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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
6
Notes from Your County Agent invites interest in a forestry demonstration on July 26 at 9 45 a m on the Key Estate land near Jefferson, hosted by Lassater 4 H Club. The note also shares advice on starting a worm bed using a washed tub buried in ground to yield 3000 to 5000 worms annually, with soil, moisture, shade, and a copper mesh drain.
Hasty Bethel Women's Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. L. S. Walker's home on July 12. Miss Cagle demonstrated tiered trays and nine were completed. New members Mrs. A. G. Harris and Mrs. C. F. Barnett joined. A pink and blue shower honored Mrs. Walker during recreation. Next meeting set for Sept 13 at the Williams sisters' home.
Mrs. W. J. Shelton and son Clovis visited Hughes Springs relatives. The article notes soil biology and how earthworms digest organic matter from vegetables like celery and cabbage. It suggests a worm-friendly topsoil mix of kitchen fat and cord meal and mentions two farmer bulletins on worm fishing and earthworm bait.
Cotton acreage allotments and marketing quotas are in effect for the 1884 cotton crop. County AS.C. offices in designated areas have been furnished forms and procedures. Marion County completed measuring all cotton farms and will issue marketing cards to farms not exceeding their allotment. Penalties apply to over planted farms before marketing cards are issued. Buyers must verify cards and record serial numbers. penalties of 17.7 cents per pound apply to non identified cotton. Ginners must keep year end records to aid state and county committees.
The Marion County Home Demonstration Council met Friday July 8 at 2 p.m. in the courthouse jury room with six members from three clubs and three visitors. Mrs H Storie chaired as districts and 4 H Round-Up reports by Sue Wise and Sherilyn Bailey were shared. Plans for the August 20 exhibit at the American Legion Building were discussed, featuring canning sewing crafts 4 H records and a bake show with judging teams.
The text clarifies that a person acting as a ginner may also be a cotton buyer or producer, but records for each role are separate and cannot substitute for one another. Buyers of cotton for 1955 should contact the county office if they have not received AS.C. regulations before purchasing cotton.
Clubs will compete in skits and readings at the county picnic on August 8 at the Country Club. Registration starts 9 a.m. with 10c per member. Bake show products include breads cakes and cookies. First aid course led by Mrs Dallas Fry discussed. Committees Recreation Mrs Morrow Food Mrs A L Williamson Registration Mrs J C Riley Program Miss Sue Cagle. 4H girls served iced Cokes to members from Prospect Hall Jefferson and Hall clubs.
Mrs H E Lane visits daughter Mrs Ann Fitzgerald in Dallas. Mr and Mrs Burke Miller of Carlsbad New Mexico and Mr and Mrs Aubry Davis of Lubbock visit Mr Miller’s brother and Mrs Davis’s uncle Mr and Mrs Archie Miller and family. Mr O T Summerlin attended the funeral of W W Cooper in New Boston Wednesday afternoon. Summerlin was among pallbearers. Cooper was a former school superintendent of the Avyingetr 731s.
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