 plainer pairs
550.00 to 625.00.
■ PACKER COWS utility 55 00 *
to 57.50, cutters 56.00 to
59.50 • • ’
canners. 49.00 to 53.00 few low
yielding 44.00 to 47.00.
PACKER BULLS, DAIRY
HEIFERS 1250 pound to 1850
lb. is 64.00 to 70 00 _______
For more information, early
consignments or hauling call
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drafting proposed 1980*
spending targets, both
congressional budget
committees have assumed it
will be passed.
"We have a much more
serious problem than what you
are talking about here," she
told the committee. "This
hearing • is ' out of
synchtronization)." -
— The chairman, Sen. Lawton, —
Chiles, D-Fla., called the hear-
ing to discuss the impact of the
1977 reforms-on the elderly
poor, saying many are having
their benefits cut even though
their food and medical__ex-___
penses are rising.
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th* ceiling ta in effect
July 1, she said Wednesday, "I
am going to have to cut benefits
to all recipients by onethird or
issue no stamps at all in
September,” the last month of
the fiscal year
Robert Greenstein, acting
head of the Food and Nutrition
Service, which oversees food
stamps, said that the rolls are
- still gi owing, especially in ru-
al areas, although 7 percent of
the able-bodied 1978 recipients
under age 65 have been cut.
No action has been taken on
the bills to lift the cap. In
DUBLIN WUBLINOUB-M
TEN GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD START
YOUR CATTLE ON THE FREE-CHOICE CATALYX
MINERAL PROGRAM.
• It decrease wheat grass peisoning • It give better teedlot gain
• It impreve breeding . • it maintais good animal health
- •fl improve conceptiea •It deerensepimkeye prottems
• It improve weaning percentage . It iower your costs
. It improve weanin weights . Te get more out of your stebbie and staiks
It has been proyen many times that this free-choice CATALYX
- "wnwal Program n the linen irHhtreom
There are many mere reasons tor teeding this program. Contact this
dealer for fuil information •
HENDERSON FEED SERVICE
Rt. 1 - Box 97 -• Stephenville, Tx.
968.800• -
Auction Sale "
Call: 445-2638
Owner-Operator
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