The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940 Page: 4 of 16
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y Co. Fair To Be Divided Into 32 Divis
booth committees
for general agri-
were announced
as plans for the annual
’ County Fair moved a step
ompletion.
two divisions, to be ex-
in community booths un-
of local, committees,
for competition under the
EAlr.
its include that the
Top exhibited must be grown in
L940; the community exhibits
be obtained within the
of the school district ex-
them; and only 20 of the
cts no more or less, may be
own by each community. All ap-
bootha are assured prem-
They cannot be decorated
with crepe paper, although rugs,
i or building paper may be used
decoration purposes.
i unity committees will
have charge of the booths and
producers have been urged to con-
tact their respective committees
In order to enter products in the
eneral agricultural exhibits.
Booth committees by comm uni-
are: (First named Is chair-
L>
Anton
_H. B. Newton, Anton, B. Forman
Anton, J. W. Greene, Voc. Teach-
er, Anton.
Whlthaml
J. M. Horton, Whitharral, C. D.
[Gilley, Xittlefield, Rt. 2; J. M.
Voc. Teachers, Whitharral.
A. A. Cooper, Level land, Rt. 3:
/alter young, Levelland, Rt. 3:
J. korirov,'Levelland. Rt. 3.
O. X. Lucas, Ropesville: Luther
1 Pitts, Ropesville; Herbert Hoover,
Voe. Teacher, Ropesville.
Clyde Gee, Lubbock, Rt. 3; J. T.
Gwln, Lubbock, Rt. S; R. L. Cur-
tis, Stayer.
X. L. Harris, Ropesville; C. R.
House, Ropesville; Tom Toombs,
Meadow.
Mr. McCrystal, Levelland, Rt. 1;
J. M. Teeters. Levelland. Rt. 4;
R. L. Goolsby, Levelland, Route 4.
G. D. Denton, Levelland. Rt. 1;
L. XCason, Levelland, Rt. 1;
Melton. Levelland, Rt. L
Levelland
_ Bynum, levelland Rt. 3;
Clark, Levelland. r£ f; A.
t, Levelland, Rt. 4.
Pettit
Tom E. Johnson, Levelland, Rt.
C. M. Sanders, FettH; O. R.
Watkins. Pettit.
Pep '
John Stengel, Pep, Rt. Little-
field; Herman Greener, Pep Rt.
|,-Littlefield; Lewis Owen, Pep.
h Cobleland
Mrs. T. W. Roberts, Levelland;
Roy Keller, Levelland. Rt. 1; Will
Chastain, Levelland, Rt. 1.
Twelve prizes are to be award-
ed at conclusion of judging of the
community booths, according to
plans now underway. The prizes
are: first, $13; second, $10; third.
$7.50; fourth, $5; fifth, $2.£0 and
sevent $2 prizes.
The general agricultural ex-
hibits will include:
COtton 20 open bolls
Com dent 10 ears
Milo dwarf yellow 10 heads
Kafir blackhull 10 heads
Hegarl, 10 heads
1 pound lint cotton
1 gallon any grain sorghum
(limit 3 varieties)
1 gallon peanuts
Pop com; 10 ears
Broom com, 10 ears
Sweet sorghum sheaf 3 inches
at center band
Irish potatoes, limit 12
Sunflower, 3 heads
Watermellow 1
Cantaloupes 3
Tomatoes, 6 ,
Cucumbers, 6
Squash. 3
Millet sheaf, 3 inches at center
band.
Sweet potatoes, 12
Cashaw, 1
Pumpkins, 3
Onions, 12
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Clif Day Speaks At
Farmer-Business
Men Luncheon
Farmers of Hockley County en-
tertained a number of Levelland
Business Men with a luncheon
Monday at noon in the dining room
of-the Buck Horn Cafe. Thirty-
four were present and heard an
interesting talk by Clif Day of
Plain view, who is with the edu-
cational division of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration.
Mr. Day gave an interesting
discussion of the evolution of the
farm program and showed why it
was necessary for the fanners to
cooperate in order to limit pro-
duction to supply and thus keep
the prices of farm commodities in
line. By doing this, he emphasiz-
ed, it is possible for the nation
to overcome some of the obstacles
of the high productive tariffs
which have made Industries flour-
ish in the United States,.
As a result of the tariffs the
farmers of the United States lost
their world market and a program
had to be worked out in order to
increase the purchasing power of
the people who till the soil, and
form the back bone of our entire
economic system.
After the Bankhead Act had
controlled production in 1934, 35
and 3$, this law was proclaimed
unconstitutional by the Supreme
.Court and as a result an enormous
cotton crop wdtf produced in 1937
The fanners realized the necessity
of marketing quotas, in order to
limit production, and as a result
the new AAA program was set up.
Mr. Day compared the history
of the farm program with the
development of the automobile
and told tbe farmers and business
men that they must have patience
and cooperate together if the pro-
gram is going to -be perfected in
order to increase the income of
the farmers of the nation. He
stated that cotton should bring
16c a pound, to have the purchas-
ing power it rightfully deserves.
~ D. W. Sherrill, county agent,
was toastmaster; Judge Dan Blair,
led the; singing and H. H. Mann
gave the invocation.
