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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1956
Page
4
Buck Howell recounts a humorous miscommunication at the Chicago Stockman's Convention with his wife. A hotel phone issue led to a two long rings and one short switchboard signal to cue their calls, a fix they agreed upon after a breakdown in communication.
Department of Agriculture technicians help Gillespie County cooperators create a conservation plan. They use soils maps and range surveys to tailor treatments like terraces, cover crops, and contour farming to each field. The plan serves as a blueprint and becomes valuable only after treatments are applied.
The article explains deferred grazing as a range conservation practice removing all livestock from pasture to let vegetation recover. It covers summer, fall, spring, and fall-winter deferments, benefits for seed production, soil protection, and top growth. Emphasizes starting deferment in the most productive pasture and using rotational rest to improve poor ranges.
Fifty four REA co-ops joined Upshur in a suit and won the right to serve customers already on the rolls at annexation and new customers along their lines even inside the city. Military Reserve Week set April 22 to 28 by Gov. Shivers with a drive by 19 patriotic groups. District Judge Laughlin of Duval County defeated disbarment in the State Supreme Court. H H Coffield named executive committee chairman for Region 9 of the Boy Scouts of America. Col Morris Schwartz reports Texas added 12 023 armed forces entrants and 12 903 discharges in Q1 1956.
Texas farmers are warned to watch for an early spring grasshopper threat worse than 1955. The Texas Panhandle faces the biggest risk with Central Texas also likely to see infestations. Early control saves time and money. a dollar spent now could save up to thirty eight dollars later. Hatchings occur April through late June depending on weather, with eggs laid in idle land and field margins. If all hatch, 24 to 32 hoppers per square yard could emerge, triggering a serious outbreak. Federal help is available only on range land. cultivated land requires self reliance. Local-action cooperation is urged, with more information from Agriculture Commissioner John White, Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin.
Farmers in Harper District plan another grazing deferment to favor tall grasses like little bluestem and big bluestem. Waterways should be seeded to grass, legume cover crops urged in rotation, and Soil Stewardship Week to be observed May 6 1956 with sermons on earth stewardship.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehne visited the home of Mr and Mrs W E Fletcher Sunday. Mr and Mrs D A Kothmann of Menard visited their son and family Monday.
Clint Langford and Vernon Jones inspected Theo Oehler's ram stock and progeny. On April 13 Langford bought three ram lambs, with two to be fitted by 4-11 Club boys for the 1957 Stock Show.
Attendees at the Fredericksburg teachers meeting and banquet Monday night included Supt. and Mrs. Ed Bailey, Mrs. Mattie Arnold, Mrs. Anita Thurman, Mrs. Lewis Sire, and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Williams.
The 1956 4 H Health program honors 4 H members and local clubs for improving health in line with the Improving Family and Community Living theme. Eli Lilly and Company supplies gold medals and college scholarships while counties may win blue award certificates and up to ten two color club certificates for top local health programs.
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