Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1954 Page: 9 of 10
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Thursday, April 8, 1954
Page 9
The Klondike gold rush took
place in 1896.
California rancher has been ser-
enading his hens 14 hours a day
with recorded music, using 10 loud-
speakers in his five hen houses. He
reports that egg production has
taken a big jump—and that the bid-
dies are “long hairs,” preferring
Bach to boogie.
ROBERTSON'S
SERVICE STATION
CORNER MAIN AND FOURTH
—OPEN SUNDAYS—
PHONE 2231
News Of County Soil Conservation Dist.
Earl Sirmon, who owns and
operates a farm 614 miles south-
east of Bay City is pushing mounds
and filling in low places on a 220
acre rice field in preparation for
land levelling. Mr. Sirmon said
that after he completes pushing
the mounds he will use his land
levelling machine to smooth up his
land so it will water more easily
and grow a more uniform rice
crop. Mr. Sirmon said that this is
the first time he has practiced
land levelling but that he is con-
vinced that this will improve his
land for rice production. Mr. Sir-
mon is a cooperator with the Mata-
gorda Soil Conservation District
and land levelling is one of the
planned practice included in his
conservation program.
Francis Savage reports that he
now recognizes more than ever
before the value of hubam clover
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for a winter cover crop and a crop
to provide winter and spring graz-
ing. He stated that it not only
provides a good cover for his land
but that during this drought period
it has furnished a lot of good
grazing for his livestock. He went
on to explain that he would have
been without this much needed
grazing if he had not planted the
clover as a part of his conserva-
tion program.
Wm. Ehlert, who owns a farm
north of Bay City, has been busy
installing a drainage system on his
cropland and pasture. He has in-
stalled approximately two miles of
field drains to improve drainage
on his land. P. K. Cook, agricul-
tural engineer, Soil Conservation
Service, assisted Mr. Ehlert with
the planning and laying out of
this drainage system. Mr. Ehlert
also plans to plant Angleton Blue-
stem grass as a part of his con-
servation program.
E. A. Burton Enters
'Insect Control' Course
Proper insect control can mean
more money and better crops, as
well as fewer headaches in farm
ing and ranching, a group of farm-
ers learned last week in the short
course Held at the Wharton County
Junior College.
E. A. Burton of Palacios was one
of the students enrolled in the six-
hour course- in “Insect Control”
taught at the College by Jimmy
Deer of Wharton, entomologist. Mr.
Deer was formerly an entomologist
with the A. & M. College Extension
Service.
The course was one of several
short courses given in the College
department of adult education as
a public service to farmers and
ranchers of this area.
Most people are like steel. When
they lose their temper, they’re
worthless.
R. G. PETEREK
Water Wells Drilled
PHONE 3303 GANADO, TEX
THm S R FRET
"MR. PRESIDENT” '
Upward arndld,
HNS PLAYED THE PRE-
SIDENT OP THB as.
MORE THAN ANY OTHER
DRAMATIC STAR IN HIS
MANY MOTION PICTURE,
RADIO AND TV ROLES.
HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE
NATIONS TOP VOLUNTEER
SAVINSS BONDS SALES-
MEN. AND HE PRACTICES
WHAT HE PREACHES
BECAUSE HE TELLS HIS
AUDIENCESt * WHY NOT
DO AS I DO? I SAVE
RESULARlV IN SAVINGS
BONDS. FOR A SAFE
INVESTMENT YOU CAN'T
BEAT UNITED STATES SAVINSS BONDS. SAVINSC BONDS
ARM AS SAFE AND AS ST RONS AS OUR ALAS AND
OUR COUNTRY/
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Admiral Robert e peary
REACHED THE SOUTH POLE OKI
APRIL 6,1909. ACTUALLY HIS
PARTY PASSED RIGHT OVER THB
POLE, UNTIL PEARY FIGURED OUT
THE EXACT POSITION, RETURNED,
BUILT AN IGLOO, AND
REMAINED THERE FOR.
5b HOURS/
Freedoms TO
SAVE IS A PRE-
CIOUS AMERICAN
RISHT EVERY
PRESIDENT FROM
WASHINGTON
TO EISENHOWER
HAS ENCOURAGED
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AN EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILDREN
THROUGH THE PAYROLL SAVIN6S
PUN WHERE YOU WORK.
COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE NEWS
DAN PFANNSTIEL, County Agricultural Agent
JOE SINGLETON, Assistant County Agricultural Agent
GARDEN INSECT CONTROL
An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure—this old saying is
certainly true when used in re-
ferring to garden insect control.
Most insects are very easy to con-
trol earlier in the season. Later
in the season, if given a chance to
develop, some are difficult if not
impossible to control. Regular ap-
to
Why
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engine. This means greater quiet and freedom
from vibration which in turn adds to engine life.
Another smooth-operation feature is a crank-
shaft with four bearings.
