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De deen'e
Thursday, January 6, 2000
- DeLeon, TX 76444
Agriculture
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them. Fire Chief, Albert Holdman will availability period for these crops.
can make the most profit. Terminal
The amount of additional pounds
Each eligible producer will receive
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• QUALITY PAINT AND BODY WRK
• EXPERT WINDSHIELD AND GLASS REPLACEMENT
• EREE ESTIMATES
• ALL WORK GUARANTEED
• AUTHORIZED TO HANDLE YOUR INSURANCE CLAIMS
CALL US AND SEE HOW WERE DRIVEN TO SERVE YOU!
JOE & STEVEN SHOEMAKER
DE LEON MOTOR COMPANY
The amount of quota pounds eli-
gible for payment at the quota rate is
the producer’s effective quota at the
rate is the producer's share of pea-
nuts produced or considered pro-
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254-965-2406. Or send fax to 254-965- lative Director.
6364, or email to tcaa@our-town.com.
There are several ways to take care
of a leaf problem. I find the easiest
Wade.
Albert and Pat Holdman spent the
pensate for continuing low commod-
ity prices and increasing costs of pro-
duction. Producers of quota and/or
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fated and awards of yard signs will
be presented at the Texas Dairy &
Farm Show, September 12 & 13.
Gold, Silver St Bronze awards will
be given in each of three dairy-size
categories. In addition, the dairies
with the best overall scores will be
awarded the title of Grand Champion
and Reserve Grand Champion.
Retired teachers to enjoy
Dutch T reat luncheon
The local unit of Retired Teachers members are urged to attend. Our hats
nomination. For more information,
please contact the Comanche County
FSA Office. Nominations will be ac-
cepted from January 3 until January
21,2000. Nomination petitions will be
available in our office.
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prior to any means of harvest which
includes grazing of small grains.
Peanut Marketing Assistance
Program (PM AP)
The Peanut Marketing Assistance
Program provides assistance to pea-
nut producers for the 1999 crop year.
These payments will be provided to
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Option* up to 3%* below prime rate,
with the TruChoice>M program from
Pioneer and DuPont. NEW incentives
for increasing your Pioneer purchase
over last year too.
•7% Early Pay Savings through Janu-
ary I, 2000
-Quantity Savings applied to total
purchase of all Pioneer brand products
•Crop protectioa options, freedom
to choose the seed and herbicide sys-
tem that best fits your situation
•More product options . more top-
performing products to choose from
than anyone in. the industry Wide ar-
ray of herbicide and pest resistance
options, plus traditional elite hybrids
and varieties.
•Packaging options featuring con-
venient PROBOX® Seed Handling Sys-
tem for bulk corn as well as soybean
seed
•Replant A weather-related seed
eschange options.
•Premium contracting opportuni-
ties.
’Minimum 1-UH below prune for cwota ttti pur
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THE RIGHT OPTIONS,
THE RIGHT STUFF.
MORE TOTAL VALUE
FROM PIONEER!
"Y2K COMPLIANT MY fOOT!"
BE AT YOUR'
Community Medical Clinic
1000 S. Texas St * De Leon • (254) 893-3495
Now Accepting Patients For
James Fowler, M.D.
Ear, Nose and Throat
James Schoenecker, M.D.
Gastroenterology
Lawrence Kim, M.D.
Oonemf Surgery
Guillermo Mlnnhaar, M.D.
Oncology/Hematology
Frank V. Terrell, M.D.
Ophthalmology
W. Cone Johnson, M.D., FJLC.P., F.C.C.P.
Pulmonary Disease
Avi T. Deshmukh, M.D.
Kenneth Benson, M.D.
Urology
Robert and Jennifer Ragland of boy, one incident was when he bit a
.22 bullet in church and sent it across
the room that scared all the members
present, (especially "Pop” Stover).
and grandson, Dylan of Wallis vis-
ited recently with Oleta (Mosely) with your cards, visits and prayers.
They need encouragement and love.
Have a good year in 2000.
