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THE MEXIA (TEXAS) WEEKLY HERALD
THURSDAY. JAN. IS, 1948
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Texas A. ?A1. College
Extension Se/vice
The Burr Clover situation in
I.i-Tiio.stone County is very good
at the present time. A few days
i g< i I was down on Dick Long's
farm on the old Thornton Road
just south of Groesbeck with
Brother Waldrip of the Groes-
bock Baptist Church. Mr. Long
has about a hundred acres in pas-
ture in the Rocky Creek Bottom.
Italian Rye Grass and Burr Clov-
f:r. form a green carpet that is tru-
S.v beautiful. His cows are doing
Jgood on it too. He bought a load
t,f Southeast Texas and Louisiana
C.1WS recently that were too thin
'To make a good shadow. He start-
ed them off on silage and pasture,
'i Ivy look a good hundred per
cent better new. Mr. Long is
[making money two ways, He is
buying cattle in the fall when no
fine want.; them and selling them
in the Spring when prices are
thigh; thus, making a nice profit
on the differences in price be-
tween spring and fall. Cattle that
arc thin and gain weight also re-
turn a profit on these additional
V Hinds. A winter pasture makes
this type farming possible. It is
'a sood investment and is sound
■farm management.
Before, going out to Mr. Long's
COLD
JJQUID MEDICINE IS BETTER
*Gsf split-second relief of Cold Miseries with 666
'the largest selling Liquid Cold Preparation in the U. S.
1666 II
Bro. Waldrip and I walked over
'J'11* the old A. J. Oliver place at Lav-
ender which he recently purchas-
ed. He is plannihg to build a real
pasture out there. It. like many
in this area, is eroding badly in
places. It has been badly over-
stocked and the ground is now
bare; however, the Burr Clover
and Bluebonnets are coming up.
These plants not only protect the
land from erosion but are excel-
lent soilbuilders as well, The
Bluebonnet is a legume that is
beautiful in the springtime, but is
poisonous to cattle and they will
not eat it. Bluebonnets is nature's
way of rebuilding soil with a
plant that man cannot use. In
order to make a summer pasture,
Bro. Waldrip is planning to start
killing the heavy stand of mes-
quite trees. This is done by
poisoning them with kerosene
in July, August and September.
After poisoning, wood worms will
almost completely eat the tree in
less than a year.
Don Caldwell of Mexia is do-
ing a good job with his cattle
grubs. I was by there one after-
noon at milking-time. He ran his
hand ^lown the back of each cow
tis she came in the milking barn.
Every time he felt a grub, he
reached for his Rotenone can and
curry-comb. A grub or wolf stays
under the skin of a cow for about
four weeks. A dust bath at
monthly intervals will kill all
these pests. Be sure to use a cur-
ry-f!omb to scratch the top off
the bump befdVe applying the
dust so that it can get through
the hide to the worm. Grubs are
here in large numbers now. By
doing a good job this year, the
grubs will not be present next
fall.
LIQUID
COLD PREPARATION
Cculton Uw,cr.!. :i; .J reeled
Watch for hardware in feed.
many dairy cattle each year,
rimilar articles take the lives of
Short pieces of wire, nails and
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SCRAP METALS
For ever 25 years, the Pulaski Iron &
Mela! Co. have been exclusive dealers in
scrap metals only.
WE BUY METALS SUCH AS . . .
. . . BRASSES, COPPERS, LEAD,
BATTERIES, RADIATORS, AND
OTHER NON-FERROUS METALS
Write, wire or telephone for the best
available prices.
Try Us . . . Your Logical Market in South Texas!
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2307 Leelond Ave. Fairfax 033S Houston, Texas
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Limestone County
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'47 Annua! Report $
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In 1947 Limestone County Had
two County Agents. Mr. J. D.
Moore served from December 1
until 17 February when he was
transferred to Lampasas. On 10
May M H. Brown, Jr., was ap-
pointed Agent. Due to the lapse
of time between agents, the coun-
ty was served only. 9% months.
Of the 220 working days both
agents worked with the 4-H Club
Boys 104 days and with adults
116. 169 of these days were spent
out in the field away from Groes-
beck, while 51 were spent in the
office. During this time they visit-
ed 190 farm homes, but were kept
busy holding and attending 120
meetings of all kinds that 'had a
total attendance of 8,274 people.
Insects plagued nearly all
crops in Limestone County. In
July a cotton insect training
school was conducted for rep-
resentatives of the G. I. School
and Ginners of the County.
