Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Van Horn, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1965 Page: 6 of 6
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PAGE 6, HUDSPETH CO. (TEX.) HERALD, APRIL 30, 1965
STANLEY EMERSON - Farmer of the Year
Stanley Emerson to receive
‘Farmer of the Year’ award
DELL CITY--Stanley Emerson
started farming in Dell Valley
eight years ago. He has been a
tenant farmer on the H. H. Leo-
nard farm since that time. Leo-
nard lives in Idalou.
Emerson has been selected as
the "Conservation Farmer of
the Year" in the El Paso-Huds-
peth Soil Conservation District.
He will be presented the award
for this selection today by the
Lions Club of El Paso.
This award is based on the
conservation work done on the
farm the past few years. Emer-
son has had to do this work on a
pay-as-you-go basis and has
made it very profitable.
He is a strong believer in crop
rotation. He keeps more than
half of the land planted to small
grain or grain sorghum each
year. "It is very important to
return a 1 >i of residue to the
soil, especially because some of
our soil is so thin", said Emer-
son.
His activities in the commun-
ity include being a director of
the Farm Bureau and supporting
the proposed flood control pro-
gram for the Dell City area.
Yields on the farm have rang-
ed from 1 3/4 bales to 3 1/2
bales of cotton per acre with an
eight year average production
of 2 1/2 bales. A 1963 oat crop
yielded 176 bushels per acre.
A new irrigation well, drilled
this winter, will provide enough
water for the entire 346 acre
farm and the small grain and
grain sorghum crops are expect-
ed to make a profit along with
the cotton.
Good farm management com-
bined with a good soil and wa-
ter conservation program makes
this profitable farming opera-
tion a reality.
DISAPPOINTED ROBBERS
Hamburg, Germany--Two
masked bandits entered an inn
and at gun point ordered the
owner and guests to line up
against the wall. Their loot
was a total of five cheap
cigars. A short time before
they entered someone else had
robbed the cash register.
Range ripping Micronaire
underway on program set
Lewis ranch for Farm Bureau
DELL CITY--Work began this
week on 5, 400 acres of range
ripping in the Las Cruces Dis-
trict of the Bureau of Land Ma-
nagement.
Don Thomas of El Paso, was
awarded the contract, District
Manager J. W. Young announc-
ed.
Four Thousand acres will be
done on the J. R. Walter Ranch
near Lordsburg; 1, 400 acres
will be done on the Eldo Lewis
Ranch North of Dell City, Texas
Range Ripping has proven to
be a successful conservation
practice. During the past 3
years, the Bureau of Land Ma-
nagement has completed 13, -
000 acres of ripping in South-
west New Mexico.
Ripping consists of pulling a
36 inch steel tooth through the
soil behind a heavy crawler
tractor. This work which is done
on the contour, breaks up the
soil crust and allows rainfall to
penetrate without rapid run-off.
This results in saving of topsoil
and increased vegetation grow-
th. __________
Fellows who go around look-
ing for a snap usually get bit.
DELL CITY—In cooperation
with the Hudspeth County Farm
Bureau, the Cooperative Ex-
tensive Service of New Mexico
State University has scheduled
a meeting to discuss the results
of a two-year Micronaire Study
conducted in the El Paso Trade
Territory.
Special emphasis will be
placed on results of the 1964
study in the Dell City area.The
program will be presented by
Jim O'Neal, extension associate
agronomist in cotton.
The meeting will be held at
8 p„ m. Thursday, May 6 in the
Dell City Community Building,
The two extension specialist-
-working as a production-mar-
keting team — are finding a
direct relationship between cer-
tain production practices and
low-quality cotton. The spe-
cialists will pin-point some of
those on-farm practices which
cause low yield - low mike cot
ton in the Dell City area, and
point out how reduced quality
affects marketing.
Some men allow day dreams
to get a strangle-hold on duty,
New GROWTH
and DIVERSIFICATION
reported by El Paso Natural Gas Company
EARNINGS SUMMARY
1964 1963
Earned per common share (a) $ 1.41 $ 1.21
Operating revenues 512,848,271 512,251,974
Net income from operations (b) 38,797,031 34,526,959
(a) After preferred dividend requirements and based on net income
before non-recurring items.
(b) Before non-recurring items involving a loss in 1964 of $5,115,343
principally from write-down of book value of certain oil and gas
properties of El Paso Natural Gas Products Company; and a gain
in 1963 of $10,353,415 from sale or other disposition of certain non-
utility properties and securities.
REVENUES AT NEW PEAK
$510,000,000
$450,000,000
$390,000,000
$330,000,000
$270,000,000
$210,000,000
$150,000,000
$ 90,000,000
$ 30,000,000
The substantial financial progress indicated in accom-
panying charts tells only part of El Paso Natural Gas
Company’s 1964 growth story.
El Paso Natural marketed a record 1.36 trillion cubic
feet of gas last year. But we added 1.7 trillion cubic feet to
reserves, bringing the total reserve to 35.6 trillion cubic
feet by the end of 1964—a 26 year supply at the present
rate of sales.
And demands for gas continue to rise. We are pres-
ently seeking Federal Power Commission authorization
to supply substantial additional quantities of gas to South-
ern California, a major market.
Rapid diversification continued in 1964, through
subsidiary companies, in such growth fields as petro-
chemicals, fertilizers and oil and gas production.
Highlights:
■ Construction began on plants to produce raw materials for 40
million pounds per year of Nylon 66 yarn, in a joint venture
with Beaunit Corporation. Through a subsidiary, we acquired
more than 30 per cent of Beaunit stock.
■ A plant owned jointly with Rexall Drug and Chemical Com-
pany went on stream at rated capacity of 27.5 million pounds
per year of polypropylene.
RECORD GAS DELIVERIES
■ Production capacity of polyethylene in a plant owned jointly
with Rexall was upped to 165 million pounds per year and is
being further increased 45 per cent. (
EL PASO NATURAL GAS
■ Construction began on a new plant to process 100,000 tons per
year of phosphate fertilizers.
■ Other important diversification projects have been undertaken.
For the story of El Paso Natural's
growth and operations in 1964,
write for the 1964 Annual Report.
El Paso Natural Gas Company,
El Paso, Texas, 79999.
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Lynch, Mrs. Michael & Jones, Dorothy. Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Van Horn, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1965, newspaper, April 30, 1965; Van Horn, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1172206/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .