Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1966 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 11
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1966, DELL CITY, TEXAS 79837
6 PAGES
NUMBER 17
10 <t A COPY
City Council Announces Low Bidder
! Cotton is Harvested: Grain
I
Stand Good — Farmers Report
The harvesting of cotton
continues. Cotton pickers,
cotton strippers and the Rood
machines are in the final ph-
ase of the cotton harvest.
While the scrapping of cotton
with the Rood machines is not
highly profitable it is still
better than a break-even oper
ation and helps to maintain
the yields credited to each
farm.
Reports from the various
cattle operators indicate the
cattle being pastured in Dell
Valley are making excellent
gains. Most farms provide a
well-balanced ration of maize
stubble, alfalfa stubble and
green wheat or barley. One
feeder is supplementing the
pasture with 3 to 5 pounds of
ground milo per animal. All
are providing free choice of
salt, vitamins and antibiotics,
located close to the water
supply.
Advice from the high-pro-
ducing areas of Gaines Wheat
is that Dell City farmers must
apply large amounts of ferti-
lizer to Gaines Wheat fields.
Arizona farmers are using up
to 200 units of nitrogen and
SO units of phosphorus. With
the long dry spell, irrigation
roust continue at regular inter-
vals.
Repairs to cement ditches
and pipelines continues. Ray
Collier is putting in some un-
derground pipe which can be
seen along the main road. It
has been reported that under-
ground piplines will replace
cement ditches damaged by
the flood on the S. L. Hays
farm. Several farmers are
Waiting for approval of plans
submitted to the A.S. C. and
the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration before actual construc-
tion gets under way.
Ground preparation for the
pring crops is progressing,
lelds are being disced, plow-
ed and floated. A large land
Plane is being used on several
arms to smooth out irregu-
larities.
School Opens
Tuesday Jan. 3
8:00 a.m.
Time For Soil
Sampling
The end of the growing season
is an ideal time for taking and
getting soil tested. Don't wait
until the spring rash of field work
to do this important job, advises
County Agent, Cliff Caskey.
Soil sample boxes, information
sheets and tips on how to take
soil samples are all available
from the offices of all county
agents, Caskey says.
A soil auger or probe is the
best tool for taking soil samples;
however, a spade works fine, the
county agent explains.
A good soil sample is a must
if it is to reflect the actual plant
food situation in any given field.
Several samples should be taken
at different spots over the field
and then mixed into a composite
sample for the field.
Each composite sample should
be numbered and the informa-
tion sheet covering the field com-
pletely filled out. The informa-
tion on the sheet is valuable to
the soil scientists when they make
their fertilizer recommendations.
By taking soil samples as soon
as crops are harvested, time can
be saved and in many areas of
the state, the needed fertilizer
can be applied when the soil is
prepared for next spring's crops,
Caskey says. Fall application
or early winter application of
fertilizer insures that it will be
out and ready when spring plant-
ing time arrives. cont'd page 4
Dell City.,... At a special meet-
ing of <h“ Dell City Council, it
vas decided that the Council
would accept the low bids of the
New Mexico Concrete Vault and
Consu’action Company of Albu-
querque, N. M. The Council has
notified th’ Engl Co, who
in turn will send the proper legal
p ipers on to the FHA office in
Temple for approval.
Bills for the last month were
read and approved: Electricity-
$23.00 (two months bills);Gas-
$21. 76; Southwest Fertilizer 8
Chemical Co.-$49.79 (batteries
for the firetruck); Chevron Dist.-
$3. 34; Industrial Uniforms-(mopsj
$3.26; Poster paper - .66, Maid
Serice (to cleanup the Comm-
unity Building before the Bid
Opening), $3.00; Typewritter
ribbon-$2. 75; Steck Co. - $18.45;
Telephone Co,-15.50; Norton
Bros.- $11.63.
The Council discussed the bill
that they had received from the
County for the repair to the City
streets from flood damages - the
City will now apply to the Em-
mergency Planning Committee
who will in turn pay the City
for the street repair, and the
City will pay the County. The
$4, 000. 00 (approximately) will
therefore not come out of the
City funds avaliable at the mo-
ment.
The Council has been advised
by Mr. Battle of the Texas Hi-
ghway Department to make a
survey of the streets in Dell City,
This survey will be used in an
effort to standardize all of the
speed zones in the country by
Dec. 31,1968.
The Council will hold its re-
gular meeting Monday night, at
which time there should be fu-
rther developments on the water
sewage system.
El Sexo Debil?
Dice la cancion que"se acaban
las papas, se acaban los toma-
tes y la cosecha de mujeres
nunca se acaba" y nosotros
agregamos: Ni lo mande Dios.
Imaginense el lio que se arma-
ba si supieramos que ya nada
mas quedaban unas cuantas:
Los que se fueran quedando
sin mujer andarian prometien-
do el sol y un viaje a Nueva
York. Los que todavia la tuv-
ieran tendrian que andar como
pisando brasas porque las dam-
as se pondrian sus monos y no
me mires feo y comprame un
vestido o me voy con mi am a.
