Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1954 Page: 5 of 6
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been given widespread publicity
few Washington County, farmers plants should be reason enough
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nial grasses add organic matter
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’ We should remember that each
Soil should be packed after plant-
planting on 36 inch rows and
cop as equal to 7% tons of barn
and your nursery can be enlarg-
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Henry Moehring, district coop
clipping test of his peas before
tion at Prairie View, Coastal Ber-
plowing them under as green ma-
muda produced twice as much as
- Upon his death, the farm came
sgure yard and clip the peas or
household scales. If in ounces.
about the same water content,
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set out in the spring and the
following recommendations will
aid in establishing a good stand
E. M. Regenbrecht, extension
swine specialist, Jack T. Sloan,
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Feed Your'Layer* All The
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Washington Co. Farm News i
Coastal Bermuda Outproduces
Common Bermuda Two ToOne .
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YOUR HOME
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We're Talking About
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the place is Hermann Bentke.
Schulte said the farm was pur-'
chased by his grandfather, Chris
is a perennial and adapted to all in a pasture program in Wash:
areas'where common bermuda ington County,
grows. I It is a big- mistake to recom-
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Coastal was deveioped by Dr. To make it brief and to the
Glen Burton of Tifton, Georgia. It j point, buffet grass has no place
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are interested in establishing this for Washington County farmers
grass on a trial basis. • (to stay dear of this grass.
Mystery Photo
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Schulte Estate
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It’s the uxtra Teed that makes egus.
It lake* about 64 lb*, of feed per
year for the average hen to stay
•live and in good condition. From
then on, about one-tenth of each
extra lb. of feed goes to make egg*
——up to the bird a inherited ability
That’s why h’s actually more eco-
qomical to give a hen all the feed
he will eat, instead of giving her
just enough to keep her from being
hungry.
The feed she geta above her body
requirement* ia the feed that let
Every poultryman know* that body
maintenance come* first with chick-
en*, ami if hens get only enough
feed to build energy and repair
NOTICE - BANK CUSTOMERS
TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1954 (Texas Independence
Day) a legal holiday, the undersigned banks of Bren-
ham will not be open. Kindly transact your business
accordingly. "
I perer ■
per acre, or more. With weather
like .we are now having, one
week of additional growth can
add several tons of green manure
per each acre. The stand .should
be about 18 to 24 Inches tall be-
fore plowing under.
J. F. Sommers Hidalgo Bluff
completed construction of terra-
ces on an 18 acre field. A diver-
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good grass,. The sodding of j
Coastal Bermuda sprigs on de- Interested in cotton
pleted soil would be a waste of
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Coastal Bermuda is established , mend or push .a grass as one that
only by roots and runnersaano seed will grow on poor, worn out soil?. I
are produced because it is a hy- A grass may grow but it will:
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Coastal Bermuda
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ARTHUR H. EHRIG, Phone 3428
GEOBGB Av SPURGER, Phone 3357
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Here is another of the “myAtery farm” pictures being published by the Banner-Presa.
" "the "-s " — Banner Rres office and identify the picture, he
original photograph ior his trouble.
sOMass, - <i >•
--t tractor । moist soil. If the soil is dry. irri-
75-45
ment until the soil surface is also
protected by dead grass-litter.
Worm activity depends on this
shading cooling cover, and , on
soil moisture.
Erwin Tiemann, district coop-
erator Phillipsburg, is getting the
disk ready to cut under a field of
Dixie Wonder Peas prior to plant-
erator near Latium,
rran* ‘-Xa
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chiseling and by proper fertiliza-
tion and overseeding with hu-
bam clover. Hubam seeding tim£
is now at hand. Be sure to inocu-
late and cover the seed, and the
seed bed needs to be firm.
If the field has a scattered
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time should suffice until it and legumes are soil depleting T.
■*..T rains. < 2) The sprigs • should .be, in so far as minerals and nitro- If the wner of the farm will come by the
put on land that has been pre-gen are concerned when topwill receive the c--a—1 -— -------i
"e‘ pared into a good seed bed. (3) growth is removed from the soil.'------'--,-------------
stand of bermuda grass, a good
cultivation - fertilization is the
kest way of changing it into a
good permanent bermuda grass
pasture. Spring and fall are both
good seasons.for pasture reno-,
vat ion.