T ri-County Agribusiness
announces 2nd annual Milk
Quality Awards Program
Tri County Agribusiness Assn.,
Inc. is announcing the second annual
Milk Quality Awards Program for dair-
ies in Erath, Comanche, and Hamil-
ton counties. Due to the sponsorship
of Southwest Agricenter, Dublin, the
name of this year's event will be the
2000 Southwest Agricenter/TCAA
Milk Quality Awards Program.
The purpose of the contest is to
recognize those dairies who produce
a truly quality dairy product. All dair-
ies are invited to participate at no
cost. Samples will be drawn and
coded anonymously for fab testing
at various times between January and
September 2000. Results will be tabu-
We appreciate this group of firemen though the producer has already
s re-
Ag assistance programs
Livestock Assistauce Program
(LAP)
Signup for LAP continues. This
program provides assistance to eli-
gible livestock producers who suf-
fered losses from natural disaster in
1999. Payment will be determined ^on-insured Assistance Program
based on the feed value of available ~
pasture, percent of pasture loss, and
the number of livestock on hand dur-
ing August I, 1999 through Novem-
ber 30,1999. All applications must be
received in the county office by Janu-
ary 21. 2000. Please call for an ap-
pointment.
Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP)
Desdemona news
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Registration to participate must be are scheduled to meet on January 11, are off to our hosts, Audrey and Joe
received by January 10,2000. Infor- 2000 at 1:00 p.m. at the Golden Arrow McEntire for the wonderful Christ-
mat ion needed includes Dairy Name, Cafeteria in Comanche, beginning mas party for our December meeting.
Individual Name, Phone, Address, St with a Dutch Treat Luncheon, fol- We had very good attendance for
•'—Z-------— •— ’ lowed by a program on legislation that meeting and really hope to have
Are we missing the real reason for
terminal crossing?
“Many producers use a terminal method is to run my mulching mower
cross, in which replacement heifers over the. A mulching mower will act
are not saved. Instead, females are like a grinder and chop the leaves into
' purchased or brought in from an- small fine pieces that are hardly no-
other herd. The biggest advantage ticeable. If they are noticeable then I
of a terminal cross is that small-to- like to rake up the excess and put in
medium-sized cows can be mated to flower beds for a great mulch. Weeds
genetically larger sizes. This results can not penetrate a 4 inch thick mulch
in less cow nutritional cost, relative of leaves and the leaves provide great
to amount of weaning weight pro- water conservation for the bed. Chop-
duced, and increased efficiency. This ping the leaves up helps them stay in
is called complimentary, and is pos- place.
sible only in terminal crosses. How- If you still have too many leaves then
ever, in many terminal crosses, cow you can compost them. The easiest
size is overlooked. This is particularly way to compost is directly into the
true in one of the most common ter- garden. This is called sheet
minal dams in Texas, the Braham- composting and involves faying the
crossbred. Most Brahman cross leaves in trenches that are covered
cows are rather large. The Brahman over with dirt to compost. In the gar-
cross cow is superior in hybrid vigor, den year you plant on the rows with-
calving ease, hardiness, mothering out the leaves until next year when
instinct, and longevity. But they they will be composted. You alter-
would be even more desirable is the nate planted and composted rows
Brahman breed had resisted the urge each year. You can also just till in
to attain excessive body size. The leaves you put across your garden.
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with his parents, Elwood and Neil
Ragland.
Diantha (White) Dennis is in the His father would be preaching and
Fort Worth Harris Methodist Hospi- Hank would slip out the front door
tai at this time following many tests and walk toward town, his father
and surgery. She is very sick and stopped the sermon and would go
needs our prayers. after Hank, Jr., bring him back, then
Pete and Alfa Rae (Friday) Kelley continue on with the sermon.
