The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 11, 1999 Page: 8 of 12
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SEALY NEWS Tuesday, May 11, 1999
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who take pride in healing the sick.
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FEEDER cams AND CALVES:
Medum and Lange taw No i and No 2 steers
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PACKEACOWS:
High Dress UTty. Cutter Cow*
Low Dress UWty Cutter Cow*
Date: Mog 1e. 1808
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
PLoce: Seoly Hgh Sehool
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BARROWS AND OLIS
Packer barrows and gits Compared to tas week trad-
ing was $2 higher.
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Columbus Livestock Co., Inc.
Sale Every Thursday 10:30 am
•Receiving Cattle at:
Keaton Livestock pens.
Hwy 36, Sealy, Texas on:
WEDNESDAY 4-9 pm
THURSDAY 7 -11 am
For Info or Assistance Please Call
409-732-2622 or 409-885-4114
or 409-877-9139
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550-700 s.
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sheds to store lawnmow-
Sale 10: 30 a.m. Every Thursday
Market Report: May 6, 1999
Cattle on Hand: 1,184 Number of Seders: 226
230-260 bs
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409-732-2622
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Week Ending May 5,1999
Receipts: 719 Cattle and 211 Hogs
Feeder Steers and Heifers: Traded on the active market and were fully steady when
compared with last week. The lower quality steers and heifers of all weights trad-
ed in the $58.00-70.00 range. Packer Cows and Bulls: Sold steady to firm com-
pared with last week.
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entry point into the
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capped and some that are not.
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Lower Melding...........................
whether above or below
ground, have leaks that
release contaminants into the
groundwater. Other times,
improper use of pesticides will
affect surface water and
groundwater.
Hoffman recommends that,
before buying a property, a
person research any under-
ground storage tanks that
might exist.
“If a tank were to leak into a
water supply, you could be held
liable for it,” he said.
“One of the things people
don't realize is that as little as
one gallon of gasoline can con-
taminate as much as one mil-
lion gallons of fresh water,”
McFarland said.
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SCHRADER’S
Western Wear
er, pesticide and petroleum
management and proper i
age are a few of the topics
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Tex*A*Syst saving water wells
SUNDAY 1:00-5:00
all of the water sources on a how many abandoned wells
North Texas ranch were conta- are in Texas, but he feels the
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Mp 8. BRIAN MeCUISTION pose a threat to Texas ground “Over the last 100 yean peo-
tass A&M University water. pie have been digging new
—...... Dr. Dennis Hoffman, wells and leaving old ones,” he ers and gasoline. However, this
When a five gallon can of research scientist for the Texas said. is an ideal place for accidents
gasoline overturned and fil- Agricultural Experiment McFarland said that fertiliz- to occur, he said.
tend dawn to the well casing. Station, said he does not know er, pesticide and petroleum These products an poten-
stor- tially detrimental to drinking
opics water. At times storage tanks.
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600-700.............................................. 61-69
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300-400................................................83-93
400-500................................................77-86
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600-700 ................................................66-74
700-800................................................59-66
MOCKER COWS:
Good Stocker Cows a Hellers $435-515
Med. Stocker Cow* ft Heiters.....$360430
Good Cow a coupon..............$550-675
Medium Cow a Car POM..........$525-575
Common Cow a Calt Pan........$405-515
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demned. The water well,
placed directly behind the
home, was covered by a shed
where the owner stored gar-
dening supplies.
Situations like this galva-
nized the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service and the
Texas State Soil and Water
Conservation board to begin a
campaign of education for the
public on proper water well
Dr. Mark McFarland,
Extension soil fertility special-
ist, said the Tex“A°Syst Rural
Wall Water Assessment pro-
gram, now consisting of 10 bul
letins, was funded in 1996 by
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. It is
designed to teach well owners
about potential problems that
can result in the contamina-
tion of their system, he said.
"What we look at is the well-
head itself," he said. If you
have a wellhead that is not
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