The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1937 Page: 12 of 14
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
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addresses promptl'
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must par postage due '“i
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u you do nnl give immediate
noUfleaton when ruu move
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cerned la tn rend the change
of address
ui advance
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Speeding one
pal streets in ■
protests and
made by th> *
caught exceed
banded a tic net
the mayor u.- d •
driving ,v> lav
kiddiei mi,
others w da.;
and a d i
more sen.se
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be om. of
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visited K>’
the past two u.'
a speeial trip t
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one of the '
of nature • at
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plants are nr i
a sight wor: ii
entire pint
the Texas
like an a/u
tance a a r.
the work
deserve n.\
of years
must bean
Texas
Interest
Increa n.g
deep estc i'
blocks are
afkOWUlgs have
found m nine
duce enough ••
to keep the w<
treatment ha.,
ressfu. in recei '
a fair showing .
ment anil usua. y
lime and ln< reu -e •
paying
Interest renter'
unless paving *i
depths here*. r •
operator a
explore ■ ei
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being dr >il v
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Itranted Letters
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March 22r.(t
Estate of Regina Vo
5th 19:57 s.
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dates
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Address Rura.
linger. Texas
of the prlnci
v have bmugh'
watch is being
Any |ut "i
Superior breeding and care of
beef cattle are being emphasized
by West Texas farmers ranchmen,
and 4-H club boys in reports ot
their cattle raising turned in to
county agricultural agents
Approximately UK) head of reg-
istered Hereford bulls have been
narehaaed by ranchers In Reeves Wu cunt make a fair living
and Ward counties during the m* Blatter how hard you work
past two months These bulls will [when erosion has gullied your
supplement approximately 200 fields and washed away your soil
head of registered Hereford bulls Of the total of 35,500.000 acres
bulls j
purchased tn 1»3H and with this
breeding stixk it is believed that
the area surrounding Pecos will
soon be* developing Hereford cat-
1 tie of superior breeding
of crop land tn Texas, more than
half, or approximately 19.500.000
acres should be* protected against
erosion, according to R M Bent-
ley. agricultural engineer of the
Adam Wilson. Jr Kerr county i extension service Of the area
ranchman, has 141 calves out of [needing protection against loss of
.IS cows this year or a little more ! soil and water. 7.800.000 acres
than a 97 per cent calf crop, Hejrequtre terracing or contouring to
attributes this record to the excel [prevent loss of rainfall, while the
lent care given during the winter|remainder suffer from loss of both
and the breeding season In March soil and water
and April , Texas farmers and ranchmen
All of the eight pastures and |lave aireariy terraced or contoured
•rap-’ on the Wilson ranch run t°[more than 12 million acres Allow -
for land which has been
re-terraced or reworked. Bently
estimates that some million
, the ranch headquarters where the !ni,
v - are fed every morning In
ei e.ps of 12 m the corrals -'ll of
COl'NTT PLANNING REPORT of tho county, iUU, and nation -
RECOMMENDS NSW BALANCE wide recommendations
-- Further recommendations of the
COLI.EOE 8TATION. April J| —'county committee were that pas-
A decrease of 20 per cent tn the lure land on farina be Increased
irreage of Texas cotton and an &y P*“r rent over the 1929 fig-
mcrease of 44 per cent In wheat urr• that corn acreage also be
acreage and 48 per rent in grain increase by seven per cent, and
sorghums are Indicated as the that a large increase in the acre-
collective recommendation of age of legumes would be brne-
fexas farm men and women. Hclal. The recommended Increases
trcurdlng to W E Morgan exion- “re to come out of lands which
•ion economist In agricultural have been classified by the bureau
planning, who headed a comnntee <>f census as laud devoted to crop
which tabulated the county i9*
recommendations All percentages «
ire based on departures from the; quj!.ty T,r„ a, 1<TW
1929 acreage at pj-p^man-*
Committees of represeentatlve ^
farm people In 241! Texas counties The walking stick Hueet repre-
were asked to indicate the crop ^.nls olw>
bulance which they thought ts-st
suited to the economic welfare of
their counties over a period of
years. Morgan' said A committee
of extension service specialists
compiled the state figures which
have been transmitted to AAA
officials tn Washington
The AAA uses the recommenda-
tions of the county committees to
discover trends In local agricul-
ture It is understood that future
AAA programs may contain pro-
visions which reflect the results
of nature's greatest
works of camouflage A bird can
alight squarely beside one of these
curious, elongated Insects and be
unaware of its presence
WEST TEXAS
N( >TES
: t 'r, !i t >;;r K\i ii.iiiLf' v---
crows are deh<: ued so they
peacefully tin t thrr in tin
. - where the feed has been
shed accord;: k to the numbei
1,1 be fed.
