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2 -THROCKMORTON TRIBUNE - THURSDAY, December 7, 2000
By: Minta Cypert
-■cMark Lukert of Wichita Falls and
Sandra Dowell of Plano were here
visiting their mother, Margie
Rpwland this last weekend.
* * *
Brad and Debbie Thompson has
threir niece, Kelsey Thompson of San
Angelo visiting them this weekend.
* * *
Rebecca W alker of J acksboro was
here visiting her parents, Barbara and
Maprice Walker.
* * *
Jamie Dunlap of T.S.T.I.
SWeetwater was here visiting his par-
ents, Gregg and Dennette Dunlap this
Weekend.
* * *
Mason and Alaina Andrews of
Eastland were here visiting their
grandparents, Ed and Caryl Andrews
and Trey and Linda Carrington.
* * *
Amy Barrett of Hillsboro was here
visiting her parents, Jim and Gloria
Barrett.
Geneva Bundy of Lubbock was in
visiting her parents, Dale and Sharon
Bundy.
* * *
Elaine (Bundy) Harrington and
Kathy (Bundy) Cash were here last
week visiting their mother, Mrs. J.H.
Bundy.
Throckmorton County News
By: Corky Redden
Wheat Conditions
Throckmorton County wheat pro-
ducers have 90% of their wheat
planted for the year. Much of the
wheat was dry sown, and is up to a
good stand with some fields being
grazed on a limited basis.
Wheat that was planted after the
rain has been slow to germinate. Al-
though adequate moisture conditions
are adequate for good growth, soil
temperature have dropped causing
little or no growth of wheat.
Wheat growth only occurs between
4(f and 70 degrees. Germination re-
quires warmer temperature around
5(|to 75 degrees.
^Germination varies among variet-
ies of wheat due to the length of the
cpjeoptile is the protective sheath
covering the young shoot of the wheat
plant.
Newer varieties of wheat have
shorter coleoptiles which have more
strength to push through crusted soils,
but their length being shorter requires
shallower planting depths.
For more information contact your
County Extension Agent, Corky Red-
den at 940-849-3321 or come by the
Extension office at the county court-,
house.
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Throckmorton County
Livestock Show
January 27, 2001
The final validation for the
2001 livestock show was held
December 3,2000. This was
the fourth validation prac-
tice held as steers, lambs,
goats and swine were vali-
dated for all major shows in
June, October and Novem-
ber.
A total of 177 animals
were entered in this year's
show which will be held in
January 27, 2001.
THROCKMORTON COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS MEET
SECOND MONDAY AT 9 A.M.
The Throckmorton County Com-
missioners regular meetings are held
the second Monday of each month at
9 a.m. in the commissioners' court at
the Throckmorton County Court-
house.
***
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
FIRST MONDAY OF EACH
MONTH AT 7 P.M.
Throckmorton City Council meets
Cow Country
Conservation
By: Jerry Gleason
Calculating Livestock Stocking Rates
By now, most ranchers know the
importance of balancing their livestock
numbers with the amount of forage pro-
duced by their pastures. Most also know
that in order to take care of the forage
(plants), some type of grazing rotation is
needed. Yet, in practice, many continue
to over-stock their rangeland and elect
not to use a grazing rotation but rather
leave their livestock in pastures year-
round.
Let's examine a hypothetical situa-
tion and work through the calculations
needed to determine the proper stocking
rate for the situation. Stocking rates are
most often expressed in animal units per
acre for a given length of time, either
yearly, monthly, or daily. There is no
magic or complicated science involved
in figuring the stocking rate.
We want to run 25 mature cows
weighing an average of 1000 pounds
each. We will have one bull weighing
1800 pounds in the pasture. How much
forage (or how many acres) do we need
to supply the needs of these cattle for one
year?
Given: Mature Cows requires approxi-
mately 2.5 to 3% of her body weight in
forage each day. Bull requires 2.5 to 3%
of body weight in forage.
Calculations:
25 cows@ 1000 lb = 25000 Lb. x 2.6
bodyweight/day = 650 lbs.
1 bull @ 1800 Lb. x 2.6% body weight/
day = 47 lbs.
Total Stock Liveweight = 26,800 Lb.
Daily Feed Requirement = 700 Lbs.
