The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 290, Ed. 2 Tuesday, April 10, 1945 Page: 5 of 12
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ril 10. 1945
Tuesday Evening, April 10, 1945
ABILENE AND ITS NEIGHBORS
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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led by grace alone.
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CANDY 84K:
ICE CREAM
Meat Process Plants Needed
itral West Texas
County Agent Will Soon Be Named
BAIRD April 10.-(HW)-Callahar . farm agent. The commissioners
county momentarily awaits a suet court had been informed the office
cessor to W M. Meador, county would be filled by April 1.
Part Three
By HENRY C. JONES
Continuing with the study of agri-
culture (including livestock) as re-
vealed in the Blanton survey made
by Burt C. Blanton for the Abilene
chamber of commerce we find
many additional interesting facts.
1939, the year on which the
1940 census was based, 52 percent of
farms and ranches in Taylor coun-
ty were mortgaged The county tax
rate was 62 cents per $100 in value.
Air Gunner Home
After 35 Sorties
a-Sgt. James J. Cathey, who
competed 35 missions as engineer-
gunner of a B-11 base in England,
is spending a 21-day furough with
his mother, Mrs. J. E. Cathey, 1710
North 8th.
He hods the Air medal with Oak
Leaf cluster.
Here with Sergeant Cathey are
his wife and baby, Gordon, who
Newer figures, from the De-
partment of Agrreulture, on cer-
tain crops include 1943. Using
these figures we find that cot-
ton, one of the principal money
crops, has varied from 32,420
bales in 1933 to a low of 12,069
bales in 1938, with 16,414 bales
in 1943. The barley crop was
largest in recent years in 1937
when 55,000 bushels were har-
vested. In 1943 the crop was
only 9,000 bushels.
Hay production was largest in 1941
with 64,000 tons; the 1943 crop of
hay totaled 27,000 tons. Grain sorgh-
poundage increased from 520,325
pounds to 1,044,750 pounds.
Fork produced : Taylor
county amounted to 2,580,360
pounds in 1933 and 3.629,635
pounds in 1943. You may be sur-
prised thus to learn that Tay-
lor county produces more
pounds of pork than it does
ums have increased steadily since .
1933. with 1941 the high year with a pounds in 1943.
total of 1,260,000 bushels 1943 had
a yield of 1,200,000 bushels Produc-
tion of oats shows a tremendous
fluctuation from a high of 471,793
bushels in 1934 to a mere 79,200
bushels in 1943. Wheat also has va-
ried greatly. In 1937 the wheat crop
in Taylor county was 495,000 bush-
els; in 1943 it was only 59,400 bush-
els. However, this downward trend
was not regular and several years
showed totals as large as 300,000
bushels.
The cattle population and
beef production in Taylor
county has increased almost ev-
—ery year since 1933 and includ-
ing 1943. In 1933 were 4,500 head
of beef cattle in Taylor county
producing 1,080,000 pounds of
beef. In 1943 there were 7,300
head of beef cattle in the coun-
ty producing 1,752,000 pounds of
beef.
The number of dairy cows in the
county starting in 1933 was 7,500
and they produced 2.925.000 gallons
of milk. The number of cows in-
creased to 9.000 in 1941 then fell off
sharply to 7,500, the same figure as
that of 1933, but milk production in
1943 was 3.562,000 gallons, an in-
1,
. b T-SGT. JAMES J. CATHEY
made their home in Bonham while
he was overseas
crease of 657,000 gallons of milk from
the same number of cows. This in-
dicates a better grade of cows and
better feeding. ——
Hen population of Taylor county
increased from 122,857 in 1933 to
204,762 in 1943 with egg production
rising from 737,142 dozens to 1,638, -
09€ dozens.
Raising sheep in the county has
also increased In 1933 there were
Sergeant Cathey, 28. overseas
nine months, entered service in
March, 1943 He trained at Amar-
to. Las Vegas, Nev., and Tampa,
Fla.
April 25 he will report to Miami, 15.350 ewes and In 1943 there
Fla. for reassignment.
29,850, practically double.
were
Mutton
beef (or it did in 1943).
— Wool production for Taylor coun-
ty was 137,250 pounds in 1933 and
238,800 pounds in 1943, showing an-
other substantial increase. Produc-
tion of mohair has fluctuated from
an extreme high of 593,750 pounds
in 1938 to an all-time low of 45,000
Now moving onward to include
the 23 counties of the retail trade
territory we find there are 29.754
farms or ranches with an average
size of 696 6 acres. King county tops
the list for average size of farms
and ranches with 110 of an average
size of 4,515.3 acres. Comanche coun-
ty with 2,911 farms and ranches has
an average size of 176.6 acres per
farm or ranch, smallest in the 22
counties.
There are 19.791 acres of farm land
under irrigation in Taylor county.
