Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1954 Page: 6 of 8
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BASTROP (TEXAS> \DYERTLSEl", JILY I. !.>&*
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Watermelon Marketing Starts
Watermelon marketing started
at Smithville on June 17 this
year Growei - started bringing
in melons on T!'i;i.-day morninu
and two car.- were loaded out
by Saturday. More melons are
expected this week as larger
number of fields begin to rip
en.
Bernard and Lowry of Rush
Sprinjr*. Oklahoma, i.- the firm
buying the melons. This firm
bought the melons from the a>
nociation members last year and
everyone seemed well satisfied
with all the procedures and the
pirces paid. Mr. Bernard's price
is based on an average of 10
or 12 watermelon markets.
New watermelon growers in
the Smithville Truck Growers
Association should notify Mr.
Bernard whenever they think
their watermelons arc about
ripe. Then Mr. Bernard can n<>
out to your place and advise
with you on how to select ripe
melons and the type of melon
that will grade number 1.
Be On Alert For Screw Worms
Stockmen are advised to be
on the lookout for screw-worms
and to treat all livestock wounds
to prevent worn: infestation.
Mild winters, >imi!ar to the one
just past, induce an early worm
build up.
F.Q ."555 smear i- very good to
use to prevent screw-worms as
well as to kill them after they
hatch out. One application a
week on open wounds should be
<-nough to control the worm.-.
Severe cases may require treat
ment more often.
Screw-worms increase very ra
pidly once present. If headed
off from the -tart, a lot of
trouble can be avoided
Grapevine News
The County Agent attended a
good meeting and barbecue of
the Elgin Farm and Ranch Club.
Sure were good eats, and the
only person to cat more than
I (I think) was Martin Kastner
of McDade.
Charlie Evans of Swiftex says
it is so dry that his peanuts
are dying.
Ailene Bailey, Bastrop 4-H
Club girl, attending National
4-H Club Camp at Washington.
D. this week.
Edith DeLoach, Barbara Ann
Wilhelm, Billy Joe Willenberg,
and Cletus Wilhelm, ali Bastrop
County 4 H'ers planning to at-
tend Texas 4 H Club Electric
Camp at Trinidad June J!) to
July 1.
PHOSPHORITE DEPOSITS
WAY EXIST IN TEXAS
University of Texas geologist
Virgil E. Barnes reports com-
mercial deposits of phosphorite,
an important fertilizer source,
may exist in areas near Marble
Kails and Johnson City.
Dr. Barnes urges a Geiger
Counter check of the areas. A
new bulletin by the University
Bureau of Economic Geology giv
irig scientific data on possible
deposits may be obtained or re
quest.
Political
Announcements
The Advertiser is authorized to
announce the following names
nubjeot to the action of the Demo-
cratic Primaries to be held July
24, 1954:
For Representative, T 7th District
HENRY G. EEHMAN-
GUS H. MACHET
For District Attorney, 21st Judi
cial District:
RICHARD SPINN
For County Judge:
BOWER CRIDER
THOMAS N. GRIFFIN
For Sheriff. Bastrop County:
I. R. "NIG" H OS KINS
For District Clerk:
M. B. (Sonny) PERKINS
For County Clerk:
TIGNAL JONES
For County Superintendent:
FRED G. HAYNIE
For Treasurer, Bastrop County
TOM CHALMERS
MRS. J EFF OS BORN-
MRS. E. V. EVANS
For County Tax Aiw'r Collector
VERNON ESKEW
CLYDE M. REYNOLDS
For County Attorney:
JAMES B. KERSHAW
For Commissioner. Precinct No.l
HARTFORD JENKINS
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3;
MATTHEW ,J. BARTSdl
VILAS L. HEMPHILL
"fry Classified
■fi,r quick results
I Proclamation I- ued on
Farm Safet) W eek
"More accidental deaths oc
cur, for i'ii< h 100,000 worker.-,
in agriculture than in any other
niajoi industry of the nation.
Texas, with its widespread farm-,
ing and ranching operations, is
in a position to help reduce this
accident toil," aid Governor A1
lan Shivers, in the proclamation
he -igned on June 8 designating
the week of July 25 :51 Farm
Safety Week.
Continuing, the Governor .-aid,
"A disabling injury strikes ,-ome
farm person in America on the
averuge of every 26 seconds. The
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and the National Safety Council
are cooperating in a campaign
designed to reduce the huge
number of avoidable farm acci
dents and 1 urge all Texans en-
gaged in farming activities to
exercise all possible caution in
their work."
The Texas Farm and Ranch
Safety Committee is the organi-
zation in the state through
which cooperative efforts are be
ing directed toward reducing the
farm accident rate. Committee
members represent -tate and
federal agencies working in agri
cultur. and home economics,
farm organizations, press and
radio, commercial, industrial and
business concerns and indivi
duals who are interested in see-
ing the label, "Nation's most
hazardou- occupation", removed
from agriculture.
