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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1951
Page
6
A House Appropriations Committee move reduces nonmilitary public housing construction next year from 50 000 to 5 000 units. The Interior bill also faces over a million dollars in cuts from an economy drive led by Republicans and southern Democrats.
The Live Oak Conservation Group met at Bruno Fritz home May 2 to learn about Soil Conservation Districts and discuss district assistance. Members included Fritz, Weirich, Karl Fritz, Crenwelge, Sultemeier, Chism, and Schlaudt with plans for another tour in about three months.
Observations by Charles A. Stone County Agent outline Melton Ketler clearing 85 acres near Stonewall at $4 per acre with bulldozers, then planning to reestablish native grasses and seed weeping lovegrass. Describes adoption, grazing, rotation, fertilizer needs, seed data, sowing methods, and hay yields.
Mr and Mrs E B Eckerle attended the Hill Country Bankers Association at Brady on April 28. A A Metzger returned last week from several days visit in San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
Public figure Arthur Godfrey riffs on taxes and travel to New York. He jokes about meat prices, war era themes, and a proposed Kefauver investigation theme song Little White Lies. He muses on spring, aging, and financial humor in a lighthearted broadcast voice.
Mrs. Paula Pape of San Antonio visits Harper this week. Pvt Hoover Casper from Camp Atterbury Indiana visits relatives in Harper and Uvalde on furlough. Mr and Mrs Richard Roeder and daughter Virginia visit the Hartmanns in San Antonio. Bonnie Metzger spent the weekend in San Antonio with relatives. Jacob Fritz and son Francis toured Arkansas this week.
The article discusses using grass on poor soils to improve organic matter and soil physical conditions, creating vegetative cover to prevent erosion. It notes that the method takes years with little annual income and mentions faster soil conditioning methods as alternatives.
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