The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1984 Page: 8 of 12
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COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
Coleman, Texas, January 3, 4984
Texas Agriculture In 1983
encourage farmers /to in- that persisted. Although
production i| 1984, Mn)e areas had good plant-
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...A Look Back
By Bill Braden
Communications Specialist
Storm clouds were brew-
ing for Texas farmers and
ranchers and the nation's
agricultural industry as a
whole as 1983 got under
way. Those farmers and
ranchers who had survived
the financial crunch of the
previous year were looking
for some glimmer of hope by many as resurrecting
for the months ahead. the farming community
Before most people had and at the same time
cursed by just as many as
become accustomed to This all seemed well and
writing "1983” instead of good at the outset, but the
“1982”, the government following months proved to
unveiled a new program be a nightmare for USD A
that over the coming officials involved in ad-
months would be praised ministering this very corn-
crease
‘leading to surpli
could again soi
death knell fj
farmers.
FARMERS READY BUT
« that moigture and the farm
d the picture appeared bright, a
many relentless summer drought
soon turned the tables. Tfie
fact that crops«were al-
WEATHER IS NC
First skeptical' buff* then jate due to the adverse
ready three weeks or so
WE APPRECIATE YOUR MAKING
Martin
Memorials
the HIGHEST VOLUME MOHUMEHT
DIALER In the Big Country
"Monumtntt of Enduring Beaut/"
. Stop In To See Us
2800 S. Commercial • 625-4927
only a “quick fix” to a
long-term problem.
PIK IS BORN
That program was called
PIK, for payment-in kind,
the brainchild of Secretary
of Agriculture John Block.
PIK was designed to at
tack the huge farm cpm-
modity surplus problem
that had been plaguing the
agricultural industry for
the past several years and
keeping a downward pres
sure on market prifes. Its
concept was to get farmers
to reduce production by
paying them with surplus
commodities - commodi
tie$ of the same kind they
pledged not to produce.
plex program. And its cost,
initially hailed as minimal
when compared to pre-
vious government pro-
grams, became an alba-
tross at a tab of more than
$12 billion.*
The jury is still out on
PIK, but it- did have a
generally positive effect in
that it reduced huge stock-
piles of major farm commo-
dities and thereby caused
some strengthening of
market prices. High prices
for feed grains, however,
spelled higher costs for
feedlot operators and live-
stock owners. All in all,
though, PIK did keep
many farmers alive finan-
cially for at least another
year. But it provided no
long-term solutions. Im-
proved markets will surely
qncouraged by PIK, many spring weather added to
farmers were ready to get farmers’ woes. Many crops
1983 off to a good, start, suffered severely from lack
Unfortunately, Mother Na-
ture had other itjRas. She
intervened abruptly at
various times during the
spring months, keeping
farmers out of their fields
by employing a host of
tactics, such as late-season'
cold snaps and raging thun-
derstorms accompanied by
hail and heavy rains. April
was too dry; May was too
wet. Farmers tried time
and again to get their crops
up, some replanting two or
three times and wonder
ing whether or not they
would ever get a crop up.
For farmers ip some
western areas there was
no need to wonder. They
never got around to plant-
ing because of the drought
of moisture; some weren't
even harvested. Land in
western areas that nor-
mally produced three
fourths to a bale of cotton
per acre struggled to yield
one-sixth of a bale.
But in other areas, wet
weather became a pro-
blem. Several weeks of wet
conditions over parts of
South Texas and the Coas-
tal Bend in late July caused
some maturing corn and
grain sorghum to sprout
and brought boll rot pro-
blems in maturing cotton.
TWO MAJOR
CALAMITIES
Surely this was an unfor
gettable year for South
Plains farmers. Seemingly
off to a good start, the
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‘Here’s that twenty! owe you.’
Subjected to one of the
ftft: earliest freezes on record
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Let Faith Help You Start The
New Year With A New You
ar
rnother year
. At last is here;
How fast the old one went!
