Fletcher's State Rights Farming. (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1936 Page: 2 of 16
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FLETCHER’S STATE RIGHTS FARMING
July, 1936
■letcher’s 17
state rights arming
HONDO, TEXAS
A Farm Journal of constructive
thought and endeavor. Issued
the first of each month.
Entered as second class matter
June 24, 1922, at the Postoffice at
Hondo, Texas, under Act of
March 3, 1879.
FLETCHER DAVIS,
Editor and Publisher.
ALL ABOUT TEXAS
A G RICULTURAL AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Compiled From All Available Sources.
FRED W. DAVIS,
Contributing Editor.
Rt. 3, Box 349
Austin, Texas.
“The cans of food in my ventilat-
ed pantry never sweat nor rust,” said
Mrs. E. T. Scallon, home food supply
demonstrator of the Dale home dem-
onstration club in Caldwell county,
recently. Each pantry shelf is made
of three boards, four inches wide and
set one inch apart to allow for pas-
sage of air current. A rectangular
en V. L. Sandlin, Robertson county
agricultural agent by John Brock,
manager of the farm. Brock stated
that over 100 Poland China hogs have
been pastured on the alfalfa for over
a year and that from 20 to 60 young
mules have grazed it constantly and
yet it has been necessary to mow
-- —- ........... ...... some of it several times to keep it
piece of about 18 by 10 inches was tender. The farm manager says that
cut out of the floor near the back there has been little expense for
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and screen wire placed over it. In
the ceiling, near the front of the
pantry, another hole has been cut
and screened. Mrs. Scallon says
that places for the warm air to pass
| out of the attic near the roof should
! be provided. “The draft of air from
I under the house, through the pantry
iand out into the attic, cools the pro-
duct and lessens the loss,” this dem-
1 onstrator commented.
—A AT—
! Ready cash from the sale of 4,000
j baby chicks and fryers has filled the
j pocket-book of Mrs. T. R. Linberg,
| poultry demonstrator for the Ever-
' man home demonstration club in
feeding the hogs, and that swine
sales have amounted to over $1,000
since January 1, 1936.
—A AT—
W. P. Freeman, of the Darrouzett
community in Lipscomb county, ter-
raced 100 acres of land in 1931.
“The terraced land made eight bush-
els of wheat more per acre than the
land that was not terraced, over a
period of three years. Freeman is go-
I ing to terrace 200 more acres of
land in 1937,” stated a recent report
of William B. Hooser, assistant coun-
ty agricultural agent.
—A AT—
iods each morning are: H. R. Tolley,
Carl B. Fritsche, Edward O’Neal, Dr.
Minnie L. Maffet, Mrs. Helen Hig-
gins Davis and G. B. Dealy, president
of the Dallas News, who will an-
nounce the winners of the Centen-
nial Farm and Home Demonstration
Contest. Among the women speak-
ers scheduled to appear are: Miss
Eula Whitehouse, botanist and auth-
or from Austin, who will talk on Tex-
as wild flowers; Mrs. Ercel S. Epp-
right, head of the home economics
department of Texas State College
for Women, Denton, and Miss Bess
Heflin, home economist from the
University of Texas, both of whom
will talk on child training; and Miss
Josephine Hodge, beauty specialist
from Houston, who will speak on
“Looking Your Best”. Officials of
the Short Course say that night en-
tertainment will be packed with ex-
citement and action this year with
the Gainesville Community Circus
and its new acts based on- the Cen-
tennial theme. Other attractions
are an amateur night, an old-fashion-
ed medicine show; a style show; a
musical program; the awarding of the
Gold Stars to 4-H club members; and
the awarding of the prizes to the
State winners of the Centennial
Farm and Home Contest.
—A AT—
Classes for beef type Shorthorns,
Polled Shorthorns and Milking Short-
horns have been provided for the
- - ----- — The! cement industry of Texas , . , ---------------
Tarrant county, according to Mary during Mav presented mixed tendon- aorns have been provided for the
I owell, home demonstration agent. cies, the University of Texas Bureau *r0ntier Centennial Livestock Show
Mrs. Linbere* rereivpd 25 rents nor n—„„i ________j to be held October 3-11, when the
official livestock show lor the Cen-
Mrs. Linberg received 25 cents per
J pound for the fryers on foot and 30
[cents per pound dressed.
—A AT—
Chickens over 3 months old on
of Business Research has announced.
