Falfurrias Facts (Falfurrias, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1939 Page: 2 of 6
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PACE TWO
PALFURRIAS PACTS
FRIDAY. JANUARY 6, 1839
IFalfurriaa iFarts
Established In 1908
j PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
At Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas
HOWARD BEHRENT
MGR. EDITOR
Entered as second class matter, April 2. 1906 at
the Postoffice at Falfurrias. Texas, under the Act
of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Subscription Price $2.00 per year Payable In Advance
Any erroneous reflection upon the character
standing, or reputation of any person, firm, or cor-
poration, which may appear In The Pacts, will
gladly be corrected as soon as It Is brought to the
attention of the publisher.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BUTTER
SAYS AUTHORITY
(The following editorial, reprinted from
the magazine, “Everybody’s Health”, which
is published by the Minnesota Public Health
Association should be of interest to Brooks and
Southern Jim Wells county citizens, particu.
larly so because of the fact that Falfurrias is
recognized as one of the leading Jersey dairy
centers in the state, made famous originally
by Falfurrias Sweet Cream Butter.)
TT HAS been said, “Tell me what you eat,
JL and I’ll tell you what you are.” To indi-
viduals and nations limited as to variety of
food, or given more or less exclusively to con-
sumption of one main food, that may apply;
however, to people in America food material
is available in ail varieties, and by them no
one food is used exclusively.
In America, every one has the opportunity
to have a properly balanced diet, and most
people do have one. Some are limited, of
course, by preferences or by food prices.
The daily diet of persons of all ages should
be built around a generous allowance of milk
and dairy products such as butter, cheese and
ice cream. There is no completely satisfactory
substitute for milk.
Butter is the fat of milk. It is the most pala-
table fat, and the one most extensively used.
It is due to the almost exclusive use of butter
as a cooking fat that the French people have
won a world-wide reputation for superior
cookery.
For hundreds of years before anyone knew
about nutrition, or the different food elements
necessary in the normal diet, people were eat-
ing butter. For other hundreds of years, after
people knew that fat was an important and
necessary element in the diet, butter was the
chief source of fat. Always in this country
people have had plenty of butter to eat. But_
ter contains the very necessary vitamin A.
Therefore, we have had very few cases of dis-
ease which results from lack of Vitamin A in
the diet.
Recently, there have come into use cheape
and less palatable substitutes for butter,
made from vegetable oils. We, who are in-
terested in the proper nourishment of the
people of this country, are concerned because
of the possibility that increased use of such
substitutes for butter may result in deficiency
disease. We wonder if the natural impulse to
economize may tend to eliminate the cow—
the foster mother of the race.
Vegetable fats are often used as carriers in
bread-raising mixtures because they remain
less changed. They are used, also, as a food
for milk cows. Some cows, however, just as
some people cannot take even the smallest a
mount of vegetable oil without becoming ill.
Unless such persons can make sure that they
are not getting 'with their food such vegetable
oils, of which thousands of tons are used in
this country as a substitute for grease in fry.
ing, cooking and bread-raising, their lives can
be made miserable at home and abroad.
Vitamin A is sometimes known as the
“growth.promoti; g vitamin.” Extreme cases
of malnutrition almost always accompany a
diet low in milk and butter fat. A great manv
diets are lacking in enough vitamin A to pro-
tect the body against lesser infections. Such
deficiency often develops into sinus infection,
colds, abcesses, ear infections, and degenera-
tive changes in the tissues and mucous mem-
brane. In an experiment recently performed,
it was observed that those persons whose diet
was rich in butter and other sources of vita-
min A, though they contracted their usual a
mount of colds, were not nearly so much af-
fected by them, and the colds lasted a shorter
time than normally.
Milk and its products, butter, cheese and
ice cream, are superior, generally speaking,
to any other materials used for body nourish-
ment. Moreover, butter is much superior, as
a source of fat, to the vegetable oils iwhich
will not protect against deficiency diseases
and in themselves may have objectionable
characteristics so far as nourishment and di-
gestibility are concerned. Milk and its pro- j
duct, butter, are nature’s normal food supply,:
and our bodies are suited to digest, absorb and
assimilate them well.
During the World War, in order to conserve j
the food supply, people were encouraged to
use substitutes for butter, and in some instanc-
es nations were forced to use substitutes for
ordinary foods, and tragic results in body
nourishment followed.
Since then, commercially inclined indivi-
duals, to their own advancing, have advocat-
ed the use of food substtutes and, in extensive
advertising campaigns, have broadcast their
propaganda. The American people are not
skeptical and accept such advertising mater-
ial as fact, but they should urge that adver-
tising claims be carefully considered and sub-
stantiated.
