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RANCH
NEWS
Crosby Ranch Tour
A $100 check is being handed by
Troy Rich to Jacky Dewbre, secre-
tary-treasurer of Crosbyton Volunteer
Fire Department, as appreciation to
the volunteer firemen. Rich says that
"I believe I speak for all rural
residents in expressing thanks to our
volunteer fire department, which —
unlikp firemen in some places —
serves rural people. Three times in the
past past 30 years they have been
called to my place." Rich highly
praises Crosbyton Volunteer Fire De-
partment for its dedication.
Around the
County
County Agent's Column
By Stephen R. Herbor
Crosby County Extension Agent
The first annual Crosby County
Ranch Tour will be held next Tuesday,
July 25, according to Bobby Adams,
chairman of the Crosby County Live-
stock Committee. The tour will leave the
Pioneer Memorial Building In Cros-
byton at 8 a.m. and should return by 1
p.m.
County Agent Stephen R. Herber
says the tour promises to be "very
educational." Several of the county
ranchers will show some of their
methods of brush control, production
end management —
The tour will begin with a stop at the
solar energy home in the Blanco Canyon
north of Crosbyton. Refreshments will
be served by Georgia Mae Erlcson.
From the Ericson home, approxi-
mately two hours will be spent on the
Brldwell Ranch touring mesqulte and
salt cedar plots, water tanks, reseeded
grass areas, shin-oak demonstration,
and cattle working facilities.
The tour will then go to the English
Ranch where Alicia grass plots will be
viewed. ..
The cattle working facilities and the
clinic are the next stop on the tour at
Brunson Ranch. Demonstrations will
also be given In the proper implanting
Acreage Reports
Crosby County farmers who have
planted 1978 crops are reminded that
now is the time to report the sizes and
intended uses of their 1978 program
acreages according to James E.
Winter, county executive director,
Final certification date is Aug 1.
This acreage report Is a little more
detailed than others of recent years
because the program assistance for
farmers is more extensive. The bene-
fits also are available to farmers who are
growing the crops but not participating
in the set-aside programs, If they will
report their acreages.
Needed In the report at the ASCS
county office, are:
• The 1978 crops and acreages
planted and the uses to be made of
these crops. f
* Crops and acreages of set-aside and
those diverted for payment.
Winter said "The county ASCS office
will make random checks of farms to
verify that acreage reports are accurate
and also make aerial photographs
available for farmers to identify their
fields.
and vaccination of cattle.
Lunch will be served following these
demonstrations courtesy of several of
the area ranchers and businessmen.
Adams encourages all Interested
people to attend the tour. Transpor-
tation will be furnished for those that
attend.
The tour will be sponsored by the
Crosby County Livestock Committee
and the Rio Blanco Soil Conservation
District. ,
Economists Look At
Bosf Situation
CROSBY COUNTY RANCH TOUR
I want to encourage all interested
ranchers, farmers and cattlemen tc,
attend the Crosby County Ranch Tour
this Tuesday, July 25. The tour will
leave the memorial building in Crosby-
ton at 8 a.m. and, should return by 1
p.m.
Several points of great interest will be
viewed on the tour including Georgia
Mae Erlcson's solar energy home, the
Bridwell Ranch where extensive brush
control work has occurred, the English
Ranch where an Improved pasture will
be viewed, and the Brunson Ranch,
where we will tour one of the finest
working and doctoring facilities I have
ever seen.
This tour will be sponsored by the
Crosby County Livestock Committee
and the Rio Blanco Soil Conservation
District.
WHITE GRUBS IN YOUR LAWN?
Now is the time to check your lawn to
determine If WHITE GRUBS need to be
controlled. Late July to mid-August is
thecritiqal treatment period for lawns in
our area. Lawns can be checked by
cutting and digging up 1-square foot
sections of sod and examining all soil
and roots to a depth of 4 Inches. If 4 or
more GRUBS are found per square foot,
treatment Is usually justified. GRUBS
are not evenly distributed In the yard,
and several samples may be be needed
to be certain control is justified.
Best control of WHITE GRUBS can
be obtained using diazinon either In a
granular or liquid formulation. This
material is the only one avail-
able which will give adequate control
when thatch is present. For best results,
water grass, first apply Insecticide, then
immediately water again thoroughly.
There Is a strong indication that a
large proportion of the WHITE GRUB
population in our area requires more
than one year to complete Its life cycle.
Therefore, a second critical treatment
period may occur from mld-Aprll to
early May. If so, you may also want to
treat your lawn at this time.
Ag Teachers In
Short Courses
Ronald Volgt and Harold Eades, high
school vocational agriculture teachers,
are participating in short courses this
week.
Voigt Is at Texas A&M taking courses
in livestock judging and meats and
Eades Is at Sam Houston State Uni-
versity taking a course in poultry.
The courses are designed to help
vocational agriculture teachers In teach-
ing the latest Information
Board To View
Crop Projects
Members of the high school
Vocational Agriculture Advisory Board
will conduct a tour of crop projects of
students of vocational agriculture Tues-
day, July 25, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Because of time and distances Involved
the tour will be divided Into two parts.
