The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 2

itwrta iatlw AllfilttT EXTENSION vTrends M.N.IftOWN.Jk. August 1647 Sherteeurse, Memorial student Center AlAl, Sept, Tfi'BUtfiet meeting of county extension agents at Texas AiM AUGUST 23 Most schools start, Dec, 31 Final date to gf or harvest hay from seaside or CAP acreage free, RAIN And then to Limestone county came RAIN a whole week of wet Nature's own answer to farm Problems three, four, five, and ten inches or more Unpredicted Unprecedented Unannounced but, so very very welcome in this parched land. What an appropriate way to end a drought! MHB FALL HAY CROPS Not many Limestone County Farmers had the faith of Bill Murphy to apply fertilizer during the hot dry weather of early July in anticipation of early fall rains; but, some were lucky in that fertilizer applied late was not utilized before drought stopped grass growth. They may cut hay before more prudent operators get anything destributed. However, there is ample time for a bountiful fall crop everywhere regardless of treatment.

An acre of well fertilized bermuda will produce a ton of good quality hay in a month. Many fields of drought stricken sorghum promise response to the moisture and will produce again. Farmers should remember that one ton of per cent protein hay contains 40 pounds of nitrogen and this not allow for roots or stubble. An immediate application of 50-60 pounds of pure nitrogen per a re insures rapid growth now and could encourage a second cutting before frost. SMALL GRAIN PLANTING This soil softening moisture will permit land preparation for early fall small grain planting.

Satisfactory stands and early growth requires proper seed bed preparation. By applying fertilizer before breaking, it is incorporated into the earth and will be ready for utilization as soon as seed germinate. About 40-60 pounds of phosphate and 60-80 pounds of nitrogen with an appropriate amount of potash per acre should be the minimym rate if abundant early grazing is expected. RED ROOSTER CAROLYN HANCOCK Wednesdays Chicken Rarbecue Corn Heef Puilimi'll HoC Roast Ri'of r'ried Chicken Shrimp Haski-l Mi'iik ll.un Sandwich 562-3581 J.W.800KCK varieties should produce enough grain to make profitable returns in addition to the winter grazing they provide. There are four Wheat Varieties that should do well in this area.

They are Agent, Caddo, Caprick, Sturdy, and Fox. All of these are rust resistant hard red winter wheats that produce grain with desirable milling qualities. 1 understand Agent was developed in Oklahoma as a grazing variety but grain yields have been outstanding. Sturdy and Caprick are both short wheats developed by Texas for irrigation but they develop rapidly and mature early with a minimum of lodging. Fox is a new wheat developed by Texas from a cross between Agent and Taxcosa, a very cold tolerant selection from the panhandle.

It is not quite as tall as either but has good forage and grain production. Fox seed are available from the Texas Foundation Seed Section of Texas but the price for this quality of seed may be high. Generally, oats make the best and most total grazing for the entire season. Barley leads in early fall growth. Wheat is likely to make more winter and very early spring growth than any other small grain.

Rye can be expected to be most cold resistant and some selections tend to mature quite early in the spring so that other crops can start growth. At this time we do not know exactly how Barley will be counted in the 1972 feed grain program. Incidentally, small grain (oats, wheat, rye, and barley) can be planted and grazed on set-aside acreage; but, it must be plowed under by May 1. EMERGENCY FEED Now that rain has come the need for emergency feed has declined drastically as farmers attempt to supply their needs at home. B.L.

Giddens of the ASCS points out regulations require Drought Emergency Feed and Hay to be used completely during the specified period. Failure to do so could result in embarrassment or penalities and we understand surveys will be made to determine compliance. The program is not designed to storing feed for winter. MHB WHEAT FOR FEED GRAIN Some interest has been expressed in substituting wheat for grain sorghum or corn under the current feed grain program. According to B.L.

Giddens of the ASCS Office, this is permissible but grain must be harvested next spring. To be practical, grazing should be restricted in early March so as to enable these crops to mature enough grain to justify a harvest, Well fertilized adapted wheat weeks. This may replace iwe of thfte ef can- ffiatefifils the pfiee the long fun becomes eem- fable. to provide additional guidance and assistance, arrangements have bees made tef Df. John Chapin of Stephenville to visit Limestone County on Tuesday AftefflotJfl August 16.

Me will arrive at the Tri-county Coop office in Kdsse at approximately that afternoon and will visit fields with those who would like to do so. MHfi TAM W1NTERGREEN DING GRASS An examination of dormant TAM Wintergreen Harding Grass in the fields of B.W. Grooms and Joe Fred Bennett near Coolidge on July 29 reveals two inches of new growth already. Dr, Lloyd Penn of the McGregor Experiment Station feels this grass may return to dormancy if temperatures soar above ninety degrees again; but, this grass has never had an opportunity to perform with such ample moisture at this season of the year and he could be wrong about this time will tell. A heavy application of fertilizer on these established fields certainly would be in order because growth normally starts in August and fertility is required for growth.