Development and renovation of
sod-bound.bermuda pastures can
be handled in the same manner
as outlined above. Fertilization
with a nitrate fertilizer is impor-
tant. Overseeding with adapted,
winter legumes or pasture clov-
ers and grasses can be put off
until fall. Praetee No. 6, pasture
improvement, includes all phos-
phate and potash which is need-
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_ Knowing that buffel grass is | 1
during the past few years and a related to the above named
merely further deplete the soil, I
The Coastal sprigs should be- thus increasing the difficulty of
" getting the ooil. back in a pro-j
duetive condition after b e i n g
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pasture. . . EVKU AM V-TAM Aa A A E I e l
convert into pounds. Multiply
this w l t h 3 and call the prod-
uct “Tons per Acre.”
This simple calculation includ-
es the estimated weight of the
roots which are part of the le-
gume- crop. Example; The -clip-
ping weight 2 pounds and 8 oun-
ces. This is equal to 2% lbs. Mul-
tiply 2x3 — equals 7% tons per
ache. One ton of green manure is
about equal to one ton of good
barn manure. Both have also
iI cooP: led quite rapidly in thiswax.aaextension visual aids speclalist,
sanrmsassmarnmvhamntasma-uanusrbmtenrcomzetmme-i.eme
■ Farmers inuuuarwmuin
First National Bank.
- , putting a spring every 3 feet in |
manure, or equivalent of about । the row. 15) The use of one hun-
75:3775 lbs. of NPrK per acne, dred to two hundred pounds of
About one third of this will be- 'ammonium nitrate or 300 to 400
come available tbis year. Tie--pounds of a complete fertlizer
mann plans to supplement this' will certainly make the grass
with additional nitrate as need grow and will be very much
ed. ”No other fertilizer will be-worth the money invested,
needed on the field this year as I After the sprigs begin to grow,
all phosphatew hishwassaprliedmowandplnt the stems in
doesnot rquire potshThe molst ’oH They, too, will grow
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er desires, provided that the field
will be overseeded not later than
in fall. This may be combined
with a re-disking and seeding a
winter small grain in mixture
with the legumes.
These methods of pasture im-
provment have been used for
years by district conservation far-
mers. and they have given good
results. Renewed emphasis on
this conservation practice is now
in order again. The major threat
of drought, has passed over, and
stirring of pasture soils can be
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ed in the full ameunts'based oh
a sot n na lysis. These minerals a bout directions for making
can be a plied any time the farm- < "
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ape For Improvement Work
,. andertakn again. Breaking up
7 of hoof pans and crusts will in-
crease water infiltration and re-
duce soil eroson: A good stand
• of shading grass will also deter
F excessive moisture evaporation
from exposed, soil, says Soil Con-
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Pastures In Goo
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now. LVEEL'lMWa?.W r-sth
and they made a test clipping of
the peas to .determine the ton- ____________.__________
nge produced pn this field. ing. (4) Helds where fertilizer was ton of good grass hay contains
They weighed- and 0alculated sed establishec a solid turf by the equivalent of a hundred
the stand of the winter cover -------
Frank Lampe, Prairie Hill co-
operator, terraced another field
and constructed a diversion ter-
raceta turn qtside.watey.Lan:
pe proceeds in a planned man-
ner. He first establishes good out-
lets by sodding and fertilizing,
and waterway shaping where
needed, one or two years ahead
of -construction. In this manner,
he has been able to terrace a
sizeable field each year. Lampe
also practices crop rotation, resi-
due management, and legume
crops for soil improvement of de-
pleted and compacted plow land.
Steve Koteras constructed a
livestock pond. The dam contains
1494 cu. yds. of fill material and
is located below the junction of
two deep gullies. Koteras took
full advantage at the lucky sit-
uation, where the banks of the
draw came close together. The
relatively large pond was con-
structed with a minimum of
earth moving.
pound sack of 30-10-30 or more.
We believe- that most people
will be surprised to know that
Washington County has 25
breeders of registered beef cat- i
tie. Beef cattle, cotton and dairy (
ing are the three leading ngrt . .. . „ i
cultural endeavors in Washing Last week 5 ‘mystery farm’
ton County and during the past picture published in the Banner-
, few years we have seen muchtPresshas been identified by Ad.