The extensiveness of our dairy industries
makes butter of great importance, not only
from a health angle but from a commercial
and employment viewpoint.
More than two billion pounds of butterfat
are annually produced in the United States.
Minnesota is the greatest butter state, but
Wisconsin produces more butterfat annually
than any other state. The butterfat in Wiscon-
sin is used for other products such as cheese,
etc., but Minnesota is known as the “Butter
State”.
Dr. P. C. Jeans, Professor of Pediatrics at
the University of Idwa, conducted extensive
examinations of school children from both ru-
ral and urban districts and from all economic
.levels. The results are amazing. He has found
that, dependent upon the group, 26% to 79%
of the children showed a definite lack of vi-
tamin A—this in the most progressive and
highly organized section of the world, known
everywhere for its agricultural and dairy pro-
ducts. What must the situation be in our great
industrial centers?
Butter is by far the most nutritious of all
fats and the most palatable. This is indicated
by the fact that butter is used in diets pre-
sribed in hospitals and for convalescents and
for certain chronic diseases such as diabetes
and tuberculosis. * »• *
A surplus of vitamin A in the body is not
simply a reserve for some future time of
shortage, but is at all times significant for the
maintenance of resistance to disease and n
high level of physical vigor.
READY FOR HIGH ©EAR"
F
ACTS FANCIfc
urr THE WISE
5
MAKE THE DISTINCTION
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
With the eyes and ears of the
world focused on the d< lngs at
Washington and the O’Danlel-
Sadler-Mann combination keep-
ing things warm in Austin, it is
Interesting to go back to the
days of yesteryear and see what
the solons of other legislatures
accomplished. When the time
came. Texas statesmen granted
the fair sex the right to partici-
pate in elections but passed
other laws that mere man might
continue with “wearing the
pants," which is as it should be
—a point depending, of course,
on the situation at hand and the
nature of the company.
Legislation for equality of the
sexes has g< ne a long way since
pre-suffragette days, but Texas
laws show that there are still a
few hang-overs from that era.
A woman in Texas cannot con-
vey property, even to her hus-
band, except In his presence.
However, even If the property Is
acquired by both husband and
wife during their marriage it
can be conveyed by him without
the presence or consent of his
wife, except in the case of a
homestead.
Just as his presence Is requir-
ed for these transactions, his
absence is required when a wo-
man makes an acknowledgement
before an official, such as sign-
ing a document before a notary-
public, since presumably he
would influence her decision.
Various other distinctions are
made between men and women,
one well-known instance being
that women cannot sit cn a jury
in this state.
Leaving the legislative branch
of government, we come to the
judicial and there find GERALD
WEATHERLY in the role of
judge, elected to that exalted
position temporarily by the lo-
cal bar to assume the duties of
County Judge J. A. BROOKS
who is ill . . .
Although lacking much of its
fame, the Facts, like Falfurrias
butter, has bec< me an important
advertising medium for this city
in other sections of the, country
. . . Letters requesting subscrip-
tion renewals (cash, too) made
interesting reading this week
. . . Here are a few of the local-
ities represented: D. B. COOP-
ER, Greensburg, Kan.; KEN-
NETH FELLOWS, Waukon,
Iowa; J. B. LEACH, Marion, 111.;
GEO. J. LEGANWOOD, Louis-
ville, Ky.; FRANK P. FITZGER-
ALD, Murray, Neb.; and CHAS.
E. PFEIFER, Wichita Falls, Tex-
as .. .
D. B. COOPER has this to say
about the Falfurrias section—
“I enjoy reading your paper each
week as it keeps me p< sted on
the advancement your city
makes along business, religious
and educational lines and tells
of the joys* and sorrows that
come to friends and acquaint-
ances at Falfurrias and Pre-
mont. Glad you got your nice
rain. We need one like it here."
Stopping briefly in the neigh-
boring city of Alice one day this
week, this columnist encounters
A. O. HAYES, ex-banker of Fal-
furrias. and CLEM O’BRIEN,
known locally for his pitching
while playing with a softball
team here . . .
The city this week gets a new
professional family in the Farm
Security Administration staff
which occupies an office in the
Mercantile building . . . Boss of
the outfit is J. TEMPLE EVANS,
whose title is rural supervisor
... He vis assisted temporarily
by LENA MAE ANLAUF who is
holding down the p sition of
home supervisor until EDNA
MAE SAIN graduates from the
University, of Texas , . . Lend-
ing a cosmopolitan touch, MAR
And Still They Say, “What’s in a Name”
By ntVIN S. COBB
T.N THE first few days of the Great War the British War Office an-
* rolled for drill service every e-i-noncommissioned officer who still
remembered the manual of anna. Among the veteran* who answered
the call of the King and Country was one grizzled Celt who, at his
first roll call, made a sorry hash of some of the aristocratic names that
appeared on the company muster.
