The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1961 Page: 4 of 13
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Page 4 — Hie Mercedes Enterprise
_Mercedes, Texas, Thursday, August 31, 1961
Long-Keeping Survival Ration
Developed From Wheal by USDA
A compact, long-keeping
emergency ration made from
whole wheat has been
developed and tested by U.S.
Department of Agriculture
scientists. It was developed
for stockpiling in fallout
shelters.
The product, in the form
of wafers, have an estimated
shelf life of five years or
longer. They are made from
whole grain wheat that has
been parboiled, dried,
puffed, then crumbled and
made into a cookie-sized
wafer. Research was done at
USDA’s Agricultural Re-
search Service laboratory at
Albany, California, under
contract from the Office of
Civil Defense Mobilization.
The wafers pack a lot of
food value into a small space;
are quick and easy to serve
and the plentiful supplies of
wheat make it practical for
stockpiling. In a series of
three tests, each involving
100 volunteers living in the
fallout shelter for varying
lengths of time, meals based
on the wafer brought few
complaints and worked best
in maintaining volunteer’s
weights.
The wafers can be eaten
plain and with other foods
such as milk, peanut butter,
bouillon and spaghetti. The
last two items and other
seasoned toppings can be
stored in dried form and
mixed with water for heat-
ing and serving.
Each wafer furnishes 84
calories. In the shelter test
diet, 12 wafers a day supplied
a little more than half the
day’s 2,000 calories and
about a third of the protein.
Milk and peanut butter sup-
plied the rest of the protein.
This fare does not measure
up to all recommendations
for a balanced diet, but
during an estimated shelter
stay of two weeks, human
survival and health would
not be affected.
Scientists said large scale
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production of the wafers de-
pends on additional research
on production and packaging
methods. Also needed, they
said, are additional ways to
add variety to the wheat
wafer diet, and more exact
knowledge of nutritional
needs in fallout shelters.
Ways To Ship
Fresh Produce
Ways to maintain the
quality of fresh fruits and
vegetables during rail ship-
ment are described in a
handbook issued recently by
the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
The booklet includes find-
ings of some 50 years on the
best ways to refrigerate and
ship all of the major fruits
and vegetables, giving de-
tailed suggestions on each
item, in alphabetical order.
Marketing researchers of
USDA’s Agricutural Mar-
keting Services have com-
piled in the handbook de-
scriptions of protective ser-
vices and equipment pro-
vided by railroads, together
with recommendations for
their use. Included are dis-
cussions of containers and
loading, methods of precool-
ing, and formulas for calcu-
lating the refrigeration load.
A free copy of the hand-
book, AH 195, “ Protection
of Rail Shipments of Fruits
and Vegetables,** may be
obtained from the Office of
Information, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Wash-
ington 25, D. C.
Test Soils Now
For Fall Crops
During the months of May
and June, Texas farmers
submitted 1,149 soil samples
to the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service Soil Testing
Laboratories, reports
William F. Bennett, exten-
sion soil chemist. The
largest number of samples
was submitted to the labora-
tory at College Station, the
second highest to the High
Plains laboratory, and the
least to the Baylor County
lab.
Bennett points out that the
Extension Service maintains
these laboratories for Texas
farmers to use in deter-
mining their fertilizer and
limestone needs.
Air conditioning—an extra-cost option that gives
you fingertip temperature control. Try it.
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Baled can $15
per ton at farm. R.C.Swain.
2 1/2 E and 1/2 mile north
off Hwy. 83. LO 5 - 1902.
PRICE REDUCED
FOR SALE: 2-100 foot front
lots in Woodlawn Acres.
Near new city park and civic
center, paved street, all city
utilities. Tax valuation ex-
perts say they’re worth
$1400 each. Will sell fot
ti000 each. $875 each. W. B.
Kennedy. 32-3tc
FOR SALE OR FOR RENT:
3 bedroom unfurnished house
—real clean—$65 per month
rent. Call W08-4658 Wes-
laco.
