Raymondville Chronicle (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1956 Page: 9 of 19
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RAYMONDVILLE CHRONICLE Thursday, June 28, 1956, Page 3B
What’s Ahead In Agriculture
(Permission granted for re-print from Doane Agricultural
Service Inc.)
New farm bill has features of special interest to
southern farmers. Soil Bank Plan goes into effect this
year. Payments are possible under the acreage reserve
plan for cutting 1956 acreage of corn, cotton, wheat, to-
bacco, rice and peanuts. Since most is already planted,
real benefits will not come until 1957.
Cotton allotments for next two years will be held at
least the same as now with extra allotments for small
farmers.
Two-price plan for rice is authorized but is up to
Secretary of Agriculture to put into effect—allotments
will not be cut.
Secretary of Agriculture is instructed to sell up to
5 million bales of cotton abroad at a discount.
See page 2 for details. Watch future Digest reports
on what, you can do to benefit from the provisions of the
bill if it becomes law.
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Cattle — Stronger prices most grades and sizes. Sell
old cows, feeders, grass cattle next 30 to 45 days. Hold
fed cattle for late summer, early fall sale-
Major point of concern to southern cattlemen —-
what’s the story on cow herds? This year, kill-off of cows,
under federal inspection, has been down 8% from first 3
months of last year — heifers slaughter is running 4%
higher. Unless this rate of kill picks up soon, there will
be an increase in 1957 cattle numbers rather than a de-
crease.
Doane figures this way — extra heavy runs of feed-
er steers and calves this fall against a slow demand will
sharply depress prices this kind. This, in turn, will reduce
returns from cow herd, stimulate heavy sell-off of breed-
ing stock through fall and winter. By spring 1957, breed-
ing stock inventories will be sharply reduced—stage set
for price strength in calves, feeders-
Cattle grubs (wolves or warbles) can be stopped cold by
feeding Dow ET-57 to cattle, USDA results show. Still in
experimental stage, however.
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Calves—Steady to stronger prices. Sell next 30 days.
Hogs — Stronger prices during June. July and Aug-
ust prices should not drop as much as last year- Top out
at 200-220 pounds- Active demand likely for feeder pigs,
bred gilts next 30 to 60 days. A good time to sell down (
your hog herd.
Feed Saver — Pastures in hog production saved bet- I
ter than one-half ton of concentrates for each acre used,
according to 25 tests by USDA. j
Pig Saver — Sow’s gestation ration containing 15%
protein, plus antibiotic supplement, gave one to two more
live pigs born per litter- i
Dairy — Stronger prices. Don’t expect as much sum-
mer price rise as normal, however. Output per cow is;
breaking records every month. By May 1, production per
cow in USDA’s crop reporters’ herds was 3 % above pre-
vious record-high and 14% above average-
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Export Market for southern farm products will likely
continue to shrink. USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service
figures wheat, cotton and rice will be increasingly harder
to sell abroad. Tobacco exports in. the future are not en-
couraging. Feed grains, fats and oils, high protein animal
products and certain fruits will have an expanding mar-
ket, FAS thinks.
Factors limiting prospective future exports—(1) rise
in foreign output of U. S- exportable products; (2) higher
U- S. prices; (3) demand for products such as wheat, rice
and tobacco is already near a peak; (4) “there are a multi-
tude of discriminatory trade barriers’ to U- S. products.
Cotton. — Steady prices- Weakness likely on lower
grades and shorter staples. Sell all remaining cotton not
pledged to CCC.
New crop looks excellent. With normal yields, pro-
duction will still be well ahead of current year’s needs-
Plan, early sales of new crop cotton wherever possible.
For later harvested crop, government loan will be top
market.
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Eggs — Higher prices. Strong seasonal rise into
August. But fall prices will be down- By May 1, chicks
and young chickens from this year’s hatch were up 2 %
with large May and June hatch not yet reported. Record
high egg out put per bird expected from this year’s chicks
will push egg supplies above needs by midwinter.