On Tuesday the group
will visit projects of David Appling, Jay
Smith, Mark Smith, Robert Garcia and
Robert Johnston.
Others In the crops contest will be
visited another afternoon In that week
These will be David Jones, Mike
Hadderton, Jamie McNeill and Jefferey
Lowrie.
[SECOND OF TWO PARTS)
Rising prices of beef In the super-
market result from a complex world
economic situation which spans several
years, and short-term answers really
won't help the consumer In the long
run, an analysis by three agricultural
economists at Texas A&M University
concludes.
America's beef producers are being
caught In the middle as they begin to
emerge from the beef industry's "worst -
depression since the 1930s,'" the eco-
nomists said. These views are included
in a position paper prepared by Dr
John A. Hopkin (cq). head of the TAMU
d epar tme nt _.ol __ag r i c u 11 u r a I economics,
Dr.Donald E. Farrls, professor of"
agricultural economics, and Dr Ernest
E. Davis, Extension livestock marketing
specialist
Prior to 1973, the countries that now
make up the European Common Market
(EC-9) were the largest beef Importing
area of the world, the economists noted
Developments In these countries result-
ed In a beef import embarflo and dealt a
crippling blow to South American and
Australian beel producers
SURPLUS
This clogged traditional channels of
international trade, and the only place
left for the surplus beel was the U S
market When the U.S. import quota
limit was reached, the heavy surplus
caused the international beel market to
collapse
Asa result. 24-can cases of 12-ounce
cans of beef sold at only $10 a case in
International trading. This price cover-
ed transportation of cattle and process
Ing costs, but left nothing to pay the
producer for the cattle
Despite the excellent bargains on the
international market. Japan. Russia and
the EC-9 allowed fewer imports during
1974-77, far below their 1973 rates when
international prices were much higher
"At the same time," the TAMU
economists said, "they maintained very
high prices within their own markets
and thereby held their per capita beel
consumption at low levels "
The resulting depression was felt by
nearly all beel exporting countries and
by importing countries where markets
,[Weren't tightly protected
"In the U S., the Meat Import Act o!
1964 provided an upper limit on
Imports, but we were still by far the
largest beel Importer," the economists
noted, "Very little of the record U S
production could be exported As a
result, U S. consumers had record beel
supplies and producers had low prices
coupled with record high feed costs
Crosby 4-Hers Place In
District Horse Show
Four Crosby County 4-Hers earned
places July 7-8 In the District II 4-H
Horse Show, according to County
Extension Agent Steve Herber. Com-
petition was held In Lubbock.
Betsy Leatherwood of Crosbyton
captured fourth with her graded gelding
and was eighth In western horseman-
ship. This qualified her as an alternate
to the state 4-H horse show
Blake Boyd and J. Derrick Ragland.
cousins from Ralls, were first and fourth
in team roping.
Placing seventh in ribbon roping was
Dee Leatherwood, Betsy's brother
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Stacy Vandever of Ralls competed in
barrel racing but failed to place.
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Sponsored by the Following Interested Firms
American Cotton
Growers
Caprock Chemical
Company
Citizens National
Bank
Crosby County
Farm Bureau
Crosby County Farm
Equipment ,0c4ro^„,n
Crosby County Fuel
Assn. Rails - Crosbyton
Crosbyton Implement
f1 121 West Main
" * Crosbyton
Crosbyton Seed
Company
Growers Seed
Association
Nickson Pharmacy
LARRY YOWELL
Hurst
Service
Farm
Lorenzo
C rosbvlon
Blanco Gin
Mt. Blanco Fertilizer
The Hallmark Addition
817 Main Street — RALLS
Richardson Aircraft
Service F,ovd flnd Galc
NO PROFIT INCENTIVE
"In the Americas, Africa and Oceania
there has been little or no profit
Incentive to Increase investment In
cattle or In range improvement during
the Tour-year period 1W/4-7/."
