The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1973 Page: 7 of 10
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Cherokee County
THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK. TEXAS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER Í7. 1 >73-PAGE SEVEN
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A feature page to serve those who help earn Cherokee
County's more than $15 million income from agriculture
Agriculture and Family Living
County Home Demonstration News
BY: JOHNNIE LOU
WEATHERLY. COUNTY EX-
TENSION AGENT(HE)
Black-Eye Peas
Promise Good Luck (or
New Years
What a place of honor the
black-eye pea rates on New
Year's Day!
This pea-which really isn't a
pea but a bean, promises good
luck all year to those who eat it
on New Year's Day.
Like most folklore, no one
seems to know how or when
black-eye peas became assoc-
iated with good luck on New
Year's.
Some grandmothers, who
can still remember the hard
times following the Civil War
in the South, point out that
people with black-eye peas,
hog jowl and cornbread to eat
on New Year's counted them-
selves lucky indeed
To make your black-eye peas
as potent as possible with luck,
be sure to cook them with hog
jowl in a black pot over an open
fire
The most famous recipe for
black-eye peas is "Hopping
John." which was first served
in this country in Charleston,'
S C The name is derived from
the French "Pois Pidgeon."
I'idgeon peas with rice is eaten
by everyone on the Island of
Jamaica from whence the dish
was brought to Charleston
Since the Hopping John
recipe has been standardized
by L'SDA. it has become the
most widely circulated recipe
in this country with many
requests for it every holiday
season
Hopping John
One-half cup dry black-eye
peas
2 11 or 3 cups ham broth
12 cup chopped cooked ham
> ¿ cup rice
Salt
Pepper
Soak peas in ham broth the
quick method. Boil for 2
minutes. Remove from heat
and soak 1 hour, then they are
ready to cook. Do not soak
overnight in ham broth.
Boil peas gently in ham broth
until they are almost done,
about a half hour.
Add ham and rice and cook
covered until rice is done—
about 20 to 30 minutes
depending on kind of rice. The
liquid should be almost cooked
away by the time the rice is
tender
If there is too much liquid as
the mixture cooks, take off the
cover the last 10 minutes and
turn up the heat. If the mixture
seems too dry, add more ham
broth. This makes four
servings.
Start the New Year With Lucky
Sauerkraut
To assure your family of
good health and good luck in
1974, do what the Pennsylvania
Dutch do Their folklore has it
that for good things to happen
during the year, sauerkraut
must be on the New Year's Day
dinner table.
What is sauerkraut? It's
brined, fermented cabbage.
You might say it's in the pickle
family of foods. And, although
we may associate it only with
German origins, it was sup-
posedly discovered by the
Chinese in the third century
B C
Sauerkraut is a good buy-it's
nutritious, and low in calories
too Three-quarters of a cup of
kraut provides about one-four-
th of the Vitamin C needed
each day by adults. It's also a
good source of calcium and
phosphorous. Add 1 cup of
undrained sauerkraut contains
only 33 calories
Good quality sauerkraut has
a pleasant, characteristic,
tart, and tangy flavor. It is
crisp and firm in texture,
creamy white in color, and free
from specks and core material
But before you rush out to
buy your good-luck sauer-
kraut, decide how you're going
to serve it. Either use
sauerkraut as it come from the
can or package or simmer with
diced apples or onions--or
both-and add brown sugar to
taste. For an elegant touch,
drain off the natural liquid and
substitute white wine for the
cooking liquid. Or, serve a cold
sauerkraut salad.
Sauerkraut is a natural with
pork and pork products so you
can use your ingenuity here,
too. Cook the sauerkraut with
hot dogs, pork roasts, pork
chops, pork steaks, spare ribs,
or ham and serve this taste
combination with mashed po-
tatoes for a hearty New
Year's meal. Or, if you prefer
sandwiches, make a Reuben
variation with pork sausage
patties, sauerkraut, Swiss
cheese, and Thousand Island
dressing (if desired) on pieces
of toasted rye bread.
Start the New Year right
There are many ways to get
lucky with sauerkraut.
By: Dorothy J. Rambo,
County Extension Agent (HE)
Saniation
in
Laundering
With the cold weather and flu
season approaching it is more
important that we think about
a suitable disinfectant to be
used to reduce the spread of
bacterial infections.
Throughout the past year the folks at Seseo have helped you
live a little bit better electrically. We have warmed and
cooled your home We ve helped you cook, clean, wash,
dry We ve made life a little more luxurious with electric
hair dryers, curlers, razors, toothbrushes, shoe
polishers We ve brought you the entertainment of
radio, television or stereo music. And in 1974
we at Seseo will continue to provide you
with the low-cost, convenient
electricity
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INVfSTQR-OWNED ■ SEWVINO GROWING CENTRAL-EAST TEXAS
Bateria can be transferred
from one article of clothing to
another during laundering.