Broilers — Lower prices next 30 days. Record large
broiler supplies for June, plus pickup in farm chicken
sales will offset season demand jump- Chance for price
recovery before end of summer is slim-
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Soil Bank payments, $1.2 billion annually, are auth-
thorized- Up to $750 million can be paid for taking acreage
out of wheat, corn, cotton, rice, peanuts and tobacco, and
putting it into the acreage reserve part of the plan. The
other $450 million can be used for paying seeding and an-
nual rental costs for acreage put under the conservation
reserve.
1956 crops are intended to come under the Soil Bank
provisions but planting is so far along that very few
farmers are expected to take part. It is reported that if
fields of the above crops are plowed under or mowed
down within 21 days after the bill becomes law, you can
qualify for payments this year. In case of poor stands
this may be practical. USDA lawyers are studying' the
bill but it will be weeks before your ASC office has print-
ed information on running the Soil Bank.
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Higher feed grain supports is one part of the new bill
which has immediate effect. Oats, barley, rye and grain
sorghum harvested in the 1956 season will be supported
at 76% of parity instead of 70 %, as set earlier-
Advertising, we repeat for the umpteenth time, is
the cheapest salesman a business can employ.
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No. 16 June 28, 1956 A Monthly Page of Agricultural News Published in the Interest of Better Valley Agriculture by Rio Farms, Inc., Edeouch, Texas
Keep Frozen
Foods Frozen
Until Used
For highest quality, keep froz-
en foods frozen until they are
defrosted for use, the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture advises.
If frozen foods thaw before need-
ed, they may, under certain
conditions, be safely refrozen.
The process of thawing and
refreezing does not in itself make
fruits and vegetables unsafe. But
thawed foods spoil more rapidly
than fresh foods and may quickly
become unsafe to eat if not re-
frigerated.
Foods are not likely to be
it for refreezing if they have
reached the temperature of
40 to 45 degrees F. after hav-
ing passed through the slow
temperature changes that
occur in a freezer when the
operation has stopped.
Both fruits and vegetables may
be refrozen if they have not
improving Family,
Community Living Is
Round Up Theme
Improving Family and Com-
munity Living was the theme of
the 1956 4-H Round Up that took
place at College Station June 12
to 14, where more than 2000 club
members were enrolled. They
could enroll in any of the follow-
ing short courses and were to
attend the same short course
during the entire period.
Animal husbandry, agricultural
engineering, agronomy, clothing,
community improvement, dairy
husbandry, entomology, explor-
ing the roll of a 4-H citizen,
family life education, farm and
home development, foods and
nutrition, home management,
homestead improvement horti-
culture, poultry range manage-
ment recreation, rifle shooting,
SEVEN RIO FARMS 4-H CLUB girls entered dresses in the senior division of the Hidal-
go County 4-H Dress Revue and received six blue ’and one red ribbon. From left to
right are Shirley Bowery, Francis Hester, Rita. Stewart, and Betty Jean Kuehn. Margie
Haley, Reva Gail Haley and Ann Johnson were absent when the picture was made.
completely thawed or if they | role of a 4-H leader, and train
have been thawed for a short (ing 4-H officers,
time and have been held in a
■household refrigerator. The thaw-
ing and refreezing will usually
cause poorer quality and loss of
flavor, however.
Refrozen vegetables may
toughen and refrozen fruits be-
come soft and mushy. If flavor
and texture of such refrozen
fruits make them unsatisfactory
for eating uncooked, they may be
satisfactory for use in cooking.
Because low-acid foods, which
include most of the vegetables,
spoil rapidly after they have
thawed and warmed up to tem-
peratures above 45 degrees. F. it’s
generally best to refreeze.
Acid foods — that is, most
fruits and fruit products — are
likely to ferment after they have
thawed and warned up to tem-
peratures above 45 degrees F.
Slight fermentation of add foods
may change or spoil flavor but
does not make them unfit to eat.
Each department had a. contest
the first morning and the 4-H
member who had won in the
district stayed in the short course
which supervised their contest.
Rita Stewart from Rio
I arms1 4-H club did a dairy
singles demonstration in the
food and nutrition division.
She remained in this division
for all the meetings and
learned about "Food aftd Fuh
With Friehds."
She learned that the ability to
entertain friends with ease and
without too much fuss and bother
is an art easily learned. A good
hostess plans ahead and is not
worried, hurried or bothered
when her guests arrive.
