The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1952 Page: 5 of 8
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JOHN LEE SMITH
Wesley Chapel
OF
FOR
Congress-at-Large
"We find that sweet potatoes portance of the yams in the agri-
State Senator Four Years
of some 400, has four yam buy-
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farmers.
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produce cotton. Be prepared to
sweet potatoes are very sensitive
First Sunday
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VOTE FOR
Church of Christ
JOHN LEE SMITH
Phone 77
Wills Point, Texas
(Paid Pol. Adv.)
storage conditions
where
comfort for farm homes
Contest this year, sponsored
ON DISPLAY
co-
with the Texas A&M
gram.
Better
New:
AT THE
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FREE STATE
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DAIRYSHOW
Monday June 16th In Canton
Best (Fishes For A
Coleman Bros.
J. E. DEEN & SONS
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Good Dairy Show
W ills Point, Texas
Canton, Texas
YOUR COUNTY INTERNATIONAL DEALERS
TENNESSEE DAIRIES
BROTHERS
COLEMAN
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Texas
INTERNATIONAL
SERVICE
Phone 66
SALES
FARMALL
Canton
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FARM EQUIPMENT
ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION
GROW YOUR HEIFERS TO BE
HEAVY MILKERS
Williamson Feed and Farm Supply
Purina Chows — Seeds — Fertilizer — Baby Chicks
William Muldoon was kncwn as
the father of American wrestling.
spend $35 to $45
fertilizer and slips.
Quality
FOOTWEAR
OF KANGAROO LEATHER
Morning Worship
Youth Fellowship
Evening Worship
I shall fight to regain the tide-
lands, and I shall urge a
“clean-up” instead of a cover-
up in the graft-ridden Inter-
nal Revenue Department.
will help to ease this situation.
I talked with buyers and found
that about 95 per cent of the crop
from the county moves by truck,
11 shall strive to end the
shameful era of graft, corrup-
tion, influence peddling and
job selling that has flourished
under Harry Truman.
Big frames, big barrels, fast growth built the Purina
Way .. . with Calf Startena and Purina D&F Chow . . .
all go into the making of big, rugged, high-capacity
milkers.
Snack Burgers
। Here’s a quick trick for snack
time Cut a canned luncheon loaf
into slicees and broil, then spread
with prepared mustard and serve
n hamburger buns. Be sure to
have a sweet relish on the side.
Evening Worship— 8:15 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service—8 p.
m. Wednesday
County Line Church
Between Canton and Athene
Morning Worship—11 a m.
Sunday school—10 a. m
Evening Services—7:30 p m.
—7:45 p. m.
Prayer Meeting—8 p. m.
Monday
WSCS—3 p. m.
Tuesday
Boy Scouts—7 p m.
Wednesday
Choir Practice—7:30 p. m.
Wills Point
Methodist Circuit
WAYNF ARTIS, Pastor
Blue Springs
Baptist Church
Sunday:
11 a. m. Palmer Grove
8 p. m.—Myrtle Springs
Third Sunday
11 a. m.—Myrtle Springs
8 p m.—Alsa
Fourth Bunday
10 a. m.—Enterprise
11 a. m.—Palmer Grove
8 p. m.—Myrtle Springs
MHH
the sweet potato production in I
Van Zandt county was consider-
ably below the estimated 8,000
acres for this year. But prices :
last year were good. Two years
ago, with an acreage about the
Combat Veteran of World
War I
then feed a •
Purina Milking Ration
for high production
Leutenant Governor of Texas
For Four Years
Presbyterian
Larger Parish
9 45 a. m.--stanger Springs
9:45 a. m.—Dawion
11 a. m.—Colfax
10 a. m.—Pine Bluff
11 a. m.—Smith Chapel
11 a. m —Canton
L vov ohhk MAIM
___ . ers who operate regularly during
potatoees. Porto Ricans are used the production season.
: J. B. TIDMORE, Minister
Sunday
James R. Taylor
Box 425 Phone 241J1
Canton, Texas
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T. T. NEWTON, Pastor
Sunday school—9:45 a .m.
Morning Worship—11 a. m.
Training Union—6:45 p. m.
