The Kiowa Valley Independent (Darrouzett, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 19, 1963 Page: 4 of 8
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theTkiowa valley independent
MARCH 19, T96PV
Published every Tuesday
by The Circle Register,
Publishing Company
SECOND CLASS PERMIT PENDING
AT THE POST OFFICE
DARROUZETT, TEXAS
PRINTED IN LIPSCOMB COUNTY
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
LIPSCOMB COUNTY $2.56
ELSEWHERE , $3.06 •
•THIS INCLUDES THE STATE TAX
ADVERTISING RATES........
•SOd'PER COLUMN INCH
CLASSIFIED RATES 4<t PER.WORD
MINIMUM 14 WORDS
THE KIOWA VALLEY
INDEPENDENT STAFF
Publisher, Gene Ehrlich
Editor, Dorothy Ehrlich
Subscription Agent and
Reporter, Mona Hennigh
OLD GENE'S
NOTES
by aene
y gene
ehrlich
The Texas legislature
at long last is taking action
on the screw-worm control
program initiated by the Fed-
eral government and private
cattle and farmer groups.
It seems an ironical
thing to us that an area as
important as this should have
been left to the very last for
the state to take part. If all
goes well in the legislature
the state will put up approxi-
mately $3 million over the
next two years.
A little insect that has
been arcund for a long time
that we haven’t been in the
habit of observing too close-
ly is the army cutworm.
This rascal feeds pri-
marily on alfalfa and winter
wheat. Eugene Williams,
Woodward County Agent,
sent us the information.
The eggs are deposited
in the soil in late September
or October and hatch in a-
bout two weeks. The young
ISrvae feed until cold weath-
er. During the winter months
the larvae feed during com-
paratively warm periods.
The wonder of it all to
me is that the worm could
be still alive, with days on
end of sub zero weather and
and the ground frozen as
hard as a rock it would have
seemed to me that they wou-
ld have been killed by frost.
But no such luck!
Under average conditions
the larvae feed ^until April
vhen they go into the soil
for pupation.
When^ infestations are
bad the larvae will move
across the country consum-
ing everything they can
reach.
We have seen fields that
were heavily infested (12 or
14 larvae per foot) and the
wheat appears to be declin-
ing and overgrazed (which
it is, by the worms).
Several chemicals will
give good control and the
selection will be based on
price and availability as
much as anything. The most
successful materials are
t oxaphene at two pounds per
acre, DDt at one and a half
pounds per acre, or Dieldrin
at four ounces per acre, i
Mrs Julia Mosley is at
home after a stay in the San-
ford Hospital for several
days. Mrs Mosley is still
under her physicians car
and will return to the hospi-
tal in the near future
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RICKY JERGENSON
VISITS IN AMARILLO
KAY HERBER
VISITS DARROUZETT
Mrs. Freddy Jergenson
and Mrs. Herb Smith returned
Kay Herber to her home in
Amarillo Sunday, Kay had
spent the weekend in Darr-
ouzett with her grandparents,
the Herb Smith’s and Mrs.
George Herber. Ricky Jer-
genson spent his weekend
vacation in Amarillo visiting
with his aunt and family, Mrs.
Harry Herber. The “exchange’
took place because of the
vacation enjoyed by «*the
teachers meeting held . in
Amarillo, Friday and Saturday.
*************
Two Couples
Celebrate 35th °
Anniversaries
IKK (RIPPLING WITH
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ISBiQMEKHESZfliEIi&OI
Mr and Mrs Jim Travis
and Mr and Mrs Irvin Howard
Logan; were honored recently
at a dinner in the Bobbie
Howard home. ^
The two couples wete
married 35 years ago and got
together with friends. at a
big dinner.
Present were: The Del-
vin Howard family; Bob
Howard Family, Roy How-
ard Family, Alvin Howard
Family, Mr and Mrs Jimmy
Roach, Follett; Mr and
Jack Crane, Gruver; and of
course the Irvin Howard fam
ily and the Jim Travis family.
Visiting and reminiscing
was a big event of the day.
The dinner was enj oyed by
everyone.
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Ehrlich, Dorothy. The Kiowa Valley Independent (Darrouzett, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 19, 1963, newspaper, March 19, 1963; Darrouzett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth835671/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.