Los fabricantes de cosmeticos
y de ropa nylon soltarian las
de oocodrilo, mientras que
los afeminados se cargaban
una sonrisota. Pero no se pre-
cupense porque cada dia son
mas fuertes, mas inteligentes
y mas chulas y si los hombres
nos descuidamos, un dia vam-
os a terminar en la cocina
haciendo planes a ver si nues-
tra mujer nos quiere llevar a
dar la xiielta en la noche a
visitar a los compadres.
cont'd page 6
Outlook Good
For 1967
.... The economic outlook for
agriculture is good. The pro-
duction faucet is being opened
ud to take care of both domes-
tic and foreign demand increas-
es and total cash receipts from
farm marketings will be larger
than in 1966, says John G. Me
Haney, E tension economist at
Texas A8M University.
Feed grain acreage is expect-
ed to increase by 12 to 15 mil-
lion acres and wheat allotments
have been increased by almost
one-third, he adds.
These additional acres are
needed to bring production in
line with expanding markets
and to rebuild carryover stocks
of grain, explains the econo-
mist. Government payments to
producers will be smaller, per-
haps by half billion dollars, as
more acreage is returned to
production.
McHaney says production ex-
penses will continue to climb;
however, he looks for the in-
crease to be less than that of
last year. Realized net farm
income in 1967 may not reach
the near-record level of 1966,
but it is expected to be well
above the 1965 figure, he says.
Farmers added $18 billion to
their assets during 1966 to br-
ing the total value of their
assets to $273 billion. The
$35 billion increase during the
past two years exceeds that of
any previous consecutive 2-yr
period since balance sheet
estimates began in 1940, Me
Haney said. While total in-
debtedness increased, ;
debtedness increased, owners'
equities increased by $14 bill-
ion, about the same rate as
in 1965.
SPRING VS FALL
CALVES
Lonnie Carroll, a rancher from
Tennessee Colony, made $14 more
from calves born in the fall than
those born in the spring.
His fall calves weighed 462 lbs
each at 7 months, according to
Anderson County Agricultural
Agent W. T. LaRue. Spring
calves weighed only 416 lbs at
7 months, said LaRue.
Part of the reason for increased
weights of the fall calves, said
C troll, is fall calves are large
enough by spring to take advan-
tage of increased milk production
of the mothers. The lush spring
grass makes for better milk pro-
duction of the cows.
Carroll said the spring calves
ate more creep feed than the fall
calves. Also, cows having fall
calves gained more weight during
the spring and summer.
Another advantage of fall ca-
lving says Carroll, is less udder
trouble with the cows.
His cows are bred to crop cal-
ves in October and November
so the calves will be ready for
the May market.
Chemical
Evaluation Set
Practical application of re-
search results to the use of
phemicals in cotton production
will be the main topic of spea-
kers during the second morning
session of the 1967 Beltwide
Cotton Production-Mechaniza-
tion Conference here. The
conference will be January 12-
13 at the Statler-Hilton.
Leading off will be Dr. Sloan
E. Jones, chief of USDA's Cot-
ton Insects Research Branch,
Beltsville, Md. Dr. Jones will
discuss recent research findings
and how they might be applied
in an insect control program.
The benefits and potential
hazards of pesticide usage will
be explained by Dr. L. D. New-
som, head of the Department
of Entomology at Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge.
Emphasis will be placed on
both the benefits and bazar ds
related to both crop production
and wildlife and fish popula-
tions. Some attention will be
devoted to what the future
might hold as dictated by the
proper and improper use of
pesticides.
An evaluation of chemicals
presently in use for cotton pro-
duction tools will be presented
by Dr. Warren C. Shaw of US
DA's Crops Protection Research
Branch, B» Itsville. Dr. Shaw
will point up the strong points
of the chemi cals and tell
where they are falling short.
He will also discuss the status
and potential of new chemi-
cals which may be available
in the foreseeable future.
Dr. Charles S. Miller from
the Department of Plant
Sciences at Texas A8M Uni-
versity will outline the current
status of harvest-aid chemical
research. This will include an
analysis of defoliants, desicc-
ants, regrowth inhibitors, app-
lication techniques, and other
possibilities such as thermal
defoliation and use of anhydrous
ammonia.
In the field of new equip-
ment, Beverly G. Reeves, ex-
tension cotton mechanization
ginning specialist, also from
Texas A8M University, will
discuss recent developments
in strippers. This will include
the use of baskets vs. trailers,
green boil traps, field cleaners
and other additions and modi-
fications which are available
or being field tested. He will
discuss their potential for im-
proving machine and harvest-
ing efficiency and preserving
quality.
Session Chairman John Hutcji-
son, director of the Agricult-
ural Extension Service, Texas
A8M University, stressed that
the conference is open to anyone
interested in cotton and no reg-
istration fee is involved. The
conference is sponsored by the
National Cotton Council.
Technical sessions precede
the conference on January 10-
11, also at the Statler-Hilton
-Hotel.
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Addington, Dianne; Brown, Julia & Gilmore, Joyce. Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1966, newspaper, December 30, 1966; Dell City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177494/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .