Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1973 Page: 4 of 24
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THE RIO GRANDE HERALD THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1973 PAGE 4
Papers Cut Back
Improved Pastures Could
Sometimes Have Drawbacks
COLLEGE STATION - Im-
proved pastures, one of the
greatest boons to the beef cat-
tle industry in Texas, some-
times have their drawbacks
from the disease standpoint.
Examples are grass tetany and
emphysema, says Dr. John C.
Reagor of the Texas Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
Both ailments are almost non-
existant on unimproved, native
pastures.
Reagor described the disease
conditions to an estimated 600
persons Tuesday, a record at-
tendance for the Combined Beef
Cattle and Pasture and Forage
Short Course at Texas A&.M
University.
Tin? toxicologist said tetany,
also known as wheat pasture
poisoning, grass staggers and
green oat tetany, results from
low blood magnesium in cattle.
Texas weather conditions this
year apparently have been ideal
for the disease.
"Large numbers of cases were
reported to and diagnosed by our
laboratory," he pointed out.
"The cold, wet weather resulted
in low forage production for a
long period, then in late winter
and early spring, there was
rapid forage growth, and tetany
followed."
There lias been speculation that
tetany occurs most often on
Highly fertilized pastures, but
Reagor said there is no definite
correlation between rate of fer-
tilization and tetany incidence.
Animals affected most fre-
quently are pregnant or lactat-
ing cows.
Tetany symptoms are varied.
Many animals are just found
dead. They are fine one day and
dead the next, the speaker said.
Signs include nervousness, in-
coordination, bad temper, sta: -
gering and falling.
Cattle treated with calcium
gluconate, magnesium a n d
phosphorus in early stages
make rapid recovery, andwith-
BranifT
Admits
Fund
DALLAS — B rani if Air-
ways has joined a g row in; list
of corporations that admit they
used corporate funds l'or contri-
butions to the Committee to Re-
elect the President 1972.
Branil'f announced Thursday
that it lias made a voluntary
disclosure to special Water ate
prosecutor Archibald Cox con-
cerning contributions for *50,000
to the CRP.
The company said that *40,-
000 came from corporate funds
and was given in the nan e oi
several 1 oirmny oifi'ials, but
tliat the officials later reim-
bursed the airline.
The other -10,000 came out oi
personal funds oil Hardin I~
Lawrence, chairman of Branil'f
and another officer.
A Braniff spokesman said the
chairman of the finance com-
mittee who rceived the first
*10,000 donation later solicited
a "further substantial contribu-
tion."
"In response to this solic-
itation," the airline said,
"monie were made available in
the amount oi *41.000 out oi
corporate funds. Certain offi-
cers oi Braniff and other indi-
viduals identified then selves as
donors oi the *40.000 contribu-
tion."
The airline's statement noted
also that no business deduction
had l>een taken for the corpo-
rate paynonts and that the;
had no effect on Bitinilf's re-
torted revenues or net income.
in an hour, may appear no dif-
ferent from herd mates. If the
animal is already in a coma,
it's too late.
Reagor emphasized that the
best treatment is prevention,
although this is not always easy.
Tetany can be prevented by
feeding each cow 2 ounces of
magnesium oxide per day. It
also might be a good idea to
keep late pregnancy and early
lactating cows off of small grain
pastures.
He said emphysema is also
known as bovine asthma, fog
fever, lunger and panters. The
malady, which appears on the
increase in Texas, is thought to
be a type of allergy that brings
on pulmonary troubles.
Pastures which have caused
this trouble are Madrid clover,
Midland Bermuda, common
Bermuda, Coastal Bermuda and
weedy areas. Moldy corn stub-
ble and a plant in the mint fam-
ily are suspects.
Symptoms include labored
breathing, grunting and mouth
breathing. There may be froth
around the mouth and nose.
Death can result if the disease
goes untreated.
Treatment involves use of an-
tihistamines. Reagor said that
when emphysema occurs in a
pasture, remove the animals.
Cattle can be returned when the
grass is more mature.
Another speaker, Dennis Herd,
Extension Service beef cattle
nutrition specialist, said a cat-
tleman's mineral program is
probably adequate if weaning
weights and calf crop percent-
ages are high.
"Every possible kind of min-
eral supplement is available.
You should demand one which
is appropriate for your needs,"
Herd recommended. "Make
sure you get your money's
worth of phosphorus before
worrying about minor elements
and other nutrients or additives
which may be included."
The short course was spon-
sored by the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, Texas Agri-
cultural Experiment Station,
and the A&M Departments of
Animal Science and Soil and
Crop Sciences.
A worsening shortage of
newsprint has forced news-
tapers across the country to
drop regular features such as
comics, limit advertising, re-
duce news space, trim press
runs and even suspend publica-
tion some days.
The shortage has been aggra-
vated by continuing strikes at
some major papermaking mills
in Canada and a Canadian rail-
road strike tliat began last
week. Al>out G5 per cent of all
newsprint used in the United
States comes from Canada.
In Ottawa, Prime Minister
Pierre Elliott Trudeau said
Monday night tliat Parliament
would be retailed to end Uie
rail strike l>ecause "we cannot
live With such disruptions any
longer."
Newspapers hardest hit by
the shortage have lieen smaller
dailies without long-term con-
tracts with paper manufac-
turers. However, some of the
nation's largest papers are lie-
ginning to feel the pinch.
The Wall Street Journal an-
nounced on Monday tliat cer-
tain features would be curtailed
or sus[>endod and a "strict lim-
it" was being placed on the
amount of advertising that
could be accepted.
The financial daily, with a
circulation of 1.3 million, also
said it was limiting newsstand
sales and suspending all circu-
lation sales promotion activity.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
in an attempt to conserve
dwindling stocks of regular
newsprint, today published
some editions with two of its
four sections printed on pink
paper that had been left over
from recent holiday issues.
The Chicago Daily News lias
cut down space for news cov-
erage by a (age, while the Chi-
cago Tribune has reduced its
press run— the number of
copies printed— and tightened
waste controls.
In St. Petersburg, Fla., pul>-
lishers of the Times and the
Evening Independent said the
newspapers were cutting lack
their siace for news by 35 [>er
cent and advertising siace was
being trimmed by 2G per cent.
The Jackson County Floridian
has announced that it will sus-
pend publication of Monday
afternr>on editions after Sei>t. 1
because of the newsprint short-
age.
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1973, newspaper, August 30, 1973; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194423/m1/4/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.