Paul Walser of the Soil Con
servation Service i.- chairman
of the general committee and
J. Walter Hammond, president,
Texa.- Farm Bureau, is chairman
of the Executive Board of the
committee E. ('. Martin, -tate
apiculture leader for the Texas
Agriculture Extension Servi -e,
and W. L I'irich, extension aa
riculture engineer, serve as vice
chairman and secretary of the
groups.
The State Committee joins
Governoi Shivers in urging all
Texa.- to r.ot only observe the
special week of July 25 31 but
to make the other 51 weeks ju.-t
a- safe a- humanly possible.
Says Executive Board Chair-
man Hammond. ''It's a real
challenge to every farm family.
I have never yet met a farmer
or a member of his family who
wanted to net involved in an
accident. The way to avoid them
is practice prevention every
dav."
CENTRAL TEXAS FARMER
WINS H0BLITZELLE AWARD
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Cotton
TV Program
County Atrent Joe! R. Reese
put on a TV |J' gram Friday,
June 25, over staiton KTBC TV
Austin. The program wa - on
selecting and grading watermel-
ons.
Highlight of the program wa-
tt-hen the McDade Watermelon
Festival Queen put in her ap-
pearance. Dorotha Ann Parker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs I„ S.
Parker, McDade, was elected as
Queen of the festival, the night
before at McDade. Dortha Ann
cut a watermelon and the county-
agent explained the internal
qualities.
Another queen on the program
wa Barbara Ann Schultz,
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W E. Schultz of McDade. Four-
year old Barbara Ann was e-
lected queen of the Tiny Tots
at the night program on June
24. Both Miss Schultz arid Miss
I'arker will be crowned at the
coronation ceremonies at the Mc-
Dade Watermelon Festival on
July 8.
T TV program is a weekly
!>' ailed Town and Coun
ti\. It come- on Au.-tin ration
each Friday from 12:46 to 1:00
p. m. A county agriculture or
home demonstration agent puts
on the program each week. If
you like this program, let your
county agent- or the TV station
know that you do like it. We
are always glad to know how
you feel about such a program.
Clinton Harber,-. a broke farm
boy in IU46 fresh from the fight-
ing in the South Pacific, in
eight years has converted a neg
lected old Central Texas farm
into a capital investment of ap-
proximately $100,000 and is pro-
ducing an income from farming
in excess of |20,000 at year.
The story of Harbcrs' amaz
ing success in agriculture was
t ol d w hen t h c .'! 2 y e a r
old Fayette County Farmer
was presented the Hoblitzelle
Award for the Advancement of
Texas Rural Life. The present
ation of the $5,000 cash award
and gold medal was made at
the tenth anniversary open house
and field day of Texas Research
Foundation at Rentier. The Ho
blitzelle Award recognizes Har
bers as having made the most
oustanding contribution to Texas
Agriculture of any farmer or
rancher during the past three
years.
Commenting on the young
man - work. Dr. C. L. Lundell,
director of Texas Research
Foundation, said: "Clinton Har
bers has gone further than most
men who farm the soil, and he
ha.- gone further than most
scientists in seeing agriculture
in its whole concept.
"For instance, others have
planted legumes for years to
improve the soil, but Harbers
planted them in his own way
to achieve certain preconceived
effects. He was not content to
follow others. Out of his own
i experience he devised farm
machinery to plant legumes in
a way they had never been
planted before, and today four
of the major companies which
build farm equipment have
tooled up to produce adapta-
tion- of the timber - machine.
He has his ow method of in
sect control; he ha hi- own
method of planting cotton; and
his own method for doing al
most everything. And what's
j more he has welded them all
! into a system a program to
i produce more crops for less
, money and buiid back the land
1 while producing more.
Dr. Lundell continued, "He
has been restless in hi- search
; for information; he has undei
stood the purpose of the re
search he ha- seen; and he has
put it to work in a profitable
way. He has provided an in
spiring example to the farmer,
the professional worker in agri-
culture, and to the scientist in
showing the true teamwork re
lation.-hip between -cience and
farming. He ha, helped U> ad-
vance his whole profession by
seeing and giving practical in
terpretation to it- greatest pos-
sibilities,"
Today Harbers farm- 100 ai-
res at West Point, Texas, near
I^a Gratige where hi- grand
father pioneered and where his
father was a -hare cropper.
When he bought land on a 100
percent FSA government ioan
i in 1 ;<4* . it wa- non productive
and sick. He built a good drain
1 age system. He sodded his wat-
j erways. He developed a program
I of soil improvement, fertihzi.
I tion, proper land preparation
and cultivation, insect control
and harvesting operation- it,) to
a continuous job of rebuilding
the soil for economic production.
His result- -peak of his -uc
cess. He averages 7 '.S pounds
of lint cotton "ti land that pr>>
duced 116 pounds ion Near- ago
Last year he made a net profit
of $211.7li pet acre on cotton
after deducting expense-, includ-
ing the complete cost of the
preceding legume crop, deprecia
tion on equipment and all other
costs. Where 20 and 25 bushels
of corn were considered a good
crop, he is producing 7 > and so
bushels to the acre. V\ here 800
pounds of maize wa.- being
grown, he is now harvesting
6,000 and pounds to the
acre.
