SOL CONSERVATION EFFORTS PROMOTE FERTILIZER PURCHASE
Farmers urged to secure phosphate now to avoid fall shortages. PMA offices will issue purchase orders for superphosphate, with pellets scarce if delayed. Soil Conservation Service aids Chester Koennecke at Cave Creek with waterway and grass seeding, reducing need for terraces. Behrends grows peas to boost soil, while dam projects pound water for livestock at Petsch Luckenbach group and Hohmann Enchanted Rock community.
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PMA
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Chester Koennecke
Cave Creek
Emil Petsch
Luckenbach Conservation Group
Henry Hohmann
Enchanted Rock
Peach Crop Outlook in Gillespie County Seems Bleak
The Gillespie County peach crop faces its gloomiest year in years with many orchards pulling trees and replanting in grasses. Ernst Hodges, a leading grower east of Stonewall, says exceeding 200 bushels would be a milestone. others report blossoms faded, fruit dropped, and leaves returning without fruit. Weather, including a brutal cold snap in 1951 and an early 1952 frost, is blamed for widespread damage to commercial and home orchards. Hodges has already cleared six acres to plant grass for seed and grazing.
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Gillespie County
Ernst Hodges
Stonewall
Hodges
Gillespie Farm Bureau Meeting Friday Night
The Gillespie County Farm Bureau will meet Friday at 8 15 p m in the District Court Room with Marvin Daniel from the Gillespie County Conservation District as speaker He will identify poisonous weeds and members should bring their questions for discussion A soil conservation district film Year s to Come will be shown per secretary Edgin Mund
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Farm Bureau
District Court Room
Marvin Daniel
Gillespie County Conservation District
Daniels
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Egin Mund
Farm Bureau
Willow Cr ry continues study group events and visits
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs Otto Kiehne Fredericksburg and others attended gatherings with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hohmann Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stovall San Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Monk Big Lake and Mrs Mollie Stovall at Crawford Pearson and George Earl s home for the Barrier reunion. Patsy Lee returned from Home Making Club encampment at Camp Idlewild Comfort with 59 delegates. F Lee and Clinton Hardin joined Blanco Hereford Breeder tour visiting Stanton Ebeling Herman Weinheimer Simon Burg Sehuman ranches and more. The party later toured Blanco Hereford Ranch Al Buchanan Studer Ranch Loma Ranch Fair Oaks Farm Boerne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kiehne
Fredericksburg
O. W. Hohmann
Louis Hohmann
Paul Stovall
San Angelo
Dalton Monk
Big Lake
Mollie Stovall
Crawford Pearson
George Earl
Stovall
Pearson
Fred Bierschwale
Harper
Patsy Lee
M. M. Lee
Camp Idlewild
Comfort
F. Lee
Clinton Hardin
Blanco Hereford Breeder's Association
Blanco Tour Highlight Ranch Visits Across Blanco County
A Blanco County tour organized by A. L. Smith and others visited several ranches and farms. On Saturday the group stopped at Stanton Hereford Ranch Willow City Elbel Lazy E Ranch Round Mountain Otto Schumann Ranch Albert Simon Burg Lazy S Ranch Stonewall and Weinheimer and Son ranch Stonewall. Sunday featured Blanco Hereford Farm Al Buchanan Ranch Fair Oaks Boer Studer Ranch and Lona Ranch Blanco with a final stop at a Studer Ranch area.
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Burg Ranch
Blanco County Hereford Association
Simon Burg
Otto Schumann
Herman Weinheimer
A. L. Smith
A. & M. College
Bob Tate
Bexar County
Bob Webb
Berclair
H. A. Fitzugh
Blanco County
Luther Hill
Stanton Hereford Ranch
Willow City
Round Mountain
Albert
Stonewall
Herman Weinheimer and Son
City Square
Blanco
Blanco Hereford
al Buchanan
Fair Oaks
Boer
Studer
Sheep and Goat Auction Racks Up Strong Bids at Gillespie
Greater offerings of sheep and goats led the Gillespie County Sales Company auction with strong bidding and good prices for cattle as well. Cows with calves topped at 300 per pair, stocker calves from 26.25 to 34.25, and mutton sheep and goat prices ranged widely, with hogs and pigs also selling well. Notable buyers included Ben Schmidt Kerrville J J Thomas Llano and Fredericksburg consignors Otto Welgehausen Milton Hansen Alfred Wahrmund E Friedrich Ben Kneese Alvin Solbrig.
