The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1952 Page: 4 of 6
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F’UDAY, AUGUST 22, 1052
SERIOUS CLOW N
KNOW VOI R SOIL—
TESTING A BIG AID
GEORGE MILLS, shown
above protecting a cowboy
from injm*y, by a bit of seri-
ous clowning will exhibit his
outstanding bull fighting-
courage at the Dublin Pre-
Madison Square Garden
Kodeo of four big night per-
formances on August 27, 28,
29, and 30.
College Station, Aug. 21—There is
no point in swapping even dollars.
But, when you can swap one for
eight, that is good business. Mr. Ed
Detrixhe, a Hemphill county wheat
fanner made that kind of swap this
year on his wheat crop.
Hemphill county agent Walter
Grist says it all started as a result
uf a soil test. Mr. Detrixhe sub
milted a soil sample to the Texas A
and M College System's Extension
St i vice Soils Laboratory and then
carried out the recommendations on
his faun. M. K. Thornton, agricul-
tural chemist in charge of the lab,
makes recommendations on fertili-
ser usage and cropping practices as
a part of the soil testing service.
Here is the story as reported by
Grist. Mr. Detrfxhe applied 30 lbs.
of nitrogen per acre to 80 acres of
wheat and when he had finished com-
bining, he found that this field had
produced an average of 35 bushels
per acre against a 11 to 14 bushel av-
erage for the unfertilized acreage.
That increase of better than 20 bush-
els per acre paid him $8 in return for
each $1 spent for fertilizer, and Grist
believes the 35 bushels is some kind
1 ol a record for dryland wheat.
Considering that the average Texas
farmer last year made an average
net reeturn of $4 for every $1 spent
for fertilizer, Ed Detrixhe did excep-
tionally well when he doubled this
figure says Grist. It goes without
saying, adds Grist, that Mr. Ditrixhe
i- sold on soil testing.
Local county agents can supply
information on how to take and sub-
, mil soil samples to the laboratory
for testing.
WIDESPREAD USE OE SOIL
CONDITIONERS NOT ADVISED
—s>
Butane-Propane
Deliveries Anywhere • Anytime
COURTEOUS SERVICE
HUGHES BUTANE GAS CO.
Cotulla, Texas Phone 7
! College Station, Aug. 21—Farrn-
j erg, gardners and others interested
in trying out the new chemical “soil
conditioners’’ are advised by Dr. J.
; B. Pago, soil physicist for the Texas
| Agricultural Experiment Station, to
; use them only experimentally.
He points out that research work
dealing with the conditioners is being
conducted at many different loca-
tions over the country but since the
(materials are only now becoming
I available in quantity, additional in-
| formation is needed before recom-
j mendations can be made. The work
I being done by the Texas Station
is a part of a southwide project.
Dr. Pago says the “soil condition-
ers” arc chemicals prepared for the
purpose of binding and stabilizing
small particles into larger particles
which resist breakdown by water.
He is quick to add that the natural
organic materials have the same ef-
fect on soils and at the same time,
leave other beneficial results in ad-
dition to the formation of the desired
soil aggregates.
The scientist points out that re-
search up to date has shown that ex-
penditures of from $300 to $500 per
acre must be made to get the requir-
ed amounts of the conditioners in the
soil.
lie says work to date indicates
that the conditioners are most effec-
tive on soils with high clay and silt
content. They are not effective on
soils high in sand content and soils
already good structurally are helped
little by the addition of the chemicals
Dr. Page cautions purchasers a-
gainst buying quantities of the mat-
erials until more is known about
them. He adds, since the products
offered for sale are new, many have
not been adequately tested. There-
fore, he suggests that buyers try
only those products which have been
tested and on which reports have
been made.
NURSES RESPOND TO RED CROSS APPEAL
TO SERVE IN CRITICAL POLIO AREAS
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Phone C-2121
POLIO TREATMENT—Danny
Rodriguez, 5, of Dallas, is one of
hundreds of Texas youngsters
stricken this summer by infantile
paralysis. Daany is shown receiv-
ing muscle-loosening treatment in
a $5,004, stainless steel tub at
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for
Crippled Children, at Dallas. The
hospital is supported by donations
from generous Texans and, since
1923, it has treated 2,600 young
poli* victims from all over the
Lone Star State. ___
See your appliance
daalar tor a home
freezer to suit your
needs. Save and store
with low-cost
electricity.
That’S the wonderful convenience
you enjoy with a modern, electric home
freezer. Freezing your own foods stretches your budget
dollar; saves countless trips to the store; and makes meal-planning
easier than ever before.
With a little planning, you can quickly build up a big food balance in
your freezer. Be sure to take advantage of special prices on meat and
poultry at the market and buy seasonal foods in quantity when prices
are lowest. This way you store and save. When you cook, make it a habit
to cook more than you need for a meal. Freeze the extra quantities for
the future. This enables you to cook when you want to instead of when
you have to.
A modern, electric home freezer is an investment which pays for itself
over and over again in hours of time and labor saved for you... and in
better meals for the whole family.
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ST. LOUIS. MO.—Answering the P.ed Cross’ urgent appeal for 100
graduate nur es for Immediate a igr.msnt as polio soared to 2290 new
c . la: * week, nurses Helen and Catherine Lukacliick, sisters oi Farm-
in ton. Mo., receive their plane tickets from Miss Adclle Brie’maier,
(right!, St. Louu- Chapter nursing official, as they leave for Orange, Tex.
They picked the polio ward there from six possible assignments when they
learned one doctor and a nurse, the sole trained medical help, have been
splitting 24 hour dally shifts to care for patients. The father of one iron
lung pr.ti.nl comes in <’ i!y to relieve them so they can cat. “Let me
nave t’. * * one," Helen decided, and her younger sister Catherine
agree i lie registered nurses who can be spared are being
air local Red Cross chapters for assignment to critical j
polio I
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COTULLA, TEXAS
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1952, newspaper, August 22, 1952; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1158615/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.