During the pa-
i ' ill ’< h county
■ \! ibitetl a t :ai
acres have been terraced to c. :i I
• ervi -.'il at: ! rainfall and that a: ,
[additional 4’- million acres have j
i been been terrarid oi cunt un
1(0
season. 16 Mc-
4-M club boys;
• i e.:i l> ef calve.
t k> shouail iUsiKf
s wiT'K-t'nd b«*f«*n*
hir»* kon#* .iiui
beautiful pic turf?
.m bt* im«iglued
SM VAg‘l C
it* brfi
Hidav
<1 bi'wmui
, take 1
t'oifmiin!
VS Mime
r.> vutfd
$13.» 0U>
Ubr t he
held wat<*r
In 1936 under supervision and
leadership <*l county agricultural
agents, more than 2.338.000 acres
ui three ma or shows in the state Al»jr terraced or contoured, more
and won 41 awards, totaling $754 than twice the amount protected
Tiw«' 65 calves brought these* 16j‘n arv previous year Other ugen-
^" ** $1 334 82 ir. net profits in .U»N and individuals accounted for
•adng SHi) were awarded addition to the S~^4 prize money |almost an additional million acres
club buys
Club last
LOANS—
We m%kc loans in Ballinger
for construction of new
homes under F H A Title 2.
Communicate direct with us
Ahllenr Building and latan
AmwIsIIm
Abilene, Texas
Frizes tc
M Cuilot h county 4 II
by the Hrady Lions
P ii-'lav at a banquet and get-
tugether The prizes were given
' • b. v J.>r their feed:in’ demon-
William CurtLs Henderson 11 I.
t rati. •
ast year
ss men
tsmeu
r »ni hmen farmer
me* at the Mjvi;
ion a* recently fur
f discussing ways
In 1U36
year old Coleman county 4-H club while the above figures arc —
buy add four • "•« this year for - ....ty approximations. Bentley
a total of $425 Ah v> feeding cost pomt.v out that much progress ha-
de cleared between $30 and $35 on made, and that the job L*
not finished Some 16 million acres
>f unprotected land remain to be
'erraced or contoured
♦
Milt ttt ' Kll I
USE
REESE S
CORN
REMOVER
STOPS PAIN AT ONCi - . tons CORN
ROOTS ANO All. 12 PADS l-
AND OINTMINT All TOR -• .’^C
>< muct .OV OK »()%(> «)1»
Weeks l)ru>r Store
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t Custom-oO
KIHItllt IILFLS
Something new anil differ-
ent \ complete lro.li stork.
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SAIH4LL. HARNNESS AM)
SHOE REPAIRING
euch calf
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III I I III \I>\1 Ill s GUM
>1X11*11 HI Mill' DOES II
i • i'd by eonstlpa
Mi
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k Thu
S.,t:;rd..
Headaches <
Mon are gone after . ne dove of
\<t>rtk.i Tin puivur. ■ ou> ;
f MOTH upP1 : ••*< i bow
Ih-.ds bad sleep i rvr-L .. ss J Y
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III ( 111 DIM. I\ L I N (. 1 11
H ARKISM1TH
Africa \|>nl 21
could . ■
!v ! ■(• mar Hair
v en v
• amnia
each
.tpplifJA
COI.l KOE
The average
Texas cotton
itn-h for 191'4
- .' VITOS'. April 21
staple length i! j
v.u' 14 77 .sixteenth-
ai;d 14 87 sixteenths
, Meld
Our advertisers want your trade
td t!
pet i
up
the
e K
The
• ■>! Ealen is planning a
%< M :] ft«KS
bund i
• :.,m to finance a better
,iort» to
water
.ppiy Instead of the
t do with
preset v
' l.alluw well a deep well
SiAdr -*rr
would
< drilled and a complete
♦>: Stock
| Uyi>ut
• f raxing*, pumps and
•.. rage lank* installed
mt Ka*-* 1
• ■ > ii ■'
Ranchmen are 'ontributing to a
inktiip tn
fund
tu purcha.xe a new fire
Angrlvi i
1 truck
Menard Ttie new truck
l d.iub.r. j
w !h*
a light fax! (lumper with
Argr.-> -
425 *.c
'ink suitable for
alfeet.'d by the cotton industry
{arc showing in the situation in
1937 The contests being spon-
| sored for both farmers and club;
boys in production of longer staple
cotton may be the turning point i
in the Texa.' cotton picture " said I
extension service In quoting from
inch for l''35 whereas the aver-
age staph- length for the entire
United States crop was 15 58 six-,
teenths Inch for 1934 and 15 47
sixteenths inch for 1935,' said E
A Miller agronomist of the Texa'
fire, at ranch
A
•pr.r
attended the
near
om
A ui
T
Li
See Fieeni,
U..