Twelve months ago
You meant to show
The ways you would repent;
And yet that list
Was soon dismissed
And all those vows ignored,
Although it pays
To mend your ways
And brings its own reward;
But if you'll heed
Your chosen creed
And keep your goals in sight,
You'll go and pray
Next Sabbath day,
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And start the View year right
Gloria Nowak
Great actions are not always
true sons of great and
mighty resolutions.
— Samuel Butler
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Officers, Directors and Staff
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F B Rudolph and Employes
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Woodard's Grocery & Mkt.
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Martin Brick Co.
Lang Martin and Employes
Rockwell Bros. & Co.
Lumbermen
Kenneth Newman & Employes
Nell's Fashions
Nell Walthall .arid Staff
First Coleman National Bank
Officers, Directors and Staff
Wayne's Western Corner
Coleman’s Discount Western Store
Coleman Production
Credit Assn.
Officers, Directors and Staff
West Side Grocery
Jim A Glenda Sullivan A Employees
Mahan Tractor Co.
Rex Mahan and Employes
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Thelbert Elkins and Employees
Foster Miller Insurance
Foster Miller ang^Staff
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Loyd Hopper and Employes
Taylor Motor Co.
And Employes
Baber Welding
Don Baber
Crammer's
Bob and Hetha Yates & Staff
Buddy's Grocery
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Federal Land Bank Assn.
Of Coleman
James R Isenhower and Staff
Shoppin' Baskit
Food Center
Dennis Stroebel and Employes
Increased Energy
Corporation
Officers and Staff
Jeff's Grocery & Market
Cliff Lefevre and Employees
The Carousel
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” . put on the new ma«.
which after God is
created in righteousness
and true ffclmess"
— Ephesians 4 24
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ATTEND THE CHURCH OF
YOUR CHOICE THIS SUNDAY
(Sept.
21) that reduced
yields in some counties by
their own and perhaps
even move forward a bit in
1983. PIK was the salva-
tion of many, particularly
in areas where crops suf-
fered weather damage.
Artd in most other areas,
crops did reasonably well
despite the later-than-
normal planting season.
Record-breaking corn
and cotton yields were
reported in irrigated areas
of Southwest Texas, and
good crops were also har
vested in many southern,
central and coastal coun-
a way of life for most
farmers and ranchers.
Legal
NOTICE OF SALE
The State of Texas.
Oounty of Callahan
Know All Men By These
Presents That
Whereas, on' the 10th
day of February 1983, Bill
Windham, Clyde, Texas,
executed and delivered to.,
Delma Johnson, Coleman,
Texas, a certain John
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15 to 20 percent. Then a ties. The Texas crop pic- Deere Lease Agreement
few weeks later hail, high
ftftft: winds and heavy rains
•ftv bombarded the area, leav-
ing many cotton fields in
•ftft shreds.
/ft; Farmers along the Up
ture was also boosted by a
good wheat harvest in the
spring, an excellent peach
crop and a bumper pecan
harvest. A good sugar beet
crop was harvested in the
ft* per Texas Coast also had High Plains, and the sugar
ft*: their problems in 1983-a cane harvest in the Rio
ftft big one was Hurricane Grande Valley was produc-
Alicia. The mid-August ing good yields as the year
ftft: storm came ashore iiOhe Came to a close. A good
ft:-:: Galveston area, inflicting citrus harvest also was
$•: damages exceeding $50 under way in the Valley,
ft-ft million to crops such as Despite drought eondi-
ftftft; rice, corn, cotton and pe
cans as it moved inland,
ft;/ The lateness of crops due
to poor spring planting
which was subsequently
assigned to John .Deere
Company, and tnereon
mortgaged the following
described property, to wit:
1 JD 6620 Grain Com
bine, SN 552064.
1 JD 220 20 ft. Plat-
form, SN 544257.
