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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
6
A week of farm accidents shows a nine year old breaking an elbow after falling through a hole in a mow floor a fourteen year old killed when a tractor rolled into a ditch a ten year old nearly killed by a tractor driven by a thirteen year old a four year old drowning in a stock tank and a farm wife badly scalded when glass jars exploded in the oven. The piece urges family health and safety and farm safety cooperation.
Rain halted traffic on U S Highway 60 between Scholle and Springs for the third time this week. Flooding washed out a detour bypassing a bridge partly destroyed last week. The State Highway Department says the bridge remains out and the detour should reopen this afternoon.
Do not borrow or lend poultry crates as disease may spread to fish. Extension Service at State College offers free circulars and experiment station bulletins on agriculture and home economics. Request a free publications list by postcard or phone.
The State Tourist Bureau in Santa Fe says it has not received complaints that motel and garage operators gouge tourists. AAA will send a man to Albuquerque to investigate such charges after noting prices rising from 9 to 12 dollars during a tourist influx. Director Joe Bursey says tourism is up 13 percent or about 130,000 cars in the first six months.
The Atomic Energy Commission plans tests at Eniwetok in the Pacific, with AEC Manager Carroll Tyler stating no atomic weapon tests are contemplated for New Mexico at this time. He cautions future conditions could alter that view. The first A bomb exploded July 16, 1945, at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
About 90 percent of the nation’s grain will be harvested with combines this year. There are about 60 percent more combines in grain fields this year than there were five years ago.
UNM professor William J. Parish argues in the July New Mexico Business that reliance on a few large specializations like ranching, mining, or military expansion jeopardizes the state economy. He urges broad growth of many small, diverse enterprises to spread risk and ease resource pressures.
Hog trade mostly steady with lightweight declines 25 to 50 cents in western cornbelt and country points. Lows rise up to 23 cents. Slaughter lambs steady to strong east, strong to 25 cents for yearlings at Chicago and Kansas City. Chicago grain, poultry, eggs, butter, cheese, and produce prices mixed with small gains and declines across items.
USDA projects a strong 1950 crop year with yields below 1948 and 1949 but average overall. About 357 million acres were planted across 52 leading crops, with losses expected to trim harvested area to 340 million. National corn acreage fell only 4.2 percent despite a 13 percent recommended reduction.
The nation’s oldest manufacturing pharmaceutical concern, the Tilden Co., continues operations at Lebanon New York where it was founded in 1824.
Fort Worth reports the Girls Rodeo Association expanding the rough rider role for women. Members include ranchers wives teachers and graduates from Texas and Oklahoma. Amy McGilvray the 1949 world champion all around cowgirl leads with 22 rodeos and over 3000 in winnings. Rae Beach from Arlington excels in bareback bronc riding.
A one day wheat variety identification school will be held in Clovis on August 16 hosted by Curry Quay and Roosevelt county extension agents. The event at Clovis High School aims to train grain elevator and mill staff to distinguish milling quality by kernel type with experts Edward L. Granstaff and Keats Loder guiding the sessions.
Charles R. Stonecipher of Hobbs New Mexico will receive a 25 year service award from Phillips Petroleum Company this month. He joined Phillips in 1925 as a construction worker near Breckinridge Texas and has held roles including repairman helper rackman water pumper operator stills and operator engines. His current position is boiler repairman at the Hobbs Plant.
Governor Thomas J. Mabry announced that the liquor permit ceiling in New Mexico will not be lifted. He cautioned that a change is not imminent and clarified he has no plan to act soon, despite earlier reports that a loosening might occur. He said the restriction was imposed because he believed enough outlets were already in operation.
New Mexico retail sales for May rose 3 percent over May 1949, led by furniture and appliances. Prof. Ralph L. Edgel notes May 1949 was a banner period and 1950 shows spotty gains overall. Several counties report declines in mining counties, with Colfax and Grant counties posting the largest drops. fourteen counties show increases in May 1950.
John Bloxom, a veteran state penitentiary guard, died at Santa Fe Hospital from injuries after a fall from a prison wall about a week earlier. Warden Howell Gage believes a heart attack caused the elderly man to topple outside the walls. Bloxom had moved to the Capital City from Clovis and was long employed at the prison.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Carter of Portales New Mexico endured a rough week after their irrigation well failed costing 600 dollars then lightning damaged hay stacked worth 700 dollars and a pickup truck sustained 250 dollars in an accident.
The USDA reports rising demand for lean pork cuts and declining appeal of fat cuts and lard. This changing consumer preference drives price shifts among pork products and prompts farmers to adjust production. Breeding efforts aim to raise the lean meat proportion, with faster progress tied to favorable pricing.
USDA Production and Marketing Administration livestock grading specialists have issued new grades for hog carcasses and live hogs. The system ranks hogs by the ratio of lean to fat cuts, aiming to pay farmers more when hogs yield leaner pork.
The State Corporation Commission will hold a hearing in Artesia New Mexico August 16 on Ernest Harwell and Alfred Willburns application to operate a freight service transporting household goods within a 50 mile radius of Artesia.
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