It Needs An
Architect
A bundle o f insurance
policies don't make a proper
Insurance program any more
than mere bricks and wood
■take a substantial home
Now, that's Just where this
Agency comes In.
u> vian operating
M> :.dav New ruutpfnen'. l as brrn
"• • > •
I . i
J p .. ' » I ir it- r take the
•
•
J Its Oar an be easily doubled
J should the utput Justify
ir expenses Moris pr<
irenUou at ness in
issued t(
cat#
it .'rd e: Mtltc.g it to do business in thl
.s'ept.'-nviUr state for the year ending February
28 1938
.» recent publication of the bureau
of agricultural economics
The publication, a 61 page study )
entitled Quality of Texas Cotton
Crops of 1928-35." contains mate-1
rial assembled in cooperation with
the Texas agricultural experiment
station
For each year of the six year i
period 1928 33 the average staple'
f the Coke County • '"!lon produced in Texas’
was shorter than that of cotton
produced in the entire Cotton!
Belt Miller continued The aver- i
age staple for Texas during the 1
period w.is 15 04 sixteenths Inch j
while the average for the enure!
Cotton Belt was 15 32 sixteenths
Inch
The difference in the length of1
staple rr.av not liaik like so much
when expressed in terms of six-,
, .. . .teenths of an inch, but in dollat-
cr’ fv that American
lit rej>r-'• its an annual los- which
runs into millions"
Since the advent of the boll |
j weevil, Texas cotton has gradu-1
ally lowered In staple length
Miller pointed out Not only is this
Strange lint True
crowd
ng
•> •' r.j A.s.nciatlon held
Br te .as: w»*.*a
♦
t rrlifirate of Authonlv
i ll! T A IT • >E’ TKXAH
i . rtifi. ate No 5000
Company No .J13
ILirt ln.uranee Commis-
• ! the State of Texas
It May Concern
tin. Texa.s April 6 1937
HAIL INSURANCE
on
GROWING CROPS
E. Shepperd & Co.
Agent
Insurance Company,
.... Indiana has accord-
i rn statement Compiled
laws nf Texas a--, condi-
.-edent to It* doing busi-
tt.is State, and 1 have
.aid l onipany a l erttfl• : all|, f()r,.llfn countries '.islng cheap
: Authority from this office lilhor but ajao any continued pro-
duction of cotton of such short! claim to maintain the
staple w.U necessarily be reflected lumber delivery service
In a lowering of exports In 1938
o ven under may hand and my , ,.af,j 6! ^ cent 0, thP T(.xa.s
if office At Austin. Texas, the rr ,p was less than fifteen-six-
teenths tn staple Of this amount
I about 21 per cent was untender-
able on staple and 5 per cent on
JENNINGS
FUNERAL HOME
De/irudubie I'uuorii/ .Service nf Alutivrntv Coat
Ambulance Service A A f\
Udy Attendant *110110 44U
There s
for our
iMurance
no charge at
services as ■
architect.
all
your
McCarver &
Lynn
T!ie Rising Star Record carries
an Announcement of the annual
invitation golf tournament to be
held June 4 5 and 6 at the Phll-
peco Country Club The biggest
tourney yet held Is expected wttn
best players from all over West
Texas in attendance
seal
date first above written
Seal!
R L DANIEL.
Chairman of the Board grade
15-3t j That Texas U paying more
* attention to Improving the length
,of its staple is Indicated by the
interest farmers. 4-H club boys,
iglnners bankers, merchants brok-
******* ***•••* I era, and others connected with or
The North Norton Bluebonnet
Club met In the home of Mrs
!• - i..i'urc to wait until!
cotton_prodiiced_ln_compeUUon | ^ l<ul mi .
you need. And because we believe
in catering to human nature we
Ia*tesl
in the
state Tell us your building mater-
ial needs, and we'll respond with
a speed that will surprise you.
NORTH NORTON HOME
DEMONSTRATION (II B
CLAY
Building Material
Company
There Is Ne RabeUtste fee Quality
’
'-iTl;
A ha tracts tu Laud
GUARANTY TITLE
Ballinger. Texai
In Farmer* A
•State Bunk
WEB riMdM to *1 flto Ouuetu
Offtoe Over f. kR Mato Dm*
Oeorge Cope April 18. with several
members present
Interesting talks were given on
Native Shrubs and Flowers" by
Mrs W W Mitchell. Mrs Bob
Murphy and Mrs Oeorge Henry
Tire yard demonstrator gave a
report on her yard plans
A social was planned to be held
in the home of Mrs Leonard Fri-
day. April 23 All members are
urged to be pc*sent. The e 1 u b
extends an Invitation to anyone
else who wishes to come
The meeting cloued with refresh-
ments served by the hoetoss
The next regular meeting win
be held En the hem# of Mrs
[Otf Henry. Beery member u
asked to come and wear her
thimble
When You Need
a Laxative
Thousand* of men and
women know how wise It is to
take Black-Draught at the
first sign of constipation
They like the refreshing relief
It brings. They know its
timely use may save them
from feeling badly and pos-
sibly losing time at work from
sickness brought on by con*
sttpattoa.
If you hare to take a laxa-
tive occaaktnally, you can
BLACK-DMU6HT
A OOOO LaZATITB
Gaa and Otis
GREENWOOD
Serrle* Station
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1937, newspaper, April 22, 1937; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160669/m1/12/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.