Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1934 Page: 9 of 12
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for explaining
36 cotton con-
to farmers began the
tpart of December in the
214 Counties in Texas having
county afents. In the new
offered by the Agri-
Adjustment Admin-
istration, farmers agree to re-
duce cotton acres from 35 to
45 per cent in return for land
rental payments running as
high as $18 per acre, and a
parity payment of one cent
per pound for 40 per cent of
the average five-year produc-
tion.
A farmer who has grown an
average of 40 acres of cotton
making an acreage of 10
bales per year during 1928-32
would receive a total of
$89.92 in three payments
next year if he signs a con-
tract reducing his acres 40
per cent, from 40 acres down
to 24 acres. His land rental
payment will be 31/s cents for
every pound of lint produced
per acre on the average dur-
ing 1928-32. In this case that
would amount to $4.37 per
acre, or $69,92 for the 16
acres retired. Forty per cent j four different systems. Be-
of his average five-year pro-; sides the stage coach glows a
duction would be four bales, camp fire. On the rear of the
and his parity payment on thi.s! tiny train is a red danger
in December, 1934, would be j light. A more powerful head-
at least $5 per bale, or $20. j light is on the engine, show-
The land rental payments will | ing up the canyon into which
be made in two installments, the train is entering. On the
the first in March or April, airship is a bulb electric light,
and the second in August or The different -hrubs used!
September. | in the display outline roughly j
The land retired from pro-! the change from east to west.!
duction must be good, average ranging from leaflets trees to j
land, not gullied or eroded.! cedars and cacti. A back-
and suited for cotton. The ground of ferns gives privacy,
retired acres may be used only; to Mr. Shick's private office:
for two purposes: either to and adds an out-door effect
improve the land as capital to (he window.
stock, or if needed, to feed
the family. Rented acres may
be put in soil improvement
crops or in crops designed to
stop soil washing. If sown to
feed or food crops all the re-
sulting food and feed musi
be Consumed on the farm. If
fed to animals the meat or
Nat Shick, postmaster at
Big Spring, is given credit by
a postal inspector with the
best exhibit he has ever seen
in the United StateB for en-
couraging early mailing for
Christmas and displaying the
progress of the mail service
during the last 80 years. The
display was placed in a win-
dow of the postoffice.
At the extreme right leav-
ing New York is the stage
coath, in minature, which
took 45 days to make the trip
from that city to San Fran-
cisco. Next is shown the
pony express, whose riders
carried the mail from St.
Louis to San Francisco in 10 j
days. Then the railroad train,
whose best time from New-
York to the Golden Gate city
is 78 hours. And to the ex-
treme left is the airplane, the
speediest of which covers the
distance from New York to
Los Angeles in about 15
hours.
In order that the display
would be of interest at night,
Mr. Shick used lighting meth-
ods that fitted in with the
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A LITTLE FUN «■£
Tragedy In a Barnyard
Mule In a barnyard, laxy and sick.
Boy jabbed the mule—mule gave a
lurch—services Monday at the M. E.
Church).
Following the Style
Caller—"And is this your little broth-
er? Strange you are so tall and he is
so short."
Small Sister—"Oh, he was born after
mother bobbed her hair."
Ambitiona
Caller—"And what are you going to
be when you grow up, my little man?"
Little Man—"Well, after I have been
a preacher awhile to please my mother,
and a lawyer to please my father, I am
going to be a policeman."
After Christmas Ballad
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O sea;
But I bet you could break for forty
years,
And not be as broke as me.
Defined
Teacher—"Can you tell me what a
skeleton is, Johnny?"
Johnny—"Yes'm, it's a man with his
insides out and his outsides off."
Expensive Optics
"Last week a grain of sand got into
my wife's eye and she had to go to a
doctor. It cost me $3."
"That's nothing. Last week a fur
coat got my wife's eye and it cost me
$83."
Identified
Ole was in court trying to get justice
if not remuneration for a pig stolen
from him.
"Did this pig of yours have any ear-
marks ?" asked the attorney for the de-
fense.
"Ay cart remember only one ear-
mark," Ole testified. "His tail vas cut
off."
