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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1961
Page
2
At Cameron, the Thursday auction showed a steady market across most classes with slaughter cows down about 50 cents. Hog prices rose about 75 cents with 88 top hogs sold, run totaled 164 head. Prices included steers to 23.50, cows to 15.50, bulls to 18.00, calves to 24.50, stockers up to 25.00, and hogs near 16.80 for heavy butcher and 16.90 for feeders.
County Agents Notes show increased interest for the Pecan and Food Show to be held in Cameron on December 9. Entries come from Judd Davis Mrs Joe P Mueck Joe Paul Mueck Judith Mueck and Mrs J L Foster plus other families with one or two trees. If a quart sample is unavailable a pint of pecans may be entered. The Horticulture committee led by Anton Anderle seeks J D Moore Milam County Agent and continued interest from previous participants. A Farm Management School will follow January 8 and 9 in Cameron at the Methodist Fellowship Hall with Sidney Jenkins arranging a program for business people and farmers. topics include the Blackland Situation farm size and organization, crops and livestock in the Blacklands, credit fertlizing crops, and tax considerations. The program features Jenkins Dr Cook Cecil Parker Dave Brown and A C McGree.
Trading in country markets remained active with spot prices steady to higher. Middling 1 cotton quoted at Dallas 33.15 cents, Galveston 33.25, Lubbock 33.00, all unchanged from last week. Houston at 33.25 cents. Harvest slowed by cold wet weather. gins backlog, strippers began. fertilizer applied as land prep nears.
C. H. Bates reports the Texas Comptroller has not ruled on several agricultural items. Ruling No. 13 covers exemptions for animal life and feeds, seeds, fungicides, and fertilizers used for human food crops, while farm machinery is exempt only in production use and parts remain taxable. Rulings on many gray-area items will come later.
Milam County ASCS reports final payments totaling 710,496 dollars to 1,144 farms in the 1961 feed grain program. Diversions amounted to 33,373 acres containing about 272,904 bushels of corn and 4,314,087 hundredweight of grain sorghum not produced. The diverted acreage exceeded planned by 789 acres, with maximum possible diversion at 41,414 acres. Milam’s base is 103,535 acres and 81 percent of potential acreage remained unproduced. By Oct 31 1961 farmers had 35,681 bushels of corn and 177,816 hundredweight of grain sorghums under price support. Word notes possible grazing of diverted acreage starting now without county approval.
Buckholts residents share Thanksgiving plans and visitors from Houston Dallas Cameron and Austin. Families including Woodward Langley Glaser and Busby host and holiday guests, with deer hunters Schiller Svetlik Bechausen Gonten Fuchs Jungmann Glaser and Bechusen returning from hunts near Harper Llano and Bishop.
Henry Liebman announced Milam County Savings Bonds sales reached 432206 in ten months with 56095 bought in October. Texas October bond sales totaled 12460.00. year to date 132423000, about 80.2 percent of the state goal.
In The Service FAR EAST J D Crouch chief gunner's mate USN son of Mr and Mrs Roy O Crouch of Gause serves in the Far East aboard Seventh Fleet destroyer USS Floyd B Parks. Parks completed a month long patrol of the Taiwan Straits on sentry duty between Nationalist Chinese island and Communist mainland. Frank Benjamin Dehart son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Dehart Rt 3 Box 63A Cameron enlisted in the Navy at Temple and is undergoing 9 weeks basic training at San Diego Calif After basic training Frank will be given 41 days leave before reporting to a permanent duty station.
A raft of community news from Burlington covers home purchases like the Herman Schultz house by Mr and Mrs Henry Davenport, planned relocation of the Rohmehek family from Cameron to the Nitte farm, and weekend visits by relatives from Ft Worth Temple Westphalia and Houston. Also noted are anniversaries, births, hospital visits, a WMU meeting, a deer-hunt return, a 21st anniversary celebration, and regional travel for family events.
A Texas Power & Light Company message contrasts American economic freedom with Communist planning. It argues freedom under constitutional limits builds wealth for individuals and society, while condemning state planning as tyrannical and geared toward world domination, urging vigilance to preserve liberty.
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