The Cameron Herald and Centinel (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1947 Page: 6 of 18
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Texas Farm News
Jim Gill of Coleman is help-1 Damon White, of Brady, | Oliver Steel of Brown-
ing some of the Coleman McCulloch county, has bought I wood, Brown county, has
county 4-H Club boys and the Sellman Ranch eight completed combine harvest
FFA students get some South- miles east of Rochelle for of vetch and rye on a small
down lambs for show pur- $101,905. The ranch consists acreage that yielded 1,037
He has a few South- i of 2,265 acres. The new , pounds of seed per acre,
owner plans to run sheep and j plus hay, County Agent
cattle on it. The purchase Charles V. Griffin said.
SPEAK UP, MAN - PROTECT YOURSELF
poses
down sheep and the boys help
him with them. He recently
sold a lamb to Stanley Black-
well, Coleman FFA boy.
Department of Agriculture
agronomists are saying that
the record wheat crop in
Texas and the U. S. this year
is due in part to new varieties
of wheat which were plant-
ed. In the past ten years, 30
improved varieties of wheat
have been distributed to
American farmers.
S'
—when somebody trios to tad yoo an-
other veerne ia “jmt m good” as Cutter.
It Cutter Peimenal and BUcklagot and
Charbono! are need to measure the qual-
ity el other weawi—why not gat Cutter
in the Ant place. Bargain veccinee do only
a bar*ria Job. Protect yonreetf—and your
liaaatock—with Cutter vnednaa.
was from C. T. White indi-
vidually and C. T. White and
G. P. White as trustees un-
der the will of the late J. E.
White and Mrs. Joy W.
White.
A new type of hay baler,
operated by one man and
turning out a round bale with-
out wire, is making it^ ap-
pearance in El Paso county.
A registered Shorthorn
breeder, who is the first El
Paso county man to use the
baler, says the wireless baler
is really an advantage since
many cattlemen in West Tex-
as have lost stock due to bal-
ing wire.
Premiums totaling $2,000
will be awarded winners in
the annual Nacogdoches
County Fair and Livestock
Exposition set for Oct. 13-18.
The event will include a dairy
and beef cattle show, com-
munity exhibits, poultry and
swine shows, and Future
Farmers of America and 4-H
club divisions. The annual
Nacogdoches County Horse
Show has been set for Oct. 1,
2 and 3.
Griffin said Steel will get
more than 500 pounds 0>f
vetch seed per acre when
the seed is separated and
cleaned.
An old, discarded table
out of the barn has made
a work-saving canning ta-
ble for Mrs. Ira Floyd,
home demonstration club
member of Navasota,
Grimes county. Looking
LaSalle County Agricul-
tural Agent V. O. McCoy
reports that a demonstra-
tion on “cabling” mesquite
was given to 16 farmers.
Two crawler-type tractors
were used with a steel ca-
ble pulled between them.
Mesquite was dragged
down on 12 acres of land
in about an hout and a
Rio Grande Valley cotton
growers are talking in terms
of a $50,000,000 crop. That
is what they estimate the
1947 yield, biggest on record
for the area, will gross them.
But the figure can rise or fall
on the cottonseed price, no
market on which has yet been
established because of the
earliness of the season. If the
crop does gross $50,000,000 it
will be a $10,000,000 more
profitable yield than in 1946,
when a peak of 205,000 bales
was set.
M. K. Home, Jr., of the Na-
tional Cotton Council of
America, declared at the re-
cent Cotton Congress held in
Dallas that if cotton could
hold its present quality ad-
vantages its markets would
be relatively secure, but
warned: “At the present time
the research programs devot-
ed to the improvements of
cotton’s competitors are dis-
proportionately large. Paper
and synthetic fibers have
made great strides in re-
search and they can with
good reason be expected to
make further strides. Their
research programs are aimed
directly at overtaking cotton
in those quality advantages
on which it depends for its
markets.”