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Gillespie County Sales Company
Ben Schmidt
Llano
J. J. Thomas
Kerrville
H. Hodges
Fredericksburg
Alfred Wahrmund
Otto Welgehausen
Milton Hansen
E. Friedrich
Ben Kneese and Son
Alvin Solbrig
Pineapple Canning and Freezing Guide from Old Manual
Best varieties for canning are Sugar Loaf and Smooth Cayenne when ripe orange fruit with easy to pull spines. Plain tin cans preferred. enamel or glass can used. Make syrup by dissolving 1 cup sugar in 3 cups hot water for 2 quarts fruit. Prepare fruit, slice 1/2 inch, peel, core, dip in syrup to prevent Vitamin C loss. Pack, boil syrup, pour to 1 inch headspace, process times: steam pints No 2 cans 5 minutes, jars 15 minutes, pint and quart jars 20 minutes. Ground cores can be canned as juice or crushed. Freezing uses same syrup, pack in moisture and vapor proof cartons, cover with cold syrup, seal, and quick freeze.
Grandmother Missing After Long Hike Found Safe
Brady A 80 year old grandmother living alone on a local farm set out last week to gather wild berries. She was reported missing by relatives after several hours. More than a hundred searchers scoured the area overnight. By noon she was found on a neighbor's ranch, exhausted but unharmed after a 15 mile hike.
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Brady
Gillespie County PMA announces 1952 wheat loan rate
The 1952 wheat loan rate in Gillespie County is $2.17 per bushel for US No. 1 grade. No. 3 or better or No. 5 x No. 5 with test weight or Durum varieties may qualify. Storage charges apply. must be stored in an approved warehouse. Loans run through January 1953, maturing April 30, 1953, with details at the PMA office.
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Gillespie County
Wesley A. Gold
PMA
U. S
Harper piece continues from page one
The note recalls last months events with Harper and mentions Carlos Parker with son Buzzy and Floy Bode visiting Port Arthur for a fishing trip last week. It also reports Mrs. Chas Gammenthaler and two children returning from North Carolina where they visited her father and relatives. Watkins Tarr family spent the weekend in Houston. Streils of Austin visited Fletcher parents over the weekend.
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Carlos Parker
Buzzy
Floy Bode
Port Arthur
Chas. Gammenthaler
North Carolina
Watkins Tarr
Houston
H. D. Streils
Austin
W. E. Fletcher
Family visit ends with Elbert Schmidt’s return to Camp Polk
Elbert Schmidt returned to Camp Polk Louisiana after visiting his father Elgin Schmidt and relatives Mr and Mrs Wiley Thurman and daughter of Kerrville. Nathaniel Thurman joined the group Saturday while Mr and Mrs Herbert Otto and Faye Massey visited Mr and Mrs W R Massey Sunday.
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Elbert Schmidt
Camp Polk
Elgin Schmidt
Wiley Thurman
Kerrville
Nathaniel Thurman
Herbert Otto
Faye Massey
W. R. Massey
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Norge
Thor
Electrolux
Stewart - Werner
Goodyear
F. Macksburg
Standard Ranch
Aly
Rmls
Eeerty Systems
ABC
AMES
Ames Ceater
Weiss Irrigation Company
Travis Fredericksburg
Tex
Gillespie Farm Bureau
Willow Crry
Glen Jr
Lona Ranch
Boerne
Temple Lumber Co
Sunflex Paints
Temple
Ae County
McCulloch
Roy Henke
Morris Ranch
Texas
Frigidaire Appliances
Woodrow Durst
Emerson
Cooper Rabke
Sunbeam Iron
A. G. Schneider
J. M. Scarborough
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