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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, August 18, 1S53
Pou ltry Fa rm Ge ts
Poultry Shelter
A new $5000 cage shelter is un
der construction at the A&M Col
lege Poultry Farm. The shed type
structure when completed will be
180 feet long and 16 feet wide and
will house approximately 608 lay
ing hens.
Each hen will be housed in an
individual cage provided with its
own drinking fountain. The shel
ter will also feature removable side
panels which will provide for bet
ter air circulation during the sum
mer.
The building will be used to
house experimental chickens which
are part of the Atomic Energy
Commission’s radio activity exper
iment. It is hoped that commercial
data useful to Texas poultry rais
ers will also be obtained.
Construction will be completed
by September 15 according to Karl
Myei's, who is supervisor at the
farm.
This relatively new development
in the egg production field, hous
ing the hens in individual cages, is
receiving an increasing amount of
attention in Texas. According to
W. J. Moore, poultry husbandman
for the Texas Agricultural Exten
sion Service, this system of pro
ducing commercial eggs has both
advantages and disadvantages
when compared with the more com
monly used method of production
—the laying house.
The cage system is an intensive
method and requires a different
management program for the lay
ing flock, says Moore. The human
element is an even greater factor
than in the older and more stan
dardized floor system, and, he adds,
precision is* the key to successful
laying cage management. The
system must be operated with
clock-wise precision if the hens are
to do their work, says the special
ist. The failure of one operation
can throw the assembly line out of
production. Feding, watering, ven
tilation, cleaning, culling, and re-
placments all must be handled
with precision.
Moore explains the advantages
of the individual cage system this
way. Egg production can he held
fairly uniform throughout the year;
cannibalism can be eliminated; com
petition between birds is elimina
ted; freedom from coccidiosis and
roundworms; feed efficiency can be
improved and mortality will be
lower.
On the disadvantage side, Moore
lists the relatively high initial in
vestment; the greater attention
which must be given to details; fly
problems and multiple brooding of
replacements.
The specialist points out there
are other problems which need at
tention before such a plant is built
and suggests that persons inter
ested contact their local county
agent for details and a copy of a
new publication, C-338, Laying
Cage Management.
Exams Given For
State Health Jobs
AUSTIN, Texas—Spl—Competi
tive examinations for clerical,
technical, and professional posi
tions with the Texas State Depart
ment of Health are offered on a
continuous basis until further no
tice, Mr. Russell E. Shrader, Su
pervisor of the Merit System Coun
cil, has announced.
Applications and information are
available on request from the Merit
System Council, 805 Littlefield
Building, Austin 15, Texas.
Classifications open for exami
nation include typists, stenograph
ers, secretaries, and other public
health personnel.
All applicants must have high
school graduation and training and
experience appropriate to the clas
sification. Examinations may be
either written, an evaluation of
training and experience, or a com
bination of the two.
Examinations will be given in
Austin in the Merit System Council
office on a continuous basis and in
other centers over the State on
September 26 where the number of
candidates justify.
SOUTH PADRE CAUSEWAY TAKES SHAPE—Here’s the latest view of the $2,250,000
concrete causeway which soon will link the southern end of Padre Island with the Texas
mainland at Port Isabel. The causeway is the first step in a long-range, $10,000,000
development program undertaken by Cameron County to convert South Padre into one of
the nation’s finest resort areas. The Padre shoreline can be seen in the distance.
Steady Population Increases
Create Problems Of Supply
By TEX EASLEY
WASHINGTON—<A>)—A couple
of Texas tourists, Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Quinn of Grand Saline, re
cently stood in the Commex’ce De
partment lobby and stared at the
huge speedometer-like device that
records the steady climb of the na
tion’s population.
“It makes you wonder how we’ll
take care of everybody in a few
years,” Quinn said.
Officials are wondering the same
thing.
The figure 160,000,000 (m) ap
peared on the contraption the other
day. It is figured that the U. S.
will have 190 million people by
1975 and 200 million by the year
Two Farmers
Pleased With
Soils Lab Tips
“THANK THE LAWD . . . .’’—She’s just a cotton-picker
on a farm near High, but she’s the happiest woman on
earth. Mrs. O. J. Rutherford (left| broke the news to Bes
sie Lee Heath (right) that her son, Pfc. James M. Connal-
ly, had been liberated by the Communists. Here Bessie
rejoices in the cotton patch where she works.