for extra space in the kitch
en to place her sealer dur- j half. An examination made
ing canning work, Mrs.! two weeks later showed
Floyd brought the old ; that approximately 70 per
table in, made it just; cent of the trees were de-
the right height, added a1 stroyed. Most land own-
new, sturdy top and pro-, ers in this area agree that
duced a real work-saver, j this method is an economi-
Constance S. Hanson, i cal method of doing away
Matagorda county 4-H Club ! Grimes county home dem-, with large mesquite trees. ----------------------
bovs are developing a profit- °nstration agent, says the County Agent McCoy adds' Valley counties are among
able leather-working sideline canning table,is ;dea1' sinc® that the smaller brush can the nation's leading grape_
to their regular demonstra- ca" be made the £orrect be treatKed, "ith ^rosene j fruit growing areas. Hidal-
hairy vetch. He says this
is the first year that the
crop has been planted in
the county, but it has made
such a dense growth and
has protected the soil so
well from wind erosion
that farmers are sold on its
possibilities as a cover crop,
a seed crop, and a soil
building crop. Approxi-
mately 1500 acres of vetch
were planted in this coun-
ty last fall and County
Agent Wendt predicts that
about three times that
much will be planted next
fall.
FOR the BEST SALES and SERVICE
Send Your CATTLE, HOGS SHEEP to
DAGGETT-KEEN COM. CO.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ESTABLISHED 1909
CHAS. DAGGETT
Cattle Salesman
FRANK LISLE
Hog Salesman
BOR BR AM LETT
Sheep Salesman
Three Lower Rio Grande
tions. Assistant County Agent j height for easy working. or grubbed at a lower cost.
O. J. Rinehart, Jr., reports
that the boys have made 125 |
billfolds, 75 belts, 25 coin j
purses, 15 comb cases, 25 key:
cases and two cigarette cases.
These articles were tooled
with equipment bought by
the boys’ county 4-H council.
Each article will be scored on
workmanship, neatness and
appearance at a forthcoming
exhibit of boys’ craftsman-
ship.
Hamilton county legume
growers believe it takes or-
ganization to move a million
and a half pounds of vetch
and clover seed. After small
scale tryouts, the farmers
have gone all out and formed
a county-wide legume grow-! HIGH-PRICED COW. This eight-year-old Holstein, Dun-
ers association, reports Agri- loggin Mistress La Princess, was sold at auction in Cary 111.,
cultural Agent E. R. Law- for $23,500, highest price paid for a Holstein cow in 20 years.
go county ranks first and
has 23 per cent of the 10,-
635,582 grapefruit trees of
all ages in the United
States, according to figures
from the 1945 Census of
Agriculture issued by Di-
rector J. C. Capt, Bureau
of the Census. Cameron
county ranks third nation-
ally in number of grape-
fruit trees, with 862,160 of
all ages. Hidalgo county
has 2,470,681 trees. Willacy
county ranks 26 and has
46,511 trees. Two other
counties in Texas, among
the ^50 leading grapefruit
producing areas in the na-
tion, are Brooks 38, Dim-
mit 41 and Jim Wells 50.
rence. Last year, when 18
farmers planted and harvest-
ed hairy vetch seed, they
made $3,500 extra by pooling
and marketing their seed to-
gether. Seeing possibilities,
the group formed itself into
a small association and the
number of farmers planting
vetch for seed jumped to 250.
The Association is construct-
ing a 40 by 100 foot steel, con-
crete-floored building to
house a vetch and clover
cleaning machine. They esti-
mate a 1,500,000 pound le-
gume seed crop this year.
The future of the pecan
industry looks good, ac-
cording to Dr. Fred R. Bri-
son of Texas A. & M. Dr.
Brison, addressing the 26th
annual meeting of the Tex-
as Pecan Growers Associ-
ation, pointed out that
Texas growers’ represen-
tatives can speak for only
250 growers, while repre-
sentatives of the California
English walnut industry
speak for 9,000 members.
When Poultry and
Turkeys are HEALTHIER
...You’ll be WEALTHIER!
