The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 48, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 17, 1955 Page: 4
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TULIA HERALD
CLASSIFIED ADS
PHONE S3S35
FOR SALE
FOR SALE 3030 Winchester
Rille 12 Ga Winchester pump and
a 10 ft Cattle trailer all three
items like new Ray Coe Phone
53393 7lp
FOR SALE 3 bedroom and den
brick house Central heating double
garage Located on north Fannin
Bob Hickman Phone 53053
7tfc
FOn SALE Fresh Eggs
South Maxwell
50S
7lc
FOR SALE My home 410 South
El Paso Small down payment easy
monthly payments Or would rent
to responsible party Small family
Charles B Byrnes Phone 54483
7lp
TRADE equity in late model car
for well located lot Phone 52737
527377tfc
FOR SALE 1950 Willis jeep with
200 amp electric welder Joe D
Vaughn 18 miles SW of Tulia C4p
FOR SALE New Era pea seed
cleaned sacked and free from Johnson
grass and weed seed Also 270
cages for laying hens Murry E
Vise 415 N Briscoe Phone 53643
53643G6p
FOR SALE 1950 model Fcgruson 2
row Lister Planter Cultivator Go
Devil and Tandem Disc 6 ft 1953
Chrysler Ind 8 Well Motor with
Drive Shaft Everything on it and
ready to go Has not been used
much All the above is in Extra good
condition See 2 miles north of Tulia
or write John T Fowler Box 42
Tulia Texas 7lp
FOR SALE Six room and bath
story and a half white stucco house
Three bedrooms den knottypine
stairway newly decorated Kitchen
all steel G E cabinets and asphalt
tile floor Has fencedin yard Is
within 2 block of 5 churches y2 block
from community TV tower Desirable
neighborhood Very reasonably
priced For further details call 52283
Owners will show house by appointment
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K fpwWREZT Jni fflWTrr ° rm
FOR SALE Good slightly used barbwire
and posts Will sell right F J
Burgess Phone Redmon 3172
63c
FOR SALE Two bedroom home 418
N Floyd Elbcrn Wallace Phono
53155 C4p
FOR SALE
Ready Built Concrete Pump
foundations and spillways
JACK JONES
501 E Broadway
Phone 52831
or sec
ALLEN DOAN FARM SUPPLY
Phone 53791
54p
FOR SALE My home 2 bedrooms
2 baths large living rom large dining
room 5 closets and attached
double garage 525 NW 3rd street
C S Dudley phone 53016
4tfc
FOR SALE or trade for cattle
a 1951 model 33 Oliver Selfpropelled
Combine in perfect condition To
see contact John Holiums Kress
Write Kenneth Block Route 2 Ben
tonvillc Arkansas 44c
FOR ALL TIRE NEEDS SEE
O K RUBBER WELDERS
SEE TULIA PLUMBERS FOR
USED FURNITURE 7tfc
FOR SALE Practically new house
3 bedrooms 2 complete baths din
ing room Ititchen utility room pantry
large closets and attached gar
age Located in Tulia Homesitc ad
dition 19 Norfleet Drive Telephone
53179 2tfc
The following letter was recently sent to Lyndon Johnson It is reprinted
here to indicate the reasoning of interested Farmers Union members of
the Swisher County FU whobelieve sorghum growers are being discriminated
against
Honorable Lyndon Johnson v
V S Senate
Washington D C
Dear Senator
According to information furnished us by the Agriculture Marketing Service Office of the Agricultural
Satistician the effective parity prices of corn and grain sorghum during the month of December
for the years 1950 through 1954 were as follows
For corn the parity price per bushel has been converted to hundred weight in order to show a comparison
It is noted for these five years that parity on com increased from 300 per hundredweight
to 321 per hundred weight while parity on grain sorghums decreased from 300 per hundred
weight to 254 per hundred weight resulting in a parity difference as of December 1954
of 67 cents per hundred weight made up of an increase in corn of 21 cents and decrease in grain
sorghum of 46 cents It would appear that grain sorghums hac been discriminated against in the
computation of parity inasmuch as production costs have continuously increased during this five
year period The Bureau of Labor Statistics wholesale price index of all commodities based on the
