The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1962 Page: 3 of 10
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( NMERON, TEXAS. HERALD. Nov. 22. URL*. Puro .!
Tips, On Buying
Turkey This Year
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I'oLLRGE STATION — The gob-
1 h*r season of the year is here.
Mon- turkeys au- bought during
this time limn any other season
o! the year, says F Z. Beanblos
Mini, poultry marketing specialist,
as A & VI Colli i
Milam AS( S
Report
Feed (train (iroducers in Mih.ni
County will be uotuiod this fall
i about general provisions of t ;t‘
twii feed (train pro ram. oe. o dir
i to Alva K Sanders, oftt e ui.in;. i
of the Milam County Agricultural,
He says that homemakers who Stabilization and t onservation Set-
buy their turkeys through retail vice.
stores should consider a number of t’nlike the I9ti2 program, only
things when making t eir pur one signup will be held for the
eltase. First of these i' the size of .•*»;.{ (nod grain program, and that
the bird and will depend on tin will lie oarlv next year. Additional
number of people to be served and information, including the base aer-
l.ow well the lantily will eat the lelt- cages, yields and payment rates os
overs Generally, 3-4 pound of tea- tahlishcd for farms, will be mailed
d> • to • eook turkey per person to growers prior to the sign-up
should be allowed for generous period. Farmers who have already
portions. planted their 1963 barley will be
,_ . , . . .. able to participate in the program
Hie next factor to consider is the jded , rcduce their 1963
quah y of the turkey, according to fm| ncrcagc by at least
ieanl.lossr.m.1 he best quality (he minjmum
birds arc* (trade A and \s ill nave an
even covering of fat over the en- Sand<>rs exPlalned ,hat thc 1963
tire body. Grade A turkeys arc rn«gram will be a voluntary pro-
broad breasted and have bulging ^ram, under which a farmer may
thighs at.d large drumsticks and d'vert an acloa8e °* barley, corn
give the best meat to bone ration or grain sor«hums to a conservo-
for your turkev dollar The home- ,ion use and rt'celve a d'vers.on
maker should select a bird without P^ment and a price support pay-
blemishes, such us torn skin or bru- men* w‘" a*so qualify for a
ises. the specialist says Pr,ce «»PPort loan on his crop.
Base acreages lor each of thc three
The grade tint! inspection iden- grains will be combined into a tot-1
tificatiun is important and should al feed grain base for the farm,
be noted when buying, Beanblos - and the farmer may divert from
som says. These are metal or card- one or more of tne feed grains
board tags and are on the bird for represented in his total base. The
the buyer's benefit. A tag saying minimum diversion will be 20 per-
Tnspected for wholesomeness by cent of the farm's total feed grain
l S Department of Agriculture" base, and the maximum will be
shows that it was processed in a 50 percent or up to a total of 25
pi ant under the supervision of the acres, w hichever is higher, but not
l.sDA inspection program. The tag in excess of the total lias..- for the
reading *T. S. Department of Ag- farm,
riculture Grade A means that the
turkey has been given tin official the 1903 wheat stnhiliz-
gi tde of A bv the USDA graders 1,1,111 Pro -■ former will have
to comply with the intentions shown
on his agreement. It he does not
Bcanblossom also recommends comply fully with provisions of the
that the homemaker cook the tur- Pr<"-Jai>!. I'e will not be eligible lor
, ... . ... any payments or price support on
key according to it s weight. Allow . , ,, , , ,
any of the three feed grains Also
1 to 20 minutes per pound of to be eligible for a diversion pay-
(Vunty Agents Xot*»s...
County Succeeds
In Worm Drive
By J. 1). Moore
Milam County Agent
The Milam County Livestock Im-
provement Association, headed by
John S. Halle, Chairman and Bill
Arthur, Sec. - Treas., assisted by
community chairmen, vocational
agriculture teachers and commun-
ity workers, contacted 1121 county
stockmen by team visits or by let-
terl in 12 communities in October.
More than $5,000 was collected
for the Screwworm Program in
October, according to Hill Arthur.
Treasurer. Sti.38 1 55 was donated
by stoct.men in support of thc pro-
gram prior to the October drive,
bringing the total in excess of
$11,383 55. The October figure is
subject to correction because of
continued donations at the various
| banks in the county.
The success of thc drive was due
largely to the fine effort of the
1 community workers and the cooper-
ation of the stockmen Congratula-!
] tinns arc in order for the fine
| display of cooperation of our i
j county stockmen.
HKITKLLOSIS PKTITIONS
('IR(TLATKI)
Petitions were circulated in each
community during the Screwworm
drive for the purpose of getting
enough signatures to represent 75
per cent of flu- cattlemen owning
■ I per cent of the grown cattle
,s i el lev ted b the tax roll of the
i.umiv. A temporary set of figures
how 17,i 7 head of grown tattle
mi the tax roll in Milam County
Not all of our cattlemen art-
aware i f the opportunity to
stamp out this costly disease to
stoikmcn. When the required mim
her of signatures have been made,
the Texas Animal Health Commis
si on will be petitioned for a clean-
up program. The Commission will
i ondut u pttbl eorin Ihri
Hie local county Commissioners
Court to comply with the legal
P ut.se of the program.