SANITARY IMPROVE-
ME NTS
A new stimulus to construc-
tion of needed sanitary im-
provements exist in the op-
portunity for cities and towns
in Texas to secure Federal aid
.. „ . , , . , i in relieving unemployment
other livestock products must through the Civil Works Ad-
Mark Twain's Reply
Mark Twain's habit of swearing was
very embarrassing to his wife, who
tried her best to cure him of it. One
day while shaving he cut himself. He
recited his entire vocabulary and when
he was finished, his wife repeated every
word he said. Mark Twain, though
stunned by her audacity, said calmly:
"You have the words, dear, but you lack
the punch."
be consumed on the farm.
The farmer signing a con-
tract must also agree not to
• increase the total acreage on
the rest of the farm of crops
named as basic commodities
in the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act, or to increase the
production of livestock de-
signed as basic commodities.
That means that contracting
cotton farmers may not in-
crease above 1932 or 1933
their acreage of corn, wheat,
rice and tobacco, or their pro-
duction of hogs and of milk
or dairy products, except as
needed for home use.
SAW LINCOLN'S FUNERAL
Newell Kane, 72, of Pales-
tine, retired paymaster of the
Tnternational-Great Northern
Railroad Company, is prob-
ably the only citizen of Tex-
as who can boast of having
ministration Board. Thisi
financial assistance will be de-i
voted to payment of labor em-;
ployed on public works pro-!
jects and does not extend to!
cost of materials. The State]
Department of Health is
maintaining a school in which
men are being trained for this!
work in the various counties.]
There are numerous cities
and towns where this will be
a golden opportunity not only
to relieve unemployment but
also to carry through needed
sanitary improvements which
have been held in obeyance
for lack of funds. Mosquito
control work has already been
given considerable publicity
as one of necessity.
The elimination of surface
toilets and installation of pit
toilets, protection of private
water supplies, nursing serv-
ice, statistics and other ac-
suen the funeral cortege of tivities that will protect the
Abraham Lincoln at Spring
field. 111. He was 5 years old
at the time. He spent his
boyhood days in the Illinois
capital, moving to Palestine
when a young man. Describ-
ing the funeral incident, Mr.
Kane said recently:
"My brother and T were
looking over a picket fence of
our yard and watching the
procession. The casket was
conveyed on a horse-drawn
vehicle. The driven had a
long mustache, i remember
my brother, who was about
mv age, saying:
public health are eligible un-
der this work.
Sewer extensions in unsew-
ered localities represent work
that will utilize a large amount
of hand labor. In many in-
stances, such extensions
would greatly improve living
conditions and enchance the
value of property. Some
health nuisances exist that!
can not be completely reme-|
died until public sewers are|
provided.
Another aid to sanitation!
exists in the possibility of
Young Paul's Version
The Sunday School lesson was from
II Kings 22 and read: "Josiah was
eight years old when he began to reign
and he reigned thirty and one years in
Jerusalem." On telling about the les-
son to his mother, Paul, age four, said:
"The lesson was about a good rain, and
there was a little boy named Jasiah, and
it began to rain when he was eight and
when he was thirty-one it was still
drizzlin'."
Lem Frisby wants to know why do
they put so many holes in Swiss cheese
when it's the Limburger that really
needs the ventilation?
Father
Mr. Goodfellow had dined out six
nights in succession. On the seventh
night he turned up at home for the
evening meal. When he was seated,
Mrs. Goodfellow rose and addressed the
other occupants of the table:
"Children, we have with us to-night
a guest of whom you have all heard,
even if you do not know him personally.
He is a man who has a reputation for
conviviality and cheer in every club and
restaurant in the city, and this evening
we are to have the honour and pleasure
of being numbered among the admirers
of his brilliant and entertaining quali-
ties. It is with the greatest pleasure
that I present to you—your father!"
Poultry Facts
By F. W. KAZMEIER
r altry Brf«lfr, Bryan, Ttiai.
covering over, and in some
'There goes Santa Clans.'(cases eliminating, community
"He had reference to the'refuse dumps that constitute
driver. I intsantly forgot all1 eye-sores as well as breeding
about the funeral and watch-
ed the driver and the horse
until the funeral passed out
of sight."
FAT STOCK SHOW GETS
UNDER WAY FOR 1934
Several thousand copies of
the livestock premium books
for the 1934 Southwestern
Exposition and Fat Stock
Show, held artnuall.v at Fort'Crime is unknown and in the
places for flies and rats.