Production for the month, 458,000
barrels, was up 29 per cent from
May last year but declined 30 per
cent from the preceding month.
r , . — ------ ---, v i-ciii/ tuts preceding munin.
ZnTfi Til “ ,Tfxafnl?taIld Shipments, 458,000 barrels, were 35
20,541,529 on January 1, 1935, ac
cording to a special report of a 1935
Federal Farm Census release by Di-
rector Wiliam L. Austin of the Bu-
reau of the Census, Department of
Commerce. Chickens were reported
on 425,891, or 85 percent of the
State’s farms and ranches. During
the calendar year 1934, the produc-
tion of chicken eggs amounted to
106,785,192 dozens and the number
of chickens raised was 27,747,238.
Fayette, Lavaca, and Williamson
were the three leading counties in
the number of chickens on hand, and
in the production of chicken eggs.
Turkeys over 3 months of age totaled
824,887 on January 1, 1935, and
were reported on 114,004, or 22.8
percent of all the farms and ranches
in the State.
—AAT—
Thirty-seven acres of alfalfa have
proven the most profitable crop of
its size on the Doming farm near
per cent greater than a year ago but
21.4 per cent below those of April.
Stocks on hand May 31 totaled 636,-
000 barrels, a decline of 7.6 per cent
from the corresponding date last
year and no change from the end of
the preceding month.
—AAT—
The Centennial Year Farmer’s
Short Course will open July 20 at
A. and M. College with a colorful ar-
ray of distinguished men and women
speakers. Dr. W. K. Stouder, Ex-
tension veterinarian of Iowa State
College at Ames will point out and
explain animal parasites, diseases and
sanitation of livestock every day.
Other men scheduled to appear are:
Dr. T. O. Booth, State veterinarian,
Livestock Sanitary Commiission, Ft.
Worth; Maurice R. Cooper, agricul-
tural economist, USDA, Washington,
D. C.; and C. E. Huff, president,
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation,
Chicago. Speakers of familiar names
Ttn„„„ '' , ......* “Y*1 vyjucagu. opeasvrs oi iamuiar name
ticai ne accoiding to an account giv- to speak at the general assembly per
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tennial celebration lor Texas is held
at Fort Worth, and prizes totaling
875,000 will be paid to exhibitors of
livestock. Shorthorn prize money
totals $12,750 lor these three classes.
Of this amount registered beef type
Shorthorn breeding cattle and lat
steers will receive $6,750. Twenty-
seven classes have been provided, and
many of the classes will pay as many
as 12 prizes, ranging from $60 down
to $20. Prizes ranging from, $40
down to $15 are being offered on
registered Polled Shorthorn breeding
cattle. Prize money on this division
totals $3,00-0'. The $3,000 set aside
for Milking Shorthorns will be dis-
tributed through 23 classes. To par-
ticipate an animal must be out of
Record of Merit dams, or sired by
bulls out of Record of Merit Dams,
or bulls having two or more Record
of Merit Daughters, or to be out of
dams having two or more Record of
Merit daughters. F. W. Harding, sec-
retary of the American Shorthorn
Cattle Breeders’ Association, Chica-
go, has been working with General
Manager John B. Davis and Livestock
Manager D. G. Talbot, to perfect ar-
rangements for the Shorthorn show,
October 3-11. Because of the promi-
nence of the show and the many out-
standing herds expected to partici-
pate, the National Shorthorn show
for 1936, will be held at Fort Worth
as part of the Frontier Centennial
livestock show. Craig M. Logan,
Valley Mills, iwho is well known in
show circles in Texas, will serve as
superintendent of the Shorthorn di-
vision. Exhibitors interested in hav-
ing full information about the live-
stock classifications can obtain a pre-
mium catalogue by addressing the
riontier Centennial Livestock Show
at Fort Worth.
—AAT—
Max A. Blau, farmer of the Book-
oi community in Lipscomb county,
was so well pleased iwith results ob-
tain' d by contouring his cultivated
land that, he has contour listed all of
is pasture, consisting of 130 acres.
Blau ran his furrows seven feet apart
and in strips of four furrows or 28
feet wide. He said, “The ideal time
to contour list a pasture is during the
growing season, preferably in the
spring of the year, during a rainy
spell. A better job of listing can be
done when it is wet and less of the
[glass turf will be destroyed.
—AAT—
Lem Keith has plowed under a two
foot growth of sweet clover. He
planted this land to peas and plans
to plow them under later. Keith re-
marked recently, “While I am fol-
lowing more noil-building practices
thi*ri r will rccejve payment for from
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