SikcmiM pnobry and tvrkoy 'often knew rhtrt t<M*-
•tent ten mokot for more oqgt. more weight and
mere money front their florkt Go after thete wormt.
b«fi ootf mftet today with MARTIN'S produrtt. Veer
•ocht wtll proAt and te will yew*
MARTIN'S PHENIKA POULTRY WORM PILLS
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(owm blotkhood tie Nirktyt end \
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kneed km lurked .
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*• rettlr le chKkertt iliminerte. daftgorou! tapewenm out reeed-
e—i * lew centt tpeet to pretett yew. Sotki will pay big roturoi
Araltable pockeyei el eOuli et pallet tired pilli
Sixteen demonstrations
were given to Wichita
County 4-H Club girls last
month on canning vegeta-
bles. County Home Dem-
onstration Agent Jimmie
Lou Wainscott says that
new time tables were dis-
tributed and different types
of jars and lids were dis-
cussed in addition to cor-
rect techniques for can-
ning. How to store canned
vegetables properly also
was shown.
MARTIN'S ROOST PAINT & POULTRY HOUSE SPRAY
eve* thirty yaart, poultry ond turkey rolHfi hov« boon uiinf this j
pro duel Moray hew used no othor in that tin* Highly elective against ‘
ilUl RUGS end M|Tf$ Roatotratot th# wood, poti into tho crock* and
crouteWhor used according to direction*, it will rid yowt poultry
howM o# blue boot ond rmtot tor at much a* o yaot or more Available
in aworti and gallant
An idoat DOl prod- I
MARTIN’S 25% DDT EMULS0
<*’ *•» »** »* w-allot amount! P»n.lrating lolling A conconlratori |
tmoitien Mia with wot*. •• d*kir*d I'rongth MASTIN'! hot o tail tin.
at oth*« DOT ptipnti tot you. at*
MAtTIN'S hoi oo*. t*v*nty hout.hold, poultry ond Hock
ptodurtt to. you. vanout noodi All tonvonlom ilioi Com
no mot* full direction! on tho diitmctio* MASTIN'! lokolt
Stock up at you. Drug Star* *t food S'or* today
Folks all over are asking
about the practice of using
potatoes as feed for dairy
cows. Extension dairymen
at Texas A. & M. College
are telling them that spuds
are satisfactory in a dairy
ration if fed in limited
amounts, as a substitute
for grain or other feed.
Sometimes, say the dairy-
men, cows may choke on
the potatoes, but this can
be remedied if the dairy
farmer will slice or chop
the vegetables before feed-
ing Wlien fed at the rate
of 24 to 40 pounds per head
daily, the spuds are a good
substitute for corn silage,
the dairymen say.
Refinishing f u r n i t u re
was demonstrated in Colo-
rado county last month.
County Home Demonstra-
tion Agent Dorothy Cross-
lin showed club members
how to remove old finish
from the surface of furni-
ture by use of a homemade
solution of lime and bak-
ing soda. The solution con-
tained one pound of slack
lime, one cup of baking
soda, and water sufficient
to make a thick paste. The
solution was applied with
an old paint brush, and
left to dry on the surface
for 30 minutes. Then the
residue was wiped off with
warm water and vinegar.
Care of clothing in re-
gard to stain and spot re-
moval and pressing was
studied by 4-H Club girls
in Cherokee county last
month A stain and spot
removal kit was shown and
different removers and
their uses were explained
by County Home Demon-
stration Agent Gladys Dot-
son. Removal of grease,
ink and lipstick stains from
material was demonstrat-
ed. Pressing equipment
shown included an iron,
sleeve board, tailor’s cush-
ion, wool press cloth, cot-
ton press cloth, and a rag
for dampening. Methods
of pressing ties with card-
board were also shown.
Texas is having its larg-
est cotton acreage year
since 1942, although the
figure is still below the ten-
year average. The Crop
Reporting Board of the
United States Department
of Agriculture announced
that estimated Texas cot-
ton acreage on July 1 was
8,365,000, about one-third
larger than a year ago. The
10-year average from 1936
to 1945 was 8,937,000. The
report said approximately
one-half of the 2,082,000-
acre increase is in the high
plains area where moisture
supplies have been unusu-
ally favorable for seeding
and germination. A con-
trary condition slashed
acreage in this area for two
previous years.
from the area. Six sheds op-
erated during the season in
the expanding Red River Val-
ley truck growing industry.