Those attending the meeting
were: Mr. Sherrill, K. H. Hester,
O. R. Marcom, W. B. Little, L.
Sherrod, L. W. Honeycutt, Wal-
ter Young and son, Otis Hardin,
Walter Phillips, Percy Cole, Mr.
Hall, Mr. Durham, Bryan, Hulse.
Prank Rutherford, Jim Harton,
Earl Chester, Ray Watson, Clar-
ence Matthews, A. G. Jungman
M. A. Burk, J. E. Stengel, Judge
Dan Blair, J. T. Gwin, R. L. Cur-
tis. Burton S. Burks, H. H. Mann.
Clarence Herrin,’ Forrest Weinj-
hold, J. W. Evans, E. W. McLain
S. B. Berry, C. E. Alexander, and
Odell More.
A round table discussion of the
problem created in Hockley Coun-
ty as a result of a new interpre-
tation of the rules and regulations
of AAA by the State Committee
was held.
Individual
Exhibits To
Be Stressed '
Open competition for prizes in
15 divisions will feature Individual
participation in the Hockley Coun-
ty Pair set for 8eptelnber 26, 27
and 28.
D. W. Sherrill, county agent,
urged producers throughout the
county to prepare their products
for competition in their respective
divisions and gave assurance there
would be plenty of exhibition
space available. ’ \
Cash prizes for the top three
winners in,each division have been
announced as $1.00 for first place;
50 cents for second; and 25 cents
for third.
Divisions In which Hockley
County fanners 'may enter pro-
ducts for individual. competition
include:
Stalk cotton
25 bolls open cotton
10 heads maize
10 heads kaffir
10 heads hegarl
10 heads broom com
Watermelon
f Cashaw
Cantaloupe
Sheaf sweet sorghum, three in-
ches in diameter
Sheaf wheat, three inches in
diameter
Sheaf alfalfa, three inches in
diameter
Sheaf millet, three inches in di-
ameter
Dozen white eggs
Dozen brown eggs
In improving pastures the first
essential in fertilizers is phospor-
ous. Lime is seldom needed in
Texas west of the Trinity River.
Nitrogen, another essential, can
be supplied by growing pasture
legumes after phosphorus has been
applied.
Infants can be given meat as
early as 10 days after birth with
no digestive or kidney disturb-
ances, according to Dr. Leo K.
Campbell of the University of
Chicago, wKo says the only re-
quirement is that the meat be
scraped so that chewing is not re-
quired. »
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
For Winter mashed potatoes or
broiled rice, add a pinch of cteam
of tarter to the cooking water.
Don’t keep honey in the refri-
gerator. It keeps better in the
pantry or cupboard.
A half cup of sweet milk added
to the water will prevent clothes
from becoming streaked during the
bluing process.
Turnips, 12
Cabbage, 2 heads
Carrots, 12
Bell peppers 6 or Vfc pint hdt
Dried beans, 1 gallon any var-
iety, limit 1 gallon.
Green beans, 1 gallon any va-
riety, limit 1 gallon
Green peas any variety, limit
1 gallon.
Okra, 12 •
Egg plant, 3
United States fanners have
enough grains in 1940, including
Ever-Normal Granary reserves, to
produce 78 pounds of pork for ev-
ery one of the 132,000,000 people
in the nation or 14 pounds more
than each person ate in 1939.
State AAA Committee Holds Up
Parity Payments On 170 Farms
As New Sod Land Problem Arises
Business Men
Assist With
Farm Problem
Strict enforcement of the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Adminis-
tration rules and regulations gov-
erning cotton allotments on- sod
land in connection with old farms
by the State Committee, at this
late date, after the state body had
approved the allotments previous-
ly, affects approximately 170
farmers here. „,
Applications for work sheets on
sod land in connection with 'old
farms were made by the farmers
last February, recommended by
the county committee and later
approved by the State Committee.
As a result the farmers went
ahead and planted, the number of
acres of cotton, feed and soil con-
serving crops set out in order to
comply in full with the AA pro-
gram as administered by the 8tate
committee. /
Last Friday J. W. Evans, Coun-
ty AAA assistant, and the county
committee received notification
from the statb office that these
old farms with new sod land
were not complying with.the pro-
gram. The parity payments on
these farms involved are being
held up which amounts to some-
thing like $20,000.
Since the farmers had acted in
good faith, the county commit-
tee J^ad sent the applications for
work* sheets on these farms to the
state committee, which approved
the sod-old land allotments this
year the same as they did in 1938
and 1939 and the holding of par-
ity checks and possibilities of pen-
alties, the local officials and the
county committee took the mat-
ter up with the state office.
Although no official word had
been received from College Sta-
tion, it looks as if a satisfactory
adjustment may be worked out.
Parity checks are being receiv-
ed regularly by the local AAA of-
fice and are being distributed to
those fannero who are not affect-
ed by this regulation, A total rt
726 chenk^ aggregatinq$67,290.-
95 have been received; *50?T of
which have already been deliver-
ed. The notices on the’remainder
of the checks will be mailed from
the local office today.
