Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 1945 Page: 5 of 8
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In Refugio, there are six stores which are featur-
ing toy departments. There is one store that is devoted
exclusively to toys. People of this area and county will
find that the toy selection in Refugio compares favor-
ably with that to be found elsewhere. It is suggested
that you visit the Refugio toy stores to secure gifts for
boy or girl, young or old as this town is really a toy
headquarters.
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Too, you’ll find the stores here full of ideal gifts for
Christmas. You can find a proper and fitting gift for
everyone on your list at Ref ugio stores.
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Farm News
L. A. Weiss Jr.. County Agent
Even the best of hens have a
molting period and this should be
a “paid” vacation for them. If fed
well during the “lay-off” they will
resume work in good health and
ready for all-out production.
Every milk cow should have all
the home-grown grazing and hay
she will eat and should be fed con-
centrates in proportion to her pro-
duction.
Pruning and training grape vines
is important in securing high yields
of top quality fruit.
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Ant«rfc«R Occupation Troops Enjoy First Snow
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Any part of the farm or home
garden not being used to grow win-
ter vegetables should be gown in a
cover crop to prevent erosion and to
add organic matter to the soil.
There is no point in storing feeds
for winter if rats and insects are al-
lowed to “make a run on the bank.”
TAKING CARE OF THE LAND
The principal contributors to the
successful maintenance of soil fer-
tility are five in number. Tehy are
listed below the means by which
they are utilized in practice:
% Maintenance of the soil or-
ganic matter by means of crop resi-
dues, green manure crops and if
possible farm manures.
2. The supply of nitrogen is
maintained by legumes, either as
a regular crop or as a green manure
crop. Also supplemented by nitro-
gen fertilizer.
3. The proper attention of min-
eral fertilizer and if necessary the
proper use of other minerals if
needed, such as lime.
4. Phosphate in the form of su-
perphosphate under legumes such
as clover or peas in the winter time J
and possibly potash.
5. Proper conservation measures.
These conservation measures in-
clude strip cropping, proper use of
terraces, diversion channels, con-
servation of moisture by means of
diversion ditches, gulleys, controll-
ed by means of vegetation, and
meadow strips, pasture strips, and
structural work where needed.
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With bombed-out German buildings os a backdrop, two American
soldiers use their off-duty time for winter sports. Qualified civilians 18 to
34 years of age, inclusive, now can enlist in the Regular Army and choose
the theater where they prefer duty.
ing 210 pounds of phosphate per
acre. His treated land yielded 2400
pounds per acre and untreated 1600
pounds. These results of using phos-
phate were so profitable that Mr.
Pfiel wanted to apply phosphate to
as many acres as possible but he
found that these little marvel type
distributors did not do the job he
wanted. He had the local blacksmith
and machinist, Albin Sumners of
Woodsboro to make him a distribu-
tor that would cover a 12 foot strip,
distribute phosphate uniformly and
hold 800 to 100p pounds. This ma-
chine under test demonstrations has
done everything Mr. Pfiel expect-
ed of it and any one interested in
buying a phosphate distributor
should see this machine at the Pfiel
Farm before buying one.
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The University of Texas will re
turn to its pre-war schedule of a
nine-months long session beginning
in September, 1946, provided this
change is approved by the general
faculty and the Board of Regents.
J At a recent meeting the Faculty
Council approved the change, E. J.
Mathews, registrar, announced.
We wish to announce that Jim Wales
has joined the Wales Insurance Agency.
We specialize in Automobile Insurance.
See us for all Insurance needs. Only
Strong Companies represented.
WALES INSURANCE AGENCY
Jones Building Tel. 145-275
OFFICIALS TO BE ELECTED !
Refugio County farmers and j
ranchers will elect County A. C. A. j
comitteemen and delegates at the
County convention December 8. j
Polling places are Woodsboro, Ti-j
voli and Austwell. Polls open at
eight and close at five. Every farm-
er and rancher should exercise his
rights by going to the polls and vot-
ing for their committeemen because
more responsibility is placed on lo-
cal and County and community com-
mitteemen in 1946 than ever before.
FARMER BUILDS
PHOSPHATE SPREADER
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W. C. Pfiel, a farm Unit Test I
Demonstrator in the Bonnie View J
Community obtained increased j
yields of 800 pounds of milo on j
treated above untreated land by us- I
REMEMBER WHEN?
Way back there days ago, when you
had to fork over ration points for
Practically every food item you
bought?
WELL IT’S DIFFERENT NOW!
You just come in now and select all
those good things you’ve missed and
once again begin enjoying eating.
AND WE HAVE PRACTICALLY ANY-
THING YOU WANT, TOO
A convenient and friendly place to trade!
PATE GROCERY
WITH COMPLETE MARKET
REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS, December 6, tf5
BIG TELEPHONE
CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM ®
is under way
Telephone service for those waiting
is first goal of $53,000,000
project for Texas
The postwar telephone construction and
improvement program already has started. It is a
$140,000,000 program—of which $53,000,000 will
be for Texas—designed, first, to catch up with the
demand for service, and second, to provide tele-
phone users with the most adequate and modern
service possible in the years ahead.
Service for waiting applicants
We are making thousands of new telephones, hun-
dreds of miles of cable and wire, and equipment to
expand scores of central offices. As facilities become
available, we are putting in telephones in proper
turn for those waiting.
New telephone instruments are being installed
as rapidly as they are delivered, and by the first of
the year—or shortly thereafter—we shall be able
to furnish service for those waiting in neighbor-
hoods where there already is enough central office
equipment and cable to connect their telephones.
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® The slower, more complicated job of building
and installing central office equipment, in the many
towns where it is needed, is being pushed. A lot of
progress will be made by the middle of 1946, and
most of this job should be completed by the end of
the year.
Service will be even better
When waiting customers have been served, the job
of expanding the telephone system to provide the
kind and amount of service people want will get
into full swing. These include individual lines and
residence extensions. More equipment and the
most modern devices also will be added.
Hundreds of miles of long distance lines will be
placed in underground cable, and steps will be
taken to introduce in some places a system by
which operators can dial telephones in distant
cities.
In the next five years, we plan to install 165,000
new rural telephones, more than doubling the num-
ber of farm telephones in this territory.
The conversion of telephone exchanges from
manual to dial telephones will be resumed.
Mobile radiotelephoning — whereby drivers of
busses, trucks, and automobiles can talk through
the central telephone system—will be developed.
How much? How long?
Besides the $140,000,000 for special construction
and improvement, another $100,000,000 will be
spent for the normal growth of the business. Sev-
eral years will be required to complete the entire
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Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 1945, newspaper, December 6, 1945; Refugio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth878622/m1/5/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.