Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 24, 1960 Page: 6 of 20
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P»c« Six — YOAKUM IIFRAU)-TIME8, Yoakum, Texas, TUESDAY, MAY 24th, I960
Soil Conservation - - - -
Miss Nannie Ray Baker, teacher; Jackie Keith, winner for
Yoakum High School, and Geraldine Brown, 1st place winner
in the District.
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Winners from DeWitt SCP: Mary Jean Herder, Patricia
Squyres, Rachel Vera, 2nd place in the District; and Mary
Canales.
DeWitt SCI): Donald Williams, Weldon Kaiser and Frank
Hughes, standing left to right. DeWitt SCD selected ten winners
within the District. Rachel Vera won second place while the o-
thers were placed within the top ten winners.
BOOST YOUR HOME TOWN
The nice thing about doing business at home is that
you trade with People you know and trust, Folks who stand
squarely behind their products. You also help to make your
town nrosperous, and what benefits your community bene-
fits you.
Buy and bank at home, it’s good business.
FIRST STATE BANK
Yoakum, Texas
Clearing Brush On Hoffer Ranch
Soil Essay Winners Named Thus
Pictured here are the many winners from Yoakum High
School in the Fort Worth Press-sponsored soil conservation es-
say contest. The title for the essay this year was “Conserva-
tion, Who is Responsible?” Miss Nannie Ray Baker, the YHS
English teacher, has each student write an essay as a part of
the regular course of study. The essays are then entered in local
Soil Conservation District contests. Winners from Lavaca SCD
are:
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County Ayeu
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A small reduction In import-1 ations may Include: carefully
ant production items may bring j scheduled breeding to fit market
sizable savings in total annual' demands; shortening or prolong-
costs resulting in more profit, ing feeding periods as justified
For example, feed costs com- by changes In feed-price ratios;
prise about 75 percent of the and contacting for delivery of
outlay for pork produ tlon. commodities at a pre-determlnd
Thus, a small saving of $4 per price. This may Include feed
ton on the ration needed for
500 market hogs would total
almost $1,000. Similarly, the use
of feeders designed to avoid
Items to be purchased as well
as the animals to he marketed.
In short, no business requires
more careful study and manage-
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Eldon Huber, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Huber recently join-
ed the Neighborhood 4-H Club.
Alton Lassmunn son of Mr
and Mrs. C. O. Lasxmann and
Bobby Schley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Schley recently join-
ed the Arncckevillo 4-H Club.
Hazel and Richard Bettgo,
daughter and son of Mr. and
fits from present day farming
and ranching is narrow. Some-
times small savings are of tre-
miMtflrUic: imiwudaneo YA/liVs i
trend toward larger volume of
business, there are Increased
risks from lower prices or high-i
er costs.
For example, a few cents less
waste can reduce costs because rnent than does fa’ming and
of the cumulative saving. , ranching. The carefully planned
Other considerations which In- j operation should net a wider
volve planrujig in livestock oper- margin of profit.
E. J. Hoffer, Morris Johnson
and John Pavliska are pictured
above clearing brush on one of
Mr. Iloffer’s ranches. This is
being done in the creek bottom
where the underbrush is very
thick. Mr. Hoffer plans to clear
brush wherever it poses a prob-
lem/- He states that by clearing
his creek bottom lands the Ber-
muda grass comes back and
furnishes him considerably more
grazing.
This particular area is being
cleared out to permit mowing
of pasture. In the fall Mr. Hof-
fer will over-seed Rye grass
which furnishes excellent win-
ter and spring grazing.
Mr. Hoffer is a Lavaca Soil
Conservation District Coopera-
tor assisted by Soil Conserva-
tion Service technicians at Yoa-
kum.
Waterway Seeded To Angleton Bluestem
On Ehlers Farm North Of Yoakum
Mrs Chester Be ige are the hundredweight on 200 steers
S.V «iT11
Club are Robert Eee son of cotton or Kain crop will In-
Mr and Mrs Isaac Egg and ^uenco profits materially. Not
iriihf/vJ! ,1.! !; ,, r S? all risks can be avoided, but
•ui, Mrs Rah. careful planning may help ■
and Mrs. «aiph Egg. duce their imjwct on profits.
I wo girls recently joined the Individual operators may
Lindenau 4-H Club. They are benefit more from planning by
Janice Peters, daughter of Mr.! concentrating on their “recur-!
and Mrs Wilfred Peters and' r|ngM and high-cost items. This
Sandra Moore, grand-daughter. emphasizes the reduction of per
of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Light.! unjt costs.