If the public hearing is declared
favorable by the court, Milam coun-
ty would be put on the waiting
list for Cooperative action The
Health Commission would hear the j
cost of the testing program, in
testing a herd allowances would
be made to prevent "hardships'1 on
anyone.
Stockmen are urged to familia-
rize themselves with this opportun-
ity. For those who have not sign-
ed a petition, you are urged to do
so at your earliest convenience.
EI&E
Itv Miss \ . It Pitman
til. I llllllC III 111 \gl III
.liilui 1.. Mu ll
Co. Agri. Agent
(in Friday, Novi-mbei 9. thi
county winners oi the Hake - oil
and liiee Contest attended t h e
District Bake • Oil and Bice Con-
ics! which convened in Bryan at
the County Court House and the
I oiie St.ii Gas Company HMuild
ing.
Those I ll'ers participating in
the junior div ision ol the It i c i
contest were Vi-nla Ituth Malone,
O/t'lla and Mn/elia Moore. In the
senior division ol the Hice con-
test were Francis Moore and Krnnt
Burleson
The Bake off participants
were Louise Green and Delores
Fergerson in the senior division
Prizes were awarded the Dis-
Irice winners in the Rice con -
test The District winners from
Milam county were Ozclle and
Mo/.clle Moore first place winners
in the junior division in team de-
monstrations. Second place winn-
ers in the senior division, team
1 demon si rations were Francis
Moore and Krma Burleson. The
lim'd place winners in team item-
i : trations in the Hake - off went
l I *itcsi* Gri en and Delores Fer-
guson of the Cause 4-!l club.
SLABS l-li SWINE I-ROCRAM
I lie county winners in the Swine
Management Contest have been
si ledcd on the basis ot the man-
agement practices conducted by
the contestants and thc number of
pigs saved m the litters Ltmiwcd
fur the l%2 program.
1 he first, second and third places
will be awarded. The first place
award $12.00 will go to L S Step-
hens of Cameron, second place,
$11 (Hi will be awarded Fredrick
Kelly ol Cameron and third place
will he awarded to Roger Petty of
Jones Prairie which is $5.00.
Good management is the key to
j success in any operation, large or
small We feel that the county win-
ners as named above did a very
j good job in feeding their gills and
raising the litters up to weaning
age Congratulations to all and
best wishes for continued success
in swine production ami manage-
j ment.
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
The water testing program is un-
, derway in two communities enrol-
led in the Texas Community Im-
provement Program, Dcnumstral-
,ons ha e been ,iven to the Gouxe
and Griffon Chapel communities
by the agents on the procedure
for collecting water samples to he
submitted to the state Health De-
partment for analysis to determine
wheher or not I ;e presence of Col-
Ifortn organisms exist This dem-
onstration will be given to the Duv-
illa community at their next regul-
ar scheduled meeting.
RESEARCH INFO
Latest research information on
optimum holding conditions for hat-
ching eggs is included in a recent
publication of the Texas Agricul-
tural Experiment Station. Copies
are availalie from the Agricultural
information Office, College Station,
Texas. Ask lor MP 592.
REPORTABLE DISEASES
Reportable diseases in Milam
County lor the week ending Nov.
17, l!i«2 were I t strep throat, three
mumps and one Gonorrhea accord-
ing to Dr. T E. Crump, acting dir-
ector of thc Milam County Health
Department.
in the plant.
ready - to - cook turkey find cook
in a 325 to 350 degree F. oven.
HEREFORD
SALE
THURSDAY - NOV. 29
AUSTIN, TEXAS
CITY COLISEUM
36 Pen Bulls — 30 Singles
6 Top Females
☆ ☆
For Catalogue:
Lynn Griffin
P.O. Box 998
Austin, Texas
ment and price support on one
farm a grower taking part in Ihe
1955 feed grain program must not
exceed the total feed grain base
acreage on any bum in which he
has an interest
Advance payments will again be
available at the time of signup.
Final payments will be made af-
ter compliance has been determin-
ed.
Services Held For
For Mrs. Phipps
Funeral services for Mrs. Clay
Phipps, age 59, were held 3 p. m.
Sunday at the Maysfield Methodist
Church. Rev, Hill Palmer officiat-
ed and burial was in Little River
Cemetery.
Mrs. Phipps died Friday in an
; Austin hospital. She was born near
Rogers Nov 20, 1902 and was mar-
; l ied to Clay Phipps in 1923. She was
a former resident of the Maysfield
Community but had lived in Austin
| for the past eleven years.
Surviving are her husband. Clay
Phipps of Austin; one daughter,
j Mrs Aileen Dodson of League City
two sons, Curtis Phipps and W. C.
Phipps both of Austin; 7 grand -
t children; one brother, Roy Finch-
| or of VVaxachie and one sister,
Mrs. Clara Rogers of Houston.
Pallbearers were nephews.
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Luecke, Frank M. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1962, newspaper, November 22, 1962; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577724/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.