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Thursday July 19 1973
THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
Bartlett Texas
Improved Grasses
Mean More Beef
At The Grocery
There's a lot more beef in
your favorite grocery store be
cause of improved grasses
planted by Texas conservation
farmers and ranchers.
In fact an extra 835 mil-
lion pounds of beef is produc-
ed in Texas every year from
passes released by the USDA
Soil Conservation Service.
Edward E. Thomas of Tem-
ple state conservationist for
SCS said the figures came
from a recent study conduct-
ed by his office.
Our survey revealed that in
the last 20 years 5.9 million
acres of land has been plant-
ed to new grasses released by
SCS" Thomas said. "State
wide increased beef produc-
tion is averaging 56 pounds
per acre per year from these
grasses. And the average
climbs every year."
Thomas admitted that ho
didn't know how much this
affected the price of beef for
the housewife.
"But take away that 335
million pounds of beef every
year and prices would have
only one way to go up'
he stressed.
In the past 25 years annual
beef consumption has jumped
from about 64 pounds per per
PERSONALS
Mrs. John T. Barabas has
returned home from a Temple
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Lesch-
ber of Victoria and Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Stabeno of Elgin
were Monday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Janke and
Mrs. E. C. Stabeno.
Mrs. Essie Mao Huddleston
of Temple is spending this
week with her mother Mrs.
Mary Patton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Powitz-
ky spent the week-end in Fort
Worth with' Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Stephens and family.
Terri Tinsley is spending a
few days in Temple this week
with Mr. and Mrs. Kenitz Bartz
nnd little daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Janke of
Huutsvillo and Sp5 Kenneth
Janke and Randy Dhcin of Fort
Sill Oklahoma were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. William
Janke and Nancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldor Lmdc-
mann spent several days in
Houston last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Reuben Lindomann. En-
route home they visited at Som-
erville Lake where they joined
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Krause and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wuthrich.
Mr and Mrs. Eldor Lindemann
spent several days this week at
Somerville Lake where they
were poined by Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Lindemann and Debbie
lttti
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creased by more than 50 per
cent. That adds to a gigantic
increase in the demand for
beef."
Without improved
and better conservation treat
avail-
Houston
Mrs. Jack Scale and Mrs. Jew-
el Ford of Granger have return-
ed from a vacation trip to In-
miniiiinnli.il. Tnrl. whnrn ffiov vis?-
fiaS3Csited Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scale in
ana oeuer conservation iruat-i-. ... th t il.
ment of grassland this de-fe105' mw? "T."
i ww .f - . ted Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Al-
able supplies
Tnomas said 23 grasses re-
leased by SCS are being grown
in Texas. Each has its own
area of adaptability and is
used to fill a specific conser-
vation need.
Two grasses account for a
major snare oi the acreage
planted. Buffelgrass released
by SCS' in 1949 has been
planted on 1.8 million acres
of land in Texas; increased
beef production from this
grass averages 74 mijlion
pounds annually.
King Ranch bluestem re- vacation
leased in 1941 is growing on
about one million acres. Other
widely planted grasses in-
clude Pensacola bahiagrass
El Reno sideoats grama and
weeping lovegrass.
To illustrate how quickly
some new grasses become po-
pular with livestock producers
Thomas told of the success of
Selection 75 kleingrass.
"We released this grass to
commercial seed growers in
cooperation with the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion in 1969" Thomas said.
"In spite of the fact that seed
are expensive and scarce 132-
000 acres have already been
established."
And even though much of
this land has not been grazed
as yet increased beef produc
tion irom tnis one grass
amounted to 11 million pounds
last year.
In addition to the increased
beef production the survey
revealed that the new grasses
have increased mutton produc-
tion by more than 1.1 million
pounds. Smaller increases
were noted for milk mohair
wool and goats.
Increased beef production is
only one benefit from im-
proved grasses. Others include
erosion control reduced sedi-
ment damage to lakes and
streams fewer dust storms
and more abundant wildlife.
Ihomas aaid several other
factors also contribute to in-
creased beef production from
j.cxh grasslands sucn as
better livestock improved
grassland management irri
gation and increased use of
fertilizer.
len and in Middlesburg Ken.
where they visited Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Scott and other re-
latives. Kitty Bunker visited Dr.
and Mrs. Clyde Caperton and
family in Bryan recently.
Mrs. W. A. Hunt spent the
week-end with Miss Dorothy
CJardner in Temple.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tome-
cek of Austin were visitors
here during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Spie-
gelhauer Jr. Pamela and Rob
have returned home from a
trip to Disneyland
Grand Canyon and Las Vegas.
Charlie Lively of Cameron
was a Tuesday visitor of Mrs.
Estelle Wilson and Florence.
Week-end visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugo Wolf were Mr.
and Mrs. Keith Klock and fa-
mily of Garland and Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Wolf and fami-
ly of Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Cum-
mings and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur White Pam and Mark
visited in Houston with Mr.
and Mrs. Gary- Wood and fa
mily and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bates and daughter.
"Yet it's hard to grow more
beef without having more
blades of better grass" Thom-
as said.
