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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1955
Page
8
The brief notes the Soil Conservation District updates featuring Clarence L. Stock and Ral Hartrick. It highlights ongoing farm practices, conservation methods, and community outreach efforts within the district.
Hightower plans a full soil and water conservation system on his 100 acre Walker's Creek farm. The 41 acres of tillable land will use terraces and a cover-crop rotation of hubam and oats for winter grazing to curb erosion and improve soil structure.
Farmers face rising grasshopper infestations with escalating crop damage. Experts warn control measures are costly and less effective, urging timely, coordinated action to protect yields and livelihoods.
The article discusses Curly Top in tomatoes, noting leafhoppers spread the disease and limited chemical controls. It recommends a 5 percent DDT dust for immediate control and, near harvest, methoxymethyl ethyl parathion as a thorough application every 5 to 7 days to kill leafhoppers before spread.
The Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA will begin daily reports around June 1 on East Texas tomatoes and North Texas onions. Bulletins from the Dallas fruit and vegetable division will provide f o b shipping point data and wholesale prices at major U S terminal markets. Later, watermelon shipments from states outside Texas will be included with prices and truck and rail holdings at 16 cities. Free copies are available from the Fruit and Vegetable Market News Office in Dallas.
A. C. officials report 214 Milam County farms measured in the Cotton Measuring Program. Seven men tabulate acreage across 1,570 cotton farms and initial results show every farm aligns with its history.
Soil moisture is sufficient in the western half of Milam County after May rainfall of 4 to 5 inches. Crops overall are good with corn and grain sorghums leading growth, cotton improving with thrips control, tomatoes weak from weather, and watermelons and cantaloupes progressing slowly. Livestock and pastures are in good condition though grasshoppers appear and should be controlled now.
The article sketches a flurry of state legislative actions including stalled audits of land records, debates over a statewide ad valorem tax on water conservation, and Senate clashes over retirement benefits, school bonds, and district courts. It notes governor action banning alcohol in school stadiums and required history credits, plus a long anecdote on uranium discoveries and a military bridge marching quirk.
The note outlines the line of succession, stating the Secretary of State becomes president if both the president and vice president are unable to serve. This emphasizes a constitutional mechanism for continuity of government in Cameron.
Eugene C. Weafer formerly of Gause recounts origin of the Colorado Plateau uranium boom. He describes meeting a northern Arizona prospector in 1948 who doubted profitable uranium would be found there, challenging the myth of a lone Indian discoverer.
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