The maker of the John
Deere Lease Agreement
has defaulted in compli
ance with the terms of said
John Deere Lease Agree
ment. John Deere Com-
pany, the owner and holder
of said John Deere Lease
tionS in western areas,
most livestock made it
through the year in good
shape. Good hay crops Agreement on account
•ft/ conditions was a key factor were harvested in many thereof, is offering said
‘•ft: in the high damage. Many areas and supplies should
ftftft would already have been
ft$ harvested during a normal
:$•: crop year.
ftv THE UNFORGETTABLE
M DR°tf'
ftft:
DROUGHT
Texas as well as other
ftft; sections of the country,
ftftft particularly the Midwest,
be sufficient to overwinter
herds. 1983 also passed
without a case of screw-
worms, making it as the
first such year in several
decades.
made headlines during
$$: 1983 due to a relentless
ftft: drought that tightened its
j;g: stranglehold as the sum
:ftft mer wore on. Much of
Texas suffered, but the
•ft;: effects of the drought were
A LOOK AHEAD
Still, there are many un
settling conditions sur
rounding ;<$riculture, so
property for sale in accor-
dance with the terms of
said John Deere Lease
Agreement. John Deere
Company has the right to
bid.
Now, therefore, notice is
hereby given that on the
13th day of January 1984
at 10:00 a.m. of said date,
John Deere Company will
offer for sale at Delma
Johnson, Coleman, Texas,
to the highest bidder the
above described property.
Conditions and Terms of
Sale: All items will be sold
1984 will begin much like
1983. While there will not
be another PIK, the gov-
ernment will try in some
ftx most devastating in about way to entice farmers to
ftftft a 30-county area stretching hold tjie line on production “as-is' and in their present
ftft; from San Angelo to El to avoid surpluses that in condition. No Guarantee or
•:•:•:; Paso. the past have wreaked
ft;ft This area, dominated by havoc with market prices.
•$•:■ cattle, sheep and goats, Farmers know that sur
ft* was decimated by drought pluses are devastating, hut
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conditions that many sea
soned ranchers likened to
the '50s. Not only was the
area without rainfall dur
ing most of the year, but
the dry stretch extended
back well into 1982. Some
locations managed only an
inch or two of rain in 18
months.
Faced with no grass on
which to graze their live
stock and high feed costs,
iWi ranchers started to do the
ft:ft only thing the could haul
•ft;:; their stock to market. In
ftft;: many cases entire herds
ftft; were liquidated. Some ran
ftft: chers held on to a few
*ft breeding stock, feeding
/ft; hay throughout the year,
•ft;: The drought of '83 left a
/ft; mark that few will ever
•ft;: forget.
NEWS NOT ALL BAD
Despite the vagaries of
the weather and the usual
battle between low prices
and high production costs,
many Texas farmers and
ranchers managed to hold
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they aiso know they must
gamble on the possibility
that weather or other cala
mities could push prices
up, as could sudden chan
ges in export markets.
Cattlemen could also be
in for better times as the
U. S. economy continues to
improve and the herd
buildup phase o>the cattle
cycle continues. Herd li-
quidations in 1983 due to
the drought could prolong
the buildup of cattle num
hers. However, the 1.5
million or more dairy cows
that will be moving to
market as a result of the
new dairy program will
have a dampening effect on
cow prices.
Although some econo
mists expect farm income
to increase significantly in
1984 110 to 15 percent over
recent years), a lot of
uncertainties remain about
the agricultural picture in
the year ahead. But then,
uncertainties have become
Warranty of Any Nature,
Either Expressed or 1m
plied, is made. Any state-
ment of description is for
identification only and not
a warranty or representa
tion. All goods are subject
to Redemption prior to sale.
The terms of the sale are
cash. The high bidder must
submit certified funds
iBank money order or
cashier’s check) for the full
purchase price at the time
of sale. All bids must be
submitted in person; all
sales are for cash and are
final. Individual buyers
may be required to pay any
applicable sales tax on the
sales (purchase) price/
Additional information
concerning the security in
terest held by John Deere
Company in the above
described collateral may be
obtained from: John Deere
Company, Financial Ser
vices, FL O. Box 20598,
Dallas, Texas 75220.
Witness our hands this
7th day of December 1983.
John Deere Company
By W. J. Young
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The Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 34, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1984, newspaper, January 3, 1984; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth734476/m1/8/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.