Evening Worship—8:15 p. m.
Cana Baptist
Church
REV P. D. SEALE, Pastor
Services conducted every third
Sunday morning and night.
VAN ZANDT COUNT/
TRACTOR COMPANY
CANTON, TEXAS
Walnut Spgs. Bible
Baptist Church
REV. ANGUS HOLDEN. Fastor
Sunday School—10 a. m.
Morning Worship—11 a. m.
Young Peouple-7:45 p m.
Eyyron:
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Hayden Baptist
Church
10 a. m—Sunday School
11 a. m. -Worship Service.
7:30 p. m—Training Union.
2p.m. Tuesday—WMU
8p.m. Wednesday—Prayer
K -
eg.
Toogiett leather kncwn —
for its weight — and softest
of all, is kangaroo — supple
yet nos-scuffing. John Neil
oxfordt and high shoes of
kangaroo are the most com-
fortable you can wear.
Withstand tough going, keep
y9ur feet slipper-comfort-
able, wear for years! And
.t value - you’ll marvel
Improved, straighter drive reducesvibrato-to amini
Touch Control. An automatie release perm itscuton
bar to swing to rear when it hits an obstrustion
Mvrtle Springs
Methodist Church
Sunday School—10 a. m
Worship Service—11 a m.
First and third Sundays
Worship Service—7 p in.
Second and fourth Sundays
)
Stockman, appeared in a recent
issue of that magazine and is
of particular interest to read-
ers of this paper.)
Eight thou* and acres of sweet
potatoes, the golden fleshed food
that always adds a taste delight
to a good meal, are in production
on the rolling sandy hills of Van
Zandt county in East Texas. It’s
a relatively new crop for the
area, too, since production on a
commercial basis started in the
early 1940‘s.
Along with J. W. McCown, the
county agent I went into this big
yarn producing region in the vi-
cinity of Ben Wheeler and talk-
ed to some of the veteran farm-
ers J B Reynolds was one of
the earliest commercial produc-
ers in the region. And his two
sons, J. B. Jr., and H. A., also
have years of production experi-
ence.
At the farm of J. B, Jr., I saw
a modern farm home that yams
built, and Mrs. Reynolds has just
a tout every modern convenience
you'll find in any home.
She recalled the early venture
into sweet potato production, and
told how pleased the family was
when a tractor was added to the
equipment to farm the potatoes.
It was about 1940 that the jams
sold for 50 cents a bushel. This
year the J. B Reynolds, Jr. family
has about 125 acres of yams,
seme of it on the halves.
Cutter bar can be tilted to four positions.
Tapered roller bearings in Pitman Drive.
6 ft or 7 ft cutter bar. If yen want a reel
mower, see this new Desrborn Bear
Attached Mower before you buy!
I asked Reynolds what a new-
comer ought to know about pro-
ducing sweet potatoes. He empha-
sized the following factors:
Start on a small scale. It costs
more to produce yams than to
per acre for ;
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cost of potatoes is from $90 to Make arrangements to have the
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This community has made some
excellent gains. and sweet pota-
toes have played an important
part in this progress.
The old saying goes that “noth-
ing succeeds like success,” and
yams are succeeding the success-
ful way in Van Zandt county.
Cm be attached to the Ford TradoninA
Can nt np to 25 acres ■ day, makes sharp,
dean turns, backs into corners
county, it is not a get-rich-quick
scheme of making money. The
y
$100 per acre, including the cost
of crates.
Van Zandt county has some 250
commercial growers of the yams,
mostly in the areas of Ben Wheel-
er and Edgewood.
necessary labor before harvest
also producing com (hybrids 28
and 30) for beef cows, and has । Wednesday
some Calumet sweet corn he plans
most of it going to California.
Willard Sides and Son, and Elroy
Sides are among the biggest
Rican is the old standby.
McCown estimated that the to-
tal production and harvesting
tv practically all the
to market at the Grand Saline
market. “The yams made the
money for us to start in the cat- 5
The Walnut Springs Baptist
church recently called Rev. Angus
Holden as pastor. Due to his va-
cation he has been away the last
two Sundays, but will be back
Sunday. He is a fine man and
good preacher, a third year stu-
dent of the Bible Baptist Semi-
nary in Fort Worth. He is mar-
ried and has one son.
