The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1950 Page: 5 of 18
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Questionnaires
For Census Mailed
To Fanners
Between March 22nd and March
27, copies of the 1950 Census of
Agriculture questionnaire will be
placed in the mailboxes of all
fanners in Young county, B. E.
Hausler, Census District Super*
▼isor, said today. Parmer* are re*
quested by the Census Bureau, U.
S. Department of Commerce, to
fill in the questionnaire in time
to have them ready to give to
Census takers who will call on
and after April 1 to take the Cen-
sus of Population and Housing
and to collect the Census of Agri-
culture reports.
Distribution of the Agriculture
questionnaire is being made in ad-
vance of the Census enumerator';
viaiL-t» aiford the farmers time
to consult their records for infor-
mation about their farms sad farm
production during the year 1949,
Mr. Hausler said. This method, ue
pointed out, will save time for
both the farm operators and the
Census, enumerator.
The system of self-enumeration
by farmers is being emplcyed by
the Census Bureau for use in 41
States. Self-enumeration will not
be employed in the seven South-
ern States of Alabama, Georgfcq
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Car-
olina, South Carolina, and part of
Arkansas, because of complexities
presented by tenant and landlord
farm operations in those States.
All farmers in this county should
receive the questionnaire by March
27, allowing them abouta week in
which to fill the answer to ques-
tion* before Census takers start
their rounds on April I. L
Farm Bureau President Allan B.
Kline—Experience has taught us
that paying for things by way,of
Washington is not the way to sav'd'
money. A dollar seldom travels
to Washington and comes back
whole.
BABY CHICKS
HATCHERY
IS NOW OPERATING
Early Fryers Bring Top
Prices on the Market.
All our chicks ore
blood-tested flocks.
from
each Tuesday and Satur-
POft GROWING CHICKS AND HENS WILL
INCRIASE YOUR PROMTS
GRAHAM FEED & HATCHERY
W«» SMa Sqoaro Phone 974
Saturday by the pairing of one of
tta old tiaArs. Sherman MeCraady.
He had beta la III health this win-
ter and in the hospital pert of the
time for the past few months. Not
assay of his close friends realised
that ha was on his last trek across
the country and that he was com-
ing to the and of the trail until
last Saturday when he passed over
> the river of death.
‘‘Sherm” as he was lovingly
called by everyone, young and old,
was one of Eliasville's * unique
characters who, like the late Jack
Washburn, Dock Yancy, and
When You Caa Make a Modple From Your Garden SoD.
It b tee Wet to Spade.
Spading Still Best \yay
To Prepare Garden Soil
Plowing on the farm and spading
In the garden are ancient*practice!
which have beqn much under at-
tack in recent years but are still
regarded by most tillers of the soil
as the best way to prepare for
planting.
Moat amateur gardeneri have
had plenty experience in cowing
without spading, in the flower bor-
ders for example. Where perennial
plants are established, seeds for
annual flowers must be sown with
the aid of a trowel rather than a
spade, to avoid disturbing neigh-
boring roots. But the practice is
one of necessity rather than choice.
There la rare pleasure in turning
over garden soil, it you take it easy,
and wait until the ground is in the
right condition to be turned. Never
work soil which is too wet; and li-
the soil is heavy, don’t wait until it
hat become too dry. There la a
point between extremes when even
hea.vy clay can 'easily be lifted,
and will crumble under a blow from
the spade.
To tell this point, mould a ball
of earth in your hand, and pat it to
make a mud pie. If the pie holds
together, the soil la too Wet to
spade. If It crumbles go ahoad.
Set a definite task tor your, first
day’s work, say a strip tlx feet
wide, running the shortest rthnen
rion of the garden. At ene end dig
a ditch, say ene fleet wide mat the
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Our mechanics are trained by the Allla-
Chalmers factory to give your equipment
proper check-up and repair aervica.
'this soil near the
opposite end of the strip.
Now begin So epade with tta
blade not parallel to the trench,
but at right angles to It. This en-
you to lift the soil more
When Sell Crumbles Easily in Your
Band, It’s Time to Spade.
easily, and deposit it in the trench.
Drive1 the spade down, not on a
slant, but perpendicularly to its
full depth. Take-*, small slice of
the toil so your back la not strained.
Lift it up, turn the spade ever, so
that the top soil falls underneath
and bottom soil on top. In filling the
first trench, you have opened a
second.
To spade under manure, spread
ft evenly over the area, except for
the top of your initial trench. When
this first trench haa been dug, dean
the manure froxn the top of the next
trench and threw ft Into tta bottom
with your
on top of
e( the first;
spading,
the man
u proceed
the soil
Whan you have finished your
day's quota, you will have an
empty trench, which should be
filled with the soil you removed
from the initial trench.
Hogs Neod Pastures
To Reduce Feed Costs
About 80 per cent of the total
coat of producing pork, says R. O.
Dunklo, goes for feed—and year-
’ror.nd pastures for hogs can re-
duce that.
Pastures, he says, will supply
from 30 to 40 per cent of the need-
ed protein—and will replace a.-
(much as 10 per cent of the gram
used in the feeding ration. Of
course, he adds, the pastures must
be good.
He points out that Texas now
hns more hogs than any other
%tate Noutaidcsihe rorn belt—ranks
(ninth in the nation—but if just
half the grain sorghum and corn
nowsgrown in the state were used
for feeding hogs, the number
could lie ra'sed from 2'<* to 4 mil-
lion head—and that number could
be fed to 200 pounds in weight,
and that would be enough pork to
supply Texas' needs.
Dunkle says bogs will put on a
hundred pounds of gain with less
feed than any other kind of live-
stock; the cosl.pf getting started
in the business is comparatively
low—the returns are fast, and they
can' be raised on a small acreage.
