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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
4
Government survey shows rapid spread of mechanical refrigeration on farms due to more electric power lines and stricter milk temperature laws. Costs have fallen, units for four ten-gallon cans now about $200, and many farmers build their own tanks matching manufactured ones.
Washington May 31 experts in seed research aim to breed crops resistant to insects starting with the Hessian fly. They will cross partly resistant wheats with other varieties to develop a product the fly detests. Kansas station and Agriculture dept unveiled Kanvale a partly resistant winter wheat.
Merle E. Mason, the farming aviator from Jackson Michigan, zips a four state front in a monoplane visiting auctions in Michigan Ohio northern Illinois and western New York. He buys on his list and returns home to his farm two miles south of town or to other farms at Hillsdale County and near Nashville. He says sky shopping beats driving saves money and avoids traffic delays and expenses. He even funded a Florida vacation last winter with savings from flying sales.
Government entomologists and Plainsmen launched an early campaign to curb grasshopper hatching in the Central and North Plains. Poison stations in Texas Panhandle and neighboring states are spreading bait, with mopping up in progress in Curry County New Mexico and Palmer County. Although hatchings persist in northern areas, the effort aims to finish within three weeks if weather stays hot. some hoppers will survive but numbers should stay at normal levels.
Floydada May 31 Four H pig club work grows popular in Floyd County with 61 boys enrolled The plan requires each member to own a pure bred sow from weaning age and provides a fenced one acre pasture self feeder V type hog house clear water trough balanced rations and full project records Local banks support financing and the chamber plans a 4 H and F F A livestock show in Floyd County this fall
Nineteen Texas 4-H club boys are named among the winners in the 1938 39 farm accounting contest at Texas A and M Extension Service. Harley Wallace of Post Garza County tops the Texas awards while Bryan Smith of Lockney Floyd County and Austin Young Gilbert Watkins Farwell Parmer County Henry Kveton Abernathy Lubbock County also rank high. International Harvester Company sponsors the event.
Noble Raleighs Dorinda 878839 owned by S. P. Atchley of Swisher County set a Texas state record for Jersey cows with 20 476 7 pounds milk and 940 9 pounds butterfat in a 12 month test. The Central Plains Dairy Herd Improvement Association audited the results as the highest Texas Jersey production.
The first car of 1939 Texas wheat arrived in Fort Worth today from Hamlin. Shipped by J. E. Moody it was graded No 1 dark hard.
Texas business and farming incomes rose 1932 to 1937 then fell in 1938. Data from the Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee show 1932 296 million cash income rising to 599 million by 1937, dropping to 489 million in 1938. Automobile registrations, gasoline consumption, life insurance sales, bank debits, building permits, and employment indexes are listed for 1932 1938 to illustrate the trend.
Mrs. E H Miller, private crop expert, forecasts total national wheat output at 661 million bushels, down 270 million from 1938 and about 20 million below normal. Winter wheat seen at 492 million, with spring wheat not yet estimable. Rye yield projected at 37.76 million, far below last year’s 55.04 million amid drought.
A large student cast at West Texas State College conducted by Prof. Wallace R. Clarr performed Haydn s The Creation in Canyon on Tuesday night with more than 200 participants, a strong college orchestra, and notable soloists including Ada V. Clark Robert McKenzie Houston Bright George Stokes and Arvo Goddard. Marjorie Wilkinson accompanied. The Buffalo band concert Monday featured C E Strain directing a busy season ending with a performance in Canyon after touring over 30 cities.
A method from E R Eudaly of the Texas A and M College Extension Service advises withholding feed except dry hay such as Johnson grass sorghum primirie or sudan and water. Milking starts once daily for two or three days then every other day a couple of times before stopping. The cow should be dry in two weeks. A suggested grain mix for a milk cow is four pounds ground corn maize barley or other grain with one pound cottonseed meal.
The Turkey Lions Club and the Turkey Agricultural Association will jointly sponsor a swine show in Turkey on June 9. E. G. Regenbrecht, swine specialist from the A and M College extension service, will judge the event and point out deficiencies and fine points with input from County Agent W. B. Hooser.
Stanford University study notes world wheat farmers harvested 4.479 billion bushels last year. Record acreage reached 285.1 million acres, driven by gradual expansion since 1934 after several poor years.
In Sacramento California Marvin Smith a 12 year old pretend cowboy was badly hurt after a lariat tied around his neck snagged a moving freight train. He was dragged a half mile along railway ties before witnesses could alert the engineer. Doctors fear skull fracture and multiple injuries.
The state soil conservation act places program duties on landowners. Districts form by petition of 50 landowners, with elections and a two-thirds vote to create. Districts may be abolished after five years by petition and majority vote. Advisory board members include Dr. T. O. Walton and Clifford Jones.
The House agriculture committee approved a bill by Representative Kleberg to authorize negotiations with Mexico to wage a pink boll worm eradication campaign along the Rio Grande. The measure would let the state and agriculture secretaries appoint agents to pursue cooperation and procedures. The Senate backed a $1,366,800 extension aid, a $920,000 rise from the House proposal.
A Brownwood poultry cooperative dresses turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas after buying the Brady egg pool output. Turkeys from Brady San Saba and Richland Springs farms will be dressed and shipped to eastern cities for cold storage. Farmers receive 12 1/2 cents per pound. Over 6,000 birds will be dressed.
S. P. Atchley of Swisher County boasts his Jersey cow Dorinda, aided by Dr. George P. Grout, has set a state production record. The piece notes diet tweaks boosting milk yield, a Denton student’s Jersey Gardenia funding his schooling, and a Rio Grande clothing surplus problem among Mexican migrants.
The series of 15 Dairy Days meetings drew over 12 000 attendees including dairymen 4 H and home demonstration club women. One thousand nine hundred twenty cattle were classified with 120 blue ribbons 549 red and 190 white. Dairy judging yielded 3 973 cards and 1 675 participants joined dairy products judging with 711 samples classified. Renowned judges from Texas Extension Service A and M Dairy Department and other institutions featured in the event.
Floyd County 4-H Club members will hold a all day picnic on Monday June 12 at the Lockney city auditorium with County Agent D F Bredthauer in charge. Rev Hoyt Boles will speak and Judge G C Tubbs will lead singing. 4-H boys will judge dairy cattle and winners form a team for the College Station short course July 5 6 7. Bring lunch to share at noon.
In the dairy days events two judges typically classified cattle and products while three judges took part in each official meeting, reflecting a shift toward broader judging panels.
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