The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1951 Page: 4 of 16
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THE MERCEDES ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951
tea Mixed Blessing
To Early Valley Crop of Tomatoes
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fS) ' By W. H? FRIEND
1 Associate ' County Agent
Recent rains have supplied suf-
ficient water to Valley tomato fields
to insure the development of the
early portion of the crop. Tomato
plants 'need large quantities of wa-
ter while the crop Is maturing,
hut many Valley growers could not
irrigate their tomato fields be-
cause of the shortage of irrigation
Water:
The5 rains were most beneficial,
hut must be classed as a mixed
blessing. Wind blown rain spreads
the spores of several diseases which
may seriously affect the yields.from
<our Valley fields. Humid, cloudy
weather follownig May rains is made
t*> order for die spread and develop-
ment of early (target spot) blight
i.nd grav »eaf spot d^ease.
These two foliage diseases
4 took a heavy toll in many Val-
ley tomato fields last May. The
dip in production caused by
these diseases and rain damage
to the fruit resulted in a phe-
: nominal up swing in prices paid
to growers during the latter
part of the season.
Spraying and dusting to control
insects andidiseases that affect to-
matoes is one of the important cost
Items in producing this popular ve-
getable. A recent publication from
■Florida shows that tomato growers
§5 that state Spent more than
twenty-five dollars per acre for
protectants during the 1948-49 sea-
son.
Valley growers don’t spend nearly
that much for protection, but sever-
al thorough dustings, at five day
Intevals. may be needed when rain
makes conditions favorable for dis-
eases to develop. Spraying is out
of the question for most Valley
growers. There are relatively few
high presure row crop sprayers in
operation in the Valley; and most
Valley tomatoes are not planted in
such a way that ground machines
can be used after the plants start
maturing their fruit.
Dusting for the control of fruit
worms is started1 soon after the
plants start obloming and ground
machines can be used while
the plants are relatively small.
Airplane dusting must be used
after the plant smeet in the
rows.
The newer organic fungicides of
the carbamate type such as Dithane
. 2-78 and Parzate are favored for
the control of blight and leaf spot
this we
>/ patterns.
BY AUDREY LAN!
on tomatoes. They are used in the
form of a 10 percent dust with a
tale diluent.
The fixed coppers such as Cop-
per A, Tribasic copper, cuprous
oxide, and C.O.C.S. are also used
as protectants against blight and
leaf spot- They are used in combi-
nation with clay or talc diluents In
quantities sufficient to give five (5)
percent actual copper (as metallic)
in the finished dust.
These fungicidal dusts should
he applied every five days dur-
ing the “danger period”. The
rate of application will range
from 25 to 40 pounds per acre.
The smaller amount being for
small plants and a ground ap-
plicator. Larger amounts are re-
quired where lage plants must
be potected with fungicidal dusts
applied from the air.
Insecticidal dusts such as 5 per-
cent D.D-T. may be applied along
and cautions concerning the use of
with the material used to control
leaf and fruit diseases. Instructions
land cautions concerning the use of
these protectants on fruiting plants
can be obtained from your local
county agricultural agent.
Ndl 2181 is cut in sizes 12. 14, 16, 18,
». 36, 38, 40, 42? 44, 46. Size 18, 3 7/8
/dsv 35-in.
Ko, 2965 is cut in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8. Size
#* -dress and panties, 2 3/4 yds. 35-in.
Send 25 cents today for the new
SPRING AND ’ SUMMER FASHION
300K, showing 135 -other styles.
ADDREI LANE BUREAU
309, Madison Square Station,
New York, N.Y.
Enclose 25c in coin lor each pat-
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USE OLASSFIED ADS
D.A.R. Instaife
Officers Here
Wednesday
MERCEDES — Mrs. W. F. Hard-
wick of Raymondville was installed
regent of the Thomas Barlow
Chapter of the Daughters, of the
American Revolution at a luncheon
meeting at the Bougainvillea Inn
at Mercedes 'Wednesday. Mrs-
Hardwick succeeds Mrs. Cash Haw-
kins of Harlingen.
Other officers for the new year
were installed by Mrs. Bruce of
Mercedes, chapter parliamentarian:
Vice regent, Mrs. Stephen Williams
of Los Fbesnos; chaplain, Mrs, R.
P. Cherry of Raymondville; corres-
oonding secretary, Mrs. H. S. Hen-
sley of La Feria; recording secreta-
ry, Mrs. H. S. Scales of Harlingen;
reasurer, Mrs. To mBowman of
Harlingen; registrar, Mrs.. S. D
Snedeker) of Raymondville; histo-
rian, Mrs. Herbert Davenport. of
Brownsville..
Col. H. W. Isbell of Mercedes was
the guest speaker, who spoke in
general on the Military Policy of
the United States, with special em-
phasis on the dismissal of General
MacArthur.
Mrs. John Bruce gave excerpts
from the D.AR, Magazine. Mrs.
Eldon B. Smith was in charge of
the program.
Hostesses were Mercedes women
and included Mrs. William Water-
man, Mrs. H. T. Stotler, Mrs. J. W.
Irby, Mrs- Eldon B, Smith, Mrs.
G. K, Wattson, Mrs. John Bruce,
Mrs. Owen Stone and Mrs. Joe Ra-
tajack.
Slaughterers May
Continue Grading
Their Own Meat
The Office of Price .Stabilization
has authorized: slaughterers to con-
tinue until May 21 the killing and
dressing of beef, calves, veal, lamb,
and mutton, while they are awaiting
assignment of official graders by
the Dept, of Agriculture.
An amendment to Distribution
Regulation 2 enables the slaughter-
er who has; been authorized to do
his own grading to grade cattle,-|
calves, sheep and Iambs, higher than
commercial grodes if the quality
justifies such grading.
If, however, a slaughterer has not
received a letter from the Dept, of
Agriculture authorizing him to
grade, he may still perform his own
grading-, but he is limited to placing
the two lowest grades on his beef
and the bottom grade on calf, veal,
sheep, and lamb.
Slaughterers seeking to place
their applications for the official
grading service should do so through
R. Vance Graham, 2 33 Livestock Ex-
change Bldg., Fort Worth.
MAYOR McGUP By John Jarvis
AT DINAH'S DINER.
BUT I'LL NEVER GO
THERE AGAIN/ ,
Andrew Jackson gave more poli- all of the other presidents put to-
tieal offices to newspapermen than * getreh.
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The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1951, newspaper, May 17, 1951; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1073144/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.