Remember the sick and shut-ins
calves. Remember that you may have <
the highest grossing calf at the sale work well. 1
bam but also have the highest ex- To make compost you need the Shreveport, Louisana.
leaves or any other organic material, T*‘
water, air, and the microorganisms. Lorin attended the Eaves Family Re-
The amount of peanuts produced
or considered produced on a farm will
be calculated by multiplying the acres
planted to peanuts on the farm times
the producer’s share in the acres
planted times the higher of the es-
Donnie Gray is doing good since 1999 wheat, oats or barley is March tablished farm yield or the 1996,1997,
_■ 31,2000; com, grain sorghum, soy- 1998, or 1999 actual yield.
Desdemona monthly musical will beans, and upland cotton is May 31,
be on the fourth Saturday of this 2000.
month. Same time and same place. Crop Disaster Program (CDP)
The CDP is a new program which time of signup on the farm plus the
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S‘ePhenvi,!e> Mossie of early with plenty of good food, pies who suffered losses to 1999 crops transferred from the farm by fall trans-
Wayne and Karen Eaves and
allowed us to send organic wastes to periodically. This turning keeps the Stephenville.
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cycled and used back in the land- which is the result of a lack of oxy- Plainview spent the past week-end
scape with a minimum of effort. gen. Happy Composting!
penses of all other beef producers.
The bottom line is profit.
Tree leaves, what can you do?
This is the time of year when every to stomp them down or shred them in Baptist Annex.
some way. Between layers of leaves
Hammack and sent to me in Decern- plants. Composting leaves can steal
ber. I think he addresses a very rel- the fertilizer from plants unless you children and grandchildren at their nations and all the help we can give quests must be made during the loan
■•-- ■ ' home for Christmas. Those attend- them. Fire Chief, Albert Holdman will availability period for these crops.
in our area. You need to make up your One of the mdst common ways to ing were David and Edna Williams of have knee replacement surgery soon. The final date to request LDP’s for
many of us the only solution we try to speed i
is to bag up all the leaves and send Alternate this pattern until all the
them to a landfill. In Texas landfill fees I . w . .
are relatively cheap compared to the tricky. The pile will heat up as it Roberta all of Desdemona,
Northeast where tipping fees are *
Number of Cows milked. For infor- I
mation, or to register, call Pat Jones, presented by Mike Lehr, State Legis- just as many for the January meet-i M
First Baptist Church of Desde- holidays in Tomball visiting their ject to certain conditions, a producer ments if their share in the planted
create terminal dams. If you’re going appointing vegetable year unless you Sunday for the morning service. Spe- and family.
to run a terminal cross, don’t fail to supplement with lots of fertilizer, cial music was presented by Robert P
Compost is decomposed by microor- and Jennifer Ragland of Plainview, answered a call on New Year's Day. eligible crop produced^ 1999 even
This article was written by Dr. Steve ganisms that require fertilizer just like Several visitors attended. T" .. ' '
Leo and Eloise Williams had their and they need encouragement, do- marketed the' commodity. These
home for Christmas. Those attend-
(NAP)
The NAP program covers most
commercially grown crops not eligible
for crop insurance. In the event our
county qualifies for NAP assistance
on noninsured crops producers will
need accurate records to determine
production losses. Some of the crops
covered by NAP are pecans, hay and
grazing crops, and fruits and veg-
CRP sign-up period is scheduled etables. Remember that it is impor-
for January 18,2000, through Febru-. to yow *creage 15 days
ary 11,2000, to accept offers of envi-
ronmentally sensitive acreage for
new 10 to 15 year contracts to cost
effectively enroll acreage for program
year 2001. CRP is a voluntary pro-
---- gram that offers annual rental pay-
ments and cost eligible land. Any-
one interested in bidding land into
CRP should contact the local Farm eligible producers to partially com-
- - •• Service Agency office.
Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP)
Recent legislation has made some
_ changes in the beneficial interest
rules pertaining to 1999 LDP’s. Sub- States will be eligible to receive pay-
same is true of other breeds used to This is quick but can make for a dis- mona had average attendance last daughter, Don and Ann Vardeman who is other wise eligible to receive a acreage on a farm for the 1999 crop
payment will be allowed to receive b greater than zero.