Charies A. King was brought up
from Texas A. & M. College to
teach these men to make scien-
tific cotton insect counts. They,
in turn, kept the County Agent
informed about the number of
insects during the summer.
The grasshopper is a pest that
damages many crop in this area,
Through the cooperation of the
Limetone County Commissioners
Court, The Mexia Cotton Oil
Mill, and the U. S. Bureau of En-
tomology and Plant Quarantine,
poison bran bait was supplied to
faimers for the cost of mixing the
bait materials together.
To. combat truck and garden
insects including the Stink Bug,
Blister Beetle, Squash Bug. and
other hard to kill insects, Saba-
dilla Dust was- introduced in June
when Brown came. This is a new
insecticide that is the answer to
the truck grower's prayer be-
cause it kills the bug. In spite
of its an ival when the truck crop
season was almost over, more
than 50 pounds were sold by
dealers in Groesbeck alone.
Everyone who used it reported
almost unbelievable results. The
life of their gardens was extend-
ed more than two weeks and the
yields increased Vs.
Farmers in Limestone County
are becoming very interested in
their soil and in fertilizing it.
They are requesting more and
more information about fertilizer
end how to use it. The use of
phosphate and legumes is in-
creasing every year. Mr. J. D.
McCreary of the AAA reports
that 6 carloads of phosphate was
applied last year and that 25
cars would have been used had
they been available. The film,
"The Living Rock," was secured
in November and shown by the
Agent. This film shows the con-
nection between soil fertility,
production, and health. 4!J6 people
saw it during the four days it
was in the county. The shortage
of fertilizer materials is prevent-
Negro County
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FIRKSAFE • LONG-LASTING
WEATHER-RESISTANT
LOW IN ANNUAL COST
JOIN the thousands of thrifty farmers who have
obtained these and other advantages by using
concrete masonry for dozens of farm purposes.
1, Write us for free booklets that are simply and
clearly written and have plenty of pictures to
show you how to build all kinds of farm struc-
tures and improvements.
2, If you need help with construction get in touch
with a local contractor.
3. See your local concrete products manufacturer on
your next trip to town. He can answer your ques-
tions about concrete masonry constructVm,
4. Always insist on concrete masonry wnH** which
meet the specifications of the American Society
for Testing Materials (ASTM).
PORTLAND CEMENT
ASSOCIATION
1301 Capital National Bank Bldg., Austin 16, Texai
A national organization to improve and extend the uses of
portiand cement and concrete . . . through scientific research
and engineering field work
Annual Report. 4- /
' Looking 'back ovfcr thfc work
done in Limestone County during
ld47 by th6 Negro Agent, we
find that it ranks high among
counties Of the State in organi-
zation plan for carrying on Exten-
sion work and county agricultural
activities. The work functions
through 14 4-H Boys' Clubs, 24
men's clubs and through club
members, in the form of Exten-
sion work and the men's County
Agricultural Council, all of which
are under supervision of the
County Agricultural Agent.
The Men's County Agricultural
Council composed of one rep-
resentative from each community
where Extension work is carried
on, serves in an advisory capac-
ity to the county agricultural
agent. The County Agricultural
Council met ten times in 1947,
for the purpose of formulating
the county program and consider
plans of work. There were 1,440
rural and urban families reached
by Extension Service in Lime-
stone County during 1947.
Other activities attended in
1947 were: The pig chain spon-
sored by the Groesbeck and
Mexia Chamber of Commerce;
two achievement days; sent three
men to the Texas Council of Ag-
riculture at Prairie View College;
supervised 67 farmers in planting
soil building efops; supervised 44
farmers in building 240,480 feet
of terrace lines; 50 demonstrations
with hybrid corn; 34,220 pounds
of meat cured the A. & M. meth-
od; 35 demonstrations in pasture
improvement; Carried five hogs
to the Houston Fat Stock .Show
and the boy won 3rd, 4th and 6th
place; supervised the building of
twenty brooders for 20 4-H Club
Bovs; sponsored 70 demonstra-
tions in treating livestock for
diseases; sponsored a four day
meat show, two days in Groes-
beck and two days in Mexia.
Days devoted to aduit work in
1947 — 181,'4-H Clubs 108.
As county agricultural agent
I wish to thank the business
firms at Groesbeck and Mexia'
for their splendid cooperation in
helping to carry out the work
outlined in 1947.