We now know our feed requirements
for our cattle herd, now we' need to know
how much forage is produced and avail-
able for grazing on ourpastures. Let's say
a forage inventory reveals that there are
a total of 1500pounds per acre of forage
produced on our pastures. Through re-
search we know that one half of the total
plant growth must be left for range con-
dition health and improvement which
leaves 750 pounds per acre. Out of this
750 pounds the most a cow can likely
graze would be about half of this or about
375 pounds. The remaining 25% will be
lost through waste, trampling, etc., and
will be unavilable for grazing. So we
have375pounds per acre of forage avail-
able for grazing.
Calculations:
1500 Lbs/AC
forage production = 1500Lb7AC
Leave 1/2 for proper
use of range plants = -750 Lb/AC
Forage available
for use = 750 Lb/AC
Forage loss from
waste, trampling (25%) -375 Lb/AC
Actual grazable forage
remaining = 375 Lb/AC
This works out to a stocking rate of
about 26 acres per animal unit. This
simplified example gives us a "starting
point" for determining the amount of
acreage needed to mn our 25-cow herd.
Keep in mind that native grasses will
provide adequate nutrition for part of the
year, but other times such as during dry
weather or winter, native pasture may
have adequate energy and roughage, but
be lacking in protein or other nutrients.
Some supplemental feeding may be
ncessary.
A controlled or planned grazing
scheme should be used to graze on 683
acres so that the forage plants are grazed
uniformly, and allowed to rest from graz-
ing for at least 6 to 8 weeks between
grazing periods. This insures that plants
aren't over-utilized. When cattle are
allowed to graze the same pasture for
long periods of time they tend to graze
and re-graze the same plants over and
over. This rest period also allows plants
to re-grown leaves, which are the food
factories for the plant roots. Closely
cropped grass plants have weaker root
systems, which inhibit the plants' ability
to take advantage of soil moisture. Thus
we should divide our 683 acres into
multiple pastures in order to control the
amount of grazing our forage receives.
In this example, we might want to divide
our pasture into 4 smaller pastures and
use some form of rotation among the four
pastures.
Bybalancingyourlivestocknumbers
with the amount of actual forage your
land is producing, you can maintain or
improve your overall range health and
productivy, reduce-adverse effects of
overgrazing suchas erosion and invasion
of brush and weeds, and reduce operat-
ing costs by reducing the amount of
supplemental feeding.
Many factors may contribute to the
practice of over-use-and-continuous
grazing, but a lack of knowledge or
understanding of the basic principles of
stocking rates, and grazing management
should not be one of those reasons. Infor-
mation is available to assist producers
who truly want to balance their livestock
numbers with the carrying capacity of
their land.
To learn more about forage invento-
ries, grazing systems, stocking rates, etc.,
contact the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service.The United States
Departmentof Agriculture (USDA)pro-
hibits discriminaation in its programs on
file basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, religion, age, disability, political
beliefs, and marital or familial status.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication of
program information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's
TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600
(voice and TDD).
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SPECIAL FINANCING CALL - Carl Sims
, 1-800-658-6804 ,
the first Monday of each month at
7:00p.m. Anyone desiring to be
placed on the agenda must contact
the City Secretary, eight days prior to
meeting.
***
TCMH BOARD OF DIREC-
TORS THIRD WEDNESDAY
EACH MONTH AT 8 P.M.
Throckmorton County Memorial
Hospital Board of Directors Meeting
will be held on the Third Wednesday
of each month at 8:00p.m. Anyone
desiring to be placed on the agenda
must contact the Hospital Board Sec-
retary, eight days prior to meeting.
***
DEPOT LIBRARY
The hours for the Depot Public
Library will be open Tuesdays,
Wednesday, Thursdays from 9-12
a.m. and 3-6 p.m., except on Thurs-
days we will be open until 8 p.m.
THROCKMORTON SENIOR
CITIZENS
The Throckmorton Senior Citi-
zens Center serves lunch at 12 noon
every Tuesday and Thursday at 220
N. Minter. Please call 849-9341 to
request home deliveries. Take-out
meals are welcomed. The Senior Citi-
zens Birthday lunch will be every
third Thursday and Game night will
be the fourth Friday of each month at
6:30 p.m. at the center.
***
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS SECOND WEDNESDAY
OF EACH MONTH AT NOON
The Throckmorton Chamber of
Commerce meets the second Wednes-
day of every month at the Senior
Citizen's Center at noon.'