However, if the milking ration lacks es-
sentials needed for heavy production,
milk supply will fall off.‘protect your
investment. Feed the Purina Way.
There's a Purina Milking Chow built
and tested to fit your particular needs.
See us SOON!
Canton, Grand Saline, Edom and
Van.
Although yam production has
made big gains in Van Zandt
C. L. Youngblood, president of
the First State Bank of Ben
Wheeler, and he stressed the im-
LI BBOCK COUNTY
sweet potatoes have been grown
successfully. At the Reynolds
home I saw all the comforts and
Since the early 1940 s, Van
Zandt county has made some
solid gains with sweet potatoes
as a cash crop, which goes to
prove the adaptability of this
East Texas region to a diversified
10:55 a. m.
7 p. m.
8 p. m.
are a better mcney crop than cultural economy of the region,
cotton,” Reynolds said. Ben Wheeler, with a population
The average yield is about 100 cf —- an. he- feu- -— k •
bushels per acre of commercial! * ■ -
Some are trying the new Gold
Rush, a Louisiana importation,
but they want more experience
with this variety before passing
judgment on it. Right now, Porto
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V/ Assembly of God
time. In this connection, a con- . .... _
Siderable amount of the labor is 10 supply and demand1 conditions _ ........ p..g.
connection with yam production as affects price. And the same as 8 p m.—Palmer Grove
is supplied by women of the re- with any other crop, there’s plen- ; Second Sunday
gion He estimated the labor cost ty of know-how. required in 10 a. m.—Enterprise
for harvesting alone at about 25 cessful production That s wh -
cents a bushel. Reynolds suggested that newcom-
in regard to yam production, ers fjhe business would do well
I McCown said the recommended to start on a small scale.
(growers in the region, from the -
standpoint of acreage, .agriculture and how well the soil
The county has certified grow- responds to plant food and 8ood
ers of slips These slips are free management.
of insects and diseases, and are' But the thing that impressed
inspected and approved by the me most was the appearance end
At Ben Wheeler, I talked with tie business," he said. A A .■ g •
Yams, like ary other crop, have MyrTle »prin0s
good years and bad. Last year ; J ■ •
Baptist Church
Sunday School—10 a. m.
Morning Worship— 11a.m.
Training Service—7:15 p. m.
Evening Worship—8:00 p. m.
Mid-Week Service—7:45 p. m.
produced widely in the county,
there is also positive evidence the ress
yams fit into a diversified pro- by the Farmer-Stockman, in
i. Reynolds, for instance, is operation. " — "
L---------— College Extension Service.
Church
(Editors Note: The following----- "
article, written by a staff writ-
er for the Oklahoma Farmer-
1 every fourth or fifth year. of farm labor. No successful me-
The recommendation for ferti- chanical harvester has been de-
lizer is the application of 600 to veloped that is in use on a large
900 pounds of 5-10-10 per acre scale.
at planting time. Yams are also subject to dam- i
Reynolds brought out the point aging disease and insect attacks. ,
that marketing is one of "the big For instance, if the weevils strike
problems, but that improved in substantial numbers, a quar-
on the farm antine is clamped down. Fortu-
nately, Van Zandt county has es-
caped this weevil plague.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, Jr., keep records of prog- -me PkiirrU
ressmade in sweet potato farming. Profit from this crop DCPII ST VIIuTCl
has enabled them to get started in raising cattle, another
profit showing enterprise.
Sunday school 9 45 a. m.
Morning Worship- 11 a. m.
Training Union 7 p. m.
Evening Worship 8 p. m.
Friday
Prayer Meeting 7: 30 p m.
HUH-AUACHED MOWER
Martins Mill
Baptist Church
Sunday
Sunday School—10 a. m.
’ Morning Worship—11 a m.
