Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961 Page: 7 of 8
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Thursday, July 6, 1961
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Page 7
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—HOME OWNED—
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PHONE 824-2912 PALACIOS
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Summer Ranch
Practices Outlined
COLLEGE STATION—Summer
management practices used on a
ranch tend to carry over into fall
and winter, and eventually de-
termine whether or not a year was
as profitable as it could have been.
G'. 0. Hoffman, extension range
specialist, says there are several
practices that should be carried out
this summer, but which will pro-
vide benefits for the rest of the
year.
One of tne recommended prac-
tices Ls deferred grazing. On a
pasture that has just received a
rain, deferring allows native grass-
es to make rapid gowth. Grasses
can make seed in 4 to 6 weeks, but
best results are obtained when the
pasture is deferred all summer. It
is also profitable to defer a past-
ure that has not had any rain. Na-
tive grasses need a rest once every
four years in order to increase their
vigor and re-establish their root
system.
Another excellent way to re-
lieve grazing pressure on perman-
ent pastures is to use temporary
pastures. Ranchers in the drier
area of the state should also plan
to reduce the stocking rate by cull-
ing unproductive animals, Hoff-
man continues. Livestock numbers
should be balanced with the amount
of grass on the pasture.
Very few of the US presidents
could play musical instruments (hut
Cal Coolidge played the harmon-
ica).
Remember when civilization used
to stand at the crossroads and won-
der which way to turn? Those days
it ha3 to find the right cloverleaf
at 60 miles an hour.
Farmers breathed easier when customs agents foiled a Cuban plot
to smuggle choice U.S. tobacco seeds out of the country last year.
U.S. tobacco is prized around the world — and the Smuggled seeds
could have produced 50 million pounds of leaf.
___
There are 350,000 seeds in each ^^ ■IVl?«*V K.
ounce of tobacco, enough J
plant up to 10 acres.
Growing tobacco calls for
more hand labor than any
other crop. An acre of Bright
tobacco produces about 170,-
000 leaves — the leaves are
examined up to 10 times be-
fore hand-picking.
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Texas has almost 34,000 miles
of Farm and Ranch to Market
Roads.
Texas had 549,400 telephones op-
erated by Independent Telephone
Companies at the end of 1960.
Texas produced 14% of world
oil in 1959; 2:% in 1949; and 23%
in 1939.
Now that the boss is back from
vacation, paper glider production
has dropped 3,000 per cent.
-and get paid for it
Just imagine buy-
ing a $1,000 bun-
dle of cash on the
installment plan.
No money down.
You get 3%% in-
terest on each in-
stallment at ma-
turity, which means your $1,000 costs you only
$750. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?
This is what happens when you buy U.S. Savings
Bonds on the Payroll Savings Plan. To start, just
tell the company where you work to set aside $18.75
from your pay each month. In 40 months you’ll have
Bonds worth $1,000 at maturity.
f The Payroll Savings Plan is more than an easy
way to save. It makes certain that money you want
to keep doesn’t slip through your fingers.
Why don’t you start saving this sure and easy
way, right away?
MORE ADVANTAGES TO THINK ABOUT
You now get 3%% interest, at maturity. This new
rate, which went into effect June 1,1959, makes your
Bond money grow faster. Series E Bonds now ma-
ture 14 months earlier—in just 7 years, 9 months.
You can get your money, with interest, any time you
want it. Bonds are a ready reserve that you can cash
any time at any hank. But it pays to keep them.
Your money is guaranteed by the U.S. Government.
Bonds are an absolutely riskless investment. The
Government promises you that the cash value of your
Bonds will not drop—it can only grow.
Your money can’t be lost or stolen. The Treasury
will replace your Bonds, free, if anything happens
to them.
You save more than money. You help save the
peace. Every Bond you buy helps keep our nation
and our nation’s economy strong.
Here’s how you con reach your savings goal with
U.S. Savings Bonds in just 7 years, 9 months.
If you
want about
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
Each week
save
$5.45
$10.85
$21.70
NOW
every Savings Bond you own—old or new-
earns ¥2% more than ever before.
You save more than money with
ond
The U.S. Government does not pay for this advertising.
The Treasury Department thanks, for their patriotic donatio",
The Advertising Council and
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Buy them where you work or bonk
PLANT DISEASE
OF THE WEEK
By HARLAN E. SMITH,
Extension Plant Pathologist
CURLY TOP DISEASE
REDUCES TOMATO YIELDS
Curly top disease of tomatoes is
primarily a problem in irrigated
areas of West and South Texas. In
northwest Texas up to 33 percent
damage is not uncommon in some
fields during disease epidemics.
The virus disease starts appearing
in South Texas during April and
May. It may be expected in north-
ern areas of the state during June,
July and August.
Affected leaves first turn gray-
ish green. Soon leaves become
crisp, brittle and roll upward.
Leaves turn light green to yellow
with purple veins on the lower
sides. Plants stop growing, fail to
ripen fruit and die within a few
weeks.
The virus disease is carried by
the very small beet leafhotpper. The
insects feed on wild host plants
and then spread the disease virus
by feeding on tomato plants. Beans,
beets, cantaloupe, pepper, squash
and watermelons are also suscepti-
ble.