She took part in a Valentine
party, a party to recognize the
Gold Star member and perhaps
the nicest party of all was “Good
Rio Forms
Personals
NINE RIO FARMS 4-H CLUB girls entered dresses in the junior division of the Hidal-
go County 4-H Dress Revue. They received seven blue and two red ribbons. From
left to right are: Joan Barnes, Becky Ann Ayers, Janet McCannon, Nancy Bowery, Ly-.
-.nette Hester, Elizabeth Cortenis and Karnel Ann Stewart. In front is Ginger Carnes.
Janette Yantz was absent when the picture was made.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Champagne
and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Morris
from San Perlita were visitors
in the Curtis White home this
past week.
Me s dames Milton Webster,
James Bookout, Keith Pollock
and M. L. Johnson helped with
vacation Bible school at
Baptist Church in Hargill.
the
Mr. and Mrs. ‘ Rogerio Garza
from San Antonio visited Julio
Garza family and other relatives
last week. They were at one time
tenants on Rio Farms.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN A. McCARN: Mrs. McCarn is
holding Bob Alien, Front row from left to right, Mike,
' Dennis, and'Beth,
McCarn Family
Acquire Ntew
Equipment
In the fall of 1951 Mr. and’ Mrs.
John A. McCarn, Mike and Beth
moved to their Rio Farms home
near Hargill from Kennedy. As
Mr. McCarn had been farming,
he had equipment. Mrs. McCarn
said he knew much more about
farming than she did about home
making.
The thing she had enjoyed
most about living on Rio Farms
was the educational program'.
She neither knew how to sew nor
preserve foo d. Her husband
bought her a sewing machine the
first fall they ;were here and it
has paid for itself over and' over
she said. Her pride and joy right
now is the netv spring suit she
made for herself. .............
Mr. McCarn has always
grown his cotton, allotment
for his other crops' he has ■
grown corn, tomatoes, peas,
okra, squash and broom corn.
In spite of m&ny medical
bills, he has been able to
trade for a new tractor and
equipment as well as add
new breaking plow, ditching
machine and stalk cutter, and
a new car.
For the home they have a new
TV set, a refrigerator, stove,
automatic washer, bed room suit,
a ,chair, two twin beds; sewing
The J. M. Herrera family, along
with many other families on Rio
Farms are eating mostly from the
foods they preserved in their
own home. About ten months ago
they bought a new deep freeze
and a new pressure cooker. Since
that time they have frozen 27
quarts corn, 7 pints pinto beans,
30 pints purple hull peas, 54
pints snap beans, 17 quarts okra,
16 pints blackeyed peas, 24 pints
cream peas, 5 pints green pepper,
10 pints orange juice, 10 pack-
ages carrots, 4 quarts pumpkin,
688 pounds beef, 153 pounds
pork, 96 pounds chickens. Some
things can better as tomatoes,
the freezer gets full and they
like a change so Mrs. Herrera
cans many things. She has can-
ned 27. pints corn 10 quarts
kraut, 85 jhnts tomatoes, 10 pints
okra and tomato gumbo, 10 jars
cantaloupe preserves, 4 pints
catsup, 6 pints cucumber pickles,
20 pints beets, and 16 quarts
blackeyed peas. To keep plenty
of friars, Mrs. Herrera sets hens.
At present, she has 9 baby chicks
and five hens setting. With her
supply of canned and frozen
foods, plenty of eggs, milk and
butter, the Herrera, family is
well fed with very little expense.
•
Rev. Webster and Rev. Mark-
urn and his son Eddy who have
been holding a revival at the
Baptist Church in Hargill had
Sunday dinner with the M. L.
Johnson family.
•
Ann Johnson is doing over her
bbd room. The wails have a new
coat of. paint. In fact the whole
house is being painted on the
inside, with Ann and her mother
doing the work.
machine and. curtains for the
house. Two new sons have come
to Live in their home. Dennis is
two and Bob Allen is one.
Mr. McCarn is a farmer by
nature as well as training so he
wants to continue his farming
operations when he leaves Rio
Farms in September. They both
think it is a good place to rear
their children.