1947 through 1949 average were as follows
January 1 1953 1095
January 1 1954 1101
January 1 1955 1096
The Secretary of Agriculture has announced price support for grain sorghums for the year 1955
at 70 percent of parity and lias indicated that corn is to be supported at 88 percent of parity When
applying these percentages to the December 1954 parity figure the national average loan for
corn would be 282 per hundred weight and for grain sorghums would be 178 per hundredweight
or a difference of 104 per hundred weight The grain sorghum price support would only
be 63 percent of die price support on corn and there is very little if any difference in the two
commodities for feed purposes
The national average grain sorghum loan for the year 1954 was 228 per hundred Under the
1955 support based on December TD54 parity it would be 178 per hundred or a reduction of
50 cents per hundred weight The 1953 loan was 17 cents higher than the 1954 loan making a
total reduction in the past two years of 67 cents per hundred weight which will completely eliminate
all profit to the grower and in many instances result in a loss from operation Grain sorghum
is the number one grain crop for The State of Texas and is second only to cotton of all agricultural
commodities in the Stare Of the estimated national production for 1954 of 201087000 bushels
of grain sorghums Texas produced 117386000 bushels or 575 per cent of the total national crop
In 194352 Texas produced 59 percent of the total crop Based on 1954 production figures this
reduction of 50 cent per hundred weight would mean a reduction in incoue o Texas farmers of
32868000 Its importance as a grain crop can be recognized by comparison to wheat of which we
produced 30894000 bushels in 1954
Grain sorghum has a long history of production in the State and a a rusult a large amount of
Texas farm acreage has not been eligible for consideration in making wheat and cotton allotments
and must necessarily be planted to feed grains or lay idle
According to information furnished by 20 representatives fanners located in the High plains
irrigation district who farm a combined total of 14 780 acres they have cotton allotments for
770 acres and wheat allotments for 3717 acres Cotton amounts to 5 per cent of the total acreage
nd wheat amounts to 25 percent of the total acreage leaving 70 percent of their acieage that
must be planted to grain sorghum or other crops And since all feed grains are to be supported
at 70 percent of parity there is not any crop to which they can profitably plant this land
A large portion of the Texas milo production lias been from irrigated acreage on which the expense
of production is necessarily high to cover costs of pumping fertilizing etc Sworn statements secured
from approximately 50 farmers indicate that the cost of producing an average of 3000 lbs of
grain sorghum per acre is approximately 35 This at best would be breakeven proposition and
would not afford sufficient income for living expenses land payments crop losses machinery in
tments etc
Grain sorghum is as basic to its area of production as corn is to its
commercial area and a comparable price is necessary to support the
economy of the area in vhich it is grown In the production area there
is no other revenue producing crop which can be substituted We need
help now not this fall This discrimination must be stopped before we
are bankrupt
SWISHER COUNTY FARMERS UNION
President L Deen Butler
Vice President Frank Ham
Secretary Treasurer Dale Foreman
THE TULIA Swisher County HERALD
FOR SALE Practically new duplex
apartment 620 North Donley
Telephone 53179 Renting for 100
per month 2tfc
READ K RAMSEYS AD
FOR SALE Polio insurance 5000
or 10000 policies Legal Reserve
Stock Co Hansen Insurance Agency
Phone 53318 37tfc
R N SELF
REAL ESTATE
FARMS RANCHES
Phone 52181
430 S Gaines
GUARANTEED RECAPPING
O K RUBBER WELDERS TULIA
FOR SALE
Dandy 160 acres Irrigated on
