The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. [51], No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1923 Page: 4 of 10
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ROCKDALE
ThanuUj. October 18, 192<
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
and messenger
JOHN ESTEN COOKE
Editor a«d Proprietor
Entered ait second-claim matter July j +
|9, 1IK)9, at the postoffice at Rockdale, i J
Texas, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879 I +
Published every Thursday. i J
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With the Chickens 1:
Items of Interest Selected for Reporter
Readers Who arc Raising Poultry
Address Your Communications to Poultry Rdilor
OUR RURAL WRITERS
also Walter and Edwin Gorstenberger.
Ice cream and other sure enough good-
ies were served to the crowd and all
departed with contented wants.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ • t ▼ ▼ t -r John Stork and family visited with I
! Mrs. A. Stork, of Bushdale, Friday
EAGLE lM | night. .
Oct. 15.—The norther which ew up j people w’ho are interested in
urday night makes us fed lke| t|lp (Lonten oil well have cased off
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
In Milam or adjoining counties:
good housing necessary in
One Year .....£...........................1150 | POULTRY WORK
Six Months 76c; Four Months 60c.: -
To all ether counties: ____| |j. O Edaon, Poultry Husbandman,
Extension Service, A. & M.
One Year ....................................#2.00 |
Six Mouths 1.0U; Three Months 00c.
ADVERTISING RATES
Per inch, 25c; no ad taken for less
than $1.00.
Local readers 10c per line, or 15c
If set in heavy blackface type.
Notice—One cent per word will be
charged by The Reporter for all reso-
lutions of respect and similar matter
by lodges, societies and organisations
of whatsoever kind. Also for notices
of entertainments, suppers, etc. where
an admission fee is charged the public.
Rockdale, Texas, October 18, 1923
Gasoline reached the low level of
seven cents per gallon at retail in San
Antonio last week, and Editor White
of the Cameron Herald announces
that he is going to drive down there
and fill up his tin lizzie.
The editor of the Plainview News
announces that he is strong for grand
opera, having recently invested in two
tickets at $10 each. He says he en-
joys grand opera, and there are only
two things about it he doesn’t under-
stand—the words and the music.
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The State Apportionment from the
school fund will most likely remain at
the $12 figure, according to a state-
ment from the office of State Super-
intendent Marrs which reads as fol-
lows: The State Board of Education,
acting under the advice of the Attor-
ney General, refused to rescind the
order setting aside $2,000,000 as a
text-book fund for the ensuing year
and thi-n to reconsider the resolution
fixing the per capita at $12 and in-
crease it. to $13. It is improbable that
the text-book contracts will be finally
passed upon by any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction before next spring
and it will then be so late in the year
that the $1,500,000 saved by the in-
validity of the contracts should be re-
served and added to the resources for
the year 1924-1925. The apportion-
ment of $12 per capita should be con-
sidered as final for the ensuing schol-
astic year.
■ A GOOD MAN GONE
On Wednesday afternoon, Sep.. 20,
in the Methodist church in Oakalla,
Texas, friends and relatives gathered
around the casket to pay the last trib-
ute of respect to the remains of Clar-
ence A. Gross.
Mr. Gross left his father’s home
near Rockdale with his wife and two
little daughters on Wednesday, Sept.
19th, for Canyon City where he was
planning to take his B. A. degree the
present term. En route he was taken
suddenly ill with an acute attack of
appendicitis and was operated on in a
sanitarium in Sweetwater hut lived i
only a few hours. He never seemed
to realise his serious condition but
met it with that same smiling face
with which he always met and over-
came the difficulties of life.
It was my privilege to be associated
with Clarence for many years both as
pupil and teacher. I knew him from
childhood. I knew his grandfather
as a consecrated minister of the Gos-
pel. I have been intimately associated
with his father for many years and
consider him one of the most honest of
men. It was through an uncle of his
that I received my first inspiration for
higher education, and Clarence seemed
to have inherited all the excellent
qualities of his noble ancestors. He I
was in every sense of the word a real ‘
gentleman, a loving father, a devoted
husband, and a consecrated Christian.