Under the rules and regulations
all lands within the confines of
one county, under one ownership
and fanned by the same machin-
ery constitutes a single unit. This
involves a number of fanners who
did not break out new sod on their
old farms, but did buy new raw
land and break out sod on it with
Immediately upon the receipt
of word here that parity payment
checks were being held up to a
large number of farmers, Major
H. Rodgers, president of the Hock-
ley County Board of Development,
along with other officials of the
board contacted Congressman
Mahon by telephone to enlist his
support in working out a solution
to the problem. . _
Congressman Mahon sent the
following telegram to Mr. Rod-
gers;
“Washington, D. C.
“September 4, 1940
“Major Rodgers: '
Immediately after your tele-
phone call I talked with assistant
secretary of agriculture Grover
Hill and he advises he will not be
in Amar^lo at meeting to which
you referred.
’ ~“I am checking further - as "to
who will be there. I then called
L W. Duggan, director of South-
ern Division of AAA. and he ad-
, , vised College Station had called
New York is the most populous wm moming by telephone
INTERESTING FACTS
Florida has the longest sea coast
of any state in the Union, 2,276
miles'and New Hampshire the
shortest, 14 miles.
_ \
During the first half of 1940,
according to the Federal Security
Administration, 1,500,000 persons
found positions in private indus-
try, an increase of 28 per cent
over the corresponding period last
year.
Last year 87,000,000 bushels of
soy beans were harvested in the
United States—a record for this
crop.
There are 495,000 farmers in
Texas, the larget number of any
State in the Union.
When the Grand Coulee Dam
is completed it will have used 12
million barrels of cement, 77 mil-
lion pounds of reinforcing steel.
Of the rain that falls on the
soil, only about 50 percent Is avail-
able for plant growth under tha
average conditions. The other half
Is lost through run-off and evap-
oration. .
Longview,
week hero
HEBE FROM LONG!
Mrs. W. G. Shaw, of
spent the first of the
attending to business. Mrs. Shaw
formerly lived here. While in Lev-
elland she was a very pleasant
visitor at Thw Herald office.
Poultry may now be dry picked
on a machine Invented in Great
Britain and introduced in the
United States. One operator in &
Brooklyn establishment is reported
to have averaged 50 chickens an
hour.
cumstances I shall continue to
cooperate in every way possible
with Hockley County in seeing a
square deal for your people.
Please make this telegram avail-
able to county agent and others
Interested.
Regards,
• George Mahon”.
city in the United 8tates, Chicago
is second. Philadelphia third, De-,
trolt fourth, Los Angeles fifth and
Cleveland sixth.
Some folks worry so much abqut
getting ready for that rainy day.,
that they can't enjoy the sunny* -"
ones.
the same machinery used in farm-
ing the oriyinal farm.
I. W. Duggan, director of the
Southern Division of AAA, ad-
vised Congressman George Mahon
Wednesday that he had sent a
man from the Washington office
to College Station to ascertain
what can be done under existing
circumstances. Unless a practical
solution is found', it may be nec-
essary for the county committee
to go to College Station to meet
with the State committee add
Washington representative.
regarding difficulties arising in
Hockley Cbupty. Duggan states he
will qend man from Washington
office tyffcflege Station to check
fully on all facts and ascertain
what can be* done. Under ail cir-
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NEW AND USED FURNITURE
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By arrangement with the Art Stu-
dios of Lubbock, citizens of Level-
land and Hockley County can re-
ceive a full 8x10 picture for—
Lard, Crustene, 4-lb. car. 39c {§
A representative will call or the offer
will be made you by members of the
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75c is required when the order is taken
mm • of which goes to the Band
jJjV Uniform Fund.
50c is paid later when the picture is
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2 pound jar________________
PORK & BEANS, Reg. size, 3 cans for IQC
RAISIN BRAN, 2 packages for_____21c
[nlnprkfnfW lb
24c
rUiy&l 3vUllW/2 lb
47c
Cabbage, pound
Blackberries, gallon
1 Vic
33c
LEMONS, dozen _ 10c
CARROTS, 2 for __ 5c
YAMS, lb. 3c
TURNIPS, bunch _ 5c
LETTUCE, 3 for _ 10c
BANANAS, doz.__10c
Armour’s Star
Cooked
PICNICHAMS
17C Pound—
,
Baby Beef Steak
pound____|7|f
ROAST- pound
12c and 17c
No- 1 Dry Salt
Side, pound He
Jowl, lb. _ 6£c
DREFT, large size_______________19C
CRACKERS' Brown’s Sunray,
2 pound box_____•____“_____4____14C
TOMATOES, pound 22____________2c
MATCHES, Crescent, carton
BRER RABBITT SYRUP, y2 gallon _ 35c
CANS — CANS — CANS
(Headquarers for your canning needs)
Dressed Hens
and Fryers
Sugar Cured
Sliced Bacon
lb. layers 15c
Tenderized
HAM HOCKS
12C pound
fresh
Pork Sausage,
pound----He
FRESH FISH &
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PIGGLY WIGGLY
One Block West of Square on Houston
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Weimhold, Forrest. The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940, newspaper, September 6, 1940; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154057/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.