'progress In these three fields of Schulte as the Wm Schulte •’ l
1 - - - - tate at Prairie Hill. Tenant on
Many pastures have suffered 219262822556880222558922558272
and are deteriorating as result 1391222222832228225 x
of droughty conditions in recent 3213233863636686 K 7 F 2 8288
yars, but more so as result of 1285e2E2z2E88KA6MK96#23
continued overstocking. T hey 1FFEEr4888AN228722N2Aa”au28E2Edmk
need help! One way to help all NE222222822223291501500 M9K9SA2VAS229Ee
types of permanent pastures and ##158 “222639 52580 E E E #588a
to ease the grazing load without 1402 83533 44%2228728822 •
selling off much of, the herd is 298266286233 823288232
planting of temporary and sup- 460282225 38
plementary- grazing on fertilized i-*x--PT
FAlsnd a necessity on many Ready for Cutting Under?
livestock- farms in the district. Some very common mistakes in soil management can be,peen
About oneacre of Johnson grass in many fields throughout the green manure belt at—this-time of
or sudan grass is needed on roll- the year. Cover crops and green manure crops are all* too fre.
. ing Class III land per mature cow quently of only mediocre quality in stand and height when they
orrheregualithe season.gis are being cut under in preparation for planting the summer crop,
besides. But anmOBfWTs ft W
be better to leave “something for wrong and without conmdertofof the nature of the 1
the use of the land ” fields are also being plowed and worked with heavy . -
Grass Renovation equipment when the soil is absolutely-to wet. ■Soil compaction Rating or otherwise watering one to the soil But pasture grasses
-Old Johnson grass land can be and a number of associated evHs will result. "— cheule nti1 it I nnd lecumee e" enil denletine
renovated by plowing or pasture 7— ■ > ---———---—--------
PHONE 2533 -ing early corn. John Langhoff and --------- - ------ ------ .. ------
104 N. St Charles t
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By KW. STUFFLEHME. HL pearl millet, the common millets. . •
County Agricultural Agent gren and elfow toxtan'a nd,
grass has sandburs. ' | a
WANTED
L need several farms from
50 to 160 acres, improved
or unimproved.
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squre yarn ann cup me peas or comnrne seruermaercas com Regenbrecht and Sloan were - Upon Ills death, the farm came
clover close to the ground, when pared to 6.220 pounds ■ interested in taking pictures of into possession of William Schul
free from dew or rain. Put the Coastai Bermuda may be pur- hog overations to use. In future te, Adolph’s father, who built the 1
fresh clippings in a paper bag chased from any number of extension publications, while storyand-a half residence, shown (
or tie with a light string. Weigh 1 emmereinl Commanies The Tex- I Compton visited several dairy; in the picture. It was there that [ I
with the cotton scales or on theasnAgrtcuiturai Experiment Sta.farms. Adolph Schulte was born The
tion at College Station usually isI The Washington County beef; farm is held by the Wm Schulte (
in a position to handle a limited cattle committee met at the estate
number of orders . (county agents office on Febru-1 It consists of 96 acres of fer-
A sack of the sprigs will beary Plans for the 1954 Coun-; tile black land. After many years (
sufficient to sod onefourth to ty Fair show were discussed, of planting. it still produces as—
one-half acre if planted on 36 Members of this committee are much as three-quarters of a bale ~
inch rows with the sprigs 3 feet ; Oliver Whitener, chairman. A W, of cotton to the acre. Forty-four
aprt in the row. IHartstaek, J. C. Fuchs. W C. Hol- acres are in. qultivation devoted-
Coastal Bermuda is the only le, Max Hoffmann, Kinion Tot; to cotton and corn, with the re-
new grass tested during the past tenham, Kirby Wickel, and Mil- , mainder used as pasture and hay
17 years that is recommended for ton Routt | meadows for cattle raised onthe ,
Washington county by the Tex-’ A county - wide cottoh insect j place,
as Agricultural Experiment Sta ;meeting will be held at the City , William Schulte, fearful of the
tion Although Coastal will grow|Hall in Brenham on Tuesday consequences of erosion, refused
underthe sann coW*— land wa mor
commor Bermuda. rarnnt-2-2-A. ttd M sidles,"Reeping it for pasture. Ter-
should keep in mind the fact College will assist with the meet-iracing was unknown in thatdayi-E
that it takes fertile soil to growling. and.his practices preserved the .
good grass . The sodding of All farmers and businessmen fertility of the land until today.
- ■ - ■ •--a — - Interested in cotton production (when conservation can be em-
are urged to attend. 'ployed in a practical manner, * l
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Whitehead, Tom S., Jr. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1954, newspaper, February 25, 1954; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1570634/m1/5/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.