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The margin of potential pro-
Coastal Fishing
Made Difficult
By High Winds
On crop enterprises, the aim
should be to minmlze labor costs |
through the economic use of
machinery. Often adverse wea-
ther causes costs to increase
for w'eed control, combating in-
sects and for certain harvest- ■
ing operations. Planning should
Austin - Coastal fishermen |ncK,.(' alternate methods of
have been hard hit during the ! handling these practices under
The most, important factor in
terrace construction is to pro-
vide adequate vegetative cover
tor terrace outlets. This may be
on a well sodded pasture, mea-
dow, natural or shaped grassed
waterway.
The above picture shows a
shaped waterway on Mrs. W. E.
Ehler’s farm, located a few miles
north of Yoakum.
The four-acre waterway, after
shaping, was seeded to Angle-
ton bluestem. Angleton is an ex-
cellent forage .grass, used for
waterway protection. In addit-
ion, for terrace water protection,
this area will bo used for hay
and seed source, for the plant-
ing of additional acres. Mrs. Eh-
lers has been a Lavaca Soil Con-
servation District cooperator a-
long with Mr. Ehlers, for several
years, assisted by W. E. Ehlers
above observing waterway after
being seeded to Angleton.
Senator Johnson Warns Of Threat
Of National Water Shortage
Senate Majority Leader Lyn-
don B. Johnson called Sunday
for immediate action to answer
the threat of a national water
shortage.
In a weekly radio report re-
corded for broadcast in Texas,
the Senator warned that the
nation faces a severe and possib-
ly disastrous shortage of this
vital natural resource by 1975.
Johnson last week introduced
in the Senate a bill aimed at
helping the nation meet the ap-
proaching crisis.
The bill provides for a speed-
up in the search for economical
methods of converting saline
water to everyday use. It would
remove restriction of both time
and money on this work. It
would also make available loans
to cities and towns wishing to
build their own developmental
conversion plant.
Two major factors contribute
to the drastic increase in de-
mand for water — population
and industrial growth, Johnson
said.
Surveys, he said, show the
nation is now using GO per cent
of the available fresh water
supply. By 1975, it is estimated
the nation will lie using 90 per
cent of tiie supply.
‘‘We have shortages today
when we are using only 00 per
cent of the water supply. It is
not difficult to imagine the se-
verity of the shortages when
we consume 90 per cent,” he
said.
Johnson said the problem de-
past 10 days because of high
winds, according to Howard Lee,
director of lilt' marine fisheries
division of tlie Game and Fish
Commission.
These high winds have lilt
speeds to 70 miles an hour, keen-
ing fishermen off the Gulf wa-
ters, and stirring the bay water
so badly they were unfit to fish.
Considerable damage also was
m nr> to equipment of both the
Commission and individuals. A
number of boats were beached,
some were over-turned and o-
thers badly damaged by the
wash caused by the blow. Seve-
ral boats were caught both in
the Gulf and in bay waters, and
severely damaged. Although no
loss of lives was reported, sever-
al persons suffered severe ex-
posure.
Fish catches were reported
far below average for this sea-
son of the year. Because of the
muddy condition of the water,
the use of artificial lures prov-
ed ineffective. Some few small
reds and small trout were being
taken with live and frozen
shrimp.
Work along the coast also was
delayed, and many fishing pi-
ers now must be repaired.
Unfavorable weather condi-
tions through the remainder of
the week may continue tho mud-
dy water as further hardship to
j the fishermen.
mands more than just the con-
servation of water. The supply
itself must be increased.
“To do this," “we must trun
to tiie inexhaustible sources ol
saline water. The water is there,
it is up to us to find tiie means
to tap it.”
arverse conditions.
Timeliness of many operations
often means the difference be-
tween a fair crop and a larger
one. Also, the unit cost of pro-
ducts is higher with a redu ed
yield such as often results from
poorly timed insect control mea-
sures, for example.
For the livestock producer,
economical gains or lower unit
costs are important. Here again
the well planned operation must
reduce labor needs. Full use
shcid be made of mechanical
feeding and automatic devices
which reduce costs.
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NOTICE, FARMERS, RANCHERS
EFFECTIVE JUNE 7th the Hog Sale at the Hallettsville Live-
stock Commission Company will start at 11 a.m. Sheep and horses
are next, then the cattle sale starts. Bring your livestock to the
"house full of buyers" at Hallettsville every Tuesday.
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Phone AXtel
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Janacek, John E. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 24, 1960, newspaper, May 24, 1960; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758523/m1/6/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.