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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1956
Page
4
The Farmers Home Administration widens lending powers to aid established small farmers off the farm income to cover operating costs. Loans are short term for one farming year with eligibility based on sound credit and income from farming and off farm work. Applications at Schroeder Building Fredericksburg Texas. county committee decides eligibility.
Volunteers across Texas launch the 1956 Heart Fund campaign to raise 676000 for research education and community heart programs. Senator Lyndon Johnson, recovering from a July heart attack, calls contributions an investment in human lives and urges Texans to meet the challenge. Heart disease claimed 20191 Texas deaths in 1954, the state’s No 1 killer, according to Health Commissioner Henry A Holle. Donations go through local heart groups or to THA via local postmasters marked Heart Fund.
The Washington Letter notes the Senate moves toward a vote on a natural gas bill to undo a Supreme Court decision placing gas producers under federal control. The piece argues it expands federal power and erodes state authority, framing the fight as a battle against a big government agenda alongside cotton price support concerns affecting Texas farmers.
Rex Allen headlines the Santone Livestock Exposition and Rodeo in San Antonio February 10 to 19. The 10 day event features 4 500 head of stock from 14 states competing for 35 000 in premiums with a 15 performance rodeo produced by Everett Colborn. Allen appears in all rodeo shows with a new routine, plus acts as a western film star and Decca recording artist. Admission ranges from 50 cents to 3 dollars for grounds access and rodeo tickets are priced 1 50 to 3 dollars.
Mrs J A Milam reports Walter Parker Jr and family will sail for Japan with Walter to be stationed there for two to three years. Kerrville visitors Street Hamilton and Joe Parker plus Port Arthur visitors Christine Fredericks stop by. Local rain drizzle and cold weather forecast. Cherry Parker of San Antonio has a new job after finishing business course.
Luke Hagwood and Stanley Lackey plan to apply farm manure on irrigated fields to replenish organic matter and plant nutrients removed by crops. The guide notes average manure analysis at 10 lb nitrogen 5 lb phosphoric acid 10 lb potash and 25 lb per ton of 20 fertilizer to reach 10 10 10. Wintertime is ideal for small grain fields.
Tests of vetch and winter pea varieties for dry forage production were conducted at several Texas locations since 1950. Four top vetch performers Haltry Auburn woolypod Oregon woolypod and Willamette yielded best, with Willamette suited to southern Texas. Austrian led winter peas with Dixie Wonder earlier but lower yield. Delayed harvest from March to April doubled yields and increased dry matter percentage. Details appear in Progress Report 1833 from College Station.
Rey and Mrs. Darwin Brown along with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Marshel and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Parker attended a Boy Scout banquet in Fredericksburg on Monday night.
The Grapetown Community held its monthly meeting January 20 at 8 pm. Soil Conservation Service technicians James L. Hensell and Max B. Green led a discussion on deferred grazing and erosion control practices. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Hohenberger and other local households. notes mention contour farming, terraces, and cover cropping as essential tools to reduce sheet erosion and protect agricultural land.
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