At the same time that Japan, Russia
and the EC-9 were preventing their
consumers from responding to the lower
world prices, "the U S market, despite
burdensome supplies of Its own, took no
. add.ltionaj.actions to restrict imports "
the economists stressed
Because ol such foreign restraints on
consumers In other countries, the
authors recommended 'that the U S
Meat Import Act of 1964 be amended to
incluOe^a counter-cycitcet quota '' —
Such a quota, they explained, "is one
that automatically decreases when U S
supplies are heavy and Increases when
supplies are short " Such a plan would
likely allow ail of the available imports
to enter lor the next three years, while
American cattlemen rebuild their herds,
they said
"Political or administrative decisions
to change the quota are less satisfactory
than a system that changes under a
known set of rules,"'the economists
said
Federal price controls such as were
attempted in World War II and In
1972-73 have proven Ineffective, but
"most disruptive" to the industry, they
said
The economists characterized the
beel industry as highly competitive with
large numbers of competitors having
relatively tree entry at every level In the
system
Anytime there have been good
profit possibilities, It has always stimu-
lated expansion and new investors,"
they noted There has been little chance
to protect markets, or new technology
with patents, they pointed out
"As a result, there is no evidence ol
any long-term profits within the
Industry On the other hand, there Is
substantial evidence of very low profits
Tn cattle: production si nee 1952 " t~~
They said many producers have been
able to stay In business only because ol
land appreciation which provided
increased debt capacity, income from
sale of crops, or off-farm employment
-COMPETITION
They said the excess competition
stems from two main factors Improved
techPlc^logy has provided a steady
Increajle in beel output, and federal
farm programs have encouraged
larmersto divert a g r fcuTTu r a ires o u r c es
out of crop production Into beef pro-
duction
"The acreage control programs lor
crops-mvanably channel some addition-
al resources Into beel production." the
economists explained As a conse-
quence, consumers have been offered
more beel than they were willing to buy
at prices that would cover total pro-
duction costs "
Price recovery which the cattlemen
must have to get back on a sound
financial basis appears likely during
1978-81 "unless there is government
Interference with the market system
they said
At the same time, the three predict
ed, American consumers should have
supplies at least as high as the 1971
levels Ot 110 pounds per person
Under unrestricted market con-
ditions, prices for beel similar to those
of 1973 seem most likely, with tem-
porary fluctuations above and below
those levels, the economists said
"Even so, these prices will be lower
than ihose paid by consumers in most
Other areas of the world "
Pest Management
Paul W. freptow III
Crosby-Floyd County
Extension Entomologist
GRAIN SORGHUM
Greenbug populations are building
rapidly in the Crosby and Floyd County
area Many fields are now averaging
100-150 greenbugs per plant on the east
plains of Crosby County In the South
Plains area of Floyd County numbers of
GREENBUGS are generally lighter
averaging 50 per plant
The extent of GREENBUG damage in
grain sorghum is dependent upon
GREENBUG numbers, plant size, vigor
and stage of growth moisture con-
ditions and presence or absence of
parasites and predators which effective
ly destroy greenbugs Producers are
cautioned ro observe plant conditions
closely as weil as the development of
greenbug numbers and damage The
following table will serve as a general
guide In determing the need (or
treatment of greenbugs
Plant Size
Emergence to 6 inches
6 inches to boot
Boot to bloom
Bloom to hard dough
When to Plant
CORN LEAF APHID populations are
When to Treat
Visible damage with colonies of green
bugs on plants
Before any entire leaves are killed
When greenbug damage Is sufficient to
cause death of 1 normal-sized leaf
When greenbug damage Is sufficient to
cause the death of two normal-sized
leaves
CORN LEAF APHID populations are
moderate to heavy In many sorghum
fields After the sorghum head emerges
from the boot these Insects will decline
rapidly. These fields are supporting
high populations of beneficial Insects
which include LADY BEETLE adults
and larvae and SYRPHID FLY larve
Most notlbly though is the appearance
„ of mummified APHIDS. This Indicates
the presence of PARASITIC WASPS
which lay their eggs within the body of
the APHIDS. Once an egg Is laid the
aphid takes oh a brown, bloated appear-
ance within a few days An adult WASP
will then emerge from the aphid. These
WASPS can effectively control aphid
populations, including GREENBUGS,
when present In high enough numbers.
COTTON
Many fields are now beginning to
bloom. Small bolls are present in some
areas.
COTTON FLEAHOPPERS have
Increased since last week. Numbers at
this time range from 2-26 per 100 plant
terminals. Before long many fields will
be past the critical first three weeks of
squaring
COTTON BOLLWORM eggs have
now been found In our area One field
which was scouted had three BOLL-
WORM eggs per 100 plants.
GRASSHOPPERS continue to cause
some damage to the margins of cotton
fields which border on grassland. The
Texas Department of Agriculture has
recently given approval to Tide Chem-
ical Company to formulate a toxaphene
mixture for use In grasshopper bait
Labels for Toxaphene 6E will contain
specific directions for mixing and use of
the bait. The bait consists of 100 pounds
of wheat bran, 1 Vi pint of Toxaphene
6E, 7-8 gallons of water and 2 gallons of
black strap molasses Saw dust may be
substituted for up to 75% of the wheat
bran. The toxaphene should be mixed
with some of the water and ail the
molasses and added to the bran The
remaining water should be added, if
needed, to form a crumbly mash
The bait should be spread uniformly by
hand or broadcast machine at the rate of
10-20 lbs. per acre along the field
margins, ditch banks, or Idle areas
along fields Toxaphene bait Is Intended
as a barrier treatment to reduce migra-
tions onto fields GRASSHOPPERS
within fields should be treated with
recommended Insecticides to reduce
populations in conjunction with the bait
applications.
SUNFLOWERS
Most fields have now been treated at
least once for SUNFLOWER MOTHS
Blooming fields should be checked
frequently for reoccurance of the adult
moths. Larvae may be controlled for a
few days after hatching when they are
present on the surface of the flower.
If | can be of any assistance, please
feel free to call me at these numbers.
Office 675-2426, Mobile 253-2990,
home 875-2416.
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