Go-powor through tho whole rang# of
driving spoods. Ford's l-block Six gives you
extra "get-going" power ot high speeds—as
well as at low and average speeds. This gets
you past trucks in a hurry; gives you safety fait.
One reason for this is the four-port intake mani-
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Moro "Go" por gallon with low-frlctlon
design ... Automatic Power Pilot. Ford's
low-frlctlon design means an extra-short piston
stroke—so piston travel is greatly reduced for
less gas-wasting friction than in conventional
engines. Automatic Power Pilot squeezes more
high-compression "Go" from less gas.
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For the first time ever in a low-priced car, Ford
offers you new Ball-Joint Front Suspension for
a smoother ride without gas-eating extra weight.
Ford also brings you new styling. Interiors are
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driver aids as optional “extras”: Fordomatic
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plication of an all purpose garden
dust will keep almost all garden
pests from getting a foothold. A
good all purpose garden dust is one
that contains poison that will con-
trol both major types of harmful
insects—sucking and chewing.
Some good all purpose dusts
prepared by several different com-
panies are those that contain 5%
methoxychlor and 114 % rotenone.
Both these materials are among
the least toxic to man and animals.
The methoxychlor will control most
chewing insects and the rotenone
most sucking pests.
An all purpose garden dust
should be applied regularly every
five to seven days, or after each*
rain or watering if the previous
application is washed off. The
regular application of this dust
will virtually assure the harvest-
ing of insect free vegetables.
MOTH-PROOF WOOLENS
WHILE YOU WASH
Bad news for moths—and good
news for housewives storing win-
ter woolens is the new liquid moth-
proofing solution which goes di-
rectly into the wash water.
A few spoonfuls in the wash or
rinse water leaves a minute quanti
ty of DDT in the wool to ward off
insects.
More than 80 firms manufacture
the product under various trade
names, but Ey-53 .appears in
prominent print on most contain-
ers.
Treatment with EQ-53 protects
wool in storage for a year or more.
It is also convenient for blankets
in use the year around. When
woolens are washed or dry cleaned,
they will need re-treatment.
This product was developed by
entomologists to meet the house-
wife’s need for an easy, economical,
effective way to treat washable
woolens against clothes moths and
carpet beetles.
FIRE PREVENTION
Springtime on the farm is a
good time of the year to check
and eliminate possible fire hazards.
Farm fires continue to cause un-
believable large losses every year.
Most fire hazards can be corrected
without too much extra effort if it
is a part of a general cleanup. Five
very important things to do is to
(1) remove old magazines, news-
papers, clothing, rags, mattresses
and broken and discarded furniture
and the like from closets, attics,
barns and out buildings. (2) clean-
ing up of rubbish in the farm yard
and cutting down of dead vegeta-
tion around buildings, fences and
in fields. (3) clean up of machine
shop area, including safe disposal
of shavings, oily rags, old paints
and oils. (4) clean up of heaters,
stoves and brooders, (5) clean up
of all electrical equipment and
power machinery.
Attention to these and other
fire hazards may be repaid many
times for the little effort spent to
correct them.
CREEP FEEDING OF CALVES
Creep feeding of calves, in any
year, is a paying proposition. When
ranges and pastures are suffering
from drought, the creep feeding
practice is all the more essential
Beef producers can put extra
weight onto their calves—faster
and more efficiently by creep feed
ing. The market value of creep fed
calves is increased. Mother cows
Clover And Peas Will
Not Do The Same Job
In recent tests of heavy black
soil on a farm near Victoria, it was
found that winter peas nnd clover
of the same age are not doing
exactly the same thing inside the
soil. In fact, what is going on un-
derneath the surface is as different
as the two plants themselves.
Healthy peas with as much top
growth as clover show a marked
lack of ability to do the things
that we want done inside a soil.
One of the chief needs of Coast
Prairie soils is a good AIRING.
These soils have, a natural ten-
dency to be tight and heavy, which
is not a favorable condition for
plant growth, An ideal clay soil
would be made up of Vu soil ma-
terial, M water, and V\ air. But
clay soils here, after a few years
cultivation, become all soil and
water (when wet) without any
room for air. Only by drying out
and cracking can they receive air,
and not enough then throughout
the soil. Cracking in heavy soils
has been one of the main factors
in keeping production as high as it
Is.
If a soil can be “dried out” deep
down it will respond with higher
production in the first crop follow-
ing and for several crops after-
ward. This is because the air that
goes IN when water comes OUT
furnishes oxygen for chemical and
bacterial activity. A chain reaction
of plant food building is started
and tied-up foods are released.
In the tests mentioned above,
Hubam clover was doing a big
chore of airing out the soil. It was
drawing water rapidly from the
area between one and two feet be-
low the surface. Peas were draw-
ing water mainly from the first
foot. The soil on which they grew
had a capacity of 220,000 gallons
of available water per foot of depth.
