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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1952
Page
10
Fertilizer dealers PMA and Gillespie County Soil Conservation District urge farmers to secure phosphate now to prevent fall shortages. Purchase orders can be made at the PMA office and pickups arranged with dealers as pellet-type superphosphate production lags.
The peach outlook is bleak in Gillespie County with many orchards pulling trees and reseeding to grasses. Ernst Hodges reports he may harvest only 200 bushels, far below past bumper years, as cold snaps and drought damaged blooms and leaves.
The Gillespie County Farm Bureau will meet Friday at 8 15 p m in the District Court Room. Marvin Daniel of the Gillespie County Conservation District is the speaker and will discuss poisonous weeds. Members are asked to bring any weeds for discussion. A film titled Years to Come will be shown by the Soil Conservation District.
Sunday guests joined Mr and Mrs Otto Siehne from Fredericksburg and Mr and Mrs O W Hohmann. Stovalls from San Angelo with Dalton Monk from Big Lake visited Crawford Pearson and family. Patsy Lee returned from Camp Idlewild at Comfort with 59 delegates. Hereford tours visited Stanton, Blanco, Boerne ranches and farms. party praised local herds.
Higher than usual offerings of sheep and goats sold at Gillespie County Sales Company on Wednesday with strong bidding and good prices. Cattle prices topped with cows and calves at $300 per pair, and various stocker and butcher categories reported solid gains.
A Blanco County tour led by Luther Hill featured stops at Stanton Hereford Ranch Willow City FElbel Lazy E Round Mountain Otto Schumann Ranch Albert Simon Burg Lazy S Stonewall Herman Weinheimer and Son ranches Blanco Hereford Farm Al Buchanan Ranch Fair Oaks Studer Ranch Lona Ranch and other sites. committee includes A L Smith Bob Tate Bob Webb and H A Fitzugh.
Timely tips cover best pineapple varieties Sugar Loaf and Smooth Cayenne and ripeness indicators. instructions detail syrup ratios wash cut core peel slice pack and process times for pint and quart jars, plus freezing methods and use of scraps for juice or crushed fruit.
An 80-year-old grandmother living alone on a local farm began a lone hike to gather wild berries. After hours of searching by more than a hundred volunteers, she was found by a neighbor on his ranch near noon the following day. She was tired but unharmed after a 15 mile hike.
The Gillespie County 1952 wheat loan rate is set at 2.17 per bushel for U S No 1 and select grades with storage deductions. Loans run harvest through January 1953, maturing April 30 1953. Peanut acreage measurements begin, with penalties for excess acreage and recheck charges outlined. notices of official acreage results will be sent.
The item lists visits and trips: Carlos Parker and son Buzzy and Floy Bode fished at Port Arthur last week. Mrs Chas Gammenthaler and two children returned from North Carolina where they visited relatives. Mr and Mrs Watkins Tarr spent the weekend in Houston. Mr and Mrs H D Stvells of Austin visited her parents over the weekend.
Elbert Schmidt returned to Camp Polk Louisiana after visiting his father Elgin Schmidt and other relatives. Wiley Thurman and daughter from Kerrville visited Nathaniel Thurman on Saturday. Herbert Otto and Faye Massey visited Mr. and Mrs W R Massey on Sunday.
The ad highlights profit potential from wood cutting with McCulloch chainsaws with blade sizes for all curving operations from logging to fence posts. It invites a store demonstration or at-home setup, promising fast cutting and no obligation to arrange a show.
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