The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1973 Page: 6 of 12
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Tf»e Clarksville Times, Thursday, February 15, 1973, Page 6
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FARMER & RA' CHER
BRINGING YOU NEWS AND FACTS ABOUT
LOCAL FARM PROBLEMS AND NEEDS.
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Beef Performance Gain Test
Reported After 112 Days
Thirty-three bulls on feed
at the Red River Valley Beef
Performance Gain Test were
weighed February 6. They have
been on feed for 112 days.
The top gaining bulls
according to breed are a
Simmental Angus cross owned
by Dr. Oliver Gooch which
gained 422 pounds; a Charolais
owned by G. W. Banks has
gained 393 pounds; a polled
Hereford owned by Lee
Holloway has gained 375
and a Hereford owned by Jim
Threadgill has gained 375
pounds.
Individual Gain
Record
gain:
Charolais, W. J. Corp., 530,
865, 335
Charolais, W. J. Corp., 550,
825, 275
' Charolais, W. J. Corp.. 468.
800, 350
The following list gives
Kains of i
individual gains of each bull in
the test listed in order by
breed, owner, beginning
weight, 112 day weight and
Charolais, W. J. Corp., 485,
800, 315
Charolais. Sam Barnard,
910, 1143, 233
Charolais, Good Hope
Ranch, 651, 998, 347
Charolais, Good Hope
Ranch. 660, 1000, 340
Charolais,. Good Hope
Ranch. 720, 1030, 310
Charolais, Johnny Lati-
mer, 830, 1190, 342
Charolais, Pete Pearce,
631, 1000, 369
Charolais, Kermit Brant-
ley, 1010, 1388, 378
Charolais, G. W. Banks.
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595, 990, 395
Charolais. G. W. Banks,
776, 1190, 324
Simmental, Dr.' Oliver
Gooch, 594, 995, 385
Simmental, Dr. Oliver
Gooch, 600, 985, 385
Simmental, Dr. Oliver
Gooch. 628, 1050, 422
Hereford, C Bar C Ranch,
562, 830, 268
Hereford, C Bar C, 595,
800, 205
Hereford, Jim Threadgill,
470, 845, 375
. Hereford, Jim Threadgill,
640, 995, 355
Hereford, Crescent Ranch,
668, 988, 320
Hereford, Crescent Ranch,
595, 890, 295
Hereford, H. A. Lawler,
595, 890, 295
Hereford, H. A. Lawler,
560, 898, 848
Hereford, H. A. Lawleri
513, 825, 312
Hereford, Cuthand Ranch,
600, 906, 306
Hereford, Cuthand Ranch,
600, 925, 325
Hereford, Cuthand Ranch,
600, 870, 270
Hereford, Cuthand Ranch,
600, 825, 225
Hereford, Cuthand Ranch,
600, 908, 298
Hereford, Tommy Welch,
650, 959, 309
Hereford, Tommy Welch,
600, 840, 240
Polled Hereford, Lee
Holloway. 670, 1065, 395 -
County Agent Bob Moody
says that the test will end on
March the 6th at which time the
bulls will have been on feed for
140 days. Several of the bulls
are for sale. Anyone desiring
information may contact the
County Extension Office.
New scs Area Area Soybean
Conservationist W]mm M
J. M. PRESLEY
J. Mack Presley is the new
Soil Conservation Service area
conservationist. He replaces
Rayburn Nash who was
promoted and transferred to
Fredericksburg last Septem-
ber.
Presley, whose office is in
Mt. Pleasant, supervises ten
field offices in 13 Northeast
Texas Counties. He previously
served as District Conserva-
tionist in San Antonio.
The top soybean producer*
in Northeast Texas were
named at the annual meeting of
the Texas Soybean Association
here today (Feb. 10).
Top honors and $50 went
to Glen E. Nichols' of Rt. 6,
Clarksville, who produced an
average of almost 62.5 bushels
per acre with the Lee 68
variety. The yield was high
enough to also capture third
place in the overall state-wide
competition for which he
received a plaque and $75.
Nichols was the *tate champion
ill the 1971 contest.
The second place winner in
Northeast Texas was Jerry
Davis of Texarkana who
-received $35. He produced
almost 44.2 bushels per acre.
Billy J. Hill of Rt. 3.
Texarkana, captured third
place and $25. His Bragg
variety yielded 39.1 bushels per
acre.
Regional winners were
also named for the state’s two
other soybean producing areas
the South Plains and the Gulf
Coast.-,
The TSA provided the cash
awards. The soybean produc-
tion contest and the annual
meeting were sponsored by the
TSA in cooperation with the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service.
FINE.
bulls. This;
Miller ruiu
OUTSTANDING ABSENTEE CONSERVATION RANCHER chosen for the past
year by the Red River County Soil and Water Conservation District is Dr. E. L. Miller. Dr.
Miller, right, is shown with Bill Bunch of the SWC. (Photo by Boyd Hurt)
Dr. E. L Miller Is Named
Top Absentee Conservationist
the original, enabled Miller to
establish a year-round grazing
program. *
Changes in Feed
Grain Program
Producers with feed grain
bases (corn, grain sorghum,
barley) have three choices
under the 1973 feed grain
program.
1. Sign up and set ask}*
25 percent of the feed grain
base and earn payments of 32
cents per bushel on corn, 30
cents per bushel on grain
sorghum, and 26 cents per
bushel on barley. Payments to
be computed on 50 percent of
the feed grain base established
for the farm. Under this plan a
farmer may plant all the feed
grain he wants to after making
the required set aside and
taking care of the conserving
base. All production will be
eligible for loan and additional
payments, if applicable. The set
asjjle may not be hayed
anytime during the year 1973
and may not be grazed during
the period April 30 and October
1, to get full payment. There is
a provision under this option
where a producer may file a
request to hay or graze the set
aside acreage the entire year,
the payment will be reduced by
30 percent of the set aside|Wte.
