The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1943 Page: 5 of 16
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PAGE FIVE
lam Sows for Farrowing and Fall
Urged To
& And Share
Old Equipment
.riven up »U **
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mittee set tip by the county U8DA war
board.
Thus the burden of producing Food
for Freedom this year and for the dur-
ation rests on the machinery farmers
already have. This stock of work tools
did pretty well In turning out the rec-
ord 1942 war crop. Xt does mean how-
ever, that farmers will have to take
care of these machines, plan ahead and
keep every one busy and share and ex-
change It with their neighbors.
Every machine should be treated as
though It may be the last one maae.
That means keeping it protected from
weather and misuse. It means proper
repairs at the proper time, plenty of
grease and oil, shelter where available,
reasonable loads and strains. Farm-
ers can look to farm machinery deal-
Station Hours
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday
Thursday - Friday - Saturday
OPEN 9 A. M. - CLOSE 8 P. M.
Sunday
OPEN 8 A. M. * CLOSE 2 P. M.
McGuyer’s Certified Service
Next To City Hall
HOW CAN WE MEET QUOTAS?
1. Every sow produce two litters per year.
2. Save larger per cent of litter.
8. Better care during gestation period.
4. Better housing; provide guard rail to save pigs.
5. Control worms.
6. Control parasites.
areen temporary pasture; sudan and peas
lor summer; oats and barley for winter.
8. Better feeding methods.
nr Innal nr)«.h9nl^. fnr ft™. nr, Knv
to set machinery to do any certain Job
with the least wear and tear.
But making machinery last longer is
only half the Job. Farmers have to
keep It busy. Some machines can
wear out about as fast Just sitting idle
as they do In use. By working them
more hours a day, more days a year,
iarmers can save labor, earn money,
and produce more of the stuff it will
take to crush the Axis.
Machines that have been used only
a few days a year can be kept on the
Job by using them on a larger acreage!
On the same farm nr nn rif.icrhhnr)n<r '
mU* sty! engineering techniques, be
cause there is no one panacea for all
the problems of how to use the land.
Not all of these techniques are new.
Some of them are practices that good
farmers have been following for many
years, such as crop rotations, liming
and manuring.| Others are measures
that have been developed within the
last decade or two. When fitted to-
gether, they comprise a system which
enables the farmer to use his land as
intensively as necessary and at the
same time protect his soil from dam-
age or loss.
or increases crop yields per acre; 2.
It protects soil against erosion by wind
or water; 3. It conserves soil mois-
ture; 4. It makes greatest use of fer-
tilizers for production. Fortunately,
the relatively simple practices which
are most effective in Increasing crop
yields per acre—a vital wartime con-
sideration—will maintain the soil so
that It can keep on producing at top
levels throughout the war period and
as long afterward as may be necessary.
Farmer Can Stiil
Build If Structure
Is Really Needed
on the same farm, or on neighboring! Conservation farming does at least
farms. four specific things: 1. it maintains
Although building construction has
been greatly limited by government or-
der to conserve materials for the arm-
ed forces, some agricultural construc-
tion is necessary to carry out Food-
for Freedom goals and enn be done
the j through the use of native and local
materials which are not critical.
Among the materials recommended
for use in farm construction in these
tlmps are concrete, blocks, field stones,
brick and tile and hlmMr reclaimed
from older buildings.
Poultry houses, machine storages,
^alnariea. dairy bams, milk house*—In
fact, practically all buildings normally
constructed of new wood—can be built
of these materials with assurance of
excellent results. Electric and water
supply facilities can be added after the
war.
Wood stanchioas and partitions will
substitute for sfeej. Roll raffing pro-
vides an inexpensive and * temporary
covering which •» ■? base fer
other types, excepting 'ttqS, which
should not be placed In contact with a
tar or asphalt surface because of cor-
rosion.
Use of new materials In violation cf
the Building Conservation Order is
sued by the War Production Board
may result in being prohibited further
deliveries or use of material under
priority control, or the Job may be or-
dered stopped for the duration. Fcr
details about this order and how it
applies In your case, contact you»
county USDA war board.
—Remember Pearl Harbor!—
SOIL CONSERVATION
ACCOMPLISHES MUCH
Phone 35
Conservation farming is the wisest;
possible and the greatest possible use
of our soil and water resources, so that
each acre will produce the maximum
amount of the crop it is best suited to
produce. For example, it is wasteful
and Inefficient in wartime to plant
wheat on land that is better adapted
to soybeans; or to use for water-
melons land that could grow long-
staple cotton. The 1943 campaign Is
designed to further the practical ap-
plication of this philosophy to the
land.
Conservation farming Is made up of
a whole pattern of economic, agrono-
tike #« W
Outȣ
Produce with fine Feeds
Die only road to Victory is the path of ACTION ... Action on the battlefront, and plenty
if action on the Home Front where precious FOOD SUPPLIES are produced. Get the
nost from your stock and poultry and keep every animal or fowl you own healthy by
leicg—
ROC'TEX
‘‘Fortified” Feeds
FOR EXTRA VITAMINS - EXTRA MINERALS
GLANDULAR ACTIVATING AGENTS
Depend on us for the best in FEEDS of all
kinds... and a ready market for your Farm
Produce.
kedt & Haley
Produce Co.
Phone 300 - Rockdale
Now
Open!
New, Modern
Sanitary
CREAM
STATION
Place your orders
Now For
BABY CHICKS
IIP'
-
FOR OlIB COUNTRY
FOR OOR FUTURE.
Uncle Sam wants
29 Per Cent MORE
PEANUTS
In Milam County’s
FOOD'FOR'FREEDOM PROGRAM
PRODUCE THESE PEANUTS, FARMERS—Ycjqjll
Help Your Country—And Yourselves
DEPEND ON PEEBLES FOR YOUR WAR-TIME NEE DS
Garden Rakes ............................85c - $1.25
3-inch Hoe ................................................85c
Leather Bridles ......................$1.95 - $2.25
1 1-8 inch, 18 feet Leather Lines $5.95
Hame Strings ..........................................25c
Webb Back Bands, complete with
buckles ...............................................40°
Leather Back Bands............................$1.35
Hoe Handles ^................. 25c
Collar Pads, M sizes ........................ 65c
Cloth Collars ....... $1.35 up
Leather Collars ..............................$4.35 up
See our stock of Sweeps and Plow Points.
Plow Handles, each ................................25c
Bridle Bits ........................................20c up
Butter Molds, Vk-lb. 40c; 1-lb.........50c
Cotton Clothes Line, 50 feet................25c
Dietz Lanterns ................$1.25 and $1.65
Metal Wash Boards ..............................50c
Glass Wash Boards ..............................-60c
Churns, complete with dasher—
3 gallon ............................................$1.00
4 gallon .................................. $1.25
Cedar Wash Tubs ................. $2.45 up
Cedar Water Buckets ......................$1.25
Clothes Hampers .................... $1.25 up
6-quart Cream Cans ..............................65c
Lard Cans—6 gallon .........................40c
8 gallon ................................ 50c
10 gallon ...................................... 60c
Garden Hose, 50 feet .......................$4.50
Brooms ............................ 35c up
Water Mops .......................................35c up
Grey Enamel Coffee Pots .............50c up
Step-On Garbage Cans .................$1.25
Thermos Bottles ................ $1.25 - $1.50
Ironing Boards................................$1.25 up
Plow Bolts - Nails - Rope
E. M. Peebles & Sons
HARDWARE AND FURNITURE
PHONE 65
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1943, newspaper, February 18, 1943; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742765/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.