With such an early start, this grass really could produce a lot of forage before frost this year that would be available for grazing all winter. It is difficult to starve profits from livestock and it is even more difficult to force plants to grow when they are starved for fertility. It is becoming increasingly apparent -that all perennial grasses need more fertility than annual plants if they are to survive and remain vigorous throughout the year. Fertilizing perennial grass is seldom a mistake because the fertilizer remains inactive in dry dirt indefinitely and these established plants can use it instantly when moisture arrived. -MHB PEANUT DISEASE Peanut producers welcomed the recent rain with mixed emotions.

While the moisture will help peanuts grow, it also encourages the development of leaf spot disease and this can ruin the crop. Once disease spores invade leaves, there is not a cure; but, this can be prevented if a fungacide is applied before the arrival of spores under conditions that permit growth. Immediate application of fungacides is now in order and if ground application is not feasible then aerial treatment should be considered. Likely the most available materials will be Dithane M-45 or Polyram. Benlate is a new systemic material that is expensive; but, one application remains effective for about three HORSE QUARANTINE CONTINUES Horse owners are reminded that all horses in Texas are not permitted to leave their home premises until 14 days after being vaccinated against Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE) This means unvaccinated horses will remain quarantined indefinitely.

With the arrival of more humid weather, blood sucking insects are likely to multiply. As horses start moving again, possibilities increase for the appearance of this disease among unvaccinated animals. At this time local veterinarians can administer this vaccine free of charge but we do not know how long this program will continue on this basis. All horse owners are urged to have their animals immunized before it terminates. -MHB HIGHWAY ID IMttttffftlftftftltltllltttf' "A Friendly Church Where Everybody Is Somebody" CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of GlendaJe McKinney We Preach Jesus Christ Crucified Buried Resurrected Coming Again, MfXIA BUIIDINO Lgmber'Pgint Hgrdwgre-Plyimbing Pgnelining-Ggrden Eq light Fixtures'Cgreet Eleetriegl Supplies PREDATORY ANIMAL CONTROL Due to hot dry weather, Limestone County Animal Hunter Bennie Montgomery reports only nine coyotes destroyed this month, destroying livestock, he has confirmed the removal of 132 of destorying livestock, he has confirmed the removval of 132 of these pests since the program started here last December.

The demand for his assistance continues to grow throughout the county. Requests have come from Forest Goade, Tehuacana Valley, LaSalle, Oletha, and Lost Prairie this week. An Oletha swine producer reports the loss of twenty little pigs this last week as a marauding band moved into his neighborhood. Likely this is the same group causing trouble in the LaSalle Lost Prairie area, Mr. Montgomery is hoping recent rains will preserve baits longer and make his work more effective.

He now has 75 cyanide devices and 24 steel traps installed now. In addition to reducing livestock losses, Mr. Montgomery continues to report noticing increased evidence of more (ox and deer. This week he reports seeing a deer within two miles of Thornton. He continues to work in the area south of Highway 164, the Nayeaota River to Fort Parker and east of Highway 14 through He is also working near Prairie Point and just north of Your Building E.

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Pictured admiring their fishing catch are W. B. Kelndrick, Rube Maddox and Rod Fielder (left to right). A ning, ton CONGRESSMAN BOB POAGE This is written from Waco but will be mailed from Washington. I have been in Texas the last three days visiting my family and trying to be helpful on a number of matters involving Marker Placed To Honor Barb Wire Inventor SAN ANTONIO (AP) He was known as "Bet a Million" Gates, and he staked a claim to fame by inventing barbed wire.

His more formal name was, John Warne Gates, and sometime in the 1870s he demonstrated how the newfangled wire kept cattle penned so effectively that it was hard to keep up with the sales orders. Tales about Gates were recalled today as a state historical marker was dedicated in San Antonio during the convention of the Texas Barbed Wire Collectors Association. As the story goes, Gates erected a corral of his newly devised wire, herded in some longhorns and told spectators to watch. According to the historical marker, the cattle were "prodded to frensy by burning torches. They charged the wire furiously, but the wire held." Military Plaza was selected as the site of the marker.

The Texas Barbed Wire Collectors Association was formed in 1966 and has more than 250- members with local "posts" in Abilene, Austin, Copperas Cove, Dallas, Houston and Fort the Goodrich Store at LaSalle MHB WEEDCONTROL Inquiries are mounting for pasture weed control now that moisture has arrived. This seems most demanded where no treatment was applied last spring. To control weeds and especially hard to kill types like broom weeds or partridge pea, the use of 24 Damine is not likely to be staisfactory. This means 24 Dester is necessary for this season of the year. Since bur clover and other annual grasses are now germinating, I would hesitate to use any form of herbicide at this particular time because most; plants are susceptible to damage in the seeding stage of growth and this includes little grasses.

MHB local problems. The Speaker of the House, Honorable Carl Albert, is leaving one week from today for a visit with the Parliament of South Korea. He will also be going on to Nationalist China and to the Repbulic of the Philippines. I accompanied him on a similar visit to Korea two years ago. Last year members of the Korean Parliament visited in Washington.

