Joint Gillespie conservation meeting and soil tour
The Gillespie Soil Conservation District and Gillespie County PMA held a joint meeting and tour on June 6 in the Agriculture Building. Attendees discussed soil types and conservation, toured Simon Burg’s Stonewall site, and planned a future session to continue soil study. The SCS offered a small allotment of anil indigo seed for wildlife food and invited cooperators to trial plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Board of Supervisors
Gillespie Soil Conservation District
PMA County Committee
Gillespie County
Wesley Gold
PMA
Agricultural Mobilization Committee
M. A. Daniel
Soil Conservation Service
Simon Burg
Stonewall
Harry F. Eckhardt
Tommy Jung
Willie J. Berg
Rueben Klier
Adolph Kneese
Herman Maner
Herman Weinheimer
Arnold Rode
Dudley T. Mann
SCS
Insect Pest Notes and 4-H News in County Notebook
A county extension note outlines wireworms and cutworms as major garden pests attacking corn, grains, potatoes, and various vegetables with control methods including crop rotation and flooding. It also lists 4-H judging teams for Gillespie County at the District 11 Round-Up and notes on Wool and Rifle contest participants, plus early fig rust and orchard spraying tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
A & M College Station
James Eckhardt
Rubin Heinemann
James Cox
Daniel Crenwelge
Curtis Eckhardt
Stanley Ernst
David Sagebiel
F. C. Lochte
Uvalde
Calvin Kuhlmann
Stanley Sultemeier
Archie Pfeiffer
Kenneth Mauer
Kenneth Kunz
Junction
James
Lorin Baethge
Stanley Sauer
Leon Spaeth
Emil H. Sauer
Otto Spaeth
Erwin Woerner
Meusebach and Southwest Doss Conserve Meet Notes
Meusebach Conservation Group met June 5 at the Meusebach school house with Gillespie Soil Conservation District technic ians explaining the SCS structure. Attendees included Andrew Jenschke Chester Lochte Walter Schmidt Leo Hartmann Guenther Lochte Freddie Lochte M A Daniel and Charles Barnes of the SCS assisted. Applications for soil and water conservation plans from all present were received. On June 6 the Southwest Doss Conservation Group held a plant identification tour with members considering the grass judging contest for Range Field Day in July. Attendees included A L Woerner Emil Sauer Otto Spaeth Johnny Dittmar Paul Sauer and the Doss 4 H Club judging team. James Hensell and Charles Barnes aided with the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meusebach
Gillespie Soil Conservation District
SCS
Andrew Jenschke
Chester Lochte
Walter Schmidt
Leo Hartmann
Guenther Lochte
Freddie Lochte
M. A. Daniel
Charles Barnes
Soil Conservation Service
Stu
A. L. Woerner
Emil Sauer
Otto Spaeth
Johnny Dittmar
Paul Sauer
James Hensell
The
Earthworms and Their Role in Range Fertility
Earthworms enhance soil fertility and water retention in range lands. High populations bring significant organic matter to the surface, boost plant-available nutrients, and create burrows that improve water infiltration. Proper range management with half a canopy of grass supports earthworm habitats and reduces evaporation.
Comfort Seed Growers Hold Annual Field Day
The Comfort Seed Growers hosts its fourth annual field day to showcase small grain varieties suited to Hill Country soil. Gillespie County visitors report progress on a 25 acre test plot with 15 oats 25 wheat and 16 barley varieties including promising Strain 90 and Mustang. Trials faced late emergence due to cold and were grown on hubam clover land with seed from multiple countries. Plans to continue testing next year were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort Seed Growers
Gillespie County
J. C. Rice Farm
George W. Ribers
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Wintex
Texan
South America
Australia
South Africa
China
Canada
C. E. Nelson
Kendall County
Fruit Disease Control and Spraying Instructions
Guidance on spraying fruit trees with Bordeaux mixture for fig rust and brown rot. Recommends 55-50 Bordeaux spray or 20-80 copper-lime dust, applied to both leaf sides especially undersides. For brown rot and scab, continue sulfur on later ripening peaches and other stone fruits.
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Lochte Storage & Commission Co
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O. L. Patterson
Blanco County
S. S. Mauldin
Pleasant Hill Club
S. L. Neal
Patterson
Mauldin
Margaret Bracher
Gladys Martin
Thomas A. Booker
Kerrville, Texas
H. Welge Lewis
P. O
Cam Snead
Nash
America
Ip S
NFAD
Weber & Jenschke, Nash
San Antonio Street
Fredericksburg, Texas
Th Motors
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Dotreit
Mich
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Mutual Lumber Com
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