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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1948
Page
9
Grain producers face low feed grain supplies versus last year while cash prices for new crops stay firm. Wheat sellers offer up to 2.20 per bushel and barley and oats show higher demand, with weather and harvest prospects shaping spring and summer prices. Delayed rain damages fields and corn prospects remain weak, signaling seasonal price shifts later in the year.
W. P. Smith, a turkey rancher, operates 1850 broad breasted gobblers on the Ernest Schneider place seven miles northeast of Fredericksburg on the Llano Road. Beginning April 1 with 2000 chicks, he has lost 150 in 2 1/2 months, feeds 300 pounds daily, and grazes the flock on three acres of sweet Sudan with Marshall Creek running through the area. The operation is among the largest in Blanco Llano and Gillespie Counties and aims at supplying Thanksgiving markets.
Dad deserves the best with a range of gifts including engraved brief case sets, Parker and Esterbrook pens, a magnetic desk set, and pen and pencil sets. Shop early for a timely Father’s Day purchase.
Members of the Johnson City Lions Club and their wives attended the Central Texas Lions Convention in Austin over Sunday to Tuesday. Bob McKinney was elected Deputy District Governor and Virgil Minear became District Governor.
The Comfort annual Homecoming and Rodeo on June 20 will add an Armadillo Race. Ten Comfort business men entered as contestants paying 2.50 each, using armored four footed animals or jockeys. Entries open till the last minute. judges to be announced. Participants include Stieler Motor Co and Comfort News among others.
A birthday greeting request notes that Gibson Art is used to express wishes. Cards are available at the Fredericksburg Publishing Co.
August Evers marks eighty three years with memories of a rugged ranch life. He recalls sheep herding in sparse brush, panther encounters, and wolves and bobcats in earlier days. Born in 1867 in Cherry Spring, he and Emma Welgehausen raised nine children north of Loyal Valley while enduring isolation and frontier work.
Drouth and heat wave eased by rainfall in part of the Doss community, though too late for corn and small grains. The peak heat reached 103 degrees on Saturday June 5 and stayed around 101 to 102 in the following days. The Doss Boy Scout Troop conducted a father and son hike to August Baethge's Dam on June 5 and 6 with tests and swimming activities.
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