Lemuel Bewley was surprised
last Wednesday evening when i
group of his neighbors came tc
his home bringing cake, ice
cream and gifts for his birthday
Among those attending were: the
Julio Garza, the Manuel Cortinas
and the Eugene Quintanio fam
ilies.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Williams and.
Paul went to Austin last week
end to attend Mr. Williams fam-
ily reunion.
SARAH YOUNGER
★ ★ ★
New Secretary
At Rio Farms
.... . new secretary for Rio Farms
Farm and Home Educational De-
partment, was born in Hillsboro,
Texas where she. attended school
for four years. Then she moved
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Younger, to Brownsville
where she finished grammer and
high schools.
She was a twirler for the high
school band for three years, re-
ceived a two year scholarship on
twirling, and was a twirler in the
band at Victoria College, where
she majored in business admin-
istration. She was on the “B”
honor roll in college, and was
also a member of the Methodist
Student Movement.
During the summer of 1954,
she worked as a nurses’ aid in the
Memorial Hospital is Port La-
vaca. In the summer of 1955, she
was receptionist and bookkeeper
for the J. ■ E. Boyd, Cotton Gin.
She began work at Rio Farms
June 13 and lives with her par-
ents in Edcouch. r _
Nutrition is Fashionable.” The
fashionable girl takes pride in
doing her best with her looks
and her manners.
She stands straight with
smooth firm muscles and re-
strained curves. She moves with
rhythm and grace. She carries
a becoming weight for her height
and build. She radiates enthusi-
asm and health and looks happy
and interested in the world
around her.
It is fashionable to eat the
foods each day that are necessary
for good nutrition. She was con-
vinced that if she ate according
to the Texas Food Standard, she
would be fashionable.
Another party that Rita
enjoyed along with the oth-
ers was "Manners Make a
Difference. Good manners
should be a part of our
everyday lives — not some
thing we put on for special
occasions like Sunday cloth-
es. Use them daily at home
on the street, at church, at
school, and club meetings.
Good manners cannot be but
on at will. They must become
part of us or we feel self con-
scious, unnatural and inferior in
many situations. Only by daily
practice do we get poise and
self assurance that come with
good manners. Often we feel that
the only time we need to practice
good table manners and meal
time service is when we have
guests or when we go visiting.
But they can add a great deal
to family enjoyment of meals at
home too. A real family meal
with father, mother, and children
v/as served.
Margie Haley, another Rio
Farms 4-H club member was
enrolled in recreation. They
were really kepi moving
about as Margie wore a hole
in the soles of some new
shoes but she was taught to
direct games, lead songs. In
fact she can now be a com-
munity leader.
At night all groups met to-
gether. 4-H members presided
over the meetings. The first
evening “Our Life’s Book” was
presented. The book was tall-
er than the 4-H members and
on its pages was presented the
Individual, my Family, My Com-
munity, Education, Citizenship,
Work Religion, Recreation, and
Successful Living.
Dr. Sterling Price, a Baptist
minister from Abeline, rounded
out Our Life’s Book by asking
the 4-H members to give of
t h e m s el v e s extravagantly as
Mary did when she anointed the
feet of Christ with precious
oinment. He finished by saying
learn to say “Thank You” and
show your appreciation to people
and to God for all good things.
The 4-H members closed the
program with a beautiful setting
of the cross, candles, and the
open Bible. They read “ Jesus
increased in wisdom and statue
and in favor with God and man.”
These four things they tied in
with the 4-H pledge.
The second evening the
group enjoyed the "Share the
Fun Festival." The winners
from each of the 12 districts
presented numbers that
everyone enjoyed. This meet-
ing was closed with another
vesper service using a coun-
try church.
On the last evening after a
chuck wagon supper, everyone
went to Kyle Field and expressed
appreciation to a stage full of
men who had helped to make the
Round Up possible. Then they
enjoyed Paramount Attractions
sponsored by Sears Roebuck,
featuring Rich and Gibson, Vic
Hyde,, George and Peter Bauer
the Chords and music by Larry
Hermann Orchestra.
This program was concluded
with a vesper service, “My Cup
Runneth Over.” After bidding
farewell to their many new
found friends, the 4-H members
begas the long track back home
with their minds filled with
knowledge, enthusiasm, inspira-
tion and a deternation to “Make
the best better.” _
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