The Speaker has invited me to be a member of the group accompanying him. I consider this trip especially important at this time and will go with him even though I had planned to use that time at home. I have no intention of criticizing or condemning the President or in anywise weakening his bargaining position. I cannot believe that he will do any good by going to Red China but we all still hope for the best. Surely, neither the President nor any other patriotic American wants to see us abandon the people of South Korea or of Nationalist China, nor do we want to see the Huks overrun' the Philippines.

Of course, our visit is not going to really change anything. We cannot speak, and will not attempt to speak for the Administration, but for one Member of Congress, I can assure these Asian people, who have struggled for years to defend their freedom, that I have no intention of voting to abandon them or to embrace the Red Chinese, I hope that our visit may offer some reassurance to our friends in the Far East. If it does, it will be well worthwhile. Naturally the confidence of the people in that part of the world in the dependability of the United States has been seriously shaken by our precipitious retreat from Vietnam. Understandably, they fear we are going to do the same thing in South Korea and Taiwan.

Were we to do so, it would clearly turn the western Pacific over to the communists and would almost certainly assure the fall of the friendly non-communist government of Japan. The present government of Red China in the same government which invaded and comquered the people of Tibet. It is the same government which after receiving recognition at the hands of Great Britain refused to receive her Ambassador for several years, Although recognition of this government is urged by almost every group of extremists and radicals in the United States, there has never FANTASTIC GIGANTIC BACK-TO-SCHOOL K.WOIENS SALE STARTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th. been an election, in the sense that we understand the word, since the establishment of this government. It is definitely a self- perpetrated oligarchy in which the people have no voice.

It is a government which openly and frankly depends upon force for its perpetuity. It is a government which continues to charge the United States with all kinds of wrongful acts. It is a government which has attacked its own closest friend, the Soviet Union. It is a government openly dedicated to the destruction of South Korea and of the Republic of China (Taiwan. I simply can't see why we should do anything to support, advance or strengthen such a government and I trust the President has no such intention.

Last week was recognized as Farm Safety Week, so it is timely for us to think about home safety. To a large degree, your family's safety is a question of time, space, and traffic. No two families are exactly alike, but the accidents they have tend to be very much the same, and occur oftenest during the same hours, Accidents in the kitchen, such as cuts and burns, happen more often between the hours of ten and twelve in the morning and four to eight in the evening. We could sum up the situation producing most kitchen accidents in this way hurring to get things done, and worrying that they wouldn't be done on TIME. The kinds of accidents which occur most frequently in other parts of the house falls and poisoning, for instance can usually be traced to an unwise use of SPACE.

A small object left on the stairs, where it caused a nasty spill, or medicines left where a toddler could "try" them point out a need for space, or the unwise use of the storage space we have in our homes. Space is a premium in millions of homes, but no family finds it out faster than the one with a new baby. Of course, there's always a certain amount of hubbub in connection with small children, but it can be friendly, or it can be fierce if we as parent's don't think SAFETY twenty-four hours a day. What we call electrical outlets are just facinating and circles to the baby and with two small holes that seem just made for the insertion for instance. Parents with babies would be well to invest a few dollars and purchase the plastic outlet covers to insert in outlets which are not in constant use.

What we know as an electric card attached to bubbling per- culator to the baby is apt to seem delightfully like a rope, and obviously made for pulling. Defective and worn cards are a hazard. Homemakers should inspect cards frequently for worn or loose parts so they can be replaced or repaired. Another safety reminder never leave an extension eard plugged into the wall when it is not in use, because children put everything In their mouth. TRAFFIC) on city streets and highways is kept under control with stop and go lights, speed limits, and signs to direct or alert drivers and pedestrians, In our homes, though, we have to depend on a hit-or-miss system that depends in turn largely on our knowledge of the occupants' habits.

The three-generation family-the one in which the ages extremes of small children and elderly people are represented. When possible It is desirable to schedule activities so that different groups don't conflict with each other. Time, space, and traffic are useful tolls. If we use them to increase our family's safety and happiness together, home can be a very pleasant and pleasantly safe place indeed. Contaminated Fish Meal Is Eaten By Chicks WASHINGTON (AP) Millions of chickens already have eaten most of 16,000 tons of fish meal contaminated by a potent chemical, the Food and Drug Administration says.

But the Agriculture Department says no harmful residue of the chemical PCB has been found in checkens in grocer's meat cases. The East Coast Terminal, Wilmington, N.C., was reported leaking the chemical into the meal for up to 10 weeks before it was discovered July 16. The government said 64 poultry operators in 10 states bought the suspected meal between April 30 and when the plant closed July 16. The 10 states are North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Delaware, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Mississippi. BOTTOMS UP! POTS AND PANS STAY CLEAN WHEN YOU COOK WITH ELECTRICITY Hang them all over the kitchen, sparkling liKe new.

You won't need to spend time scouring and scrubbing because electricity cooKs clean. No (lame or smoKe to blacKen bottoms or dull shines. And an electric range makes cooking easier and more fun with conveniences like a self-cleaning oven, automatic meat probe, food warming shelf. Ask your electric appliance dealer about a new electric range. It costs less than you think to operate with budget-easy electricity from Sesco,.