WHERE CRIME IS UN-
KNOWN
Loving county, the State's
youngest subdivision, created
two years ago, contains 753
square miles, has only three
miles of paved highways, not
a foot of railroad, no cemetery
and no bonded indebtedness.
Worth, Texas, have been sent
to livestock breeders through-
out the country. The show
dates will be March 10 to 18,
with the opening on Friday
night, March 9.
According to Manager John
B. Davis, negotiations qrc un-
der way for new attractions,
wWLe all of the old features
have interested thou-
sands of visitors to the show
each March will be retained.
For what is a man profited,
he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?
or what thall a man give in
exchange for his soul. Mat.
16:26.
last two years only one person
has died in the county—a
cowboy named Shady Davis,
who fell off his pony in New
Mexico, was injured thereby
and brought to Mentone, the
county seat, for treatment.
The county has no resident
minister and only one attor-
ney. Thirty-nine law suits
have been filed in two years,
but no grand jury indictments
have been returned. There are
only 250 registered voters in
the county. The courthouse
is of sheet iron, 20 by 40
feet, cost $3,000 and was paid
for in cash. The school dis-
trict owes about $6,000 on its
stucco building.
What We May Expect
It is generally con-
sidered in fact and
truth that from a
money making stand-
point the average man
is always wrong, or
perhaps, it is best to
say that the majority
is always wrong. When
feed goes up and eggs
go down, the majority
follow the path of ,
least resistance and sell out and get out. \\ hen
egg prices go up and things look more favor-
able, tho majority jumps back into the busi-
ness. A careful analysis will show that un-
der such a system you nre in at the wrong
time and out'at the wrong time. If you do
what the majority are doing, you will lose in-
stead of making money. The poultry business
is no exception to this rule.
The poultry specialists chance, «t least
as for as I can see it, arc only two. One is
to keep a year or two ahead of the majority,
from tho breeding standpoint. He must look
for a market at aboVo market price, for his
chickens and eggs from the farmer and gen-
eral poultry producer. The Becond is, ho
must make a special effort to get eggs and
have fryers to sell, when the majority do not
have anything to offer, and that is, eggs in
October, November, December and January.
Fryers in February, March, April and May.
When the millions of farmers bring eggs to
town, tho poultry specialist bstter turn it over
to them. When everybody sells off, the poul-
try specialist increases the size of his flocks.
The Hen Batteries
One of the latest developments in the poul-
try field is the individual hen batteries. For
egg laying contests they are going to become
very popular. For back yards flocks in my
estimation they are just the thing, supply-
ing a long felt need. For the trapnest breed-
er they offer opportunities. Its development
is ju3t another illustration of man's desire to
go'to extremes. First we want to keep laying
hens in flocks of 500 and even 1,000, then we
jump to the other extreme, of one hen to a
cage. With these radical changes, however,
always comes somo measure of progress and
success. There are many great advantages of
the hen batteries over the old system. One is,
it enables to give more individual care and
feeding. Another is, it gives you complete
control over the feed that goes into the egg.
Each year this is coming to be more im-
portant. Without a doubt, hen batteries pro-
vide a much more sanitary method of keep-
ing hens, and this will mean much in the
next few years. The poultry business in the
past has been carried on in spite of sanita-
tion, leading to much trouble while individual
hen batteries invite many advantages; don't
forget they also invite some trouble, some of
winch never have been heard of. In making
your plans, it is best to allow for these.
Government Help
Many pcultrymen are expecting help from
some government source, or from somewhere
else. They are waiting for something to hap-
pen, although they know not what. They are
on the fence, expicting to hear or see some-
thing. It is my candid opinion nothing will
happen, until they hop off the fence and go
to work, making plans for the future and trust-
ing that the future will take care of itself.
We have come out of every depression in the
past and we are sure to come out of this one.
We have just as ninny resources, just as many
brains, but we are all sadly lacking in courag"
and backbone. We are afraid to hit the cold
water squarely^ wo are pussyfooting around,
instead of wading into it with determination.
