Bee Caves ranch tour showcases brush control program
The 7 300 acre Shield ranch near Bee Caves will host Bee Caves Association members next Tuesday to view Texas brush eradication and range improvement work started in 1938. Horace Eckols reports cattle and goat counts and the ongoing regrassing, with details on past stock and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shanks
Shield Ranch
Bee Caves
Hamilton Pool Road
Bee Caves Association
Texas
Horace Eckols
Liberty Hill Dairyman Adopts Spray Irrigation Plan
Liberty Hill report states Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith of the San Gabriel Valley Jersey Farm will install spray irrigation to grow winter feed. A 600 foot well will power the system and their son Reggie Jr. will raise alfalfa on the valley farm to be hauled back to the dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben
Arthur P. Smith
Cedar Creek
Liberty Hill
R. E. Smith
San Gabriel Valley
Jersey
Reggie Jr
Smiths
Peanut Harvest Profitable in Lee County
The Lee County peanut harvest, three weeks in, brings in thousands of dollars. Farmers report a bumper crop with varied planting times from May to July and diverse ripening. Labor shortages force small crews to move between fields, while weather causes erratic threshing. Hay losses reduce yield but are valued as fertilizer, government tests rise, and nut prices remain at SDA parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings
Lee County
Marvin Harzke
Walter Bamsch
Warda
Victor Umiang
Lincoln
Louis Malke
Northrup
Martin Menzel
Serbia
Dorman Sell
SDA
Clifford Preuss Heads 4-H Clubbers in Taylor
Clifford Preuss elected president of the Friendship 4-H Club in Taylor where 14 members are enrolled. Ralph Brookshire serves as vice president, Albert Davis as secretary treasurer, and Tommy Krueger as reporter. Sponsors are Ollie Preuss and R H Brookshire. The club plans to attend the Dallas fair next Saturday October 22.
Traffic Officer Fines Own Parked Car in Macon
Macon Georgia traffic officer Roland Banville ticketed a car and later admitted he did not recognize his own automobile in the park. The incident unfolded as the officer was summoned to police court for the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Watson
Dallas
Otis
Keillor Ranch
Watson
America
Macon
Roland Banville
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Reubeaus
Hays
THE
Austin American
Daa Texas
King Ranch
Bermuda
Eckols
Elmo V. Cook
Howard Stewart
PMA
Mrs. Smith
Pfluger
E. J. Pfluger
Austin
Pflugerville
Mischief Mixer
Hardy Grissom
Abilene
E. J
Madrid
Gay Willow Ranch
Buda
Hays County
Frank C. Litterst
R. E F. Haas
San Antonio
Litterst
Southwest Pacific
Army
A&m College
Kathy Arlene
Frank AJ
Haas
Trevlyn
Richard
Air Corps
Ray Cameron
Douglas Crumley
Ben Arizmendez
James Thompson
Jo Castillo
Ed Helmke
Jim Jones
Roy Lee
Weldon Hulsey
Neill Lablack
Alvin Newmann
Berkshire
John Porter
Bill Powell
Cliff Radar
Frank
Litterest
R. E. Haas
Liberty Hill Dairyman
Hormel
Weiners
Fryer
Crisco Pintos
Oleo
Wetade Sa
Carnation
East
TIDE
Jersey Land Milk Admiration
U.S. No
Hunt
Tak-Hom Foods
Rosewood Ave
Meadolake
Uckers
Lee
Clifford Preuss
Taylor
Wide World
Blue Plate
Enon
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