The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1940 Page: 4 of 8
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fHK LLANO NEW*. LLANO. TEXAS THURSDAY. JAM'AKY 4. 194A
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Co. Agricultural Agent Steele Makes Final Annual Report of Work
< Continued traa Pu« I>
•none local (ana kadrn waa
•ped ta community improve-
■Nt aa taught by the Extension
Sorelc. Aa the interest grew, and
with Lie help o( the business men
0t Llano. the lure bred poultry »ho«r
developed Into an annual exhibit of
acricultu'e and all kind* of livestock
Theoe shows were continued until
19X2.
The work started aa mentioned In
the above paragraph presented a
new picture tn the teaching of the
ExtenM-n Program. lovcal leadership
continued to function, and other
changes brought about improvement
in farm life With these i hang*-*. the
teachings of the Extension Service
began to breadtn
Worn 1911 to 1939 many improve-
ments have teen made In the teach-
ing procedure of the Extension Pro-
gram Group demonstrations have
tehen the place of individual demon
atrations to a targe extent Organized
community groupa sponsored by se-
lected committees meet with tho
Conaty Agent one a month and
plan or outline work to be carried
on in (be respective communities
which will Im- upbuilding and profit-
able to the community aa n whole.
These groupa select whole farm
demonstrations and aasist in land
uae planning, and many other things
which are }irlpf>;| and te n. Iklal to
their communities.
Many problems have be.n solved,
but there t, still a broad field for
the Extension S- rvice Program
The life of an extension worker is
very Interesting, with a minimum of
routine work, and with many diversi
fled problems The results obtained
through the efforts of extension
w«*rkers not only help the country,
but th.- future of the state and the
nation depends largely on the life
of our farm people who are helped
through tin- extension program. Or-
ganization among farm people la very
mueh needed, and county workers
n.-«.1 the help and cooperation of
State agrii ultural «oll.-ge* and the
USD A In hanging about more ef-
ficient organization*
Brief Statements
Idann county ranks among the
fimt in the State In the production
of high grade Hereford cattle.
Hogs rank second In importance,
and are sold both as stockera and
aa fat Logs Thousand* of hog* are
fatten*-! on acorns, corn and row-
peaa
Field crops comprise some thirty-
five thousand acres of land, with
ope third being planted to cowpea*
Cw4U *4,0 Ul VI Im-iI clop* C 0144pi 4*0
another third and cotton, email grama
and miscellaneous crops compose
the remainder Cotton production i*
being supplanted by fe4<d erops
Trem h silo* are r-ont-lhuting to
the need for feed conservation.
Upe of the greatest needs in the
county is soil and water conserva-
tion and range improvement.
The Extension Service program is
prom, ted through the demonstration
method The County Council of Agrl
culture. Idv.-atot k Improvement As-
sociation and various governmental
agencies cooperate in promoting the
welfare of the farming and livestock
lndu.tr/
1939 Plan of Work and Achievements
The 1939 plan of work Included
eu. h need* aa:
a. Cast are Improvement,
b Soil Conservation,
c. Planting of Home Orchard*
4 Better Livestock
e. Peed Conservation,
f Wild Life Conenrvatloa.
g Seed Selection
k. 4-H Club Work
TBrnngh the financial help read**,
ed by the A A A farm and range
program*, many improvements have
resulted Pastures have increased
their productivity by the building of
170 tanks and 9 spreader dame, by
Ihe eradication of 80 acres Twenty
welts have been drilled and & con
crete dams built under the program
Soil conservation has btec promoted
by the terracing of IStKI ac res of land
F* rtility of the farm land* have been
increased through the planting of
lO.tHM) acres of peas.
Through the cooperative buying of
iOO fruit trre*. berry vine* etc. the
home o: chard program has bo n
ctimulat. d Increased Interest in
amail orchard plots continues to lie
shown.
Through the annual livestock and
poultry show, better classes of ani-
mals and birds are being developed
The 1939 sfcos- exhibited nearly five
hundred animals
Each year more interest Is lair*
shown in feed couHervation through
the u*e of trench allow Ten trench.*
with -a total capacity of 800 ten* of
feed w* re Idled in five different com-
munities.
Hy 1 H Club demonstration plots
with certilied seed higher yields In
fe.*d crop* are secured Forty five
aires of com and maize were planted
by 2k club members in five different
communities
The I II ( lab program Includes
work with JOO beys In elyh: different
club* Hors calves. Held crops, p j|-
tiy gouts 4U.d gaid.ns cou.t.lus th*
major part of the demonstrations.
Mu<h interest Is being shown in
wild Ilia conservation Two hundr* d
game sign* have b* *-ti distributed to
farmer* and ran. hn,< n in helping
protect game
County Council of Agriculture
Through the County Council end
other agencies, mu.-h ha* h>-. n a>
ompllsl.ed In promoting th* 1939
program Help ha* been tendered
the Valley Spring* Agricultural A.
aoclatiou by council tn.-mb. ra.