Mr. Gross was a graduate of Heid- J
enheimer Public School, vnledictorian'
of his class, a graduate of the South-
west Texas Normal College, and was
licensed under the Smith-Hughes law
to teach Vocational Agriculture. He
had taught for a number of years in \
the public schools of Texas. It was *
his joy to lead the boys and girls to •
higher plains of living. His was n life
of real service. He was preparing
for greater service when the Master'
called him to that realm beyond the'
river where, under cloudless skies un- ‘
dimmed by the shade of night, he will,
renew his search for knowledge with I
immortal faculties that are least |
wearied when most employed.
D. B. ROARK.
College of Texas
Ont* of the big problems in poultry
production is that of providing suit-
able environment for the farm flock.
Those who appreciate the value of
poultry on the farm have long since
realized that the trees and farm im-
plements do not provide suitable shel-
ter for the laying hens. It is essential
that the birds be comfortably housed
to secure the desired results.
Another extreme is the elaborately
constructed house of such proportions
to make profitable production pro-
hibitive. There is a happy medium
between these two extremes that
should be in general use. In order
for a house to be comfortable and
practicable it need not be expensive
or elaborate. Some of the main essen-
tials for good poultry house construc-
tion are:
(1) Economy of construction.
(2) Convenience for attendant.
(3) Plenty of sunlight.
(4) Freedom from excessive mois-
ture.
(5) Sanitation.
(6) Ventilation without draughts.
(7) Sufficient floor space for the
birds.
(8) Protection from the excessive
heat and cold days.
There is a wide variation of hous-
ing conditions in the state but a house
suitable in one section will also be a
suitable house in any other section of
the stute, however, it possibly is ad-
visable to build more open houses the
wanner the climate. The location of
the house is important and the site
located should have good water and
air drainage. That is to say locate
the house on well drained soil and do
not place in a low pocket or hollow.
It wil be found best to locate it with
a south or southeast exposure.
The poultry house should be so con-
structed to allow plenty of air space
for the fowls. It will require approx-
imately 3 square feet of floor space
per bird to give you the required air
circulation. Fresh air should be se-
cured by ventilation rather than al-
lowing any greater floor space than
mentioned above. The necessary
amount of floor space will depend up-
on the method of handling the fowls.
The above figures are for birds al-
lowed free range with average cli-
matic conditions. Where the birds are
kept in small pens and in sections
where they are kept up a number of
days at a time it will be necessary to
allow a greater floor space.
The size of the house will depend on
the size of the flock to be housed.
Colony houses holding from 30 to 75
hens are about as large as can be
moved easily, but much larger flocks
can be housed in one building. Flocks
of from 100 to 500 are well adapted
to average conditions for farm pro-
duction,
housed
cost of
greater
When large numbers are
ogether it reduces labor and
construction, yet there is
danger of diseases. This
however, can easily
proper sanitation.
The cost of construction of the va-
rious types of houses will vary some
but it can be estimated that the aver-
age cost per bird will be about »■’
cents to $1.25 for material and labor
added would make it around $1.00 to
$1.75, depending upon the kind of la-
bor used.
ground is so wet we cant pick until
the last part of the week. Lots of
corn is still in the fields and is being
damaged by turkeys, hogs and out-
side cattle.
The roads are in a sad condition.
They sure need work.
E. Blackmon, wife, and baby spent
the week visiting relatives in Liberty
community.
Our school started yesterday with
a very small attendance on account of
feel likt
winter is nearing us. We have also j
an unpleasant mist falling which, —
makes everything disagreeable. Cot-1
ton picking is still the order of the
Jay with some, while some we hear are
j through gathering for this season, and
have turned the cattle in trying to get j
be controlled by 0f the fine crop of boll weevils the
! rain has Drought mlu the nice growth
of cotton. This dreary weather makes j
the gathering very slow while L
seems almost impossible to get help.!
It seems like the few pickers that are
loose have left here for better cot-
ton, but it seems like there are some
as good cotton grown in old Milam
this year as could be grown anywhere
- Iconsidering the dry weather in the
SIDE SPRINGS I summer.
Oct. 16,—This section of the country 1 A number from our community were
has been visited by a slow rain beg- ! Rockdale shoppers Saturday,
inning Saturday afternoon and con-1 Sunday school was very slim Sun-
tinuing until Tuesday morning. Cot-1 day on account of the bad weather,
ton picking is at a stand-still. The i Miss Davis Ware, of Taylor, arrived
Friday afternoon to take up her school
work Monday. We wish her much
success, and if the parents will co-
operate with her in her efforts, we
feel sure of success.
