Soil Conservation Efforts Target Turkey Pear On Onion Creek Range
Richard Kasper of the Onion Creek Conservation Group tackles turkey pear on his Doss area ranch using deferred grazing, winter light stocking for two years, then heavy winter grazing and stump burning after wet soil. Plans three to four years of summer deferment to strengthen grass. Diversion terraces by Elgin Staats and others divert hillside water around fields. Water tanks and waterways being created with bulldozer guidance from Soil Conservation Service technicians, in cooperation with the ACP program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasper
Onion Creek
Doss
Kasper
Elgin Staats
Crabapple
Levi Ottmers
Lonnie Itz
August Sagebick
Soil Conservation Service
Hugo Basse
Liveoak
E. Hansen
Meusebach
Henry Kirk
Eckert
Ruben Ruebsahm
Stonewall
Joe Burkett Jr
Morris Ranch
Alfred Sagebiel
West Eckert
Lee Roy Behrends
South Stonewall
ACP
FRA Girls Attend District Meeting in Kerrville
FRA girls from Fredericksburg attended the District FHA meeting at Starkey Elementary Kerrville with three mothers. The program opened at nine with a House of Delegates election of Eileen Sabers Area historian and Judy Evers District vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Fredericksburg
Starkey
Schooos
Kerrville
House of Delecates
Eileen Sa Ber
Judy Evers
Tivy High School
Jo Joyce Wahl
Mary Heinen
Bandera
Prices rise at Gillespie County livestock sale
Prices were strong across all classes at the Gillespie County Livestock Sales Company auction last Wednesday with stocker calves 28.70 to 35.50 per hundred and stocker cows 15.50 to 80 per head. Slaughter cattle and pigs fetched solid bids as lambs and ewes showed brisk activity, with notable sales in Fredericksburg and Hondo Crouch consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Livestock Sales Company
Hondo Crouch
Fredericksburg
William Raute
Max Grona
Morris Ranch
Willow City Home Demonstration Club Meets March Meeting
The Willow City District Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Frederick Grote’s home on Thursday March 13. Garden demonstrator Mrs. F Pressler outlined insecticide use with a duster and three dust types for cucumbers melons tomatoes and soil pests. Members and guests, 24 in total, were served punch and cherry nut chiffon cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow City District Home Demonstration Club
Frederick Grote
Frederick
F. Pressler
Miss Conrads
Pressler
Grote
Guenther Wunderlich
Victor Stahl
Carlos Grote
Doss 4-H Club Names Officers
The Doss 4-H Club named officers at a meeting after a barbecue at Doss School on March 6. Stanley Sauer became president, Clinton Ellebracht vice president, Berta Welze secretary, and Elaine Rode reporter. Sponsors were renewed and talks given by C. A. Stone and Miss Conrads. April brings the next meeting with future joint boy and girl sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss
Albert Ellebracht
August Baethge
Stanley Sauer
Sylvia Spaeth
Clinton Ellebracht
Lorin Baethge
Berta Welze
Lennah Jo Baethge
Elaine Rode
Audell Woerner
Arnold Rode
Otto Spaeth
Emil Sauer
Paul Sauer
C. A. Stone
Miss Conrads
Electric light upkeep urged to save energy
Clean bulbs and reflectors improve service to electric lights. Replace bulbs that go dark to stop wasting electricity and keep fixtures efficient.
Fitzugh Lee Named Gillespie County PMA Chairman
Fitzhugh Lee, stock farmer of Willow City, is named to replace Harry Eckhardt as Gillespie County PMA chairman. Eckhardt resigns after 17 years as county committeeman and PMA chair, citing other business demands. Lee will join Thomas Jung and Willie J. Berg on the PMA committee, per secretary Wesley Gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Eckhardt
PMA
Fitzugh Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
Willow City
Gillespie County Production Marketing Administration
Eckhardt
AAA
Gillespie County
Lee
Thomas Jung
Willie J. Berg
Wesley Gold
Gillespie Pma
Gold
Timely sewing pattern tips and layout guidance
Timely tips cover identifying pattern pieces from the envelope reading instructions and choosing a layout. Readers are advised to pin along grainlines and cut with sharp shears, plus a separate note on Texas farming plan requiring silage and hay carryover provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Woods sale on fencing advertised in Folks to Know
Gillespie County Lumber Co promotes fencing sale and directing readers to Where to Go with Woo dy's ad copy in Folks to Know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woody
Gillespie County Lumber Co
Spring Painting With DuPont Flowkote Promoted
DuPont Flowkote Paints are advertised for easy spring decorating. Woody at Gillespie County Lumber Company is the contact for samples and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuPont Flowkote
Woody
Gillespie County Lumber Company
Hill Country Auxiliary Meets in Harper Saturday
The Hill Country Chapter Ladies Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association meets in Harper Saturday March 22 at 2 30 pm for a quarterly session. Officiating officers include President Ada Moye Montel Kerrville vice president Clint Brown Kerrville secretary Cade Schwethelm Kerrville and treasurer Frank Black Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Harper
Clint Brown
Ada Moye Montel
Kerrville
Brown
Cade Schwethelm
Frank Black
Junction
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FRA
Grunow Refrigerator
Norge
Federco
Thor
Boss Table Top
New Zealand
J. H. Hoots Rabbitry
Llano Highway
Willow City District
Cherry Spring
Rocky Hill
Luckenbach
Trair
Pete
Kallenberg’s Pharmacy
Hill Country Ng Auxiliary
Harper Taturday
Travelers Cafe
Alex Mittendorf
Behrend
Helmuth Behrend
Poe
Rempur Reg
City of
America
Mound City Paint
Pedrance
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