4-H Club show*, the Annual Llv.
stock and Poultry Show, end the
work of th* Llano County LI vest, k k
and Poultry Show, and th. woik of
the Llano County Livc*:o<k Improve-
ment Association have been helped
through the close cooperation of th*
County (’ouncil of Agriculture.
Through the cooperation with i
agencies as the REA. A t A Pro
duction C'edil Ass'vciar.tn. Federal
Farm lazan. Seed Loan Agency and
there, the agricultural program I*
being promoted on many fronts.
Local agencies including the Cham-
ber of Commerce. Lions Club. Lua.b-
eon Club. Key Banker and High
jxjiool have, iu.'jtmti Xu-make. Jfce Z.U,
dub program more *u<<e**ful.
The county council at their last
meeting n.ude constructive recoin
:n> ndatlon* for th* 19|(> plan oi work
The suggested program waa based
< n the result of 400 farm and ranch
<ju«-*tl«nnaires which Indicated th*
many needs of the <oua!y.
4-H Club Activities
4 if ( tub a.i4 comprise* one of
the major activities in the Extension
program throughout the county Eight
•ommunltb’S have organized club*
with a total membership of one bun
dr*d and ten. demonstration* In
swine poultry, calves, field crop*,
garden t. and goats furnishes a medi-
um of practical experience for the
club members Terracing, pruning,
poultry culling, tile making, top
working pecan tree* rope making,
and seed selection are among the
practice* studied by the group
Twenty-five club member* in five
different communities received im-
proved and certified corn and grain
sorghum seed They planted about
4S ac'e* From these planting*, im-
proved seed win be distributed Over
a large part of the county. Seed
waa furnished by the Chamber of
Commerce
James and George Epperson of the
Llano High School 4-H Club repre
Benied Llano county on a district 7
tour last summer The:r club paid
ten dollar* on the expense* of the
trip. Roth boys reported a mo*t in
tercatmp and profitable •in-
A year hook giving much useful
inlnrmation and a complete program
of work was published arid distribu-
ted to one hundred 4-H Club members
in eight different communities.
The tatiell 4-H Club assisted in
laying 77S feet of sub-irrig^tlon tile
for Dan Schuesvler in that rommun:
ty Thetf work in luded the use of
fra level, placing the tile, cement-
ing tb<- Intake* and the proper stop-
ping up of the end* This club also
pruned an old and neglected orchard
In the Custell community
Flfto* n member* of the Lone Grove
4 It Club assisted tn pruning me...
than two hundr-d fruit tree* at the
Fitzsimona ranch.
Pruning tools purchased by the
club were used in the demonstration
Another pruning demount-at Ion was
given in the Lone Grove community
(me hundred and ten tree* wer*
pruned, many of which needed moat
severe cutting to rejuvenate growth
Tie second annual 4 H Club Swine
Show was held at Llano on April 8th
at which time over one hundred pig*
were * xhibited Entries were shown
fn m Llano, Cgstell, Lone Grove ana
the Valley sp-ing club# Tne Judges
w. re A J Cotton, coun'y agent • m-
ritus d Burnet county. C. E Tisdale
of San Saha county and Hrnry Grote
of Gillespie county. Fifty dollars in
priz<* besides attractive ribbon* were
awarded tihe Iniro. J*-i*^y sow be-
longing tn Billie- Keng of the Valley
Sp-lng community Prize lor the
b-*t trained pig waa awarded to
Gal*- Ligon of the Lon* Grove 4 H
club. In the afte-nnon an au< th n
sab- waa held with Shit ley Williams
form*r county commissioner, as sue-
Mooe.-r The barrows acid averaged
aa!< lbs and brought an aver.of
1* 22 fi« r cwt. They were pgrch..a*d
by local merchants.
Llano 4-H pig clubs won first niac-
in District 7 for ihelr outstanding
work in feeding and <arli.e tor pigs
Th* y also received bon*mbit n»*-u
ti*>n in the state. The award waa
tr«m the Texas Swln«- Breeders as-
-oclatloti through which the contest
was sponsored. Fifty pigs have been
< n teed by twenty five 4 H Club
members. Pig* for both the fat class-
es an-f breeding classes have been
Included In the demonstrations.