And there are 312 irrigated farms in
the 22 counties of the retail trade
territory of a total of 6.075.008 acres
in the 22 counties 157.421 are irri-
gated Average cost of water per
acre of land irrigated was $3.73.
No comparative figures are
shown on the yield of non-irri-
gated lands as compared with
irrigated lands or on the com-
parative production costs. Such
a study might prove profitable,
if by irrigation, using water
from lakes or deep wells crop
yields can be materially increas-
ed in dry areas by use of irri-
all crops harvested by the 33 coun-
ties in the retail trade territory.
They deserve some attention.
We find Comanche county, the
one with so many small farms, top-
ping the list for 1939 with $1,913,-
490 00 total. In alphabetical order
the 32 counties had the following
farm crop values: -
Brown $1,059,862.00; Callahan
$839,210.00; Coke $346,345.00; Cole-
man $1,345,318 00, Comanche $1,913,-
490.00; Dickens 4911,999 00 Eastland
$1,165,080.00: Fisher $1,629,747.00;
Haskell $1,656,105.00; Jones $1,752,-
639 00; Kent $378,125.00; King $152,-
809.00; Knox $1,228,949.00; Mitchell
$1,487,773.00; Irotan $994,528.00; Run-
nels $1,759,095.00; ceurry $1,514,643.-
00; Shackelford $188,967.00;- Steph-
ens $300,052.00; Stonewall $588,377.-
00; Taylor $1,237,656.00; Throckmor-
ton $111,309.00.
Total for the value of all crops
harvested in the 22 counties is
$22,562,078.00.
007,384 only $3,224,266 is pro-
duced in terms of livestock
products. Clearly the need for
meat processing plants within
this vast area larger than the
state of Indiana is indicated
from these figures.
We are processing less than 101
percent of our livestock yield. The |
obvious answer is that the other
90 percent is shipped out of the
area to plants and feeders in dis- |
ant places. It hardly seems logical
that we are producing 10 times as KILLED IN ACTION—Pvt.
much as we need for our own use Bill D. Odom, 20, son of Mr.
so we must be buying back our own and Mrs Dorse Odom of the
West Texas livestock in the form and S 2S: 1
of processed meats in large quan- Denton community, was kill-
titles led in action March 24 in Ger-
By-products of the livestock in- many, two weeks after landing
dustry are many. Including the fol- overseas,
lowing Meat, both fresh and -------------------------------------------
canned dog foods, lards and short- _
enings: fats and "tallows; medicinal
oils and mutton fats; soaps, cleans- a rap usmUIPA
ers, perfumes, glues and related PVTCWTE
compounds; fertilizers; hides and WEA W I Wen WW ■ W St
leather items, bone minerals and
Total value of crops harvested in
39 counties comprising the Abilene extracts There are dozens of others.
wholesale trade territory, in 1939.
was $39,416,534.
Dawson county, with $3,663,632 is
firmly in first place among the 39
counties and Crosby county second
with $2,565,206.
Value of livestock on the
farms and ranches in the 22
retail trade counties reached a
total of $27,684,377 and Cole-
man county tops the list with
$2,428,082. Taylor with $1,496,-
952 is in sixth place behind
Brown, Comanche, Jones, Run-
nels and Coleman, already men-
tioned as the top county.
However, In 39 counties of the
wholesale trade territory Torn Green
goes to top of the list in total value
of livestock on farms and ranches
gation.
Considerable attention is being
given to the mat ter by soil and crop
experts and future years may find
certain area of West Texas, now
yielding little because of moisture
shortages, developing into important
agricultural areas. But Mr. Blanton
gave this matter only passing at-
tention. being concerned with con-
ditions as they are revealed from
available figures He offered no pre-
dictions.
Now we come to some big figures
when we look at the total value of
with $3,018,989.
Grand total for the entire group
of 39 counties is $48,007,384, using
1939 values and figures.
In studying the value of livestock
products we find a first place rank
for Taylor county with $275,294. To-
tal for the 22 counties is $1,977,005.
Taylor county also outranks all oth-
er counties in the 39-county whole-
sale area, closely followed by Torn
Green with $264,078 Total for the
39 counties is $3,224,266
From these figures we see
that although the 39 counties
of the wholesale trade territory
produce livestock valued at $48,-
FEEL RIGHT AND
LOOK RIGHT
FROM DAWN
TO MIDNIGHT IN
all secured from the livestock in-
dustry. So far as is known there are
no plants in the area using any
of these by-products. There are sev-
eral small packers of bulk meats
and sausages only.
Mr Blanton's surveythus has al-
ready revealed0 at least this one |
great gap in our West Texas econ-
omy—the need and the opportunity 1
for industries to process the by-
products, of our huge livestock in-
dustry
A load up to 1500 pounds can be
carried by a full-grown camel. |
The cuckoo can sing with its bill,
closed.
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