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THE MEXIA (TEXAS) WEEKLY HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948
NEW
Permanent Pasture
Grasses Not as Good
Stock Feed Later
COLLEGE STATION, May 6—
Pi nnunent pastures change from
cool, flesh, dark green grazing in
the spring to a dry, stemmy, dor-
mant condition in the summer,
it'.- fine today, but tomorrow or
the day or in the summer,
it will be a different story. In
the late summer the permanent
pasture grasses are not as good
eating for the livestock as they
are now. Then is the time the cat-
11< ■ want something besides the
. < 1 > y, brittle grass. Then is the
time for sweet sudan, says E. A.
Miller, extension agronomist of
Texas A. & M. College.
Sweet sudan is the ideal grass
for temporary summer pasture.
It is adapted generally through-
out the Texas croplands, and can
be planted from spring to early
summer, depending upon the
moisture. Cross-fencing for rota-
tion grazing and for cutting any
suprplus for hay or silage is well
worth while.
Johnson grass, even though it
lives' from year to year, grows
better if it is cultivated, fertilized
and has good grazing manage-
ment. A good grazing combination
is Johnson grass and sweet clover.
There are four general steps
in growing sweet sudan: (1) pre-
pare your land the same as for
Other crops, (2) apply 200 to 300
pounds per acre of 5-10-5 com-
mercial fertilizer before or at
planting time in the humid sec-
tions of Texas. In addition to the
5-10-5 it is well to make one or
two top dressings of ammonium
nitrate or other good nitrogen
fertilizer. (3) plant about 10 lbs of
seed per acre in rows and (4)
cultivate as other row crops.
• When the pastures are at their
best, that is the time to plant
more. The best way to have high
. producing, year-round grazing is
to plan ahead, so that new grasses
are ready for grazing when to-
day's grasses in permanent pas-
tures are passing on beyond their
peak production.
The permanent pastures and
native grasses furnish the best
grazing about this time of year.
With the coming of the driex-, hot-
ter summer months, the present
pastures will begin to fade and
will need a rest from grazing. If
planted now, sweet sudan will
keep the livestock on their up-
ward swing of gains.
Sweet sudan is one of the most
practical temporary summer pas-
ture crops in the South. Planted
at this season, it can be grazed
when the sod pastures are on
their way out. And it often gives
fresh grazing until late fall. Sweet
sudan grass is leafier, heavier,
yielding, more palatable and the
livestock like it better than
common sudan. Another good
point in favor of sweet sudan is
that it is more resistant to leaf
diseases, and therefore stays
greener longer than common su-
dan.
Sudan is popular because it
will grow nearly anywhere, it is
easy to plant and it has a large
quanity of forage high in total
energy value, vitamins, minerals
and protein, says Miller.
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Extension Service
"I didn't know We had condi-
tions likt this in Limestone Coun-
ty," was a comment heard fre-
quenty during the Soil and Soul
Sunday Tour held in Groesbeck
Sunday afternoon for anyone in-
terested in going along.
This tour left the Courthouse
at 1:35 for the D. G. Kirkland,
Jr., Farm near Ben Hur, back
through the Oliver Ranch to
Thelrr.a, then to Groesbeck. Fif-
teen cars full of people made this
tour. Desolation and abandon-
ment were evident all along the
way. Good farming practices were
observed as well as some very
poor ways of tilling the soil. The
tour ended on Dick Long's Farm
on the Old Thornton Road South
of Groesbeck. This tour could
have been taken on any road in
Limestone County and the same
conditions observed. Limestone
County has received consider-
able publicity, both at home and
outside, for its efforts in bring-
ing existing agricultural condi-
tions to the attention of everyone.
Dr. Minnie Maffett, of Dallas,v
wrote your County Agent one of
the nicest letters he has ever re-
ceived showing her interest in her
old home community, Bighill. It
is hoped that this movement will
grow and that home people will
become interested in improving
the soils of Limestone County.
The Agricultural Agencies of the
County express their appreciation
to Kendrick and Horn Drug Com-
pany, of Mexia, for the use of
their sound truck for this tour
and to everyone who helped in
this program, particularly the
Pastors of the various churches
who conducted services on this
subject.