Tile poultry business is a sound business. Peo-
ple will for a long time nt least continue to
eat eggs and chickens, and as long as that is
true, the future of the poultry business is
bright. ,
OFFICE BUILDING ERECT-1
ED BY WOMAN'S
INITIATIVE
Headquarters of the An-
gelina County Board of Wel-
fare and Employment at Luf-
kin are in a new log and stone
Not That Gullible
Grocer—"Wouldn't you like some
nice wax beans today?"
Mrs. Newbride — "Wax beans? I
should say not. I want real beans if I
get any, not beans with wax on them."
How He Struck
"And now, Mrs. Sullivan," said the
counsel, "will you tell the jury whether
your husband was in the habit of sti'ik-
ing you with impunity?"
"With what, sir?"
"With impunity."
"He muz, sir, now and thin; but he
sthruck me ofthener wid his fisht."
EXTRA WHEAT MONET
More than $5,300,000 of ex-
tra money Is expected to come
to Texas this winter and next
summer in the form of bene-
fit payments to about 13,000
wheat growers who have sign-
ed government contracts to home, through the°energies~of
i reduce^ acreage, according to I Mrs. Sharpe, county adminis-
Jonn it. Edmonds, lexas A. trator of the organization.
& M. Extension Service, in From standing timber to a
charge of field work for the | finished office building in 10
wh,e«t campaign. days, that is the remarkable
\\ ith the exception of a1 feature of the achievement of
few counties, applications and the woman. There were about
; contracts have been passud 2,500 names on the relief rolls
by review boards at Fort of the county when Mrs.
, Worth and Amarillo," Mr.; Sharpe decided she did not
Edmonds said, "and are eith- have sufficient room in which
er in Washington or on the to properly transact the af-
Thc Last Straw
"One day," said the old countryman
from the hills, who was on trial for mur-
der, "when my rheumatism was pester-
ing me, and my daughter had just elop-
ed with a good-for-nothin' scallawag,
and my barn had burned down and I lost
both my mules, and my best old sow got
the cholera and died, and I just heard
they had foreclosed the mortgage and
the sheriff was lookin' for me, 1 told
my troubles to one of these here opti-
mists and he said: 'Cheer up, old top,
the worst is yet to come!' So I shot
him."
■Japanese Thrift
Among the Japanese thrift is a virtue
in high esteem. Two old misers of
Tokyo were one day discussing ways
and means of saving.
"I manage to make a fan last about
20 years," said one. "T don't open the
whole fan wastefully and wave it care-
lessly about. I open only one section
at a time. That is good for about a
year. Then I open the next, and so on
until the fan is used up."
"Twenty years for a good fan!" ex-
claimed the other. "What extrava-
gance! lr. my family we use a fan for
two or three generations, and this is
the way we do it: We open the whole
fan, but we don't wear it out by waving
it. We hold it still, like this, under our
nose, -and we wave our faces."
way there. In most cases the
contracts should pass the na-
tional reviewing board with
little delay and checks should
begin coming back to Texas.
The first payments to Texas
should total about ^,684,079.
The second payments, to be
made next June after the in-
spections are made, will run,
it is estimated, to a total of
about $1,289,529 for Texas."
The first payment will be a
flat payment of 20 cents a
bushel on the allotted bush-
els to each farm, the allot-
ment being 54 per cent of the
average five-year production.
fairs of her bureau. There
was no space in which to
house the thousands of cans
and containers and food sent
her for distribution; or any
place to assemble and sort
clothing donated for chari-
table purposes. Renting of a
building was not possible un-
der the regulations of the
Texas Rehabilitation and Re-
lief Commission, so Mrs.
Sharpe decided to erect one.
The city gave permission to
erect the building upon city
owned lots centrally located.
Then Mrs. Sharpe issued an
appeal for free labor and
Story About Frank Munsey
One day, years ago, an editorial ap-
peared in the New York Sun saying that
Frank Munsey, magazine publisher,
wanted to go to the Court of St. James
as American Ambassador, because he
thought his legs would look well in knee-
breeches. The peppery Mr. Munsey hit
the ceiling. Ho wanted an apology and
wanted it quick. The Sun had better
send up one of its best men for a state-
ment he would have ready that after-
noon.