J. W. Booker,.
Negro Co. Agri. Agent
jng the widespread use of better
fertilization in the county. The
7 vrpJc Experiment Station which
i number of farmers visited last
s-pring has proved that commer-
cial fertilizers will work on all
types of soils. Approximately
50% of all requests for infor-
mation from the county agent
have pertained to soil improve-
ment and fertilization.
The Boys 4-H Club took on new '
life during the month of October |
when 12 true clubs were organiz-
ed. These clubs now have a
membership exceeding 160 boys
that meet monthly with the Coun-
ty Agent to discuss some phase of |
Agriculture. Sear's Pig Program
was used to strengthen club work
and help boys help themselves by
providing them with a pig of ex-
cellent breeding which can be
used to form the basis of a good
hog business. Bobby Maddox, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Maddox
of Forest Glade won the county
show and took second in the Dis-
trict Show in Corsicana with his
fine gilt. The Club took 5 boys
to Brownwood to the District 4-H
Club Encampment in July, and
two boys went to the State 4-H
Club Round-up at College Sta-
tion in September.
The Limestone County Agent
has received whole-hearted co-
operation from every agency in
the county interested in Agri-
culture. The AAA, Farm Secur-
ity Administration, G. I. School
and Soil Conservation Service
huve all helped and aro cooperat-
ing in making Limestone County
the "Garden Spot of Texas/'
They are all working together
for the farmers in this county.
Special credit for the success
of this year's achievements should
go to our local newspapers; The
Mart Herald, The Groesbeck
Journal, The Mexia Daily and
Weekly News, and The Coolidge
Herald. A total of 65 news ar-
ticles have been prepared by
your agents and most of these
were published by all Jive of
these papers.
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One ton of good hay and three
tons of good silage for each cow
in the dairy herd should be every
Texas dairyman's ' minimum
roughage goal for 1948.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Truman liters Europe Aid Tactics;
Congress Ready for Political Fight;
Fuel Oil Shortage Serious in II. S.
, Relen*i <1 bv WNU Kentt.i
parliamentary maneuver, the action
does not modify the administration's
original request to spend up to 17
billion over the four-year period. It
merely leaves open and unspecified
the total amount of funds for which
expenditures would be authorized by
congress.
A figure which does continue to
stand, however, is the request for
6.8 billion dollars to be earmarked'
for European needs during the next,'
15 months,
Net effect of the maneuver for
the immediate present appeared to
be simply to eliminate the 17 billion,
dollars as a target for congressional
criticism.
Looking toward Greece, where
Communists have established their
own government in the northern
part of that torn nation, Mr. Truman
authorized the British to transfer to
the Greek army lend-lease equip-
ment once held by the now virtually
defunct British army in that area,
THE BREACH:
W ider
All indications as the 80th congress
sat down fur this election yeat ses-
sion were that the political dilfer-
ences between President Truman
and vhe ruling Republican legisla-
tors would widen into a great breach
before November rolled around.
The rift is a result of the basic,
deep-seated variations of opiniin
held by the executive and legislative
branches on issues of fundamental
importance to the national econ-
omy.
Congress—that is to say the Re-
publican majority — is expected to
bend every effort toward effecting a
broad reduction in taxes and large
cuts in government spending. Rep.
Harold Knutson's new tax reduction
bill. Scheduled fo' debate in the
house, will provide a pivotal point
for discussion of those issues.
Knutson's bill, in general, would
reduce the treasury income by 5.6
billion dollars and remove seven
million persons from income tax
rolls.
Mr. Truman remains opposed to
any general tax cuts, but it was
thought he might propose higher
taxes on corporation profits in order
to leave a margin for low-bracket
personal income tax reductions
without having to slash total gov-
ernment revenues.
The Marshall plan for European
recovery, of course, will open a
fresh battleground on which the
GOP is expected to carry the ban-
ner of economy while the adminis-
tration will seek more generous ap-
propriations on the premise that the
U. S. must contribute its wealth and
resources to Europe in order to pre-
serve its national security against
the inroads of communism.
(KniTOR'S NOTI5: Wbca opinion* nrc expressed In thro* rnliimim. they nre Ihouc of
Western New P l>ci UnMu nrtt nnulysU and not nri'fakarlly „r thin newipnpfr.t
PLANS: • it ;.
Cold War ;
President Truman Ironed oiit n
coupie if details of his- admihlstra-
tion's foreign policy for the guid-
ance and edification of congrfess as
it reconvened for the 1948 session. £<^;
IHe removed the 17-billion-doliar
• price label from the four-year
Marshall plan to aid Europe, and
2 He authorized the British to
♦ make "blanket" transfers to
Greece -oX lend lease materials
which Great Britain originally had
received; from the U. S.