pavement all In cultivation close
to town y2 minerals Buyers gets
the rent this year
One half section 2 good 8 irrigation
wells clo se in no improvementsNice 5 room house excellent condition
well located 350000 loan
A bargain at 630000
Two bedroom home recently redecorated
good residential area
small loan A bargain at 550000
Lovely building site 5 acre tract
on pavement close to town
See me at once If you have 160
or 320 aero tracts you want to sell
Have buyers waiting
If you want to sell or buy I will
do my best to help you
SOLOMON REAL ESTATE
Residence Phone 53257
Office Phone 53492
FOR RENT
FOR RENT Nicely furnished 3
room apartment 610 N Armstrong
7tfc
FOR RENT 4 room house plumbed
for washer see evenings 59
121 North Hale 7lp
FOR RENT 4 room house 514 N
Austin 15 a month See T L
Fore at Fore Motor Company
74c
FOR RENT 3 bedroom house J T
Scott Phone 52731 7tfc
Beauty Counslers Cosmetics Call
or See Nannie Tedford 7tfc
FOR RENT New office space for
rent Will build to your specifications
At Clower Jewelry Store
62c
FOR RENT Furnished apartment
Mrs T M Littlejohn Phone 53200
6tfc
FOR RENT New duplex 3 rooms
and bath Stove and refreg Furinsh
ed Call Elkins 2133 or 53179 6tfc
FOR RENT Modern two bedroom
house Mrs B B Cole Phone 52209
3tfc
FOR RENT Two and three room
apartments WESTSIDE APARTMENTS
324 North 87th Phone
53469 31tfc
FOR RENT Furnished apartment
Scott Apartments 52tfc
HAVE YOUR TIRES REPAIRED
ANY SIZE O K RUBBER WELD
ER TULIA
If you want to bo sure that your
widow will bo respected be sure
that she is protected Have you
life insurance Hansen Insurance
Agency Phone 53318 11tfc
FOR RENT Bedrooms for men
Phone 53303 Mrs Ola Mills 119
N EI Paso 10tfc
WANTED
FARMS WANTED
We have a cash buyer for G40 acre
farm Must lay good and be in good
irrigation belt and priced right
Also have a buyer for a good 160
acre farm
If you have a farm for sale we can
sell it
We Have buyers for farms and will
let the seller rent it for 1955
Mail or telephone us your listings
and come to sec us
TURNER BROS LAND
COMPANY
Box 591 Phone 5221
Hale Center Texas
68p
FOR GOOD USED TRACTORS
SEE ALLEN DOAN FARM SUPPLY
1tfc
A J Harris and Sons Lumbermen
Floor sanders and polishers for
rent
36 months to pay on loans to repair
remodel repaint add a room
put on a new roof build a garage
or a fence
No Down Payment
Free Estimates
317 W Broadway
Phone 53043
9tfc
WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT
AND PERSONNEL
TO DO YOUR JOB
Back Forth Plows And
Crawler Tractors
CONTACT
A R VAN HOOZER
AT BILLS BROS
OR
JOYS TRAILER COURT
PHONE 53180
WANTEDf Your farm and ranch
loans Good company connections
Hansen Insurance Agency Phone
53318
CIO acres to lease for Hilrd and
fourth Has 233 acres in cultivation
with 2 Irrigation wells and wants 3
more put down Will give you three
years lease on this section Tills
section is only 2 miles West of Tul
ia on the Dimmitt Highway Has
302 acres In sod Virgin soil has never
been broken out This land Is
clean level and perfect for irrigation
so If yoir want WO acres to
farm see BurtonDecn Real Estate
at once We have other land to lease
on the same terms You will have
to hurry as this Is the only land that
wo know of to lease for three years
at a time on thirds and fourths
BURTON DEEN REAL ESTATE
Phone 53076
Tulia Texas
LAND LEVELING
Want to do land
leveling Have
crawler tractor
and land levcler
VERLON WATSON
Phone 52114
Tulia Texas
36p
FOR GOOD USED TRACTORS
SEE ALLEN DOAN FARM SUPPLY
1tfc
WANTED 1000 gallon Butane tank
regular and carourator D F Bowe
phono 3401 In Happy 53p
A J Harris and Sons Lumbermen
Floor sanders and polishers for
Rent
30 months to pay on loans to
repair remodel repaint and add
a room put on a now roof build
a garage or a fence
No Down Payment
Free Estimates
317 W Broadway
Phono 53043
9tfc
ment on all of the new 1955 cars at NO EXTRA COST
Until now tubeless tires have always sold at premium
prices But Firestone after years of research and after
investing many millions of dollars in engineering in