The goal of SCS plant ma-
terials work is to find new
strains of plants that will
solve specific conservation
problems. Since livestock and
wildlife co-exist on the same
land the search extenjds to
grasses legumes forts and
shrubs which have dual val
ues for both wildlife and live
stock. Such plants are needed
for use in range seeding mix-
tures travel lanes or wildlife
border plantings.
Strains of plants thought to
have value for solving a con-
servation problem are grown
and evaluated at the SCS
plant materials center near
Knox City. After careful se-
lection promising strains are
field tested on farms of soil
and water conservation dist
rict cooperators under a wide
variety of conditions. Selec
tions that prove superior to
other plants available com-
mercially are then released to
seed growers. These produc
ers then grow seed and sell it
to the public.
Some of the groups who co
operate with SCS in this work
include Agricultural Research
Service Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station Texas
A&M University Texas Tech
University Prairie View
A&M Abilene Christian Col
lege U. S. Air Force U. S.
Corps of Engineers Texas
Parks and Wildlife Depart
ment and the State's 193 soil
and water conservation dis
tricts.
Next time you go grocery
shopping think how bare the
shelves would be without that
extra 385 million pounds' of
beef.
July 13 1973
Dear Friends:
Our supplies of food and fi-
ber to say nothing of the price
structure in years to come is
being seriously threatened by
the controls which are being
imposed on agriculture pro-
duction. Unless producers can
have a prpfit there is simply
going tobe less food avail-
able and in the long run ev-
erybody is going to .have - to
pay a whole lot more.
There are many factors in-
lvolyo;d in this price struct.urq
some oi wnicn uo not appear
on the surface.. For instance
the devaluation of the dollar
has certainly had much to do
with the high price of feed in
tho United States. When we
devalued our dollar it in ef-
fect made foreign currencies
buy about 22 percent more
American goods. For practical
purposes this means that for
eigners can buy feed in the
United States cheaper than
our own people can and the
foreigners immediately began
doing so. Of course as they
did prices began to rise and
we began to hear talk of limi
ting exports. All of this made
foreign buyers even more an-
xious to acquire our feed and
they contracted for great
quantities; thus again raising
the prices. We are now nlac-
ing embargos on many agricul-'
tural products. This is done to
try to protect the American
consumer but the immediate
effect has been to cause every-
one to feel that they should
stock up on these items and
tnerciore it raises tne price
still further.
In addition there is as
there always will be in such
times a large number of pure
speculators who think if they
can acquire some of these
commodities that are increas-
ing in price they can sell them
at a later date at a profit. So
far the speculators have all
made money. Of course some
day the price is going to get
so high that many of the spec-
ulators will begin to sell. The
price will start down and in
all probability there will bo
others who will become ner
vous and sell still lower.
These ups and downs can
probably only be avoided by
adequate supplies. So long as
our production is obviously in
excess of world demand it
becomes impossible to force
the prices to unwarranted le-
vels. On the other hand we
will not get the production
we need unless producers
have the assurance or a rea-
sonable prospect of a fair
price. It is difficult for any
government agency to simply
decree a "fair price." That is
why so much government
planning is ineffective.
'We must also bear in mind
that while the first obligation
of our farmers is clearly to
American consumers it will in
the long run be very hurtful
if we tell foreigners that we
won't carry out our contacts
and deliver the things we have
sold to them. Japan is the
greatest consumer of soybeans
in the world. They buy 95 per
cent of their beans from the
United States. This has contri-
buted much to the improve-
ment in our balance of trade.
When we refuse to deliver to
Japan we are certainly going
to make it much harder in
years to come to sell them any-
thing that they can get some-
where else.
I hope this will give you
some idea of the problems. we
are facing in connection with
food supplies. About the only
fact which is real clear is that
if we are to get all the food we
need we must pay a fair price
for it.
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Stuart Wood returned to' his
home in Houston after visiting
here with relatives.
Edward Wood of Houston
is visting here with grandpa-
rents Mr. and Mrs. C. K.
Cummings and other relatives.
Kitty Lynn Bunker lias re-
turned from a two weeks visit
in San Antonio as guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Darrell Barnes Deb-
by and Duke. While there
Kitty attended a Seminar for
first year pre-med students at
the new San Antonio Medical
School as guest of Dr. Chas
E. Gibbs.
JULY
CLEARANCE
SALE
GIANT PIECE GOODS SALE
ENTIRE STOCK DOUBLE KNITS
$298 YARD
VALUES
TO $5.98
GINGHAM AND
DOTTED SWISS
79c YARD
ASSORTED
GROUP
S1.29
VALUES
TO $2.49
HEAVIER FABRICS
S1.59
VALUES
TO $3.98
BIG VALUE TABLE
ODDS AND
ENDS
99c
VALUES
TO $2.98
ALL LADIES KNIT SLACKS
SIZES
10-20
S7.98
VALUES
TO $11.98
ALL LADIES AND
TEENS JEANS
55.93
LIMITED
NUMBER
LADIES AND TEENS
SLEEPWEAR
1 2 PRICE
MENS KNIT SLACKS
SIZES
29-42
$998
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 39, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 19, 1973, newspaper, July 19, 1973; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82518/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.