The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1949 Page: 3 of 10
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THE RUSK CHEROKEEAN' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949
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Feed The Land
Fatten The Crops
The slogan, "Feed the Land and
Fatten the Crops," is a good one
for Texas farmers to adopt. Plants
need plenty of the right kind of
food in order to thrive and pro-
duce profitable yields. It is not
possible, says E. A. Miller, exten-
sion agronomist of Texas A. &
M. College, to produce good crops
unless sufficient plant food is
available, regardless of how good
the seed or natural methods may
be.
In addition to the plant food,
plants also need a good home in
which to live and lots of water to
drink, adds Miller, and one of the
best ways to provide these impor-
: tan items is to feed the land with
inoculated and fertilized legumes.
They not only supply plant food
—especially the high priced and
badly needed nitrogen they get
from the air—but they also make
a better home for the plants. The
action of the organic matter sup-
plied by the legumes when plowed
under improves the home for the
plants and provides more water
by increasing the waterholding
capacity of the soil.
Results of experiments and hun-
dreds of extension service demon-
strations furnish the proof that
it pays to feed the land with inocu-
lated and fertilized legumes, says
Miller. Hairy vetch increased cot-
ton yields on the Texas Agricul-
tural Experiment Stations at Na-
cogdoches and Tyler by more than
100 pounds of lint per acre and
doubled the corn fields.
At the Temple Station in the
blackland area, cotton, following
Hubam sweetclover, which was
harvested for seed, produced a
five year average of 315 pounds
of lint per acre as compared with
165 pounds from cotton grown
continuously without clover. The
yields of corn, oats, barley and
wheat following clover were also
tions conducted by county agents,
been obtained from demonstra-
tions conducted by copnty agents.
Cotton root rot is again taking
a heavy tool of cotton on many
farms in the blackland section this
summer where clover was not
used in the rotation. The "best
method so far developed to in-
crease cotton yields and reduce
the losses from cotton root rot
in the blackland section is by us-
ing sweetclover in the rotation
plans for the farm, says Miller.
The recommended varieties are
Hubam, Madrid and annual yellow
blossom—the latter mainly in
South Texas and the Gulf Coast
Prairie.
Hairy vetch, Willamette vetch,
winter peas and other legumes
also increase yields and reduce
root rot losses but they are not
as effective on the blacklands as
sweetclover. This may be due to
the fact that the clovers with their
I extensive and deep root system
opens up the soil and this in turn
perimts better soil aeration, allow-
ing more water to be absorbed, in
addition to adding nitrogen. This
i leaves the soil in very fine shape
to produce, says Miller.
Fourth Of Animal
Heads Show Rabies
The Texas State Department of
Health during the first seven
months of this year hSs a record
of the examination of 2709 animal
heads for rabies and of this num-
ber almost one fourth were found
positive, said Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer.
Rabies is transmitted to man
through a bite or having a cut ex-
posed to the saliva of a rabid ani-
mal. If a person is bitten, the of-
fending animal should be penned,
if possible, for a period of at least
ten days. If the animal is in the in-
fective stage, he will die within 1 in a container, sealed and pac. *4
this time. This does not mean that i in ice to prevent decomposition.
he may not b«tfin the noninfectu-
ous or incubative stage and de-
velop rabies later. All dogs bitten
by a rabid animal should be con-
finde six months. If it is neces-
sary to kill the animal, this should
be done in such a manner that the
brain is not destroyed.
When sending a head to t ie [ diptheria and smallpox.
State Laboratory it should be put | RaMes is commonly suppos -i to
be a disease of warm wea'her,
but it is more prevalent during the
spring and fall because the dogs
ti?ate and move about more,
thuvfore the chance of exposure
is greater during this time. It is
true that more dogs are killed
tlu.'iag the summer months, but
It.V.; percentage of rabies is low.
Dr. Cox said that rabies is a
hard disease to eradicate, i<ut
that it could be done if all owners
would have their dogs vaccinated
each year and eliminate all stray
dogs. If you have a dog, get him
vaccinated the same as you huve
your children immunized against
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1949, newspaper, September 1, 1949; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341698/m1/3/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.