The Battalion
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
“Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechan
ical College of Texas, is published by students four times a week, during
the regular school year. During the summer teims, and examination
and vacation periods, The Battalion is published twice a week. Days of
publications are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year,
'ay during examination and vacation periods
The cost was small but the re
turns large for two Halimton Coun
ty farmers who followed the fer
tilizer recommendations given them
by M. K. Thornton in charge of the
Soils Testing Laboratory of the
A&M College System.
The two farmers, Edgar Sparks
and Jack Cates reported to Sam-
ilton County Agent E. R. Lawrence
outstanding yields of oats from the
fertilized fields on which soil tests
had been made before the plant
food was applied.
Sparks reported a weighed yield
of 79 bushels of oats an acre from
the field on which he applied 100
pounds of ammonium nitrate an
acre. The adjoining field which
was not fertilised produced 37
bushels of oats an acre. That, by
simple arithmetic, is five bushels
an acre more than double the un
fertilized yield and a mighty good
return on the dollar spent for a
soil analysis and the 100 pounds of
ammonium nitrate.
2,000—barring unforseen disasters.
In the light of those estimates,
the question of conserving the na
tion’s natural resources to get the
greatest possible benefit draws
considerable attention.
Rain Conservation^ Needed
On one resources front. Rep.
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr., McAllen,
just before Congress adjourned
pointed out to his colleagues the
need for conserving more of the
rains that now run off unused. into
the sea.
“We must recognize the pi - ob-
lems which will confront us to
morrow if we are to be ready for
the future,” he said.
“Every night when this Nation
sits down to dinner about 7,200
more people need to be served than
on the night before. No one wants
smaller portions.”
And the Population Reference
Bureau, a private study organiza
tion, has put out a report declaring
that natural resources are being
drained away at an alarming rate.
Mineral Reserves Studied
This means, the Bureau added,
that science will have to find ways
to tap the vast reservoirs of min-
Mrs, Claytor
Tells Remedy
For Mildew
Cates used 100 pounds of 14-14-0
fertilizer an acre on one field and
reports the yield as a third higher
than for another field which re
ceived no treatment. Both, accord
ing to Lawrence, are well pleased
with their “feeding the soil accord
ing to its needs” demonstxation.
Thornton, who is also agricul
tural chemist for the Texas Agxu-
cultural Extexxsion Service, x*eminds
fanners that now is the time to
submit soil samples to the laboi’a-
tox-y from the fields whei'e small
grain and legumes ox - pastux - e crops
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will soon be planted. “Don’t wait,
says Thornton, “until seeding time
to begin thinking about getting a
soil analysis. Submit samples now
while the laboratory is not too
busy. The analysis along with rec
ommendations on how best to han
dle the field will be available fox-
your use before planting time.”
Mildew is caused by molds that
thrive on household products like
tablecloths, bathmats, dish towels
and articles made of leather and
wool.
Mrs. Bernice Claytor, home man
agement specialist for the Texas
Agricultural Extension Sex-vice,
says, fortunately, mildew spots are
easily removed if you get to them
befox-e the mold has a chance to rot
the matex-ial.
Fresh mildew stains on washable
goods can usually be x-emoved by
washing at once with soap and
water, rinsing well and dx-ying in
the sun.
If any staixxs remain, moisten
with lemon juice and salt, spread
in the sun to bleach, and then
x-inse thoroughly and dx-y. Be care
ful when you use this treatment on
colored material.
Another safe bleach for house
hold articles is sodium perborate
which can be bought at drug stores
or in commercial bleaches at most
gx-ocexy stox-es. Sponge the mil
dew spot with a solution of one ta
blespoon sodium perborate to a pint
of lukewarm water, or sprinkle the
powder directly on the stain which
has been dampened with hot water.
Let stand a minute or two and
then rinse well. Test the bleach on
a sample of cloth if its colored.
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Louise Stx-eet Women’s Ne-ws Editor
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DYERSTUR STORAGE HATTERS
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ei-als far below the earth’s surface
and in the oceans.
“Unless technology is applied to
Control the birth rate as well as
the death rate,” the study contin
ued, “it is not likely that the
world will gain the bxeathing spell
needed to develop a rock-sea water-
sunlight economy which could nur
ture five billion people.”
Although the reference here
was to the problem on a world
wide scale, the Bureau dwelt spe
cifically on the natural xesoux-ces
of the United States. It pointed
out that while coal is plentiful, oil
and natural gas reserves “are
dwindling x-apidly.”
The report was piepaxed by
Robert C. Cook, the bureau’s di-
x-ector, who used data gathered by
the U. S. Geological Survey, U. S.
Reclamation Bux-eau and other
such agencies. He analyzed it and
came up with his own conclusions
as to what will happen under given
sets of conditions.