Half wav down the column he halted over one name and spelled it
painfully—M-o-n-t-a-g-u-e. Then he called out;
“Montaggyi”
No one answered. The veteran scowled at the list and tried again.
“Montaggy!” he bawled.
"Probably you mean me/’ said a gentleman recruit standing in the
second row with his hands at his sides and his monocle fixed in his eye.
“My name happens to be Montague,” he explained, giving to the word
its customary pronunciation.
“Is thot so?” thundered the old non-com. “Very well, then. Mister
Mon-ty-goo; you drop out of line and do two hours’ fat-ty-goo!”
(American N«w« Feature». Inc.)
Bartering Value Of
Texas Bale Of Cotton
Drops Drastically
Bartering value of a bale of Tex-
as ct tton has dropped drastically
during the last decade, as foreign
markets have been lost for be-
tween three and four million bales;
annually. Dr. A. B. Cox, director of
the Bureau of Business Research
at the University of Texas, de-
! dared this week.
A 500-pound bale raised last year
j would buy 1,110 yards of print
| cloth or 273 gallons of gasoline as
compared with 1,445 yards of cl< th
or 407 gallons of gasoline in 1927,
the internationally known cotton
marketing authority explained.
That some improvement has
been made since the depression
days of 1931, 1932 and 1933 is evi-
dent fr< m the fact that a bale of
cotton in 1932 would purchase only
1,800 yards of print cloth and only
170 allons of gasoline.
Over the same ten-year period,
Dr. Cox pressed his comparison to
j show that the barter value of a
: bale of cotton in steel, dropped
fr< m 1.14 to .77 tons. One of the
laregst slumps came in sugar,
falling from 1,619 pounds in 1928
to 1,105 pounds per bale last year.
To further demonstrate the
fluctuating value of cotton, Dr.
Cox pointed out that a $500 debt
could be retired in 1927 with 3,145
pounds of lint cotton as against
4,673 pounds necessary last year.
Dr. Cox declared that the ex-
ports this year have been the brw-
cst since 191 m in spite of the fact
that the nation has 19,824,000
bales (indicated) In supply—the
THA IWAI is office secretary
and responsible for smooth rou-
tine . . .
To make room for the new-
comers, ROY ALLAN moves his
book-keeping department to an-
other office and demonstrates
the fine art of left-handed car-
pentry . . . Partially as an af-
termath. GARLAND LASATER
has moved his desk to the
creamery building and to Mrs.
ED C. LASATER we are endebt-
ed for some interesting litera-
ture.
Young JOHN LAWRENCE, son
rf Mr. and Mrs. R. D. HARDIN,
is off the active list after frac-
turing a leg Tuesday.
That’s ”30’’ for this week . . .
Cash Farm Income
In Texas Drops But
Cattle Receipts Rise
Cash Income from agriculture in
Texas dropped sharply during No-
vember from the November, 1937,
figure, according to Dr. F. A. Bue-
chel, assistant director of the Bu-
reau of Business Research at the
University of Texas. The decline
was due chiefly to reduced revenue
from cotton and cottonseed, he
said.
Receipts from cattle, calves, ajid
sheep were well above the Income
from these sources last year. To-
tal farm cash income for the State
during November as computed by
the Unversity Bureau was $39,-
758.000, compared with $57,514,000
during November last year, a de-
cline of 31 per cent. Aggregate
farm cash Income from January
to November, Inclusive, was $380,-
740.000, compared with $5o8,590,000
during the corresponding period
last year, a decline of 25 per cent.
Government farm subsidies are
not included In these computa-
tions, Dr. Buechel said.
-XXX-
If Insurance
Means Protection
A protector should have un-
questioned strength and a dis-
position to use it. That Is why
we have picked the strongest
stock insurance companies t»r
our agency. We could receive i
much higher commission from
some weak insurance compan-
ies, but refuse to reoresent
them. If you like our way of
doing business why not let us
serve you?
FALFURRIAS
INSURANCE
AGENCY
Mrs. W. W. Hughes of Housto n
visited her sister-in-law. Mrs. A.
L. Fitzhenry, during the holidays
• • « •
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Franz returned
Friday from Sherman.
largest in the country’s record.
Cotton prices would be further
pushed down because the world
supply is about 537,OOo bales great-
er than that for last year, he be-
lieved.
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sound banking, and to do so cheerfully and reliably.
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