Miss Margie Richards left Sunday
evening to begin her work Monday.
May success crown her efforts in her
daily work. We hear of several
schools starting Monday, October 15.
We wish them all well.
Albert Lumpkins and family, of
New Salem, spent the week-end in the
They have spotted a new
Mr. «
turned
their hi
lily
—Your prescriptions will be care:;
—and accurately compounded at all
—Hours, day or night. Courtesy and
Service are always pvtanded to all
—Where ladies are assured of getting
—The very best Toilet Accessories.
BALDRIDGE BROS
PHONE 20 QUALITY DRl:C
the rain.
J I,. andR. M. Hairston, of Rockdale home of J. H. Pratt,
were out Sipe’s way Sunday.
Latest news from uncle Tom Sefcik
was not encouraging.
Mr. Ephream Diver and family
passed through here Sunday, begin-
ning his long trip to the plains. He
stopped for a short ‘visit with his
brother B. D. Diver, from there he will
be joined by Wisley Puryear and
family, who are to accompany them
to their new home. We wish them
good speed.
Guy Hairston and wife, of New
Salem community, were visiting home
folks Sunday.
Mr Allen Hairston, of Lower Sipe,
has been visiting for several days
among relatives at Hoyt.
Leonard Cook and wife motored
over to Cameron Monday.
The cotton worms have entirely eat-
en out our cotton fields. There is
SISTER SUE.
GAY HILL
Oct. 15,—At this writing we are hav-
ing a real Norther accompanied by a
slow drizzling rain. This rain and bad
weather set in Saturday evening late
and continued all Saturday night and
all day Sunday. The cold weather will
give a chance to those wishing to
utcher hogs, and if the writer is think-
ing right, few will let that chance go
by.
The farmers are all about through
gathering their crops, some have only
a little picking to do yet. Plowing
will soon be in full swing also.
In spite of the rain a nice crowd
gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Doss Jr. Saturday night.
Those present were Mrs. Frank Dock-
all and children, Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
no more vegetation on most cotton; Stork and daughter, Joe Pelzl and
stalks now than there is on an old i and wife, Chas. A. Doss and family,
mans walking stick. This is a great'—__
injury to our fall pastures.
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Our stock of canned goods is kept
up to the minute thus insuring
our patrons only the freshest and
best. We handle only standard
brands. Phone us your orders-
we will take pleasure in filling
them. Get it
Phones
32 and 90
PERRY
Our Golden Eagle brand coffee is proving satisfactory
pleasing to a number of customers. Have you tried
FAT HOGS BOUGHT
The fourth Tuesday, the 23rd day
of October, weighing 100 pounds up.
Then I will buy fat hogs every fourth
Tuesday of each month from now on.
W. D. TURNER,
31-tf » Rockdale, Texas.
Dr. R. II. Griffin is now driving a
new Star Sedan, and is said to be well
pleased with this new car.
CATARRH
Catarrh Is a Local disease R.*eatly In-
fluenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE con-
olsta of an Ointment which Rives Quick
Relief by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur-
faces and assists in ridding your System
of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Quebe & Prewitt
Successors to
Equipped For Any Job
This is the modern plumbing
shop where the latest devices
and mechanical effects co-op-
operate with human skill and
ability to produce the one
hundred per cent efficient
results. Call us on emergency
jobs for a quick response.
TINNER & PLUMBER
ROC K DALE PHONE 82
Hunters Attention
SEE OUR BIG ASSORTMENT OF
Guns and Ammunition
In Shotguns we are showing a new line of
REMINGTON
AUTOMATICS
WINCHESTER PUMPS
L. C. SMITH DOUBLES
In Rifles we have the
WINCHESTER PUMPS
and STEVENS.
U.M.C. and Winchester
Shells; full assortment
Loads
Hunters should remember that in shooting doves the
season is not yet open south of the I. & G. N. railroad,
^ou can shoot doves on the north side of the railroad
but not on the south side.
Henne & Meyer Comp^
SPORTING GOODS ROCKDALE, .TEXAS
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. [51], No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1923, newspaper, October 18, 1923; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742708/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.