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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1951
Page
9
Edmund Jacoby leads cross fencing at Nebgen School pasture and range deferment begins. Farm safety week highlights preventable accidents with a focus on careful stock handling and equipment repair. Field Day on July 27 at J C Stewart Ranch invites participation and possible grass judging entries from local groups.
The Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association schedules its annual meeting at the Stonewall school gym on Thursday July 19. The business session starts at 2 PM. Members and families may arrive before noon with a basket lunch. drinks and coffee are provided.
The note explains sun blister damage to stake ripened tomatoes and how to harvest when a pink area shows. It advises shading ripened fruit and cool storage to finish ripening. It also covers sunburn prevention for watermelons using hydrated lime and cool handling. Hay protein contents for various grasses and forages are listed.
Seats will be arranged in the spacious hall for a business session in the afternoon. The annual report will be presented and one director elected. Afterward L N Kirkpatrick of Austin will address the group as guest speaker with souvenirs for registrants and cold drinks served. Members and families urged to attend with neighbors and visitors welcome.
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Gillespie County growers Eckhardt and Son unload ripe peaches at their Stonewall packing shed three miles south of Fredericksburg. Otto Eckhardt and sons own 40 acres with varieties Roosevelt Early Elberta Hale Haven Texas Elberta and Frank Beaches. The orchard, a member of Gillespie Fruit Growers, expects harvest to run through mid August.
K T Penick and Emil Sauer highlight that ranchers should learn 12 to 20 grasses to manage pastures, focusing on local species like big bluestem and Indian grass. Plant judging contests for 4 H and FFA members foster identification skills, with this year’s Range Field Day plant contest at J C Stewart Ranch near Round Mountain.
Texas farmers earned 45 percent more cash income through May this year than January to May last year, led by cattle at 165.0 million. The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research cites higher income from major commodities overall at 484.7 million versus 334.2 million last year, with declines in cotton cottonseed fruit vegetables and wheat due to poor weather.
Premiums totaling 13129 dollars will be awarded to exhibitors in swine shows at the 1951 State Fair of Texas, Oct 6 to 21, compared with 12473 dollars in 1950, said Ray W Wilson, the fair's livestock manager.
County Agent C. A. Stone reports extreme heat and winds scorching crops and pastures in Gillespie. May and early June rains helped, but recent dryness threatens a bumper corn crop and damages wheat and small grains. A timely rain could revive corn and pastures. hay shortages loom, prompting early orders for next season.
Six Fredericksburg Boy Scouts join 140 Central Texans at Camp Tom Wooten near Austin for the fifth week of activities. They received a campsite assignment and a tour of the 1100 acre site as a full slate of programs opened Monday. Troop 134 from Capitol Area Council includes James Metzger Freddie Meurer Hugo Stehling Dayton Weidenfeller Raymond Hagel and Gilmer Ulbricht at Bull Creek and Lake Austin encampment.
An ancient Indian practice required the widow to cremate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, reflecting customs tied to widow rites and social expectations of the era.
Gil lespie County farmers and ranchers rapidly upgrade homes barns and outbuildings says Lorenz F Bading local lumber dealer and Public Affairs Committee member The defense program and high farm incomes drive building with ample lumber supply despite housing and commercial controls
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