Llano county 4 H club members
ac_-- wc 11 xapnascAted is both the
poultry and livestock exhibits at the
Livestock Show. November 3-4 The
prize for grand champion pig of the
show, a Du roc-Jersey harrow, wa*
award-d Wayne Templeton of the
I»ne Grove 4-H Club James and
George Epperson w* re awarded Sib
in prize money on th*ir Hampshire
pig* The above winners were award-
ed a sack of bog feed each by the
Dlttlinger Mills In th- 4 H poultry
show the first place for grand champ
o n bird* went to Marion Davia for
his p*n of Barred Rock pullet* Sec-
ond place was swarded to Malcom
M lo-llan for having largest number
of breed* exhibited Sack* of feed
wore also awarded these winners by
th*- Dittlingcr Mill* of New Braun-
fels 14ano county 4 H clubs were
represented in the livestock show
ptrsde The float was deco-ated by
members of the Llano High school
club under the direction of Royce
Ja< kson. adult sponsor of the clab
A poultry culling dipping demon-
stration was given with the help of
the Valky 8pntg 4-H group on the
Smather* farm. One hundred and
thirty five hens were culled, dipped
with sodium flouride for lice and also
pilled for worms
Thirty-four Llano county 4-H boys
attended the District 7 Encampm-nt
at Bianco State Dark July 27-2» Tuts
g iup w.is from Llano. Csstell. Lone
Grove, Valley Spring. Klngsland and
Habyht-ad cotamunities Dick Dra<e of
Kingalarid waa winner in the s-nlor
swimming contest Expense* of two
boys were paid by the Lion* Flub.
Nineteen 4-H Club member* from
the Llano and Valley Spring HI
Clubs accompanied by the Coun’y
Agent and adult sponsor* were gu«-*ts
of the Colon Stork Yards of San
Antoaio for a tour of inspection. The
t'lp int lud'd a visit to the various
depar meats cf the yards, the market
room and the commission companies
The trip was under the direction of
Beal Humpbiey. a* rretary-treasurer
4 f the Colon Stock Yards The group
was also invited to inspect the Sw>ft
racking company Before the return
home, the group visited the Alamo
Witte Museum, reptile garden ana
zoo at Fretkenridge park.
Rope making demonstrations have
been given in six 4 H clubs through
HUGH FABIAN RESIDENCE
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Tbe residence of Mr. and Mrs
Hugh Fabian waa damag'd to the
extent of about Slko. tbe past Thurs-
day evening Prompt action on ’b<
part of tfce Llano Volunteer Fire
Departs.* nt prevented rreate- los?
Origin cf the fire was unknown but
it was thought It had been ►tail'd
by a cigarette The loss was covered
by Insurance.
CARO OF THANKS
(Continued on Page Seven I
Billy Wallace. Jr. attended the
>,»..• M'lUl 1.1" « .11 \e A : l'-.l! *
last Monday wh*n Texas A and M
met Tulsne He was accompanied a*
far us Houston by M: and Mrs Kay
n.ond Fyfleld,
Sheriff Klmon Ii St* wa-t. aci - m-
{■anted hy Mr* Stewart, the r daugh
ter. Ml** Mildred Stewart, and Mrn
B J Rawls, motored to Donna for
a holiday visit with relatives the
past week.
Mr and Mrs. Hubert Buie and
sons, James H. and John P„ of Fort
Smith, Arkansas sir* holiday guest*
in the h mo of his slater. Miss Al
berta Buie.
.......— ■ - - i i
C E Winn of Fort Worth. W. 11
Winn and son of Houston, and Mr
and Mra. C. N. Col* man of Corpus
Christ!, enjoyed an annual family
reunion in LJano with their sister.
Mr* Lee Bla* k. during the holidays
— i ■ O .. ........
Mrs. Anna Brown bus r< turned to
her hom« in Llano after a two month's
slay at Tulsa. Oklahoma She was
accompanied he-e hy her son. Jam*-»
Franklin Brown, and his daugfi'er
Mia* Anna Shirley Brown for a b'ief
visit
Mr. ar.d Mrs C J Baldwin and
son were ( hrlstmaa visitors to 14an<>
Mrs Baldwin was tbe former Mias
lads Sit, tb daughter of Mr and Mrs.
8 8 Smith
H* nry Barton a form*r tea* her in
the Llann *< bools and now teaching
in M< AJIen, visited for a short time
with friends in Llano during the
Chriatmas vacation.
Harry Nichols, a student in the
University of Texas spent Christmas
In Llano with his mother. Mrs H
M Hlchols
We w!*h to «xpre»* aur gratitude
to the tm u.t»rs of th* Uano Volun-
teer Fire Departm* nt for th* >r p-omt
and effi. lent work in stopping the
blaze that threatened to d< -troy our
home last week. We think that our
fire departm* nt is worthy of the
highest praise.
MU and MRS III (ill FABIAN
Mrs. W T. Wheatley, who ha*
been visiting with h< r parents. Mr.
ami Mrs Frank Mart n. and i her
relatives. return*d to b*-r home In
California last week
Tim Mueller, of Dallas, spent Christ
ma» day m Llano w tb his psr* nt*.