Desdemona Volunteer Fireman an Loan Deficiency Payment on any
cantaloupes, etc.) Pasture grazing 1999 established loan rate for quota
Her brother, Hank Balderee passed ad^ cable. " -
Producers electing to apply for
PMAP shall sign up from December
22,1999, to February 21,2000.
remembered as a very mischievous
mind and establish one system that compost is with a compost pile. These Lawton, Oklahoma, Donna Moore of P -
~ can be as simple as a large pile of Jacksboro, Delores Helms and daugh- his recent shoulder surgery,
crosses are probably the 90% + of organic material on the ground to ter, Lindsey, Ken and Patsy Kincanon,
the counties beef producers operate fancy bins made of wood or plastic. Jessica, Matthew and Eric all of Hico,
but we have the mistaken idea that The simplest is a 5* cattle panel made Kirk and Meredith Siler and son,
we need big cows to produce the best into acircle and tied with chicken wire, Peyton of Austin, Kevin and Denese Area musicians and visitors are wel-
concrete wire or even concrete blocks Siler and daughter, Brooke of come. Concession stand will open provides compensation to producers producer’s share of quota that
and drinks. f " “ ’
Jo Ann Good of Carbondale, Kan- end February 25,2000. CDP will'cover
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Add the leaves in layers, making sure union on Saturday, January 1, at the mother, Clyde (Wilhite) Paul. Jo Ann hut not limited tn whrj pats, hwlry
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someway. Between layers of leaves W.T. and Evelyn (Williams)
they'blow from one side to the other add soil which contains the microor- Yardley of Stephenville hosted aNew _______
from day to day. It is a real shame for ganisms, some fertilizer if you want Year's Eve party at their home. Those Christmas from Estelle (Balderee) afaq qover losses of non-insurable Auot* nrte.
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former resident of Desdemona where hay, pecans, peaches, watermelons, “> amount equal to 5 percent of the
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pastor of the First Baptist Church, losses will not be eligible under this and/or additional peanuts, as appli-
400-500% higher. This cheap fee has which you add by turning the pile bury, Debert and Fay Williams of away several years ago. He can be vancy pxynwnt when producer com-
pletes all necessary information and
the County Committee approves the
application. Remember, you must
have suffered a 35% or greater pro-
duction loss to qualify.
Holidays
This office will be closed on De-
cember3l, 1999 hi observance ofNew
Years. We will also be closed on Janu-
ary 17,2000 for Martin Luther King’s
birthday.
Committee County Election
A county committee election will
be held in March for the Local Ad-
ministrative Area #2 which includes
the northeastern part of the county
beginning with the area east of Fm
Rd 2247 over to Gorman, back to De
Leon and down to Hwy 377 East. Bob
Huddleston has served as Chairper-
son for this area and his term expires.
In order to achieve diversity on
the committee, FSA will be soliciting
nominations from groups represent-
ing producers who are fairly repre-
sentative of agricultural producers in
the county. FSA is also actively seek-
ing female, minority or producers
from under represented groups for
the landfill but they can sure be re- pile “fresh” so that it doesn’t stink
due to natural disasters. Signup will fer. '*
visited the holidays with her losses on insurable crops (including eligible for payment at the additional
attended school in Desdemona wife com grain sorghum, peanuts, cotton,
fee Class of 1949. etc.) whether or not insurance cover- duced on fee farm less fee producer’s
This reporter received a tetter at age was actually obtained. CDP will «moum eligible for payment at the
up the process and water, attending were all fee cousins in this Strickland in San Angelo. She is a crops (including but not limited to
> this psttem until all fee area, Leo and Eloise Williams, Rufe former resident of Desdemona where hav. necans. neaches. watermelons,
leaves are gone. Adding air is a bit (Williams) Daflton, Dorothy (Will- her father, Bro. H.L. Balderee
“cooks" and this cooking takes air Charles and Sara Williams of Gran-
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Huffman, Russell. De Leon's Monitor (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 2000, newspaper, January 6, 2000; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1244182/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.