Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 61, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1977 Page: 5 of 42
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Saturday December 24 107
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Dec. 24-27
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Sun. 25th
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lay between
Just in tune for Christmas
comes assurance that the holi-
day favorite plant, the poin-
settia. has been exonerated of
charges that it is poisonous
The poinsettia, reports the
By EARL ARONSON
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Our profound thanks at Christmas
FIRST FEDERAL
(For Earl Aronson's "Associ-
ated Press Guide to House
Plants,” send $1 to House
Plants, AP Newsfeatures, 50
Rockefeller Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10020.)
Whatever is beautiful,
Whatever is meaningful,
Whatever brings you joy and happiness.
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add “donate
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set up .and
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Hay the Holy Blessed Meaning
of His birth be yours at Christmas.
Reverent thanks one and all.
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Brownwood Maintenance
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Wrap them well if you are tak-
ing them out. We suggest that
when you get plants home, wa-
ter them thoroughly and give
them a bit of food.
soybeans and a few pecan or- j
chards. All small grains have |
been planted but growth is 11m- I
ited due to lack of moisture. I
Livestock feeding is heavy. I
Farmers are preparing land I
and applying fertilizer and her-
bicides for next spring's crops, j
NORTHEAST: Some soy- L
except for a few pecans Moat tion is under way for next
a crops were below average due spring 's crops Livestock feed
• to the dry spring and summer, uig is active as range conditions
m with peanuts particularly hard continue to decline
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May His Star, that guided the Wise Men on
their way to the Manger, lead us
toward greater love, peace and fulfillment.
HARRIS MOTOR SUPPLY
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C JOS BOOKER (Behind Wards)
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If you are carrying the plants below average in most areas, so
home, don’t expose them to be- supplemental feeding of
low 50-degree temperatures.
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container to protect furnish- dry conditions Supplemental flax that has just been planted
feeding is widespread AU crops are In except for a few
Water plant thoroughly EAST: AU field crops are in. pecans Livestock arein fair
when soil is dry to touch: al- A few pecans are still being shape. with feeding of hay
heit daytimeandgsodegebrsent and oats are making good nextspring’s crops.
night to prolong bright color of growth and furnishing good
bracts. grazing due to recent rains.
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cane continue to be harvested in
the Rio Grande Valley Vege-
tables are also moving to mar-
ket in the San Antonio-Winter
Garden area, Pfannstiel said
Only about 1 percent of the
cotton crop still remains in the
field. The harvest has been one
of the earliest in recent history
and compared to the three year
average of 11 percent at this
time of the season
The momentum of livestock
feeding is increasing in most Society of American'Florists,
sections of the state. Pfannstiel has been given a clean bill of
said. Declining grazing condi- health It has been falsely ac-
tions and cooler weather area cused by way of stories un-
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A police officer said winds of
transplants are being set out in » miles an hour probably saved
some locations Land prepare the artist’s lfe by blowing him
back against the building after
he jumped
Helms lay stunned on the
ledge about half an hour before
he managed to open a window to
the NBC television transmitter
room on the 11th floor and crawl
inside about 7:11 p.m . police
said.
He was ordered held for psy ■
chiatric examination
Helms, who told police he had
been in New York for about a
.. — _ ... week with little money and had
EDITORS: The next weekly b anine „ Mh.v. ..u
. . a . * Deen Sleeping on suDways, Sald
report will be issued Jan * he entered the 102-story
19,8 skyscraper around 3:30 p.m.
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common, with one coverin —Put plant in a water-proof
several thousand acres or r-----------—1
rangeland.
