The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1992 Page: 5 of 24
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 1992 - THE TEAGUE CHRONICLE PAGE FIVE
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held exery third Wednesday of the month. All children are welcome to attend the progam. Lor more
information about the programs offered at the library, contact the league Public Library.
Anna Says. . .
Teague Citizens Must Be Commended
A Tribute To Citizens of Teague
Teague’s Citizens must he
commended, for their love and
care for their neighbors- fellow-
man.
Their concern for eldcrlies and
all indigents and disabled handi-
capped, is a value, worth more
than Gold and Silver, and most
utmost, in their heart & mind;
always.
Teague’s claims of Christian
citizens whose outreach, voluntar-
ily, composes of sympathy, com-
prehension, and willingness to
lend a hand, whenever required, of
need, in Teague. Also, great abil-
ity (in love and care), to listen to
those whose heart is broken & un-
happy. and are lonely ones.
Teague’s citizens’ concern, of
their generations, is most com-
mendable: guiding them into the
correct paths that they may carry
on the Tradition of Our Home
Town, being one of integrity, in-
tellect and useful, as their forefa-
thers were, when this town was
established in the past,
1 salute you all with Tribute,
that Honor, be recorded in the His-
tory of Our Home Town, become
literally alive.
Sincerely, Anna Fitch
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Freestone County Solid Waste Collection and
Transfer Site at Dew, Texas, will receive most
household garbage including discarded Christ-
mas trees, free of charge, during the holiday
period beginning December 26, 1992, through
January 2, 1993.
This site is located on FM 489,1/4 mile east of
Texas Highway 75 at Dew.
The hours of operation are from 10:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Because of new laws regulating Freon, this
site can no longer accept refrigerators, freezers,
air conditioners or any items containing this re-
frigerant.
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Farm & Ranch News
&
" Across The Fence”
By BILLY GILLUM
Co. Extension Agent
Jr
The way a cow is handled
during the winter will have an
influence on her calf’s future and
next year’s calf crop.
The cow’s reproductive per-
formance and the health and wean-
ing weight of her calf are greatly
influenced by her nutritional status
throughout the year.
If a cow is allowed to calve in
poor or thin body condition, the
odds are against her to maintain a
12-month calving interval.
Cattle are usually fed hay dur-
ing the winter, but if not enough
energy is supplied by that hay, ad-
ditional grains should be supplied.
With the drought this year, hay
quality and supply is off from
normal and many are feeding a lot
of grain cubes.
Producers also should make al-
lowance for weather conditions.
As temperatures drop and wind
and rain increases, nutritional
needs of cattle increase as much as
20 percent.
A dry pregnant cow can usu-
ally live on 20 pounds of average
quality hay per day during the
winter. But if hay quality is poor
or the weather is cold and wet, an
additional 2 to 3 pounds of a 20
percent protein supplement should
be fed daily.
A cow nursing a calf needs
about 5 to 6 pounds of a 20 per-
cent protein supplement with
about 22 pounds of hay per winter
day. If weather conditions are
bad, the supplement should be in-
creased to 7 to 8 pounds per day.
Shelter should be provided
when cattle have to face severe
winter conditions. A windbreak
may be sufficient, but overhead
cover is important during heavy
rains.
Looking at the market trends
lately, producers will do well to
take care of their cow herd during
the winter months even though it
may cost us a little higher feed
bill. Hay supplies are shorter this
year, which is causing the feed bill
to increase for ranchers. We are
Jr. 4-H'ers
Attend Brownwood
Leadership Retreat
-By Truman Lamb-
Last month, twelve Freestone
County 4-H’ers attended a two-
day leadership retreat held for jun-
ior 4-H members at the Texas 4-H
Center in Brownwood, Texas.
4-H’ers participated in work-
shop sessions that included topics
of Goals and Great Ideas, Organi-
zation Skills, Maintaining a Posi-
tive Attitude, Leadership Skills,
Self Growth and Self Esteem.
Freestone County 4-H’ers were
among 184 Junior 4-H’ers from
across the state.
Attending the retreat were:
Lindsay Glover, Julie Stauffer,
Brad Beene, Marlin Black, Justin
Gonzales, Wesley Robinson, Hil-
lary McNew, Jennifer Childs,
Kyle Lamb (Robinson County),
Amanda Cornett, Amy Evans,
Angela Meryerdirk, and Laura
Tugwell.
TEAGUE I.S.D. TAXPAYERS
The Tax office will be closed for the holi-
days except for December 30, 1992. Office
hours for December 30 will be 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
All payments received by mail post marked
December 1992 will receive paid receipts
dated December 30, 1992.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Teague I.S.D.
