Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1950 Page: 2 of 12
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BASTROP ADVERTISER DECEMBER 7. 1950
SUGGESTIONS FOR
EXPANSION TO
COTTON FARMERS
ST. WORTH, Nov, 1950.—Louis
P. Merrill, regional head of the
Soil Conservation Service, has
some timely suggestions for farm-
ers who are considering expansion
of their cotton acreage in 1961.
Merrill fears- that some farmers,
with the lifting of government
cotton restrictions, may undo much
of the good conservation work
they have accomplished unless
they choose their cotton land
wisely and take step.-- to pro-
tect it.
Here are Merrill's recommend-
ation:- for the farmer planning to
increase his cotton acreage:
1. Put cottono only on land that
is suited to cotton. Cotton land
should be productive enough for
a profitable yield and not easily
eroded.
2. Plant legumes or other winter
cover as quickly as possible on
land to be planted to cotton in
1951. Such crops prevent erosion
and step up cotton yields from 25
to 100 percent. Increased per acre
yields can meet national cotton
needs without expanding planting
to unsafe land, Merrill points out.
3. Keep cotton off land where
cotton root rot is common.
Think it ovei before plowing
up good stands of grass. Farmers
often net more from grass than
from cotton,, especially when they
make full use of opportunities for
grazing and seed harvesting.
In most areas, information on
land suited to cotton is available,
Merrill aid. Landowner- can make
use of the help that soil conser-
vation districts can give them in
deciding what land can produce
cotton profitable and without da-
mage. In the Plains areas of Texas
ami Oklahoma, nearly 5,000.(toil
acre- of lantj now being cultivated
are too shallow or unstable for
cotton, a crop offering almost no
resistance to the forces of erosion.
Legumes and other w inter cover,
planted in the fall, would be work-
ed into the soil next spring. These
crops improve the soil, protect
it against erosion during a danger
period and offer winter grazing
in addition to increasing the
yields of the cotton crop that
follows, Merrill said.
It is seldom wise to follow cot-
ton with another crop of cotton,
Merrill pointed out. However,
when it is done, a legume cover
between crops of cotton will help
to control erosion, increase pro-
ductivity and reduce cotton rot.
Farmers have been getting more
grass-conscious in recent years,,
the regional director said. More
than 2">0,000 acres have been put
in native grasses alone in Okla-
homa and Texas during the last
two years and still additional
acreage in introduced grasses. On ;
nearly all of this land grass for
livestock is the safest and the!
most profitable use, and to plow
up such plantings with the ques-
tionable prospect of a high cotton
Legal Notice
NO. 3151
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BASTROP
In the name and bv the authority
of the State of Texas notice is
hereby given as follows: TO
Polly Montgomery, also known as
Paula Montgomery, a widow, Felix
Mi'Vey, Crockett Hill, Carrie
Fields. 1. N. Jett and Carrie Ross,
if living, and if any or all of the
above-named defendants be dead,
the unknown heir.- of each or all
of -aid above-named persons who
may dead, and the unknown
heirs of the unknown heirs of
.-aid above-named persons, and
the unknown owner or owners of
the hereinafter described land, and
the executor-, administrators,
yield would be poor business,
Merrill added.
Several grasses fit in well with
rotations that include cotton,
Merrill said. Some of these grasses
are blue panicum, weeping and
sand lovegrass, King Ranch blue-
stem and tall fescue.
Merrill also urges that farmers
keep in mind the other practices
that are useful in conservation
farming. Planting cotton in alter-
nate strips with tall-growing
crops such as grain sorghums is
essential in helping to control
wind reosion in sandy lands. Stub-
blenmlchin^, contour cultivation
and terracing help conserve mois-
ture and prevent erosion.
Soil conservation districts can
help farmers needing assistance
in making decisions on what lands
to plant to cotton and on how to
use these lands to best advantage,
Merrill said.
vuardians, legal representatives,
legatees and devisees of the above-
named persons, and any and all |
other persons, including adverse
claimants, owning or having or
claiming anv legal or equitable
interest in or lien upon the follow-
ing described property delinquent
to Plaintiff herein, for taxes, all
of -aid property being located in
said County and State, to-wit:
l*>t 1 and 2 in Block 70, City
of Smithville,
Which said propertv is delin-
•jue; i l>• Plaintiff for taxe in the
following amounts: $137.27, ex-
clusive of interest, penalties and
costs, and there is included in
tli- -uit in addition to the taxe-
ull -aid interest, penalties and
cos*, therein, allowed by law up
to and including the dav of judg-
ment herein.
Y >u are hereby notified that
.--uit has been brought by the
State of Texas, as Plaintiff,
against the above named persons,
as Defendants, by petition filed
on the 2nd day of April, 194W, in
a certain suit stvled The State of
Texa- v. Pollv Montgomery, et al.
for collection of the taxes on said
property and that said suit is
now pending in the District Court
of Mastron County. Texas, 21st
Judicial Distiict, and the file num-
ber of said .-uit is 3151. that the
names of all taxing units which
assess and collect taxes on the
propertv hereinabove described,
not made parties to this suit, are
NONE.
Plaintiff and all other taxing
unit- who may set up their tax
claims herein seek recovery of
delinquent ad valorem taxes on
the property hereinabove described,
and in addition to the taxes all
interest, penalties and costs al-
lowed by law thereon up to and
including the day of judgment
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
At Basti op, Texas
Entered As Second Class Matter At The Post Office At liaatrop,
Texas, Under Act Of March 3, 187V
ti. E. STANDlFER, Publisher
AMY S. s'TANDlFER, Edlto*
In rein, and the establishment and
foreclosure of liens, if any, se-
curing the payment of same, as
orovided bv law.
All parties to this -uit, includ-
ing plaintiff, defendant.-, and ui-
tervenors, .-hall take notice that
claims not only for taxes which
were delinquent on said property
at the time this suit was filed
but all taxes becoming delinquent
thereon at any time thereafter
up to the dav of judgment, in-
cluding all interest, penalties and
costs allowed by law thereon, may
upon request therefor, be recover-
ed herein without further citation
or notice to any parties herein,
and all -aid parties shall take
notice of and plead and answer
to all claim- and pleadings now
on file and which may hereafter
l>e filed in aid cause by all other
parties herein, and all of those
taxing units above named who
mav intervene herein and set up
their respective tax claims against
said property.
You are herebv commanded to
appear and defend such suit on
the first Mondav after the expir-
ation of forty-two (42) davs from
and after the date of issuance
hereof, the same being the Nth
dav of Januarv. A. D. 1951. (which
is the return dav of such citation),
before the honorable District
Court of Bastrop County, Texas,
to be held at the courthouse there-
of. then and there to show cause
why judgment shall not be render-
ed for uch taxe.-. penalties, in-
terest and costs, and condemning
-aid nropertv and ordering fore-
closure of tin constitutional and
statutory tax liens thereon for
taxe due the plaintiff and the
taxing units parties hereto, ami
tiio-e who may intervene herein,
together with all interest, penal-
ties. and costs allowed by law up
to and including the day of judg-
ment herein, and all costs of
this suit.
1 sued anil given under my hand
and seal of said court in the Citv
of Bastrop, 'iastrop County, Tex-
as. thi- 25th dav of November
A.D., 1950.
. ERNON ESKEW. Clerk
of the District Court,
Ba.-trop County, Texas,
21st Judicial District.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1950, newspaper, December 7, 1950; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237300/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.