BRIDGE CLUB MEETING
The First Saturday Bridge Club
will meet on the First Saturday of
each month at Noon at the Country
Club. Bring a sack lunch- Drinks &
Dessert furnished.
ESA COMMITTEE MEETS
FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH
MONTH AT 9 A.M.
The Throckmorton County Farm
Service Agency Committee meets at
9 a.m. in the local county office.
Please notify the office if you wish to
meet with them.
THROCKMORTON
HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Throckmorton Housing Au-
thority Board meets on the second
Tuesday of each quarter. The next
scheduled meeting is January 9,
2000. Meetings are held at the Hous-
ing Authority office located at 201E.
High Street.
***
COW COIINTRY CHRISTMAS
Cow Country Christmas Celebration
Downtown will be Wednesday, Decem-
ber 6. The Parade starts @ 5:30 p.m.,
followed by Santa, and a Community
Church Service. Sponsored by the Th-
rockmorton County Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture.
***
ROCHESTER FFA PIG
JACKPOT
Rochester FFA Pig Jackpot will be
held December 16,2000 at the Rochester
FFA Show Bam, Rochester, TX. spon-
sored by Rochester FFA Chapter. Entry
Deadline is December 11. For more infor-
mation call Silas Mitchell at (940) 743-
3247.
***
LIBRARY WRITERS
GROUP
Writers group meets every second
Thursday of each month at noon at
the home of Geneva Rodgers. New
writers welcome.
***
COMMUNITY PRAYER TIME
Tuesdays, 5:15 pm on the Court-
house Lawn. First Baptist Church
bells will ring at 5:00 pm as a re-
minder. All are welcome.
ATHLETIC BOOSTER
CLUB MEETING
The Booster Club will meet Tues-
day at 7:00 p.m. in the field house
behind the Gym. Everyone is wel-
come!
***
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
CANTATA
The Community Christmas Can-
tata "We've Come to Praise Him"?;
will be performed on Sunday, De-
cember 17 at the First United Meth-
odist Church at 7:30 p.m.
LOCAL EMMAUS MEETING
The Local Emmaus Meeting will
gather on Thursday, December 7 at
6:30 p.m. at the Christian Center.
This will be our Christmas Dinner
with the meat provided by the chap-
ter. Members are asked to bring a
covered dish, your name tag, and
purple book. Wes Latham will be the
4th Day speaker. The public is in- !
vited to come and fellowship with us.'
First Ag Credif/Ag Credit of Texas,
Wichita Falls and El Campo Merge
LUBBOCK, Texas - The stock-
holders of First Ag Credit, FCS, Ag
Credit of Texas PCA, Wichita Falls
PCA, and El Campo PCA, over-
whelmingly approved the merger of
these agricultural financing institu-
tions to form First Ag Credit, Farm
Credit Services.
The four Farm Credit Associa-
tions (Land Bank and Production
Credit) have been operating under
common management for the past 18
months in pursuit of the merger and
resulting benefits to association stock-
holders.
"The main focus of the merger is
to continue to provide our borrowers
with extremely competitive interest
rates and high-quality services in stra-
tegic locations throughout Texas,"
said Terry Dane, CEO.
The new entity, to become effec-
tive Jan 1, 2001, will provide all
types of agricultural and agribusiness
loans to over 8,000 borrowers total-
ing nearly $700 million in loan vol-
ume. First Ag Credit, FCS have 42
offices in 113 counties in Texas pro-
viding borrowers with local and con-
venient services including farm and
ranch real estate loans, agri-business
loans, and operating, equipment and
livestock loans. All current lending
offices of the four assiciations will
remain with each office being able to
offer a full line of long-term and
short-term credit services.
"The board of directors spent
countless hours studying this merger,
and its current and future benefits,"
said Dane. "Agriculture continues to
change and in recent years has suf-
fered tremendous economic down-
falls."
"The boards agree that by com-
bining these associations, First Ag
Credit, FCS will continue to be posi-
tioned for the future of agricultural
leading and the benefits to its stock-
holders," concluded Dane.
Serving Throckmorton County Since 1886 ^5TTH YEAR NO 11
Publishers..................................................Cecil and Joyce Mayes
Editor............................................................................Cecil Mayes
Advertising....................................................................Joyce Mayes
News and Advertising..............................................Wanda Sanders
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