Bryan Crumpton has be-
come the Chicken King of
Guadalupe county in two
years. His annual production
of fryers now tops 35,000
head, for which he finds a
ready market in San Antonio,
Austin and other cities. It
takes 14 sacks of feed every
day to feed the 8,000 head he
has on hand all of the time.
Recent sales of Texas
wools, especially 12-month
fleeces, have been in greater
volume than at any time since
the government took over the
domestic clip in 1943, being
estimated ht 12,000,000
pounds. Prices have been
good, ranging up to 60 cents
a pound. Men in touch with
the wool situation at San An-
gelo, the largest inland wool
market in Texas, think the
1947 Texas clip is slightly un-
der the 35,000,000 to 40,000,-
000 pounds quoted at Boston.
KIU
WHILE YOU SLEEP
1
SURE, EASY, CLEAN WAYI
' Filthy rata iipoil food,
| (tart fire*, kill live-
stock. Kill rata with .
Stearns’. No messy
traps to set. Rata oat
Steams’ and die! Uaed
by farmers 69 years.
YU i $1.00 of DRUGGISTS
Wilbarger County Agent
Frank Wendt says that the
common topic of conversa-
tion in his county these
days is centered around
Foy Proctor, of Midland,
has contracted most of the
good calves in the Midland
area for fall delivery. Some
early deals were made at
17 cents a pound, but most
of the calves sold at 18 and
19 cents for steers with
some eft 20 cents a pound
Heifer calves were about
one cent a pound lower
than steer calves. All of
the calves purchased by
Proctor were on contract
and most of them will end
up in the Corn Belt States.
Forrest Garling, Camer-
on county farmer, received
$1,825.40 for the nation’s
first bale of cotton of 1947.
The bale, flown to Houston
on June 23 from Harlin-
gen, weighed 512 pounds,
and sold for $1.07Vfc per
pound. At an auction on
the floor of the Houston
Cotton Exchange, Garling
received $1,275 as a bonus
from the exchange and
$550.40 as the auction pur-
chase price for the middling
1 1-16 cotton.
Crop rotation is paying off
for J. T. Stewart of Lancas-
ter, Dallas county, whose
farm is located in the Middle
Ten Mile Creek Soil Conser-
vation Unit. Stewart expects
to harvest from forty to fifty
bushels of corn from land
planted to fall peas, which
were turned under after frost
had killed the vines last year.
The land, barely stubble
ground, was planted to peas
after the July, 1946, rain, and
Stewart picked 5,500 pounds
of green peas which he sold
wholesale at eight cents a
pound, making a gross in-
come of $440 from the nine
acres.
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Amateur wiring or over-
loading of electrical equip-
ment is a big cause of disas-
trous fires on Texas farms.
The decline in apple pro-
duction in Texas may be
headed off and turned around
through use of the right kinds
of sprays in combating worms
and other insects. A. B. Lan-
caster, of Wheeler county,
was about ready to cut down
his four acres of Golden De-
licious apples a year ago be-
cause of damage done by the
coddling moth. His county
agent advised him to use a
spray to control the worms
and his first attempt was with
two pounds of 50 per cent
DDT wettable powder to 100
gallons of water. He repeat-
ed the spraying at 10 to 14-
day intervals, varying the
spray mixture, and last fall
he harvested more than 4,000
bushels of apples at a price
that brought him close to
$1,000 per acre.
A county-wide improve-
ment program, including
church improvement,
school ground improve-
ment, community ceme-
tery landscaping and the
beginning of a 50,000-acre
game preserve demonstra-
tion, is under way in Rains
county, according to Coun-
ty Farm Agent Frank
Micars.
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White, Jefferson B. The Cameron Herald and Centinel (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1947, newspaper, August 14, 1947; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth577910/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.