Charles Johnson
Tax Assessor/Collector
thankful for the recent rains which
has greatly helped out winter pas-
tures.
I would like to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes
for 1993 on behalf of the Free-
stone County Extension Agents’
office.
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Garden
Check List
By TRUMAN LAMB
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Freestone Co. Agent
Can you believe that Christmas
is almost here? From my family
to yours, we wish you a very
Merry Christmas and a most pros-
perous New Year. For this week’s
topic, we will discuss compost.
With this year’s crop of leaves on
the lawn, instead of burning or
bagging, try your hand at com-
posting. Compost can be used to
help make plant material to im-
prove growing conditions for next
season in gardens, flower beds,
around shrubs and trees.
Compost is a mixture of de-
composing and rotting debris
which can be used to add fertiliz-
ing elements to the soil. It is a
process which returns plant and
animal matter back to the soil and
completes the life cycle. This
cycle begins when the seeds are
planted. As the small plant seed
grows, it takes nutrients from the
soil to make cells and metabolites.
The larger the plant gets, the more
materials are required. When that
plant dies, it decomposes and the
“borrowed elements” return to the
soil. Thus, the cycle is completed.
The advantage of using organi-
cally-released fertilizer elements is
mainly one of economics. They
are free! Gardeners should realize
that organically released fertilizer
elements do not differ in any way
from those fertilizer elements ob-
tained from other sources. The
organic combinations of elements
must be reduced to some soluble,
inorganic forms by plants again.
These inorganic forms also are
found in commercial fertilizers.
Armed with this information, one
can readily recognize the fallacy
in the claim that vegetables and
other food products fertilized with
inorganic chemical fertilizers are
somehow harmful to human
health, as compared with those in
which the same elements are sup-
plied from composted or other
organic materials. The main ad-
vantage, other than an economical
fertilization technique, is that
compost added to the soil im-
proves tilth, fertility and ability to
hold moisture. These factors en-
courage optimum plant growth and
maximum yields if proper cultural
practices are followed.
Basic items suitable for com-
posting include leaves, grass clip-
pings, animal manures, old plants
and kitchen garbage. Do not use
meat scraps and fats which attract
undesirable creatures and generate
odor. Offensive odors also de-
velop if the compost pile becomes
soggy or anaerobic (lack of suffi-
cient oxygen).
If a compost pile is properly
made and maintained, an excellent
composted material will be ready
for use by late spring or early
summer of next year. Try the
“sandwich” composting effect.
Choose a site on level ground if
possible and near a water source
since moisture is required. Pile an
8 to 10-inch layer of rough brush
or twigs on the bottom of the site.
This helps especially if you choose
not to turn the compost. (Unturned
compost lakes about 6 to 8 months
to decompose). On top of the
twigs, pile 8 to 10 inches of plant
material. Add a light sprinkling of
high-nitrogen fertilizer or a “natu-
ral” fertilizer such as manure,
bone meal or cottonseed meal to
this plant material. On top of this
plant material, add about two
inches of soil and dampen down
this first layer. Repeat these lay-
ers (omitting the twigs) until the
pile is as high as you desire. Try
to keep the pile standing; some
people build supporting structures
rather than trust a free-standing
pile.
Remember to turn and moisten
the pile about every week to pro-
vide proper aeration and tempera-
ture. When the pile begins to
“work”, it will be hot internally.
The compost is ready when it
smells earthy and has a brown,
rich humus look and feel. When
compost is added yearly, the soil
becomes fluffy, easy to work, fer-
tile and holds moisture better.
Don’t throw those valuable re-
sources in the trash. Use those
leaves to make your garden grow.
For more information on com-
posting, contact the county Exten-
sion office.
Buffalo C Of C
To Host Volleyball
Tourney Jan. 9
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce
will be hosting their 2nd annual
volleyball tournament on Satur-
day, January 9, 1993. The tourna-
ment will be held in the Buffalo
High School gymnasium. This
will be a draw tournament begin-
ning at 8 a.m. Entry fee is $10.00
per person. Tee-shirts will be
given to first, second, and third
place teams. A concession will be
provided by the Chamber of Com-
merce. Nila and Sidney Hullum
will be chairpersons for this event.
The Hullum’s may be contacted at
903-322-4628 (home number) or
903-322-4268 (Hullum’s Dry
Goods) for more information.
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Browning-Ferris Industries
will be closed Friday, January
1st, for New Years Day. Trash
will be picked up Saturday,
January 2nd.
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