The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1984 Page: 3 of 23
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Ranchers selling breeding stock
RANKIN (AP) - -The dr°iight estimates that herds are down Hightower said. that have not received adequate counties have received their
which grips West Texas again by half this year. The government has declared rainfall in four consecutive average rainfall this spring
. th s year is causing ranchers to One measure is sales at Pro- 171 Texas counties eligible for years now, foundation herds of with the remaining 234 counties
sen off breeding stock in record ducer’s Livestock Auction in San low-cost emergency loans and cattle, sheep and goats are now suffering to various degrees
v numbers, with some on the Angelo. reduced-cost feed. being sold off and ranchers are from the drought.
.. verge of liquidating their entire On May 11, 1983, the auction Ranchers and agricultural ex- calling it quits,” he said. A severe drought already is
herds, officials say. sold 4,900 head of cattle, said perts are saying that even if it Hightower called on federal of- underway in 55 counties he said
‘There’s nothing out here for auction official Jack Drake. Last rains tomorrow, the economic ficials to permit farmers to “If conditions continue to
the cattle to eat — nothing. And Friday, 11,000 head moved and environmental effects of the receive crop insurance benefits deteriorate, it’s very likely that
- it’s getting worse every day,” through the auction. Sheep sales drought will be felt for years. without having to plant drought- a significant portion of our crops
said rancher J. Lane, 71, wholiv- also have doubled from last “These pretty days are going stricken areas, thus helping will be lost altogether, with
ed through the droughts of the year, Drake said. to put us out of business,” said avoid further erosion of the soil, greatly reduced yields where a
' 1930s and the 1950s. Producer’s normally sells state Sen. Bill Sims of San The sartie should apply for quail-' crop is produced” Hightower
“We just thought it was tough livestock on Thursdays and Angelo, a sheep rancher. fying for other crop programs, said.
v last year,” said Tommy Owens, Fridays. This week, livestock Allen McGinty, a Texas A&M he said. Hightower also said that he
■ ■ another Rankin rancher. His will be sold Monday through range specialist at Fort Ranchers in drought-stricken was working with Gov. Mark
neighbor, Dewayne Lindsey, Saturday. Stockton, said native grasses in areas should immediately White on disaster declarations,
.predicts that “every head of On Monday, Texas the hardest-hit areas are lost, qualify for the Emergency Feed predicting there would be many,
livestock in West Texas” either Agriculture Commissioner Jim The root systems have dried up Grain Program, Hightower said. Rancher Lane said he has
will be moved or offered at fore- Hightowet* said the drought has and blown away in the high That provides a small subsidy on been forced to sell off his herd
ed sale by theendoftherfionth. reached every corner of the winds which have plagued the disaster feed purchases,
i- Some movement has begun. state, and he asked the Reagan region. He also said they should “I’ve sold my entire herd
i • Although experts say it is dif- administration for help. Hightower noted that the spr- qualify for the Herd Preserva- three times and come back. This
>.ficult t0 specify the number of “I’m calling on President ing rains failed to materialize tion Program, which makes time, I don’t know about the
. cattle and sheep being sold from Reagan and U.S. Agriculture this year, meaning the drought surplus and out-of-condition comeback,” he said.
; • the 22 West Texas counties that Secretary John Block to gear up now is extending well into its se- grain availabe directly to ran-
are the heart of the drought-hit now to administer the various cond year and beyond in some chers.
area, extension service federal disaster assistance pro- regions.
, - economist Richard Patterson Jr. grams authorized by Congress,”
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Gary Hart is pinning his
hopes on Democratic
voters in Nebraska and
Oregon Tuesday to sustain
his campaign’s recovery
while Walter Mondale and
the Rev. Jesse Jackson
concentrate on California’s
big primary three weeks
away.
Latest polls gave Hart
the edge in both Oregon
and Nebraska, but with the
race in the Cornhusker
state appearing closer, the
Colorado senator flew
there for a final pitch,
dropping the rest of his
Oregon schedule.
Mondale did not cam-
paign in Oregon and spent
only a few hours in
Nebraska.
There are 67 delegates at
stake Tuesday, 43 in
Oregon’s primary and 24 in
Nebraska’s, with voting
limited to Democrats only
in both states.
Mondale was making a
foreign-policy address
Tuesday in San Francisco
after sharpening his attack
on Hart as he wooed
Hispanic voters in
Southern California.
Jackson, too, was out to
win Hispanics, more heavi-
ly concentrated in Califor-
nia than anywhere else in
the nation and represen-
ting 16 percent of the elec-
torate.
And Hart was making a
final appearance in Lin-
coln, Neb., Tuesday with
Gov. Bob Kerrey, an early
supporter, after chiding
Mondale on Sunday for ig-
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renovation of Texas Avenue. She S. Sterling High School, he is the
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Nichols and Mrs. Alvin R. White. Grayson.
. • The chamber’s education com- Another RSS student, Carole
- mittee annually sponsors the Golden, spoke on “Censorship
• contest with two students from and Government.” Her parents
. each high school competing for a are Jon and Mary Golden.
Judges for the contest were
Plaques were presented to all Bill Cornwell, Jim Maples and
participants during the Bruce Eddy, all members of the
chamber’s weekly luncheon chamber’s education commit
meeting Friday.
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students, from left, Rhonda Rogers and Cisselon chairman.
Nichols, both of Robert E. Lee High School; Carole
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 170, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1984, newspaper, May 15, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154244/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.