THE BATTALION
Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, October 7, 1960
How To Boost Net
CADET SLOUCH
A commercial peach producer,
attending the eighth annual Tex
as Peach and Plum Growers Con
ference Oct. 4-5 here, described
how he boosted his net income
by $8,179 in one year’s time..
Simon Burg of Stonewall, who
has 1,153 Elberta trees in pro
duction, told the group he ac
complished the increase by com
bining three p r a c t i c es—fruit
thinning, soil chiseling to break
up the hardpan and by applying
commercial fertilizer.
The meeting, sponsored by the
A&M Department of Horticulture
in co-operation with the Texas
Peach and Plum Growers Assn.,
is held each year to discuss prob
lems and new developments in
the industry.
Subjects ranged from varieties
and fruit handling to Johnson-
grass control in orchards.
Burg said his net income from
the 1,153 trees in 1959 was
$4,507. After the fruit thinning,
chiseling and fertilizer was tried
in growing the 1960 crop, net
income rose to $12,686, or an in
crease of $8,179,
He said the system resulted in
grade improvement, a yield in
crease from 3,604 bushels to
5,251 bushels, a rise in bushels
per tree of 3.13 to 4.55 and an
overall price jump of 80 cents
per bushel.
Two other growers, J. K. John
son Jr. of Weatherford and Ro
land McMinn of Mineral Wells,
also stressed fruit thinning to
hike production of good quality
fruit.
Another speaker, Dr. Harlan
Smith, plant pathologist with the
Texas Agricultural Extension
Service, said the troublesome
disease, bacterial spot, can be
controlled on Texas fruit.
He recommended that 4 pounds
of copper sulphate (bluestone)
in 100 gallons of water be ap
plied to trees right after the
first killing frost in. the fall.
From one to five hours after the
copper sulphate application,
spray the trees with 6 pounds of
hydrated lime in 100 gallons of
water.
Dr. Smith emphasized the •ap
plication of hydrated lime be
cause of its neutralizing action.
If the trees are not sprayed
with the lime, severe copper sul
phate poisoning may result.
“This system will enable Texas
fruit growers to produce the best
commercial varieties which here
tofore have been near impossible
because of bacterial 'spot,” he
said.
The pathologist said the dis
ease can be identified by looking
for sticky droplets of bacterial
ooze on the lower side of leaves.
The droplets will be on spots
■which show on both sides of a
leaf.
by Jim Earle Unitarians
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The Religious Education Com
mittee of the Unitarian Fellow
ship of Brazos County introduces
“Friday School,” meetings to be
held on each Friday from 4:00
to 5:30 p.m. at the YMCA.
Mrs. Robert Feragen is in
charge of the children from the
4th grade and up, Nancy El Say-
ed is in charge of the 1st grade
through the 3rd, and Marilyn
Brown and Mrs. Hauwert are
handling the pre-school age chil
dren.
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favor of livestock over th’ Aggies already.”
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Let's Do It...
Let’s send the Texas* A&M Band to Washington and the
President’s Inauguration.
The Band desires to go. And they are willing to sacrifice
time and effort before finals to make the trip. They already
have received an offer of transportation from Texas Adju
tant General K. L. Berry.
What better way would there be outside a Corps Trip
to Washington to have Texas A&M represented nationwide?
What better way to show the merits and the strength of the
student body of Texas A&M than to get behind a drive like
this.
Consolidated Band Commander Walter (Bubba) Willms
and Charles Chandler are going to Houston tomorrow to seek
sponsors for the trip.
They need $3,000 and a lot of encouragement.
They are going to make an effort to get the funds. With
7,000 students and many faculty members and organizations,
The Battalion thinks it can be done.
Shall we have Aggieland represented at the President’s
Inaugural Ceremony and Parade January 17?
Editor,
The Battalion,
I was disappointed to read in
The Battalion that the dress for
the Dallas Aggie party is civilian
clothing.
When I was a freshman I was
surprised to find that the dress
for most off-campus Texas A&M
functions was civilian clothes. I
had always associated the word
“Aggie” with the uniform and
loved to wear it, especially off
campus.
When I am off campus in uni
form I can’t help feeling like
saying, “You bet I’m an Aggie
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Social Calendar
The Chemical Engineering
Wives Club invites all chemical
engineers’ wives to attend their
get-acquainted meeting to be
held Monday, Oct. 10 at 7:30
p.m. in the South Solarium of
the YMCA.
The University Dames Club
will have a fashion show on Sun
day, Oct. 9, at 3 p.m. in the MSC
Ballroom. Fashions to be fea
tured are by Beverly Braley.
Admission is 50 cents. Door
prizes will be given.
The Fashion Group of the
A&M Social Club will meet at
Pruitt’s Fabric Shop on Tues
day, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The
program will be “What’s New in
Sewing?”
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and proud of it.”
No matter what we say, most
of us knew this was a military
school when we came here and we
still love the uniform because of
the mark of individuality it
gives us away from A&M.
This is an Aggie function, so
let’s dress like Aggies.
John C. Pace, ’61'
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