Elimination of the descriptive 17-
billion-dollar total aspect of the
Marshall plan was made by Mr.
Truman largely upon the advice of
Sen. Arthur Vandonberg (Rep.,
Mich.) who had insisted that it was
neither fair nor wise to have the
present congress commit itself on'
the complete amount of the Euro-.
pean recov^y program for four.
years with the future as uncertain >
as it is.
Described by some as simply a
HEADLINERS
IN SAN ANTONIO . . . John C.
Hopley (above) told how he shpt an
eight-ball from under a fly so fast
that the fly dropped to the pnol
table and broke Its back, was
awarded flfst prize for 1047 In the
tall-story contest of the Burlington,
Wis.. ''Liars' Club."
IN DENVER . . . Justice of the
Peace David Oyler approved the In-
stitution of leap year by offering to
marry any couple in 1048 for only $1
If tho girl admits she did the pro-
posing.
IN NEW YORK . . . Edward
Sweeney awakened to And hla bed
on Are, dashed through a door Into
a clothes closet, fussed and fumed
inside until firemen liberated him.
IN LONDON . . . George Bernard
Shaw added his approval to the tot-
tering "Anti-Women society," com-
menting that a "men's rights move-
ment is inevitable."
I.UC.1HS Q.QHB
On Political Parties
Lucius Clobb, ejder statesman of
Pawbooley county, lit hh
cane-boliiwtakhftu with the (Itpresw/i
seat and clicked bis spectacles expect-
antly at, bis wile Pharouia.
"You were about to say, Mister
Clobb,'" said she in the confident tone
of one who knows she it a woman of
long standing.
"See where Henry WalLsce has come
up with a new hybrid, Pharonie?"
"Mister Clobl?, I see yon got that po-
litical glint in your eye agin. Now I
know why you have
been thinking so hard
today that your eye-
glasses have slipped
down almost to the
end ol your nose.
Third party—hybrid
—I s'pose yon consid-
er that right smart.''
"Well, it just ain't
exactly wrong, Pba-
route. Vrom what I
hear this new party
o' his is cross-bred as
a mule. He's got a lew
o' the P.O.R. liberals, part of the Amer-
ican Labor parly in New York, some
Progressive Citizens ol America and
quite a few Communists, of which I
ain't never seen one.
"Mr. Wallace is a man to grab hold
ol an idea and ride it to death, and I
never saw a man who could ride an
idea to death better'n he can. Now,
he's got some mighty powerful issues
—Russia and peace and foreign policy
and military trainin'—and he's tryin'
to build a political party on 'em and
call it a liberal party, lint he won't be
able to do it. or Vtn a ring-tailed dunce.
"Y'see, Pharonie, you can't git up a
party on a few issues, and as far as
hein' "liberal" is concerned, that's an
over-used word that nobody knows
what it means. We got liberal farm-
ers, too, and liberal Republicans and
liberal Demmycrats. What Wallace
needs is a set o' political principles,
and he can't get any without rabbin'
either the Republicans nr Demmycrats
because they got all there are divided
up betwixt 'em."
"Very wise, Mister Cloltb," sniffed
Pharonia, "I presume you'll be telling
this to all the hoys clown to Jupiter
Hammersloop's store?"
"Danged if I won't, Pharonie," said
Mister Clobl) slyly, rustling comfort-
ably in bis cane-bottomed chair,
"danged if I won't."
FUEL OIL:
Conserve
Few American citizens who
heated their homes with oil burners
harbored any doubts about it. The
petroleum industry and the U. S.
government nodded their heads in
somber agreemcnl:
There was a severe, almost na-
tionwide shortage of fuel oil. Only
the deep South, the Ear West and
the producing stale of Oklahoma re-
mained relatively unafTected.
Why the shortage? More fuel oil
and gasoline had been produced in
11)17 than ever before in the nation's
history, the output exceeding even
the biggest war year— 1845. But
great though the supply was, the de-
mand had increased even more in
homes, in industry and on farms.
Only solution, responsible officials
decided, would be an effective sys-
tem "of voluntary conservation to
supplement expanded efforts on the
part of the industry and government
to overcome the difficulty. In the
emergency householders wore asked
to take four precautions to save oil
and also to save 10 per cent on their
fuel bills:
IKeep room temperature at 68
♦ degrees during tho day, turn the
thermostat down to 00 at night.
2 Keep doors and windows closed:
♦ close off rooms not in use; draw
shades at niKht.
3 Install storm windows and in-
• sulalion to keep heat in, cold
out.
4 Have heating system cheeked
• for maximum efficiency
LONG RIGHT:
From Tokyo
From tho remote fastness of his
headquarters in Tokyo, Gen. Doug-
las MacArthur has thrown a long,
looping right into the Republican
presidential candidate melee.
That, at least, is the interpretation
which one of his strongest support-
ers, Fred R. Zimmerman, Wiscon-
sin .secretary of state, put upon the
latest utterance by tho general.
In a message to Zimmerman con-
gratulating Wisconsin on It3 centen-
nial celebration the general, in
typically sonorous, MacArthurian
prose, said, "For in tho labyrinth of
destiny's pattern there can be no
greater satisfaction than sucli as
comos frbm the confidences re-
flected in the selection by one's
neighbors for public service — no
more cflaHehftfng responsibility than
ljes in the fulfillment or their trust,"
TRANSPLANTED:
Hardy Com
Six test plots of Guatemalan corn
have been harvested at Iowa State
college with results Indicating that
certuin desirable characters of Cen-
tral American corn can be bred into
Iowa corns, according to Dr. I. E.
Melhus, project leader of the Guate-
malan outpost of the college's tropi-
cal research center.
Drouth and heat resistance were
qualities, achieved by the cross-
breeding experiments.
EGGLESS:
No Longer
Eggless Thursdoy, one of the prin-
cipal bases upon which the adminis-
tration originally built its food con-
servation program, has been aban-
doned in view of the seasonal in-
crease hi egg production.
The continuing request for meat-
less Tuesdoys. however, remains
strongly in effect as the main prop
for the voluntary conservation pro-
gram to save food for hungry hu-
man beings libroad.
Dropping of eggless Thursday by
President Truman's cabinet food
committee was inhoiirtcod following,
the action of restaurant and hotel
groups in large metropolitan cen-
ters advising their members to fore-
go the meatless und eggless days if
competition demanded such a step.
Deploring that attitude, James A.
Still well, executive director of the
food committee, said that it was
"imperative" to continue the meat-
less <^jiys because of the diminishing
supply of livestock for food.
"It is clear," Stillwell observed,
"that meat is leading the inflation-
ary spiral in fcod priccs. All reports
agree that there will not be enough
meat for unrestrained eatljig this
spring."
Thus, the nation's food conserva-
tion leader provided a faint but
authentic echo to Secretary of Agri-
culture Clinton Anderson's state-
ment earlier that some kind of meat
lationing appeared likely in the
U. S. this spring.
The bright spot was eggs, said
Stillwell. As they become ueasonnlly
more abundant the.v should become
cheaper and provide . an excellent
protein substitute for Vncat.
SMALL FRY:
Little Assembly
The U. N, "little assembly,"
America's tentative answer to the
power-packed but impotent security
council, met for the first time at
Lake Success, but without repre-
sentatives from any nation In the
Soviet bloc which had opposed its
formation.
Featured at the first session was a
plea by the U. S. for conciliation
with Russia. American Delegate
Warren Austin asked the Soviets to
end their boycott of the new group,
assuring them that they have "noth-
ing to fear" from the agency.
Main explosive problem to be dis-
cussed this year by the "little as-
sembly"—the veto problem in the
U. N.—would not be debated until
after March 15, it was decided.
U. N. members will have until
then to submit proposals on whether
to curtail the Big Five veto power.
Under the present set-up, Russia,
the U. S., Great Britain, France and
China may veto important decisions
in the security council.
Althouth no one even dared men-
tion it, prevailing fear among U. fJ.
delegates was tho possibility that
Russia would withdraw from the
United Nations if her veto power
were taken away.
Over Half Million
Seedlings Shipped
Daily from A.&M.
COLLEGE STATION, Jan. 15—
The task of lifting and shipping
18 million seedlings, the A. & M.
College Texas Forest Service's
contribution to this state's forest
resources for the .future, will be
completed by the end of January, j|
according' t;> p. A: Anderson who
has Charge of the 73-a(\re' Indian
Mound nursery near Alto. .
A rt!-check of seedling; slack
reveals that a tqtal ol' 02,000
young trees are all that remain
unsold. Anderson reports he has
on hand 30,000 Australian pine,
15,000 Russian mulberry and 17,-
000 catalpa which he will sell on
a first come, first serve basis.
Residents of the Rio Grande
Valley favor the Australian pine;
Russian mulberry makes a good
windbreak in west Texas, while .
Catalpa grows well in east Texas
and makes good fence posts. All
three species sell for $3 per thou-
sand, plus nominal shipping
charges. Orders as small as 100
trees will be accepted for a mini-
mum charge of $1. Orders should
be mailed to the Texas Forest
Service, A. & M. College, immed-
iately.
Anderson reports the seedlings
1 are being shipped at the rate ol'
a half-million daily. During the
month of December the shipping
agent at Alto for the Cotton Belt
railroad reported 202,820 pounds
of seedlings were shipped. Thou-
sands of pounds more were pick-
ed up at the nursery.
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SOIL CONSERVATION
NOTES
Bottlenecl
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B. E. Efird of Lantlis, N. C.,
feeds Ids clght-wcck-old New
Hampshire Red chicken which
grew up in this five-gallon bottle
where it has lived ever since the
teniVr age of one week. Air vents
in side of bottle enable the chicken
to put her head through to eat.
DRAFTED:
Labor
Peacetime industrial conscription
—tho labor draft—becume a reality
in Great Britain as thousands of
street peddlers, bootblacks and oth-
ers engaged in "non essential" work
lined up to register at government
labor exchanges.
During the first six days of the
new order about 20,000 signed up for
job placement, spurred by penalties
of fines ranging up to $2,000 and two
years imprisonment for those who
failed to register.
Tho drastic measure was put Into
effect to help find recruits for 500,000
vacant essential jobs, mostly on
farms, in coal mines and In textile
factories. Hamstrung by the desper-
ate need for greater production,
Britain's Labor government *.'ius
carricd its nationalization program
a long'step farther.
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Mr. T. E. Elliot, conservation
farmer with the Limestone-Falls
Soil Conservation District, who '
lives in the Frosa Conservation
Group 3 miles south of Frosa, i.<
constructing terraces on his farm
as part th" planned coordinated
measure for his place, using a
farm tractor and disc breaking
plow to do the work. Soil Con-
servation Service Personnel a
signed to the District helped him
lay out his lines. \
W. E. Thompson, District Co-
operator who lives in the South
Ben Hur Conservation Group
miles south of Ben Hur, is sod- ,
ding a waterway this week, lie
also constructed a new farm pond
to have sufficient water for hi.;
livestock.
Fred Schlemer, District Coope-
rator ol' the Limestone-Falls Soil
Conservation District, whose
farm is in the West Ben Hur Con-
servation Group 5 miles west of
Groesbeck, is constructing terrace
this week. The work is being done
with a farm tractor and whirl-
wind terraccr.
Jeff Thomas, District Coope-
rator in the Fnrrar Conservation
Ci .up, i:; constructing terraces.
I Oscar Bonner, eooperator in the
Roger-Sea wright Conservation
! Group, is constructing terrace. £
! "I'll" work is being done with
I tractor and whirlwind terraccr?
Fred Wright, member of the
Felz Conservation Group near
Mexia, has had an old farm pond >
cleaned out as planned by tech-
nicians ef the Wortham Work
Unit, Soil Conservation Service.
This pond will supply additional
stock water which will be needed
as Mr. Wright is developing his
cropland into permanent pasture.
Auto Deaths Drop
Every 16 minutes, on the average,
during 1947 some person died as a
result of a traffic accident, but the
32,500 death toll for the year was
still 1,200 belo^r the 1046 total, Na-
tional Safety council has estimated.
Actually, the nation's streets and
highways in 1947 had the lowest
mileage death rale in history, de-
spite an increase of about 10 per
cent in miles traveled.
The annual whaling season is
on In the Antarctic and due to the
world fats and oil shortage, it's
an important business.
Revised BAE report on U. S.
farm mortage debt shows $4.7
billions for 1047, in comparison
with $fl,5 millions in 1940. Texas,
California, Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin are top states in vol-
Cleburne Plans
Program to Draw
New Industries
CLEBURNE, Tex., Jan. 12 (UP)
—The Cleburne Chamber of
Commerce today was working for"
organization of an industrial
inundation corporation to bring
hew business and industry to Cl('-
burne.
Jack Brown, manager of the
chamber, said a meeting would
be held Friday night for business-
men to discuss the program. . t
"We have in the past missed
many opportunities to bring in-
dustries to Cleburne because we
lacked the facilities to offer thpm
the buildings th«y needed,"
Brown said. "I have every confi-
dence that this will be the begin-
ning of a worthwhile program*"
USED CARS
WANTED
WE WILL PAY CASH J-
FOB YOUR USED CAR. %
JACK DRIVER!
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