However, lor the most economical
production, he aaya, don't forget
<to include in your plans a good
hog pasture.
Farm Buraau Plan
Meeting For Members
T. H. Wheat, president of the
Young County Farm Bureau, an-
nounces a meeting of the Farm
Bureau to be held at Fort Belknap
in the near future. Mr. Wneat an-
nounced plana were made at the
county board of directors meeting
March 25 to acquaint the member-
ship with the need for and the
advantages of the Farm Bureau
services.
Those attending the county
board of directors meetirg were
J. M. Cox, F. G. Wiley, C. W.
Downey, Matt Harrell, Bill Mat-
thews, Mrs. G. E. Caskey and Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Wheat. •
The Farm Bureau owns and op-
erates non-profit hospitalization,
fire, automobile and life insurance
services for its members.
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chock-op and ropolr
Wo glvo ovary Job — largo or small — cart-
ful attention. Stop in when you naad parti
or any kind of farm aqulpmant repairs.
Commercial fartillzsrm can be
used to fertilise the farm fish
pood. The local county agent can
supply o schedule of applications.
The use of fertilisers in the farm
fish ponds haa made possible the
production of pounda of “fish by
tha acre."
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Every Texas farmer and ranch-
man should completely execute
the farm census questionnaire
when it is received. Census fig-
ures art widely used for many
purposes and they need to be ac-
curate. »
MacDonald's Farm
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FOD*** DOMS KINO OF mourn*
about union conoa.*^
You’ll have no trouble find-
ing the poultry, hog and dairy
feeds you want If you come to
the BOWER FEED STORE.
Discriminating people every-
where are learning that it's
smart to buy from us when
they need feeds. Yes, we have
high quality Bed Chain feeds.
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Grmndau DoLaag, had a personal-
ity all his own. Aad in my day,
now that I am ooe of the pioneers
who was born in Young county, I
eaa remsmbsr all tha pioneers who
lived in this community, and I
know there has never been anyone
like these folks with such out-
standing wit.
When a girl, I remember Sherm
as a dashing young cowboy who
loved nothing better than to be on
a spirited horse, spurred, and with
lasso on the big roundups where
the cattlemen met and branded
their calves; also, to cut out those
cattle that were fat and ready for
the market In those days the cat-
tle were not trucked to market a*
now, or even gent by freight trains,
but they were bunched in large
herd* and sent on to the Chisholm
Trail driven by expert rider* who
had never heard of riding for
money as in a rodeo, but who froni
practice and the love of cow
“punching” were as good a* any of
our boys today on a horse, and
’they could ride for days on long
trail*.
It wa* in those days Sherman
McCready lived the reclining yeai;s
of his life. You could be talking
to him about current events, an i
he would abruptly break out in
mirth and say, ’“That remind* me
of one time I was with a group
on a big roundup on the Chisholm
Trail . . . one time with a bunch
of cattle as we arrived In Dodge
City or maybe Kansas City . .
Sherm could keep the newcomers
spellbound for days telling of the
early pioneer days, the buffalo
trails, the Indians, ard how the
country finally accepted modern
civilization.
Typical of elderly people, he en-
joyed living in the past i nd had
kept clippings from newspapers of
the happenings of the past 50 years
pasted in his scrapbook. This heir-
loom is prized by the family and
will be enjoyed by his grandchil-
,4ren. *-•
Every town and community has
Its unique characters and we will
miss Sherm McCready sitting on
• THE GRAHAM LIAOCR, THURSDAY, MARCH M, 1950
the bench in front of the Post
office when we go after our mail
each dag.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Martin of
Tonk Valley spent Sunday with
Mrs. Martin’s cousin, Mrs. Heater
Price.
kr, and Mrs. Woody Lamar of
Olney spent the week end with
Mrs. Lamar’s mother, Mrs. Price.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Lovinggood
returned home last week____fron
Atoka, Okla., where they attended
the funeral of Mrs. Lovinggood’*
brother’s wife, Mrs. Melvin Ish-
meal.
Little Janie Roach was ill with
the flu Monday and had to go to
Graham to sec the doctor.
Mr. Ben Ward and Mias Alik*
Roach of Newcastle attended the
funeral of Sherman McCready,
Sunday.
Misses Effie and Ella Cruding-
ton and Mrs. Robert and Mrs. Wil-
liam Crudgington of Breckenridge,
Mrs. Ida Crow and Mrs. Media
Crow and daughters of Stamford,
Mr .and Mrs. Avida V. Martin of
Breckenridge, attended the funer-
al, Sunday, of their uncle, Sher-
man McCready.
with"er^the*r and^rife, Mr. aad
Mrs. Eraatus Ritchey to Hale Cen-
ter aad she will also go to Lub-
bock where she will receive treat-
ment on her eyes.
* Mr and Mrs. Charles Donnell or
Murray spent Sunday with her son
Louis and family. -
Dr. and Mrs. Roy McCall of Has*
kell were here Sunday. Dr. McCai!
conducted the funeral of Mr. Mc-
Cready.
Mr. Jim Smith of Ft. Worth
spent part of last week with his
oister, Mrs. Fred Hokett, here.
Sanitation is mighty important
to the turkey poult Brooder
houses, brooders and all brooder
house equipment should be thor-
oughly cleaned and disinfected be-
fore the poults are put in the
brooder house.
Pasture plants need a rest pe-
riod to regain their vigor and t>
allow thenfi to produce a seed crop.
Correctly planned programs of de-
ferred grazing will give them this
needed rest period.
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Forty one years in Fort Worth, Tex.
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