facilities and in new equipment showed the industry
how to build them to sell at the price of a conventional
tire and tube
Yes Firestone the Pioneer and Pacemaker has done
it again The new Firestone De Luxe Champion Tube
Only Firestone Gives You All
These Builtin Advantages
Blowout Protection
Theres no tube to pinch or explode
The SafetyLiner which holds the air
also reinforces the tire instead of
a dangerous blowout you get a harmless
slow leak
Skid Protection
Newly designed silent tread has more
nonskid angles more skidpro
tecting edges than ever before
has 70 more skidresistcrs than
ordinary tires
Greater Comfort
New resilient tread compounds and
flexible tread design absorb bumps
and road shock and cushion the ride
Elimination of the inner tube also
provides a softer ride
Quieter Running
No hum or whine because tread elements
overlap each other to prevent
rhythmic vibration Silent Safety
Grip Tread wont squeal even on
sharpest turns
Puncture Protection
If a nail or any sharp object should
penetrate this tire the SafetyLiner
grips it and slows air loss No
sudden flat tires no need to change
flats on the road
Longer Mileage
Tread is compounded of tough wear
resistant rubber for extra mileage
SafetyTensioned GumDippedf
Cord Body presents tread cracking
and can be retreaded again and again
WANTED Architectural Drawing
If you are planning to build and
need Blue Prints Call 53771
< 1Gp
LOST FOUND
LOST Fawn colored male boxer
with stainless steel collar White
spot on chest Reward for return or
Information Phone Redmon 3465 or
3463 Joe D Vaughn 18 miles SW
of Tulia 62P
LOST Stray yearling been hereabout
6 weeks Contact L E Vineyard
5 miles west 1 mile north of
Kress 43p
WE HAVE BUYERS
for irrigated farms 80 acres or more
Also Farms in irrigated districts Write
details to
DRAKE and POPE
I I I I N Filmore
Amarillo Texas
62c
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17 1955
CARD OF THANKS
Wo wish to express our gratitude
to the neighbors and friends for the
many kindnesses extended during the
long Illness of our loved one also
for the flowers and other expressions
of sympathy at his passing
Family of Wade Bates
FOR GOOD USED TRACTORS
SEE ALLEN DOAN FARM SUPPLY
SSAVP
Buy Your New
And Used
FURNITURE
and
APPLIANCES
from
HOME FURNITURE
BARGAIN STORE
The Imside Story ff flie Ifew
o
HipiM5ll It Ml
Firestone Again Makes History fey Providing Car
Owners with Tubeless Tires at I Extra
new day has dawned for the car owners of
America Tubeless tires are now standard equip
less Tire at the price of a conventional tire and tube
takes its place with the first nonskid tread the first
straightside tire the first balloon tire and many other
Firestone firsts as a notable contribution to automotive
safety comfort and economy
If you buy a 1955 model car have it delivered on
Firestone De Luxe Champion Tubeless Tires Or if
you continue to drive your present car you can have it
equipped with Firestone De Luxe Champion Tubeless
Tires without changing your present wheels or rims
and get a generous allowance for the unused mileage
in your present tires
This new cord treating factory combines the famous
Firestone GumDipping process with SafetyTension
ing a now process which takes the stretch out of tire
cords The result is greater blowout protection and
longer tire life No other tire gives you this safely
feature
Also available for use with tube t TM Reg US Pat Off
DELUXE
STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON THE NEW 1955 CARS
YOU CAN PUT THEM ON YOUR PRESENT CAR
ALLEN DOA
FARM SUPPLY
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
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Baggarly, Herbert Milton. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 48, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 17, 1955, newspaper, February 17, 1955; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46330/m1/4/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.