This haying or grafiug
provision is not available to any
farm on which the 1973
conserving base is reduced
from 1972.
Aging Group
Makes Plans
Dr. E. L. Miller has been
selected by the Board of
Directors as the District’s
outstanding non-resident con-
servation rancher.^ The Board
hereby enters his name and
record in the 1973 Texas
Conservation Awards Pro-
2. Sign up in the program
and hot set aside any acreage
and earn payments of 15 cents
per bushel on corn. 14 cents per
bushel on grain sorghum, and
12 cents per bushel on barley.
The 1973 planting of feed grain
could not exceed the acreage of
feed grain planted for grain in
1972. All production would be
eligible for loan but not for
additional payments, if appli-
cable. The conserving base
must be maintained.
The Committee on Aging
met February 9th in the
Extension Conference Room to
discuss services that are
available for Senior Citizens
and projects that church, civic
organizations, or community
clubs can carry out for Senior
Citizens.
The ECHO project (elder
contact and help organization)
was discussed and decided
1.
3. Not sign up in the
program. No payments would
be made and production would
not be eligible for loan.
upon.
The ECHO project was
deveoped to give daily
reassurance to the elderly,
particularly those living alone.
To give such assurance, each
member of a> club, or
organization is asked to select
one Senior Citizen and check on
this person every morning by
telephone. This program was
developed because several
Senior Citizens have been
found dead in their home or
seriously sick and unable to get
help. Every county organiza-
tion is urged to carry out this
project.
A bazaar- for Senior
Citizens to exhibit and sell their
homemade arts and crafts was
discussed. One suggestion was
to conduct this bazaar in late
spring in the downtown area of
Clarksville and to encourage
the people of the county to shop
witn these Senior Citizens.
Before definite plans on this
bazaar can be made, the
Committee on Aging needs the
response of the Senior Citizens.
Senior Citizens in favor of a
bazaar should write or call the
County Extension Office, 427-
2493 or the County Welfare
Office,, 427-2287.
All interested people are
invited to attend the next
Committee on Aging meeting
that is scheduled for March 6th.
Mrs. Vivian Blair, Aging
Specialia. of the Texas A&M
University will work with the
committee on other projects.
For further information on
projects for Senior Citizens
contact Mrs. Beth Dannheim,
County Extension Agent.
gram.
Dr. Miller’s primary in-
come is derived from his
medical practice in Talco,
Texas, where he lives with his
family; but he has always
insisted his livestock operation
be a paying proposition. Dr.
gnd Mrs. Miller are good
stewards of the soil.
Dr. Miller purchased 183
acres in the faU of 1967. He
immediately contacted the Soil
Conservation Service for plan-
ning assistance. The first on the
ground inventory showed that
Miller’s farm had only about 30
acres of cleared land. The
cleared area was partially
established to common ber-
mudagrass which was over-
grown with broom sedge and
weeds. The remhinder of the
place was overgrown with
hardwood trees. .
Dr. Miller had the trees
dozed, piled and burned, but he
was concerned enough to leave
sufficient trees and cover along
streambanks and fence rows for
wildlife.
Since his initial purchase
Miller has acquired an
additional 37 acres. The
additional acreage, which joins
Dr. Miller believes wise
use without abuse benefits the
landowner presently and pre-
serves the resource base for
posterity.
Dr. Miller with the help of
the Soil Conservation Service
fits the plant to the soil. Miller
established the fine sandy loam
upland to common and coastal
bermudagrass. The clay slopes
he established to Bahiagrass,
and the loamy bottomland he
put in fescue. He has his,fences
arranged to enable him to apply
management techniques to
each individual grass.
Through the wise use of
fertilizers the forage stored for
winter is of such high quality it
is not necessary to feed
supplements routinely.
Dr. Milter runs about 75
head of cattle on his 220 acres.
He has enough excess forage to
meet his hay needs and still
maintain proper height on his
grass. Because of the cost
involved in labor he stacks his
hay in the field where it is to be
used.
The Soil Conservation
Service had furnished on-site
assistance in planning and
applying his conservation
program.
Dr. Miller knows conser
vation pays. He is not reluctant
to voice this knowledge to
friends and acquaintances.
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With increased pressure from environmentalists,
consumer advocates, and the federal government, we are
looking at a decrease in the number of drugs in livestock
feed. There is, however, a new feed additive on the market
for use in swine feeds only.
This is Carbadox (trade name Mecadox*) developed by
Pfizer. It is a chemical completely unrelated to the
antibiotics, sulfas, nitroforana, snd arsenical* now in use. It
has been found effective against swine dysentery and scours
and improves gain and good efficiency.
One experiment comparing Carbadox and ASP-260
showed that Carbadox had a 8.4 percent advantage in gain
and a 1.6 percent advantage in feed efficiency. There waa no
problem with scours during the experiment. Carbadox waa
also slightly more palatable.
The uae of Carbadox is limited to pigs under 75 pounds
so will probably bo used in commercial feeds in starters. It Is
available for mixing on the farm but it is more critical to get
the correct amount in and to get it well mixed than with
some of the products we are used to.
The final feed when Carbadox ia used must contain at
least 15 percent protein. It must bs withdrawn 70 days prior
to marketing. It cannot be fed to sows.
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