While he wa • making these
big production gains, his land
also was making a big come
back Here ai • <ome of the im
provements: I. Increased or
ganic conter; of soil up to '-2
percent in six years 2 In-
creased weight of -oil from 127
pounds to pounds per cubic
foot. 15. Increased storage of
moisture for planting a d grow
ing crops. I Increased soil fer
tility with fertilize! and le-
gumes. 5. Reduced compaction
of the soil with tractor and im
plements. ti Virtual elimination
of cotton root rot, and 7 Re
duced weed miipetition througi
mulching and i crea-ed micro
hie activity in soil.
Essentially his program is
ba.-ed on utilization of legume-
for the conditioning and protec-
tion of the -oil. After a crop is
harvested, the land is •-hi >ded
and bedded. Legumes are plant
ed on the side- of th" beds and
at the same time fertilizer is
deep placed i' >and under the
seed. One fourth of the land is
planted to Hubatti clover, the
r- st to Willamette veu-h. A week
I or two before planting th-' cash
crop in the spring, top growth
of th>- legume- is cut from the
bed- with a row disc leaving
the roots undisturbed After the
legume has drinl out sufficient
ly to shatter and break up ea
ily, it is harrowed into the
furrows between tr-.e beds where
it i- left uncovered to de. on;
po-e and a! the -ann-
as a mulch Corn,
some other cash crop
lately planted on the
ed and firm .ed bed ! ■
the furrow -. Pre emergence
control is used.
The mulch aids in weed m
trol, conservt * moisture and
protects the .-oil from the oris
parting effects of rain. Legume
roots remaining ir the -oil open
up land to the entrance of moi-
ture Inject control is carried
on at regular intervals *ith
sometimes as many a
plications of insecticide*
is harvested mechanic.! ily and
all hand labor reduced to a
minimum. Except for four or
five days each year, Harber-
and his brother do all the work
oil the 400-acre tract.
He has -hortened is cotton
growing season from 1 .0 IHii
days to 112-115 days His cotton
matures uniformly and by ad
justing planting rate to fertil
it y it can be defoliated, me
chanically picked and delivered
at the gin for less than f > a
bale in contrast to $40 for hand
harvested cotton.
Harbers' amazing ;ob >n the
land ha- beers accompli-' 'd in
the face of onsidcrablc hard
ship. The year he purchased the
farrr. his father died, leaving
to him the complete responsib
ilit\ f >r hi- mother, two sisters
and three brothers He sent one
-ister and three brothers to
college a fact which attests
to how well he fulfilled his re
sponsibility. In the meantime, >•
has paid off the debt on his
farm and e-tablished a s lund
credit rating at the bank
He his an enthusiastic coop
erator with the Bastorp Fayette
Soil Conservation District and
with ither agencies -eeking to
improve agriculture A a -ui
ces-fu! farmer, he as done
much missionary work himself
in relating his metnod- and hi-
experiences to Soy m \ n ation
ai \griculture -id I 11 Club
Marine Corps
Taking Applicants
On Buddy System
It ha- been announced by Ma
I rine ergeant Robert C. Low
I ther. at the Marine recruiting
uii station in \ustin, that the
Marine Corp- i taking appli
| cants under the "Buddy Sys
tem." I'nder this system appli
cant who enlist together will
be trained together, provided the
men arrive at the recruit depot
at the same time, and a letter
i attached to the men's order-
-tating that the men have been
-0 pr<>mist>d
For an> further information
contact yout local Marine re
crjiter at room 101 102 Old
IV,t Office Bldg in \ustin, or
watch sour local news paper
for time and date that the
Marine representative will be
in your town
Station, hi ii < II l>e\ « ey,
Vice President. Texa . Farm Bur-
eau Federation, Waco
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(irapevine News;
Harry Crockett, Smithville,
cullitie tomatoes last week.
Bud .lohr son, Rosunky, selling
some more good watermelons
this year Must be a good far
mer to -ell good melons each
year. ,1. ,S. ("happell, Elgin, with
a few rine watermelons. Chap-
pell -ays he ha. some good me
Ions, but doubts if any of them
will weigh over 100 pound" this
year, a- a result of the dry
weather.
Henry Wolf, McDade, has a
good fertilizer demonstration on
his place with corn. Mr. Wolf
put down about 100 pounds per
acre of 5 10-5 before planting.
Then, in thi particular patch,
he sidedres.-ed at the rate of
100 per pounds per acre of Am
rnonium nitrate <:{.'! per rent
nitrogen). Only he did not side
dre-s the whole patch. He fer-
tilized four rows and skipped
four row all acros- the field.
If you want to see the effect
of 100 pounds of .'Id per cent
nitrogen per acre, just go by
and look at that corn. The four
rows with about twice ax much
corn are t.he fertilized ones.
Willie Henzen, Rockne, .-ays
he will have very few pecans
this year, due to actions of the
pecan nut easeborer and dry
weather combined.
Jas. P. Wood
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