Hubam had drawn out all but 62,000
gallons in the first foot and 74,030
gallons in the second foot. Peas
had left 72,890 gallons in the first
foot and 88,220 in the second foot
of soil—a total difference of 24,000
gallons. It is doubtful whether the
peas had withdrawn much water
from the soil below two feet, but
there was no doubt that the clover
had. Peas can not do the man-size
job which clover can.
This is one of many conservation
problems which your Soil Conserva-
tion District is trying to help you
with. If soil aeration by the deep-
rooted legume method is not a
part of your land management, you
are losing money. For every dollar
invested in such practices there is
a lot of return waiting. And peas,
which have their own purpose, are
not the practice for this particular
conservation job.
of creep feed calves stay in better
shape.
Although feed prices are still
relatively high, creep feeding has
proven profitable the last several
years by those in Matagorda Coun-
ty who have given this practice a
trial.
One of the best starting creep
feeds is whole oats. After four
months of age, a ration of 65 lbs.
corn or milo and 35 lbs. oats is
recommended. If range turns very
dry, additional protein supplement
may need to be added. If protein
is needed, 10 lbs. of cottonseed
meal, 65 lbs. of corn or milo and
25 lbs. of oats is the recommended
ration.
It is unnecessary to grind the
grains as young calves can handle
whole grains satisfactorily.
Bonemeal and salt should be
made available at all times. These
should be placed near the creep 30
that both cows and the calves can
obtain the needed minerals.
We of the county agricultural
agents office have a good bulletin
on the subject available for the
asking.
The Three Wise Men were Gas-
par, Melchior and Balthasar.
Remember friend, when you
throw mud you’re the one who’s
losing ground.
Control Of Cotton
Insects Is Tested
Research scientists have now an-
nounced another forward step in
the battle of man vs. insects.
One of the latest insecticides to
come from the crucibles of the re-
search laboratories is endrin. a
chemical believed to be effective
against a large number of cotton
pests.
This new formula has been found
to be the best insecticide thus far
tested against the combination of
the bollworm and the boll weevil,
two of cotton’s most destructive
enemies. Several other cotton
pests are also hit hard by endrin,
according to entomologists.
The Pink Bollworm, is still a
hold-out, however. This tough lit-
tle destroyer which accounts for a
bigger percentage of damage to
South Texas cotton than any other,
is relatively unaffected by the dis-
covery.
A word of caution is offered bj^
the scientists. Endrin is toxic not
only to insects but also to man
and warm blooded animals. Users
are warned to follow exactly the
recommendations of the manu-
facturers which are printed on the
label of the insecticide container.
Endrin is closely related chemi-
cally to Dieldrin, one of the cotton
insecticides widely used at present
to control the boll weevil. It has
been tested by government en-
tomologists under the widely
divergent cotton growing conditions
found at such locations as Browns-
ville and Waco, Texas and points
in South Carolina and Tamulipas,
Mexico.
At Florence, S. C. endrin treated
plots yielded gains in 3eed cotton
of up to 716 pounds por acre. In
Mexico, its use increased the seed
cotton yield 1,071 pounds on an
acre during a heavy boll weevil
, infestation.
The entomologists speak with
cautious optimism but state that
the new material comes closer to
being an all-purpose cotton insecti-
cide than any yet tested. Applied
in quantities varying from 0.2 to
0.5 pounds per acre, it is effective
against the boll weevil and boll-
worm. At the rate of 0.1 to 0.S1
pound per acre it is effective
against such other cotton pests as
thrips, cotton leafworms, cotton
fleahoppers and Lygus bugs.
Palacios H. D. Club
The Palacios Home Demonstra-
tion club met Friday, April 3, at
2:30 p.m. at the home of
Georgia Florip with Mrs. A. H.
Petersen, president, presiding.
A training school will be held
April 14 in Bay City on “Meal la
One,” Mrs. Munds and Mrs. Barr
will go from the Palacios club.
The club will hold a Cake and
Pie Sale on the Saturday before
Mother’s Day, May 8.
Mrs. G. G'. Hope gave a very
interesting talk on Election Laws
of the Nation, State, County and
City.
Delicious refreshments of hot
coffee and coffee cake were served
by the hostess to the nine mem-
bers and two visitors present.
Mrs. Munds, Mrs. I. E. Ramsey
and Mrs. Harbison were in Bay
City Tuesday to attend the couneil
—Reporter.
Texas Press Association members
elected William Ferguson, of the
old San Antonio Times, as their
president in 1887 at a convention
in Fort Worth. After the meeting,
many of the newspapermen took
an excursion to the Indian Territory
of Washita.
DR. i. J. REID
VETERINARIAN
BAY CITY
PHONES: RES. 8683; OFF. 877X
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CALL B. E. SAILOR
FOR FREE ESTIMATE
—No Down Payment—
PALACIOS
PHONE 5871
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Davis, Vernon L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1954, newspaper, April 8, 1954; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523530/m1/9/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.