Evening Worship—8 p. nt
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equal of what is expected this .
year, the prices were not too Officers and teachers meeting-
go0d Thursday before first Sunday—
The county has markets for 7:00 p. m.
yams in Ben Wheeler, Edgewood. I
I shall insist on the practice
of strict economy in govern-
ment administration, and
strive to lower the burden of
the taxpayer.
and generally better potatoes. The
grower simply selects productive modern conveniences paid for by
hills with good color at digging the yams. Incidentally, this home
time. He save these for slips. is in the Little Hope-Moore com-
Even though yams are being munity a winner of fourth place
in the Rural Neighborhood Prog-
Mt. Lebanon Church
B. C. BEARD
Services every first and thira
Sundays.
10 a. m.—Sunday school.
11 a rn.- Morning Service.
7 p. m.—Evening Service.
Sunday School
Officers and Teachers Meeting 10 a. m.—Song Service
practice is not to plant yams on Harvesting is a major prob-
the same field more than once lem, especially with the shortage
10 a. m.—Bible Study.
11 a. m.—Preaching.
7:30 p. m.— Evening Worship.
Tuesday
2 p. in.—Ladies’ Bible Class.
Wednesday
7:30 p. m- Bible Study.
11 a. m. Morning Worship.
7 p. m —Evening Worship.
Fourth Sunday
10 a. m.—Morning Worship.
11 a .m —Church School
Every Thursday 7 p. m.—Prayer
Meeting.
MOORE
First and Third Sundays
10 a. m.—Church School
6:30 p. m.—Church Fellowship.
Second Sunday
Big Rock
Baptist Church
L. W. SMITH. Pastor
Services every Sunday.
Sunday school—10 a m.
Morning Worship—11 a m.
Training Union—7:30 p. m.
Evening Worship—8:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday—
7:30 p. m.
| Thursday, June 12, 1952 THE CANTON HERALD—5
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'State Department of Agriculture.
There is a trend in the county
toward selection for inside color
Sunday
Church School 9:45 a. m.
Methodist Church
Circuit
A. M. COLEMAN, Pastor
WESLEY CHAPEL
First Sunday
10 a. m.—Church School
11 a. m.—Morning Worship.
7 p. m.—Evening Worship.
Second and Fourth Sundays
10 a. m.—Church School
Third Sunday
10 a. m.— Morning Worship
11 a. m—Church School.
WALLACE
First Sunday
10 a. m.—Morning Worship.
11 a. m—Church School.
6:30 p. m.—MYF.
Second and Fourth Sundays
10 a. m.—Church School
6:30 p. m.—MYF.
Third Sunday
10 a. m.—Church School
11 a. m.—Morning Worship.
6: 30 p. m.—MYF.
7:30 p. m.—Evening Worship.
Every Wednesday 7 p. m— j
‛rayer Meeting.
WALNUT SPRINGS
First and Third Sundays
10 a m.—Church School
Second Sunday
10 a. m.—Church School
10:15 a. m.—Prayer and Re-
sponsive Reading.
10:30-11:30 a. m.— Classes as-
semble and discuss lesson. Dis-
missed with prayer.
HI
smrtenanoNAL
NAAVESTLA
“ummmud
Holly Springs
Methodist Church
JOHN RANKIN. Pastor
Sunday School —10 a. m.
Morning Worship—11 a. m.
Second and Fourth Sundays
; Evening Worship—8 p. m.
Every First and Third Sunday
Fort Parker, five miles rorth
of Groesbeck, has been completely
, restored from pioneer days
Church
Sunday school — 9:45 a. m.
2 Morning Worship—11:15 a. m
Af Evening Worship—7 p. m.
""4 ! Bible Study, Thursday—7 p. m
Canton First
Maharic Church 1 a m Morning Worship. 10 a m Sunday School
Memodis -nurcn ! i0,mm eyamhasanune Worahip Ev
1 10 a m.- Church School ,7PmEvening Worship Ev-
11 a m —Morning Worship. I y s d Sunday.
6:30 p. m.—Church Fellowship. —— -
hBmhem wormy Little Hope
Baptist Church I
DEXTER BLEVINS, Pastor
Irish potatoes, if they are to
be stored, must be mature when
dug. A cool, well ventilated cel-
Hai makes a sat Lfactory storage
place The storage place must be
I dry, well ventilated and out of
the light. It's best net to spread
potatoes cn a floe -
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