The disease is controlled in com-
mercial fields by preventing its
spread. Control the beet leafhop-
pers by regular weekly spraying
or dusting with a long residual in-
secticide. Control on young plants
is usually most important. Thick
stands of plants, 6 to 12 inches
apart, help to provide enough
plants to escape. Eradicate weeds
and volunteer crop plants near
commercial fields. Resistant va-
rieties may be developed.
A few garden plants may be
shielded from leafhoppers. Effec-
tive shielding materials are cloth
covers not coarser than 22 by 22
per inch and wire of 18 meshes
to the inch.
Local extension agents can sup-
ply additional information on this
and other plant diseases. Ask
agents for a copy of publication
L-475, “Tomato Diseases.”
The Dignity Of A
Farm Wins (onlesi
HOUSTON—Mrs. Felix Chilek
of Shiner, Texas, has been named
grandprize winner of an essay con-
test conducted by Uncle Johnny
Feed Mills of Houston.
As top winner, Mrs. Chilek will
receive an all-expense-paid five-day
trip for two to Mexico City, flying
to and from Houston aboard a
Pan American jet airliner. She and
her husband will begin their trip on
July 10. During their visit they
will stay at the swank Hotel Ge-
neve, and participate in a three-day
guided tour of the city. In addition,
they wilt receive $100 in cash for
incidental trip expenses.
A contest panel of judges select-
ed IMrs. Chilek’s entry from among
hundreds of entries submitted
throughout the Uncle Johnny Mills
trade area, which includes South
Texas and Louisiana.
Entries included tall tales, jokes,
true adventure stories, and philo-
sophical essays related to farmers
or the farming profession. Mrs.
Chilek’s entry was a philosophical
observation entitled, ’The Dignity
of a Farmer.” The following is the
text of her entry: “The fanner’s
calling is among the noblest in all
the world. He is not one of the
millions, who in thick formations
swarm through factory gates. He
is a free man! As he strides
through his fields guiding a plow,
sowing the seed, or harvesting the
crop, he commands the respect of
all. For farming is among the
greatest of human arts. The farm-
stead, with its land, animals,
fences, barns, granaries, tools and
machinery, demands a multitude of
special skills and knowledge. A
farmer must be an artisan, a vet-
erinarian, a carpenter, a weather-
man, a mechanic, a capitalist, and
financier; a manager, laborer, pro-
ducer and salesman. He must know
soil and seed, poultry and cattle.
He must know when to till the soil,
cultivate his field, and harvest his
crops. The successful farmer is the
one who produces more than he
needs; and thus helps others to eat
and prosper. In the presence of his
Lord, the farmer should recall *11
this, not in a spirit of vain glory,
or pride, but in grateful apprecia-
tion of the calling that God gave
him as a tiller of the soil.”
Five unsuccessful drilling at'
tempts were made at Spindletop
before a gusher was hit in Jan-
uary, 1901.
1ht Old 1&rrm
“Some people hare read so
much about the effects of
smoking that they hare given
up reading.”
Governor Daniel
Designates Farm
Safely Week, 23-29
COLLEGE STATION—The per-
iod from July 23-29, already pro-
claimed by President Kennedy as
National Farm Safety Week, has
been designated as Farm Safety
Week in Texas by Governor Price
Daniel.
In his official memorandum, the
Governor said, “The nation’s econ-
omy is dependent upon the con-
tinued well-being and progress of
our State’s agricultural population.
Accidents from farm work cause
needless suffering, distress and loss
of life each year among our rural
families.
“A vigorous farm accident-pre-
vention education program will be
conducted during this weelk by the
Texas Farm Bureau, the Texas
Farm and iRanch Safety Council, the
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice and the Texas Safety Associa-
tion.
“I urge all Texas farm families
to increase their vigilance against
needless accidents and further en-
courage interested organizations
and individuals to participate in
this program.”
Colton Root Rot
Damage Predicted
COLLEGE STATION — Rains
that occurred during June will
bring on a considerable amount of
cotton root rot. If more rains oc-
cur during July and August, the
amount of root rot will be greatly
increased. This prediction comes
from Harlan Smith, extension plant
pathologist. He bases it on the
amount of disease carry-ov r in the
soil from last year.
It is known that the disease
fungus lives in the soil for many
years in the form of seed bodies or
sclerotlia. A minimum of 25 to 30
of these sclerotia per cubic foot of
soil is necessary to cause disease.
Due to the large amount of root
rot the past four years, a high
count of sclerotia is present in all
infested soils, continues Smith.
When cotton roots grow close to
the sclerotia in moist soil, the seed
bodies of the fungus germinate and
attack the cotton root. Within a
few days large patches of dead cot-
ton appear. The disease is nedrly
always more damaging on late than
on early cotton.
Smith advises growers to start
planning preventive measures im-
mediately for the 1962 cotton crop.
Deep plowing, 6 to 18 inches, with
a mold board or disc type plow is
recommended. In a few areas, be-
cause of the type of sub-soil, this
will not be possible. However, deep
plowing to ?s great a depth as
possible will be helpful in reducing
root rot the following year, he
says. In order to effectively reduce
root rot, it is necessary to have
10 to 14 days of hot, dry weather
following the deep plowing.
Local county agents can supply
copies of the publication MP-361
“Root Rot Losses of Cotton can be
Reduced."
Three-fourth of Texas gas is pro-
cessed for fuels like gasoline, pro-
pane, butane, etc.
REMEMBER# 6
YOU CAN STOP,
but the car driver can't.
Mil
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961, newspaper, July 6, 1961; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711002/m1/7/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.