31-tfc
FOR SALE: 3 bedroom brick
home: utility room, den,
carport. Near High School—
813 South Texas. Call
LO 5 - 1120. 29-tfc
FOR SALE: My former home
at 300 S. Missouri Ave„,
Mercedes. Fred E. Bennett,
L05-2177 22-tfc
FOR SALE: Three bedroom
brick veneer-plenty of living
space with patio - two car
garage- on one acre in Mer-
cedes. L05-1590 after 5 p.m.
weekdays. All day Saturday
and Sunday. 25-tfc
HOUSE FOR SALE - assume
existing loan and take up
payments. 3-bedroom frame
with asbestos siding, garage.
1304 S. Missouri.
FOR SALE: 1956 Ford, Four
Door, V-8 Automatic, Air
Conditioned, Power Steer-
ing, Electric Windows,
Radio, Clock, Backup Lights,
New Tires, Seat Belts. Call
L05-1391.
FOR SALE: 5 German short
hair and Pointer cross pup-
pies. 8 weeks old. Call LOS-
2394.
FOR SALE: 3-bedroom stuc-
co located on corner of 14th
and Illinois, Mercedes. Call
LO 5 - 2394.
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Summer savings
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CENTRAL CHEVROLET COMPANY
520 SECOND STREET
MERCEDES
LO 5-24*5
FOR SALE
Four appartment building
completely furnished on
South Missouri. Gross in-
come $160 a month.
A Bargain. Non-resident
says sell
R. J. THOMAS, REALTOR
MERCEDES, TEXAS
PHONE L05-1251
FOR RENT
FOR RENT: unfurnished
house. 1233 Missouri. Call
SW7-2506. 35-ltc
FOR RENT: good unfurnish-
ed 2 bedroom house, lots of
shade, has city convenience,
water and gas furnished.
Prefer couple. $27.50 per
month. Inquire Walter Barth
902 E. Liberty, Mercedes.
35-3tp
FOR RENT: Modern two bed-
room brick home 2 1/2 mile
East of Mercedes on High-
way. Call LO 5 - 2840. 2t.
FOR RENT: furnished apart-
ment, all bills paid. See Les-
lie Barnes orcallLOS-2122.
34-3tc
| FOR RENT: Attractively
jfurnished air - conditioned,
appartment. Call Saladino
Lumber Co.
FOR RENT; Two bedroom
furnished house. Mile 2 1/2
East of Mercedes and 1/4
mile north of Hwy. 83. Couple
prefered. Call L0 5-2887.
30-tfc
FOR RENT: two bedroom,
furnished house. 1201 South
Texas. Phone L0 5-1600.
29-tfc
FOR RENT: 2 bedroom un-
furnished house at 139 Pal-
metto. Call Saladino Lumber
Company. 31-tfc
FOR RENT: furnished large
2 bedroom house with en-
closed porch. Large shady
yard, Inquire 834 Palm
Heights or call L0 5-1313.
31-tfc
FOR RENT: Nice Apart-
ments. 529 Third St. Call
LO 5 - 1887. 30-tfc
FOR RENT: Three bedroom
unfurnished house in ex-
cellent condition. 1225 South
Texas. Call L0 5-2969.
32-tfc
REAL ESTATE
And Rentals
^City and Farm Property
H. C. Settles
Logan 5-1175
MID VALLEY
.... PLUMBING CO. ......
Repairs — Remodeling
New Installations
WATER HEATER SALES
Water Heater Sales
and Service
Mercedes Call Ed Hauff
L05-1538
Weslaco Call Tom Johnston
W08-3635
Tom Johnston, Owner
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All things are possible to
him that believeth. —(Mark
9:23).
When you follow the per-
fect Christ pattern for living,
you naturally overcome
things that heretofore you
have thought of as obstacles.
You overcome thoughts of ill-
health, poverty, disorder, in-
harmony and injustice.