Questioned about the rate Texas
x-esources are draining away, Cook
answered:
“I have made no specific study
regarding Texas, but it would be
safe to say that the resoux-ces there
ax-e being depleted as rapidly as
any place in the nation.”
He declared that, in his opinion,
it is folly on the pax-t of Texas and
detrimental to the national intex--
est to pipe natural gas fx-oxxx Texas
to the. East to displace coal as an
ixidustiial fuel.
Remaining ixx Texas, natural gas
would attx-act industry and get
greater use than it now gets in
“export” ax-eas, he explained.
Solvents Corp.
Renews Aid Grant
The Conxmercial Solvents Corp.
of Terxe Haute, Ind., has renewed
their grant-in-aid of $2,000 to the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station for studies on the use of
antibiotics and Vitamin B v ^ px-o-
ducts in starter and grower type
feeds for chickens axxd turkeys.
“This woi’k is being coxxducted in
our depax-tments of poultry hus
bandly axxd biochemistry axxd nu
trition under the supervision of
Di\ J. R. Couch,” Dr. R. D. Lewis,
station director, said.
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Ha i* ve sting I)roul h f
Cotton Poses Pne
Harvesting this year’s dx-outh
stunted cottoxx may be a problem,
says Fred C. Elliott, cotton spec
ialist for the Texas Agricultural
Extension Sex-vice. The acre yield
will be low and pickers or pullers
will pass it up for the better yield
ing fields.
Elliott believes the answer to
the problem is defoliation axxd me
chanical harvesting. Knocking
High School
Footballers
Sign Letters
'll
Twenty-one high school football
playei’s have signed letters of in
tent to x-egistex- at A&M accord
ing to Freshman Coach Willie Zap-
alac.
The players, their weight, posi
tion and home towns are:
Benny Bloonxex’, 210, Tackle, Bel
ton, All State 2A.
Donald S. Carpenter, 190, Full- I
back, Gxand Prairie, All State 3A.
Wade Driver, Tackle, Terrell.
Bill Grandberry, 180, Back, Bee-
ville.
Houston Gi'eexx, 200, Guard, I
Breckenridge.
Walker B. Griffith, 200, Center,
Humble.
Lloyd Hale, 190, Guard, Iraan. |
H. B. Harris, 175, Quartexback,
Center.
James Harris, 165, Halfback,
Terrell, All State 2A.
Bobby D. Keith, 165, Halfback,
Breckem-idge.
Bobby Lockett, 2 0 5, Tackle,
Bx-eckenridge.
Jimmy R. Martin, 200, Guaxd,
Houston, All State 4A.
Odis Michalk, 160, Back, Kings
ville.
Weldon R. Moak, 195, End, Pxis-
adena.
Dick Munday, 180, Centex - , Buy-
t.lxe leaves
will require if
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chlorophenoi.
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as sprays ma
be true on
sevei’ely stir: you
leaves were 1 do j l
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present eac: .triny
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must tenia: -,1
leaf for at W1 ^ h
is better. T'P
sprays unde
should also abovi
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plants are © rOU;
are expected of Co
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sprays and a tchii
monosodiun;
good result;
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I'.limit mat’: -fT-ja <>
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always use
on ground gatol . (
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avoid theu, )Ve otll(
since theya: The sl
cause fires. ^ and
Finally, ; 3 farm*
ton Defolia' matei i
has been re
tained "itf. . ars .
county ap have
tains the la:- )r g f eo
defoliants.; jnc ls.
use. , fi s b
Jimmy Murray, 200, Tackle, Ar
ansas Pass.
John P. Pai'dee, 205, Back, Chris-
toval.
Glenn Raines, Ji\, 200, Tackle,
Terrell.
John Ray, 185, End, Corpus
Christi, All State 4A.
Alvin R. Smith, 185, Guaxd,
.Lamesa. |
Eugene C. Stallings, 185, End,
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The A&M Film Society will pre-|
sent “Arsenic and Old Lace” in the
MSC Ballroom Thursday evening at
7:30. It is a comedy about the bxit-
ty Brewsters who had a penchant
for poison in elderberi-y wine fox'
tix-ed old men. It’s a howler with
Josephine Hull and Cary Grant; a
guaranteed 92 minutes of laughter.
On August 27 the film society
presents its last production of the
yeax-, “Julius Caesar”.
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ments have been replaced by 7-1
cu. ft. Kelvinators with a 26 pound
fx-eezing chest.
Delivexy of the new refxdgeraters
was begun July 27 and is now com
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