They also can remain alive
on the inner surface of the
washing machine and be
transferred from one load of
clothes to another.
Kinds of Bacteria-
Staphylococcus aureus, fre-
quently known as staph. This
can cause boils, carbuncles,
skin infections, respiratory
infections, kidney infections
and other types of infections.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
frequently known as the gregg,.,,
pus producer This can cause
skin and kidney infections. It
often is present in chronic
infections of the middle ear.
Paracolon bacteria Some of
the bacteria in this family
produce intestinal disturb-
ances.
What is the Problem?
Neither the water tempera-
tures nor the detergents used
under today's home laundering
conditions can be relied on to
reduce the number of bacteria
in fabrics to a safe level.
Many bacteria, of course,
are released from fabrics
during washing and go down
the drain with wash or rinse
water. But many others stay in
fabrics.
Bacteria in Washing
Both time and temperature
are important in killing
bacteria For example, it takes
3 to 5 minutes at 212 degree F
(boiling water) to kill Sta-
phylococci, or 20 minutes at a
water temperature of 140
degrees F and wash cycles are
not 20 minutes long.
"Warm" water is approxi-
mately body temperature -98.6
degrees F. "Cold" water
comes directly from the cold
water faucet; its temperature
varies with the season and
geographical location. Many
more bacteria survive cold
water laundering than either
hot or warm water laundering.
Bacteria in Drying
Some fabrics may contain
large numbers of bacteria
when they go into dryers.
Automatic dryers and line
drying cannot be depended on
to kill all bacteria in fabrics,
but they can be depended on to
reduce the number of bacteria.
Survival of bacteria varies
with the size of the load, the
drying temperature, and dry-
ing time.
When an automatic dryer is
installed, the exhaust should be
vented to the outdoors. This
will prevent the "atomizing"--
or dispersion into the room-of
bacteria released from fabrics
during drying.
All measures that reduce the
number of bacteria in launder-
ing and drying will automatic-
ally imporve the sanitation of
the fabrics.
Can Bacteria Be Controlled?
A disinfectant had to meet
the following criteria to be
considered suitable as a
laundry sanitizer:
It must kill many kinds of
bacteria
It must not injure or discolor
fabrics
It must not leave a residue on
clothes that is harmful to
humans.
If used in the wash cycle, it
must be compatible with the
detergent.
It must be readily available
and reasonable in cost.
Researchers found that four
types of disinfectants meet
these requirements.
Church Session
To Meet Jan. 9
Sunday. December 30th, at
the Rusk Presbyterian Church
at the 11:00 o'clock hour of
Worship the message of the
pastor will be The Lamps of
Life." Matthew 25:6.
Weunesudy evening January
9th at 7:00 P.M. the Session will
hold its regular monthly
meeting at the church.
The date for the first meeting
of the Afternoon Circle will be
January 7th at a place and
hour that will be announced
from the pulpit.
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FARMING
TODAY
II
With
Johnnie McKay
•COUNTY AGENT-
Phone Bill To Show Decrease
.. Farmers income tax time is
about here again and you have
a few days left to either sell or
make purchases, whichever
you may need to do before
January 1 to minimize taxes.
This and many other ways for
reducing taxes, as well as
information and examples for
figuring taxes, may be found in
the new Farmer's Tax Guide
for 1974 furnished by the
Internal Revenue Service.
These tax guides are being
made available in the lobbies
of the six banks in Cherokee
County again this year through
their cooperation.
We did not get as many
copies as we ordered this year,
so supplies will be exhausted
sooner. If you would like a
copy, you'll want to get one
early before the supply is gone.
Fish farmers will have an
opportunity to get the latest
information on several topics
at the Fish farming Confer-
ence to be held January 3-4 at
Texas A&M University in the
J. Earl Rudder Conference
Tower. Pesticides in surface
waters will be discussed by a
panel and the feed cost price
squeeze will be the topic of five
professional feed men and
economists. There will also be
discussions on how to make
fish catch-out operations suc-
cessful and new developments
related to crawfish production,
shrimp production, hydropan-
ics, and harvesting and
hauling.
The fourth annual conven-
tion of Catfish Farmers of
Texas Inc. will be held
Thursday afternoon, January
3.
Registration will start at 8:00
a.m. January 3 and sessions
will start at 10:00 a.m. A
registration fee of $18 will
cover cost conference ex-
penses and a copy of the
proceedings.
Urea has been one of our
cheapest sources of protein for
both beef cattle and dairy
cattle for several years, but
Tommy White, one of our
Extension dairy specialist says
that we now face a shortage in
4U
In Action
BY: KATHRYN I. STEVENS.
ASSISTANT COUNTY
EXTENSION AGENT!HE)
DENNIS W. NEWTON.
