The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1948 Page: 2 of 12
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TO OUR FRIENDS
We look forward to serving
you in the coming year and
wish to express our appre-
ciation for your patronage
in the past.
' ftemxeJvee to the grain mixture.
% nearby troughs there is an
ample supply of cottonseed meal
In addition to Brahmas.
jMittatfl saw!
?me tve&cme fo tb>
BIRTHDAY PRESENT
MALDEN. Miss.—Just 10 days
100th
This is our greeting to
you as we resolve to
help you make IMS a
happier, better, more
peaceful world.
I before she observed her
birthday. Mrs, Sarah Amy be-
! came a great-great-grandmother
| for the first time.
F. H. HUMPHRIES
REAL ESTATE
FARMS AND RANCHES
A SPECIALTY
CUNNINGHAM BROTHERS
Taft. Texas
Phone 97
W. L, WILBURN, Field Representative
Taft, Texas
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THE TAFT TRIBUNE
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Feeder Calves Get Fat On Grain
Mppmp^HW
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Truck Capsizes
As Lights Blind
Driver On Road
| Mrs. Menking Honors
Portland Faculty
A two-ton trin k hit a soft j
-houlder on V. S. Highway 77
1bout five miles out of Sinton
Tin >day night and rolled over on
1 its back, damaging the , vehicle j
t,ut the driver escaped injury. .
Chief Deputy Frank A. Van-
ecek said the driver of the truck
, .. Lorenzo T. Cisnevo. —8. of
PORTLAND Mrs. E K Men-
king entertained the faul ts o
I the Portland school with a lunch-1 eric
1 ,.or1 Wednesday at her ho
Gifts were exchanged.
Guest- were George Nub'..
Lee Velde. Marie Jack-on. V
'guret Youngman and Mr- J o
Kirkpatrick.
Thursday, December 30th. If^g
Hunting Party Wound*
Buck In (soldiad County
. ’ity Sc- alary Walter F. Ifc*.
•hn, Johnny Edgar and Fr^
o h n went (W
hunting tri Goldiad County Skj.
kills rernrKjj
It Pa vs To Read The Ads
although the city official and if
Edgar wounded a big buck bid
lost him in the heavy brush.
Tin two youths stayed over
M«nda> «o try their luck agu,
hut Mr Heinsohn returned honn
Houston. The vehic le was coming
from Refugio towards Sinton
when the accident occurred.
Tin deputy said the driver was
apparently blinded by the- lights
of an approaching car and lost
control of the truck. The vehicle
hit a soft shoulder and toppled
over, landing on its back with
the wheels in the air.
>».«c are part of » group that Jesse Brittain and his son are feeding out on their farm near Taft. At the right
Wd nw Mti-fenitn filled with home-grown grain, torn and bundle feed ground and mixed. The calves will be kept on
afe«Mt throe month* before they are sent to market. —Courtesy Caller-Times.
FOR SALE
Sand and Grave!
ENROLL . . .for
beauty CULTURE
for information call----
MRS. WILLIS AT fi(> . . OR
0 OME IN. FOR A VISIT
TAFT BEAUTY SHOP
Sand, any kind. 82 Of) per yard.
Cesspool Gravel, S3.50 per Yd.
3-inch rock.
T. Vickers
Phone 5
Odem. Texas
By CHMUDY STILES
CaSwr-tlroes Farm Editor
i wag jasimetue* Coastal Bend grain
t&wiwjh Coastal Bend cattle is a
rf^SMBW. that many farmers and j
■Sakm in this area have talked j
atamti far a long time as a feasi- j
1 |p ijpliigiianl against the day j
T:v‘;j^cs£ frafe prices will not con- j
't&um as high ss they have been.
fter the past several years.
Thi* method of marketing 1<>-'
■mHy grown grain has been tried j
by some cattle feed- j
«s, and in the event of further j
decline m grain sorghum prices.
fte* is the probability tha*
Coastal Bend farms will I
isaaalder the feed lot an impor- j
IMH phase of farm operations. |
tom Brittain of Taft and his j
MS, Chester, are giving the feed |
■ Ste| program a trial on one of
ffisflr farms in San Patricio Coun-
i'j&i, They have set up an efficient
ifomd Tot on the farm and now
|m some 50 calves on feed.
,OT»e feed lot is equipped with
? ijppfiiMilars that are filled with a
j®jfc&ue of home-grown corn and
Ijarndte feed,
large self-feeders have
; ,; Mas) «at up in the lot and are (
JHfesd «W» a week with carefully j
• Jinxed and ground grain The |
, «ittwfe» can stand at the self-feed- j
dr ss king as they wish, helping '
Herd Boss At Brittain Farm
READY-MIXED
CONCRETE
DELIVERED
IN TAFT
i QUICK SERVICE
PHONE 392
Coast Materials Co.
Aransas Pass, Texas
count
ANOTHER *
As we plot the course of
another year, let u'. take
strength from the friend-
ships of those about us t ot
we may endear ourselves in
the hearts of men.
PAMELA STUDIO
In the Heart of Taft"
Rhone :I5(> Far Appointment
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Leonard, Robert W. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1948, newspaper, December 30, 1948; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748786/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.