Chester S. Lord, managing editor of
the Sun, not at all intimidated, sent the
latest cub reporter for the statement,
which turned out to be five typewritten
pages in length. Mr. Lord read it,
chuckled, and then put the statement
in the scrapbasket. The next morn-
ing's Sun contained this apology writ-
ten by Mr. Lord: "Mr. Frank Munsey
protests because the Sun said he
thought his legs would look well in knee-
breeches. Mr. Munsey has sent us a
statement in which he said his legs
would not look well in knee-breeches."
And this was all the apology that Mun-
sey, who later was to buy the Sun prop-
erties and put the morning edition out
of business for good, ever did receive.
| The second payment will be j building material. The re-
10 cents to the allotted bush-:sponse came quickly. The
el out of which will be taken! rough timber in the building
2 cents a bushel for stimulat-| came from logs donated by
ing exports, and whatever is Ray Stewart, Huntington
required to finance the coun- merchant, in charge of relief
ty wheat production controll in that section of the county,
association. Lumber for finishing the in-
I wenty-eight heavy wheat] terior and native stone for the
producing counties in the Pan- masonry were obtained from
I handle had 18,663,o76 bushels i monev raised by local sub-
| allotted to them. Figures of: scription. The labor was
~o of these counties which! easily obtained from the bu-
j have been approved by the re-1 reau's relief rolls.
view board indicate that over. It only required 16 days in
90 per cent was taken up in 'which to erect the structure,
contracts. Total payments in containing six rooms. There
those counties, it is estimated, is ample sp7.ee for routine of-
j^l be $5,039,165, of which fice work, private consulta-
[$o,359,443 should be forth- tions and for storing produce
| coming this winter. to be distributed during the
_ Forty-six other counties in j winter. The building, 30 by
the State had total allottments 45 feet, is ornate in appear-
i of 3,246,368 bushels of which, j ance, has a rustic fire place
it is estimated 50 per cent or and chimney in the waiting
more has been taken up in room. Workers representing
contracts. 1 he first payment- 79 families and nearly 400
i in these counties this winter| needy men, women and chil-
; snould total about $324,636. dren. were given employment
— on the structure—log cutters,
COTTON POSITION* IM- carpenters, stonemasons, elec-
PROYED ' | tricians, plumbers and com-
A marked improvement in|mon !,aV";,rcis-
the world cotton statistical!
, situation during the past year
i is disclosed by figures on
world production, consumption
: and stocks of cotton, publish-
' ed in the sixth Cotton Year
Book of the New York Cotton
i Exchange. This book, which
j has just been issued, was pre-
j pared by the exchange service
| bureau under the direction of
Alston H. Garside, economist
j of the exchange.
"The outstanding feature
| of the 1932-33 cotton season,"
says the introductory article,
"was the cessation of the ac-
| cumulation of excessive stocks
| of cotton. In each of the three
i previous seasons the world
i produced much more cotton
than it consumed, with the re
| suit that world stocks
! nearly doubled. In 1932-33
the pendulum swung the oth-|ma*ac^
j er way, and definite progress aPPear
was made toward a normal
; supply position."
SHEEP DISEASE IS
PUZZLE
Ictero Hemoglobinuria is
the name of a sheep disease
which is receiving the atten-
tion of the Texas Livestock
Commission. The disease is
about 100 per cent fatal, but
usually only 5 to 15 per cent
of the flocks become infected.
Because it has been found im-
possible to pass the disease
from sick to well animals, it
is thought to be a range prob-
lem. There were outbreaks
of the disease in Texas in
1922, 1929 and 1930, besides
the few cases discovered re-
cently in some flocks on West
Texas ranches. Colorado, New
were aiK' South Africa have
had trouble with the same
Then Jesus said unto them,
Pake heed and beware of the {been sent to Federal labora
which seems to dis-
at'ter the feeding
grounds have been well wash-
ed by rains. Specimens of
the blood from sheep that
have died from the disease,
together with tissues, have
leaven of the Pharisees and of
the Sadducees. Mat. 16:6.
tories at W ashington for in-
vestigation.
More
New
Attractions
Plan NOW to Attend
—World Championship Rodeo
—Million Dollar Livestock Show
—Merchants, Manufacturers Exhibits
—Poultry, Pig-eon and Rabbit Shows
(Write for Premium Booklets)
SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION
and FAT STOCK SNOW
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