ASSISTANT COUNTY
EXTENSION AGENT(AG)'
The Ponta 4-H Club gave a
Christmas Program at the
Ponta Community Center on
December 13. Mark Middle-
ton, club president, read the
Story of Christs' Birth from the
Bible. Singing Christmas
Carols was Randall Jinkins,
Debbie Jinkins, Rickey Hardy,
Terry Beathard, Eddie Goins,
Debbie Delaney, Liddie De-
ment, Mark Middleton, Ina
Ellis, and Tim Scallon, all
from Ponta, Brenda Bunn from
New Summerfield, Vanna
Dean from Craft and Kathy
Gunter and Cheryl Gunter both
from Gallatin. Adults helping
with the party were Mrs. Hugh
Hardy, Mrs. Amanda Heath,
Mrs. Roy Higginbotham, and
Mrs. Calvin Jinkins. As a
project, each 4-H er was asked
to bring a gift for the needy
children in Cherokee County.
For a Christmas treat, the
Gallatin 4-H Club had a
skating party in Nacogdoches
Saturday, December 15. Mrs.
Alvin Martin and Mrs. David
Gunter accompanied eight 4-H
era on the trip that involved an
evening meal and a fun night of
skating.
the supply of feed grade urea.
This, coupled with the high cost
of plant sources of protein,
makes it more important than
ever to feed only the protein
that the cattle actually need.
Protein needed in the
concentrate for dairy cattle or
in the supplement for beef
cattle will vary with the quality
and quantity of hay being fed.
A protein analysis only costs $3
and could save you many
dollars in your feeding pro-
gram. For instance, if grass
hay tests 9-10 percent crude
protein, then dry beef cows
may be wintered on it
satisfactorily without addit-
ional protein supplement. If
fed enough of this type hay,
beef cows with calves may get
enough protein, but may need
some extra energy. Some
dairyment put up hay with
protein content up about 15
percent and better. Certainly
this would affect the protein
needed in the dairy ration.
Speaking of hay feeding, J.P
Walker from Corinne Com-
munity was by this week to
pick up a Farmer's Tax Guide
and we got to talking about hay
feeding. He brought out
something that appears to
happen every year; that is, a
lot of cattle got too thin before
they were started on hay. This
seems to sneak up on us. Our
grass deteriorated rapidly this
year and even though there is
still quite a bit in some
pastures, there's very little
food value in it. Cattle grazing
dead grass pastures need both
protein and energy supple-
ments in most cases along with
the usual mineral supple-
mentation.
May God Bless you and yours
this Christmas and during the
New Year.
Severe Weather
Bad for Cattle
OVERTON—"Cold winds,
rain and ice cause the nutritive
needs of beef cattle to increase
tremendously," emphasizes
Dr. Randall Grooms, area
livestock specialist for the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service. "Cattle have a built in
resistance to this type weather
if they have access to hay or
winter pasture which meets
their nutritive requirements."
During periods of this type
weather, cattle should have
access to all the high quality
hay they will consume,
Grooms says. "Feed high in
energy is very essential for the
animal to maintain body
condition during these times of
stress," Grooms explained.
"Cows nursing calves especi-
ally need a little something
extra in the diet if they are to
milk sufficiently and rebreed
to calve on an annual basis."
During winter months, lac-
tating cows should be separat-
ed from dry cows. "The
nutritive requirements are 70
per cent higher for the
lactating cows and there is no
need of overfeeding the dry
cows in the herd," the Texas
A&M specialist cautioned. "If
animals can be grouped
according to their needs,
considerable savings on the
feed bill can be realized."
Control of both internal and
external parasites is also
important. These pests con-
tribute to poor condition, loss
of appetite, and less efficient
utilization of feed. "With the
cost price squeeze, cattlemen
must do everything possible to
reduce costs, yet maintain a
healthy productive cow herd,"
Grooms said.
Within the next few months,
many cattlemen will breed
cows for fall calving," Grooms
predicted. "High quality for-
age from winter pasture has
proven very valuable in a
successful winter or early
spring breeding program.
Telephone bills will reflect a
one per cent decrease for the
second year beginning in
January.
The reduction is the second
scheduled step to eliminate the
Federal Excise Tax paid by
telephone customers and col-
lected by telephone companies
on telephone service. The tax
was reduced during 1973 for 10
per cent to 9 per cent and will
be reduced to 8 per cent during
1974.
The Federal Telephone Ex-
cise Tax was first passed as a
"temporary" tax during the
Korean Conflict in 1953. It was
an easy tax to assess, even
easier for the government to
collect since telephone com-
panies did the collecting for the
government free of charge.
Despite continuing efforts to
remove the tax, felt by many to
be unfair, it has continued
since the end of the Korean
Conflict.
The tax is levied on both
local telephone service and
long distance calls.
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The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1973, newspaper, December 27, 1973; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151050/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.