Mr and M-s A G Mueller He left
that d.y In order that he could get
to Amarillo, where he will he loca
led in tbe future
Mr. end M** Frank Ply. of Klgfa.
spent Cbrtstma* in Llano with Mr*
Flys parents. Mr and Mrs. K A
By field
Raymond Wink*l. a stud* nt In T«-x
as A AM College, spent the ( hrist
tna* holidays in Llano with bis par
ents, Mt and Mrs J W W inkel, re
turning to College Station yesterday
■ i mi sit mi. i »—*■»»*■-
Mra. Myrtle Inks and daughter,
M.s* M ldr*d. and r*,n. Jim Mo*< Ink*
of Austin. sp«nt Christmas with rtla
lives in Llano
Mr and Mrs Aib*-rt I. May of fail
las spent Christmas In IJano visiting
In the home of his mother, Mrs E I*
May, and sister, Mias Ilag*-I May
Mr and Mr* Jim Tom Burton of
Austin. *p* nt Christmas tn l.lano
with Mrs Barton s pareats, Mr and
Mrs W R <»rr.
i harle* h G<* dm .n, a student at
Texas A and M Co liege, spent the
( bristmas holiday* with hts parents
here. Mr and Mrs « harlea (loodman
■——.—1111,11. ^ ■■! .* ■ ■
Harold Buttery, a student at Tex-
as Cnlverslty. .pent the f'hrtstmss
hoi.day* with bis parent*. Mr. and
v-rr. y >
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Tom Gray, of Abilene, visited In
IJano with relatives for a few days
last w» eh
M-» Morns Fry. of Lufkin. *p> nt
Chistmas in Uano with her parents.
Mr and Mrs M M Moss
— » IS
Lewis I,e< Wallace of Round Ko k.
spent Christmas in Uano with hi*
parent* Mr and Mr* C M Walla .
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENT
FEES
Fiyzblt in Advaaos m
DistrB-: Offices
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Gouty Offices
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Prerinrt Oflkes
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T «- l-lutm New* is authorized te
announce th# following
cand.date. ®
For County Judge:
ANDY P BHX
For Sheriff, Taa Assessor Collector:
i MON Ii STEWART
For D strict and County Clark: •
J A MAYES
For County Attorney:
BILL S W ATKINS
For County Treasurer:
LEONARD H Tt ItHIYILl.R
mrs t p vf;st
For Constafci*. Precinct No. 1:
E V CASPER
For City Maranal, Taa Aaaaasor Coi
lector: ^
JOE J. RACKl'ES
Mr and Mr* Fields Kry*er. of Au*
nn -pen* ('h-;*!inas in Llano. v*n
inr * :h th* ;r parent* and other ref®
lives
Hobby Keyser. a student in Texas
Cnlverslty spent Christinas in Llano
with b pa-eni* Mr and Mrs D ^
Keyser ™
|T*nk And Lake Constmctioi
D H BUCHANAN
CONSTRUCTION CO
Llano. T<-ka*
Trustworthy •
1
The Curtain
Of Evening
It u fitting that a lovrd
one a laat journey be made
amid bcsntifal fnrroancLnfa,
inch aa are provided for fa
nerala of any i z* crr.ducted
in our chapel.
Home Furniture &
Undertaking Co.
Jeff L. Hurt C J Whifhaa
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Rogers and
daughter, of Smithvile spent Christ-
mas In l.lano, visiting in the home
of Mr Rogers' mother. Mr* W J
Roger*.
SOUTH LLANO CHURCH OF
CHRIET
Art hie Smith will pre*4 h Sunday,
Janurny 7. at tbe murt house at 11
a. ra Your presea* e is requested.
HASSE BROS.
SPEClALS_for_SATUiU)AY St MONDAY
Gebhardl I a males. No. 2 can 10c
ONIONS. 4 lbs for
tukr®*i
THANKS ■ • •
For your generous patronage during the first
month of operation under the new manage-
ment. And we look forward to the New Year
with the expectation of continued cordial re-
lations.
Take advantage of our Economical Cach and
Carry prices, or the convenience of our deUv-
BUSTER’S CLEANERS
Potted Meat, Banner Brand, 2 cans for 05c
69c
Grapefruit, per bushel
H and H Coffee, 3 lb. can
2 Glasses FREE
Pickles, Red River, Sour, per quart
Certified Flour, 48 lbs.
24 lbs.
Snuff. Garrett's, 6 oz. bottle
«- D BUSTER
BILL HILL
Com, Del Monte. No. 2 can
10c
Vanilla Wafers, 1 lb pkg.
12c
Lifebuoy Soap, 2 bars for
- He
Lu* Toilet Soap. 2 bars for
He
Rinao. Large size
10c
Lux Flakes. Large Size
20c
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Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1940, newspaper, January 4, 1940; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth817070/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.