Little grasshoppers are begin-
ning to hatch out. Some were no-
ticed Friday in their breeding
grounds near Tehuacana. At the
present time they are less 'than
V\ inch long. Now is the time to
poison. The poison bait provided
by the government is available at
the Mexia Cotton Oil Mill at a
cost of twenty-five cents per bag
to cover the cost of mixing this
material. Everyone is urged to
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use this poison bait early before
the hoppers attain any size.
Please bring bags to the mixing
station because the Oil Mill does
not have an adequate supply.
Toxaphene and Chlordane are
two chemicals that have proved
more effective than the poison
bait materiul for the control of
grasshoppers, as they can be ap-
plied directly to the crop you wish
to protect.
Last Saturday night, April 24th,
the FFA Boys at Mart held their
annual Father and Son Barbecue.
I don't know whether the boys
wanted to or not but they did'
their best to "founder" all Fathers
and guests with their good meal.
Thursday night, April 29th, the
FFA Boys and FHA Girls in
Groesbeck tried the same trick
again. This time with a banquet.
The candlelight ceremony was in-
deed beautiful.
This week I received a letter
from Paul Gregg, Extension
Entomologist warning everyone
to avoid using chemicals that
have been dissolved in oil as a
spray or dip on livestock for the
control of parasites, particularly
ticks. It seems that these chemi-
cals are absorbed with the oil
through the skin thus causing
poisoning.
50% wettable BHC has proved
most effective for the control and
eradication of hog lice and mange.
This is a wettable powder of
which I lb. is dissolved in 4 gal-
lons of water and sprayed or
mopped on the hogs. One treat-
ment is all that is necessary to
kill both lice and mange. There
is one bad feature about this
with it should not be killed for
chemical, the animal treated
at least 00 days after treatment
because the meat will be taint-
ed.
Will Pool 1947
Crop Loan Cotton
After August 1st
COLLEGE STATION, May 6—
The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture announced today that all
1947-crop loan cotton, including
American Egyptian, still under
loan on August 1, 1943, will be
pooled on that date by Commodi-
ty Credit Corporation for pro-
ducers' accounts. The loans ma-
ture July 31, 1948. On March 26,
1948, loans were outstanding on
nearly 170,000 bales of 1947-crop
cotton from the 209,000 bales
placed under loans to that date.
Producers may either sell their
"equity" in the loan cotton or re-
deem the cotton from the loan
and then sell it in the open mar-
ket. Producers are urged to give
serious consideration to market-
ing the loan cotton before it is
placed in pools. At present mar-
ket prices, farmers should be
able to dispose of most of this
cotton at prices that will net them
good profits above the loan and
charges against the cotton.
The 1947-crop loan cotton not'
redeemed before August 1, 1943,
will be placed in pools, as pro-
vided in the loan agreements, and
sold in an orderly manner by
Commodity Credit Corporation.
On final liquidation of all cot-
ton in the pools, the net proceeds,
if any, after deduction of all ad-
vances, interest and storage, in-
surance, and handling charges
will be distributed among the pro-
ducers whose cotton was placed in
the pools, in proportion to the
amount of the loans on the cotton
placed in such pools. No payment
will be made to producers at the
time their cotton is placed in the
pools, and after . July 31, 1948,
producers will not be entitled to
order the sale of the cotton.
Warm Weather
Means Time to
Store Woolens
COLLEGE, STATION, May C
(Spl) — These warm spring days
mean warm weather is not too far
away, and it's time to store the
woolen articles for the summer.
Most housewives are especially
interested in taking the best pos-
sible care of their blankets.
Mrs. Bernice Claytor, extension
home management specialist of
Texas A. & M. College, says that
blankets should be carefully
cleaned so they will keep their
light, soft fluffiness. And storing
woolen blankets is an important
job — it must be done correctly
so there is no risk of moths and
dust.
Good care of blankets means
several things. Keep them clean,
light and flutfy. Repair the fray-
ed or ripped edges and darn the
holes and thin spots. Protect
them against moths, and wash
and store them properly. They
will give you extra years of ser-
vice if treated gently.
Moths cannot live in freshly
laundered blankets, so for that
reason alone, it is important that
they be clean before they are
stored.
Lukewarm water, plenty of
suds and three rinsings in clear
water will lengthen the life of the
blanket. Hang it in the shade to
dry, and remember it will dry
much more quickly if hung over
two lines about a foot apart.
Leaflet L-53, "Care of Woolen
Blankets" gives instructions on
cleaning and storing blankets.
This leaflet is put out by the Tex-
as Extension Service, and can be
found at the county home demon-
stration agent's office.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
lime {or Filing
For Free Cotton
News and Service
COLLEGE STATION, May 0
( Spl) -One-half of the cotton
ginned iii Texas during the past
season was classed by U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture for farm-
ers in organized improvement
groups.
These 95 thousand farmers were
organized into 1,030 groups and
had over l'/j million bales class-
ed under the Smith-Doxey Act,
John L. McCollum, manager,
southwest yrea cotton branch,
USDA's Production and Market-
ing Administration, Dallas said.
They also received without charge
market news service to guide
them ip selling their crop.
Group members planted 7 mil-
lion acres, of which over 5 mil-
lion were seeded to improved
varieties.
Applications may now be made
for free classification and market
news services on the 1948 crop,
the cotton branch manager point-
ed out. Groups first must or-
ganize, adopt a variety of cotton,
file application, arrange for
sampling and meet certain other
requirements to be eligible.
Instructions and application
blanks may be obtained from cot-
ton classing offices in Dallas,
Lubbock, El Paso, Abilene, Aus-
tin or Galveston or from county
agricultural agents.
Group applications should be
filed with PMA's Cotton Branch,
as soon as possible after all mem-
bers have planted their cotton
but not later than July 1 for all
counties lying entirely or for the
most part east of the 100th meri-
dian. Goal date for all counties
lying entirely or for the most part
west of the 100th meridian is July
15.
Palestine Trouble Heads for Climax
As Arab Nations Prepare to Attack;
Vandenberg Gives Warning to Russ
_______ By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer
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(EDITOB'S NOTE: When opinions arc expressed In these columns, they are those of
IVostorn Newspaper Union's news analysts and not uecessarily of this newnpuper.)
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Membe'r Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
CLIMAX s
Palestine
With a clashing of arms and a
babble of alarmed voices, events in
Palestine appeared to be piling up
for another minor but bloody climax
In human history.
This particular crisis had its lm-
mediute beginning in a savage at-
tack on the Arab city of Jaffa by
members of Irgun Zvai Leuml, Jew-
ish underground force. Fact that
the Irgunists' foray against Jaffa
was made in defiance of orders by
Haganah, the regular Jewish militia,
carried no weight in the rush of in-
cidents that followed.
From Palestine's coastal plain, site
of the neighboring cities of Jaffa
(Arab) and Tel Aviv (Jewish), the
focal point of the disturbances
moved swiftly inland to the holy city
of Jerusalem.
Arabs and Jews hastily deployed
their on-the-scene forces in prepara-
tion for what stacked up to be a
major battle for possession of Jeru-
salem. Facing each other across a
scant 200 yards of no-man's land,
each side had its eyes fixed on the
Strategic Alamein camp which the
British were evacuating.
But that wasn't all. It soon be-
came apparent that the Arab league
nations surrounding Palestine did
not intend to stay out of this fight.
Reports were current that six Arab
nations had decided to invade the
Holy Land with ground, sea and air
forces before the British ended their
mandate on May 15.
The whole thing was shaping up in
the form of a more or less total
Arab effort to crush completely the
Jewish intention of creating a Zionist
state in Palestine.
Worried United Nations delegates,
meanwhile, cast about for a means
to prevent the inevitable carnage,
or at least to preserve the city of
Jerusalem. a
France pushed its sponsorship of
a heavily-armed volunteer U. N. po-
lice corps to safeguard Jerusalem.
Hint of the make-up of such a force
was given in the suggestion that it
might Include 100 New York police
volunteers, but no Russians. This
protective army would number from
600 to 800 members.
While the Palestine situation
leaped into a frantic state of flux,
the United States kept discreetly out
of it all in conformation to its re-
cently adopted policy of apparent
disinterest to what happens in the
Holy Land.
DEFIANCE:
Two Issues
In a surprise speech at a dinner
given by Michigan chambers of
commerce for the state's congres-
sional delegation. Sen. Arthur Van-
denberg served notice on Russia
that:
IThe United States may join west-
• em Europe in a military alli-
ance against Communist aggression,
and
2 "We shall not surrender to Com-
* munist conspiracies in the Unit-
ed States."
Thus, the chief Republican propon-
ent of bi-partisan foreign policy split
the rind on two issues which, like
grapefruit, will come more and more
to be in the public eye as this year
wears on.
Simply stated, those two issues
arc: Whether the U. S, should line
up militarily alongside the recently
formed union of western European
nations, and whether the Communist
party should be outlawed In this
country.
They could become decisive Issues
in the presidential campaign. In-
deed, Harold Stassen already has
, Introduced one of them by coming
out bluntly in favor of outlawing
Communists lg the U. S.
Vandenberg said, "We are sui-
cidal fools if we do not root out and
destroy any treason at home which
may dream of bringing world revolu-
tion to the United States."
The Michigan senator only hinted
at a U. S. military alliance with
western Europe, but his remarks
hardly could be misconstrued.
What Vandenberg didn't aay is that
while the U. S. has no formal or offi-
cial rola la the union of western Eu-
ropean nations, American aid and
support, military-wise, of that union
almost Inevitably Is implied.
Whether or not this nation wiM
grant that assurance will come to
bo a towering question in the publlo
mind soon.
SKY-HIGH:
Bombing
A team of air force and army
ordnance men is seeking better
methods of hitting pin-point bomb
targets from extremely high alti-
tudes, out of reach of most anti-air-
craft guns or fighter planes.
Tills Joint organization Is conduct-
ing most of its secret tests in the
California desert at Muroc air base.
It's assignment is to carry out re-
search in bombing techniques, par-
ticularly at high altitudes.
OUTLOOK
The Dim Peace
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chief
of staff, was taking a dim view of tha
possibilities of peace.
In fact, he admitted to the senate
armed services committee, the pros-
pect of a war is appreciably greater
now than it was three months ago.
Adding forcefully to the pattern of
evidence which U. S. armed forces
representatives have been construct-
ing to support their requests for a
military draft and universal train-
ing, Bradley said:
"I think we would be neglecting
our duty if we did not try to tell you
that we are a little bit more afraid
something will happen than wo were
three months ago when we were talk-
ing in terms of reserves."
And he added "we are not so sure"
that war might not be looming in the
Immediate future.
To his testimony Bradley appended
this clincher:
"We know that we are all speaking
about Russia."
There it was—a responsible ap-
praisal by the chief of staff of where
the present talking war between
Russia and the U. S. might lead.
What caused General Bradley to
think the situation is more critical
now than it was three months ago?
He didn't say, but there is only one
apparent explanation.
The tide of power politics has
turned against Russia and is moving
in favor of the western democracies.
With ERP beginning to channcl
money and supplies into Europe,, the
fields most favorable to Communist
growth—poverty, hunger and dis-
satisfaction—are starting to be re-
claimed.
As far as getting control of west-
ern Europe was concerned, Commu-
nists saw their main chance go
glimmering when they lost the Ital-
ian election. They have, in short,
gone beyond the stage where they
can carry out territorial acquisitions
through political coups.
In order to expand further now,
Russia probably would have to apply
force, which, in this case, would be
the Red army.
And that may be why General
Bradley thinks war is more of a
likelihood now than it was three
months ago.
SMASHER:
For Atoms
To expand further the constantly
widening fields of atomic research,
a gigantic new cyclotron will be
built at the University of California
'at a total cost of nine million dol-
lar*.
In announcing the project the
atomic energy commission said the
new cyclotron—commonly known as
an atom-smasher—would be 20 times
more powerful than the 4,900-ton ma-
chine currently in operation at the
Berkeley institution.
David E. Lilienthal, AEC chair-
man, provided a hint a3 to the kind
of long range planning for peace the
commission is visualizing when he |
said that the new cyclotron "serves
notice to the world that it is the in-
tent of the people of the United
States to be pre-eminent in the de-
velopment of fundamental science of
oil kinds."
Engineering already is under way
on the huge atom-splitter, but it will
take five years before it is com-
pleted. Conceived as 20 times more
powerful than the most powerful cy-
clotron now operating, it will pro-
duce atomic bullets ranging in force
from six billion to 10 billion volts.
Walter P. Rcutlier, president of
the United Auti Workers (CIO),
was seriously wounded when lie
was shot by an unluiown assailant
who fired a shotgun at him through
the window of his Detroit home.
Communists were suspected of be-
ins behind the attack because of
Rcuther's strong opposition to
them in the union,
MINERS:
Temporary
Let not the public be deceived by
the spell of quiet that is reigning In
the nation's soft coal mines and the
ieniporary evaporation of John L.
kewis from the stage.
As it looks now, this peaceful situ-
ation is good only uu'.il June 30.
Even while the miners con'.inue to
chop coal in the pits, they make it
clear that they expect to go back
to their fishing on that data.
June 30 is the day the present
wage agreement between the United
Mine Workers and the coal operators
expires. It is possible, of course,
that a new agreement may be
reached before then, but it is prac-
tically impossible to find anyone
who thinks so.
After Lewis' tussle with Federal
Judge T. Alan Goldsborc«gh in
which he and the union wore fined
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5 Weekly Letter ■
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By OLIN E. TEAGUE
Congressman
Sixth District of Texas
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6—
The House of Representatives
Dussed the oleomargarine tux re-
peal bill by a vote of 200 to 106
this week after opponents at-
tempted to prevent action by us-
ing every parliamentary tiick in
the books. The dairy interests of
Wisconsin and Minnesota have
been successful for the past (!0
years in their efforts to prevent,
margarine manufacturers lrorrf
marketing their products witnout
discriminatory taxes btu.ig placed
on the margarine und on the dis-
tributors.
It is hoped that the Senate will
readily accept this House approv-
ed measure to remove the 10 cents
per pound tax on colored marga-
rine, the quarter cent tax on un-
colored margarine, and the fed-
eral license tax for wholesalers
and retailers. Many states have
restrictions on the use of marga-
rine, but the removal of federal
taxes on a basic food product is
a big step in the right direction
to ultimately allow margarine to
compete on an equal basis with
ither spreads.
Several amendments were ot-
ered by opponents of the mat'ga-
ine tax repeal bill which if ap-
jroved would have been equally
is discriminatory as the present
tax. Congressman Gross of Penn-
slyvania seemed to think that
the boll weevil attacks the cotton-
seed and therefore that cottonseed
oil should not be used in the
manufacture of margarine. Other
amendments to restrict the pack-
aging of margarine to trianglar
or circular shapes were voted
down.
Congressman Knutson, Repub-
lican of Minnesota, threatened re-
prisals against the South if the
oleomargarine tax was removed.
a total of $1,420,000, the miners went I He stated that "When we have
back to work after hearing John L's j j0 compete with the oleomarga-
"wish" that thej' do so. This, how-
ever, is regarded as merely a tem-
porary truce.
One of the reasons advanced for
Lewis' cantankerous delay in coming
to terms on the pension dispute was
that the mine leader was eking out
the work stoppage as long as pos-
sible tn order to deplete the nation's
coal reserves and so put himself in
a better bargaining position when
the contract negotiations came up.
That he accomplished that end
there is no gainsaying. Coal stocks
went down almost to zero all ever
the country, resulting in curtailment
of steel production, a cut in rail
travel and various major and minor
industrial shutdowns.
It is a fact, too, that Industry will
not have recovered its balance suffi-
ciently by June 30 to cope adequately
with whatever emergency Lewis
might precipitate this time.
FOOD PRICES:
Logical
Not that it makes it any easier
to pay the grocery bill, but the rea-
sons why food prices are so high
are no mystery.
U. S. has been channelling food
and resources into foreign countries
I rine manufacturer who wants to
put the dairyman out of business,
I will say, as was said by some
of the dictators over in Europe
some years ago, 'If you pull us
down, by the eternal, _we will
pull you down with us.' "
Mr. Knutson seems to forget
that this question of margarine
taxes is one which is highly re-
sented by the American house-
wife. No one wants to see the
dairy industry ruined and it is
not expected that it will be. Re-
moval of the discriminatory tax
on colored margarine will not
reduce butter sales appreciably
but will allow maragarine users t<>
buy the product colored without
paying a high tax. The cotton
and soybean producers do not
want an unfair advantage over
their competitors nor do they
want to be discriminated against.
They want to compete on a free
J and open market with all com-
I petitors.