NORTH CENTRAL: Harvest I
operations are generally com- I
plete except for a few fields of |
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Excellent harvest weather seen 2*
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only a few fields of soybeans ing Livestock are in fair to good gated smain lains are provid- fair to poor Small grains are cabbage and spinach is acaX m leapedSnomt"Bothan0nuht
and pranutsand some pecans, condition, with hay and sup ing some grazing There “ some suffering trom lack o motsture the• Winter Garden rare is ndatnndonathuredovunkdht
says Dr. Daniel C Pfannstiel. plement being feed Stock water calving and lambing and are providing little grazing also scatter. 1 harvestng of andnhedonasneer
ArectruraEztenaan sTore 13 ^CE^HmvoM Lvestock feedang and land broccolana"de * "*
Fall and winter vegetables
along with citrus and sugar
When bracts fade, cut back Some Land is being prepared for
plant to eight inches to grow as the spring planting season, and
a foliage plant it may be livestock feeding is increasing
placed out of doors when out- SOUTHEAST AND UPPER
sides.temperature is warm. GULF COAST: Flax planting is
Avoidnight temperatures below 75 to percent complete. Soy-
» degrees (F) through sum- beana harvesting is
Return to room for direct about complete Small grains
light six to eight hours daily are generally making good
and 60-70 degrees night tern- growth due to improved mois-
peratures. For reflowering in ture conditions in recent weeks,
winter, starting Oct. 1 avoid ar- Some fields are providing good
tificial light at night. This is de- grazing for livestock. Livestock
scribed as the closet treatment feeding is getting active in most
counties.
Tn ______.... . 1 . SOUTH CENTRAL; Some pe-
a plant with genn ottgesaleh cams are sem being harvested;
to the stems. Check for a num- the crop has generally been
ber of small green buttons on poor due to the dry weather and
the center of the bracts. These disease and insect problems,
indicate flower development. Pastures and ranges remain
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hit Small grains are making COASTAL BEND Rain is
putting pressure on stockmen to substantiated by medical and
provide hay and supplemental scientific fact, since 1916
feed. Good rains are still needed . The society said that an un-
over much of the state to fertunate. un founded tale about
provide runnott Water to nu hncdeetnsotioneddananany
stock tanks. from eating a poinsettia leaf
Small grains continue to suf- helped scare people into think-
fer from lack of moisture in ing that the poinsettia is poi-
many counties although those in sonous."
eastern locations have im- Research at Ohio State Uni-
proved in recent weeks and are versity in collaboration with the
providing some grazing for society (representing1 50,000. in-
livestock, he said. Dryland dustry members), "has effec
whe at in the Pla insis particu- tales that the poinsettia is
arly suffering from dry condi- harmful to human and animal
tions, with some stands dying, health if parte of the plant are
Reports from district exten- ingested.”
sion agents showed the follow- While on the subject of this
ing conditions: colorful plant: About 25 million
PANHANDLE: Cotton har- of them are used by .Americans
vesting is in the final sUges, each year • ., , ,
with ylelds and quality good to R Thp panttwasnamedfor Joel
excellent. Irrigated w eat is bassador to Mexico in 1851, who
providing some grazing. Live- introduced it to the United
stock are receiving some sup- states. It also is called the
piemental feed. Many farmers Eastern flower, lobster flower,
participated in the farm strike. Mexican flame leaf and Christ-
SOUTH PLAINS: The cotton mas flower.
harvest is about 98 percent The poinsettia plants sold to
complete and is limited to the the U.S. public are cultivated
area north of Lubbock. Hie crop and 8rown in green -houses and
was one of the best’in sever ereedang,vs nowhroush
years. Irrigated wheat con- able in the traditional red,
tinues to make good progress white, pink and variegated. The
but that on dryland is in poor leaves are green with long-lived
shape due to dry soil conditions bracts (vividly colored leaves)
and high winds. The farm strike and golden flowers.
has been active in the Lubbock Poinsettia Care
area. Here are tips for the care of
ROLLING PLAINS: Farmers the poinsettia from the Society
are winding up the cotton har- of American Florists:
vest, which has been one of the —Keep them in a room with
best in years. Dry soil condi- sufficient light.
tions are hampering wheat -Avoid any drafts or excess
growth and land preparation fot heat from appliances, radiators
next spring's crops. Blowin andkeep ttngpiane n a piace
dust sot erosion have out ofheavy traffic and Jut of
widespread due to the dry con the way of careless youngsters
dition. Grass fires have beei and animals.
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Deason, Gene. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 61, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 1977, newspaper, December 24, 1977; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1573190/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.