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PHILLIPS 66
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TIRE REPAIR
ROAD SERVICE
TIRES ON EASY TERMS
BRAKE SERVICE
BATTERY SERVICE
&
MUFFLERS & TAILPIPES
SPARK PLUG CLEANING
CAR POLISHING
WHEEL BALANCING
WASH & LUBRICATION
WE NEVER CLOSE
PHONE L05-1121
WANTED: Maid for day
work or to live in. Phone
L05-2425 for interview.
WILL BABY SIT IN MY
H O'M E with pre-school
children day or night. Call
LO 5 - 1734. Reasonable^
32-4tc
WANTED
YOUNG WOMAN
With some art or draw-
ing background to learn
newspaper and com-
mercial printing layout
work. Chance to advance
in newspaper office. Job
permanent. See Mr.
HarVey, The Mercedes
Enterprise. tfp
V/ie Old
“Old age is when you bend
over once you pick up two
things.”
Sept. 2, 1945—The Japanese
signed the terms of uncon-
ditional surrender ending
World War II aboard the
United States battleship Mis-
souri in Tokyo Bay. General
Douglas MacArthur signed
the documents for the U.S.
Sept. 8, 1934—The United
States liner Morro Castle
burned off Asbury Park, N.J.,
causing the loss of 137 lives.
Sept. 14, 1814—The words
of “The Star-Spangled Ban-
ner” were written by Balti-
more lawyer Francis Scott
Key while a prisoner on the
British warship Supreme dur-
ing the bombardment of Fort
McHenry, Md.
Sept. 21, 1938—A great
hurricane swept the Atlantic
coast of New England and
New York, leavings at least
450 persons dead in its wake.
Sept. 25, 1926—The Ford
Motor Company established
an eight-hour day and a five-
day week.
Sept. 28, 1904—Police in
New York City arrested a
woman on Fifth Avenue for
smoking a cigarette.
Sweet Peppers, Tomatoes Prey
To Damping-Off Caused By Fungi
Sweet peppers and toma^-
toes are very susceptible to
damping-off caused by the
soil fungi Pythium and
Rhizoctonia, according to
Dr. R. C. Lambe, Area Plant
Pathologist. These same
fungi cause damping-off of
cotton and many other crops.
The damping-off disease is
especially serious when
soils are excessively wet and
high humidity, high tempera-
tures and a high soil salt
content occur together.
The selection of land for
planting of peppers and to-
matoes should be made very
carefully. Because both
crops are very susceptible
'to root knot nematode, land
with a history of nematodes
should be avoided. Clean land
can be effectively infested by
transplanting onto it nema-
tode infected plants. Fortu-
nately, nematodes prefer
sandy soil to heavy soils, and
much of the pepper crop is
planted on heavy soils. On
the contrary, tomatoes may
also become infested by the
bacterial spot organism. The
bacteria survive in undecay-
ed organic matter and to
some extent in the soil.
Research carried out at
the Weslaco Station has
shown that fungicidal seed
treatment of peppers will
definitely increase the seed-
ling emergence. There are
several fungicides that are
effective: Arasan, zineb and
phenyl mercuric salicylate.
Most commercial seed has
been treated with a good
fungicide.
Other cultural practices
will reduce seedling disease
in pepper. Seedling mortali-
ty in pre-irrigated soil was
considerably less than in soil
planted dry. Because dry soil
requires irrigation after
planting, there is a tendency
to over water. This in turn
will set up the conditions that
favor seedling diseases.
A third practice that de-
creased seedling disease in-
cidence was application of a
zineb drench over the
emerging seedlings.
Because there is some carry
over of Cercospora leaf spot
on pepper seed which proba-
bly initiates seedling leaf
spot, the application of zineb
to seedlings will give protec-
tion against Cercospora as
well as protection against
seedling disease. In order to
obtain protection from seed-
ling disease, sufficient
fungicide to run down the
stem should be applied.
Three applications of zineb
drenched over young pepper
plants provided the most
protection.
Informal s printed in our
shop for your parties and
showers. The Mercedes
Enterprise.
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1961, newspaper, August 31, 1961; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1090677/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.