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! By a vote of 257 for and only
| 29 against, the House- of Kepre-
| sentatives passed legislation to
, confirm and establish titles of the
I States to their tidelands. Texas
I and other States own this land
At Large
Secretary of Commerce W. Aver-
ell Harriman has been named by
President Truman as ambassador-
at-large for the European recovery
program. Harriman resigned his
cabinet post Immediately.
Money Talks
Now an inventor has come up with
a check that not only will talk but
will scream if it has been forged
or tampered with.
Burgess Smith, who used to do
legal counterfeiting for the U. S.
treasury, claims that hla check will
Identify itseif verbally when It ii
passed through a special machine.
And if It has been tampered with it
will emit a shrill screech, indlcntlrf
that it is worthless.
When water is carried by hand,
people use only about four to
six gallons per person per day;
on the other hand, with a com-
pletely modernized water system
about 35 gallons per person per
day is used.
A good method of shading
small plants after transplanting
is to set wood shingles in the
ground two or three inches from
the plant on the south side.
and thi! Federal government
hhu resources inio lorcicn countries ... • ,, ,... ,i, „<■
, . , . . , through Supreme Court decisions
8 rat= and ™lume ncv" bofore recognized this fact. However, a
approached. Also, every American m()^ decigion (lf the Su-
preme Court . tated that the Fcd-
eral government had paramount
rights in these tidelands but did
not say who owned the property.
Therefore, it was necessary for
Congress to take action to con-
firm the titles of the Stutes, and
that is what the House of Repre-
sentatives proposes to do. The
Senate has yet to act on this tide-
lands bill and the President may
veto it, hut it appears that the
comfortable margin of a 9 to 1
vote in Congress will be available
to easily override a veto.
This legislation means a lot to
Texas as our tidelands have
yielded over $25,000,000 to the
public schools of our State. It
would be a tragic loss to our edu-
cational system if the Federal
government was successful in
gaining title to these lands.
• •
Visitors in the office:
Mr. J. A. Young, Corsicana;
Judge Law Henderson, Mr. Noah
W. Dunsby, Sgt.. Edward W.
Kubin, Bryan; Mr. A. H. Falace,
Mr. Boh McCrady, Mr. William P-
Davis, Waxahaehie.
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able to digest solid food is eating 17
per cent more than he did b:foro the
war.
Finally, until just recently, con-
sumers have been spending their
money on food because there was
nothing much else available ta buy.
Those conclusions were rcached by
University of Wisconsin economists
after an investigation into the causes
of current high price levels.
Center of the whole spiral arc
grain prices.
Strong exports of corn and wheat
caused an upswing In prices on the
commodity markets. More expen-
sive grains cause prices of flour,
bread, ham, pork loin and rib roasts
to go up.
OREGON:
Next Up
After whirling breezily through
Ohio to the thorough disgruntlement
of Sen. Robert Taft, campaigning
Harold E, Stassen set his political
(sights on the. May 21 Oregon primary
election where he was due to joust
with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for
that state's Republican convention
delegates.
In a kick-off address in Portland
Stassen refurbished his foreign and
domestic policies tor the edification
of Oregon voters who will elect the
12-member GOP delegation.
Stassen was taking his Oregon
campaign seriously because a large
measure of Importance was being
attached to the election insofar as it
would provide the first test of West
coast opinion on Republican presi<
dential contenders.
SHORTAGE:
Farm Machinery
present shortage
of
Behind the
farm machinery in the U. S. Ilea a
now all-too-famlliar story: More
such machinery is being produced
than ever before but it Isn't enough
;.to meet the demand.
Waiting list for farm machinery
!is phenomenally long, yet 131 per
icent more tractors, cream separa-
tors and other pieces of farm equip-
ment were produced In 1017 thim
were available in 1030.
The form which is in the profit
column most of the time is the
iarm which goes a long way to-
ward producing its own food and
feed requirements.
Careless handling of stock on
the fat m, on the way to market
and at the markets cost Ameri- i
can farmers and ranchmen
around ¥14 million annually.
♦ •
Loose paint around checked and ,
blistered places 'should be re-
moved with a wire brush or
scraper before repainting.
* * *
Soaking clothes saves hot wat-
er, work, time and wear on gar-
ments. Fifteen to twenty minutes
soaking in lukewarm water is
all that is necessary. Soaping col-
lars, neckbands and extra soiled
spots before soaking is n still
further saving.
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