Show spinach disclosed As general favorite consumption M in 1949 to top 18 00 0 0 tons W whatever whatever M may ay be b the generally accepted idea to the contrary americans like spinach this year they will cat about tons of the bright green leaf a fact which mould concern most farmers con umers will use spinach from their theli awn gardens bought over grocers oun as fresh greens ar in rozen or canned form that ton figure may be i conservative estimate for it ih ludes only the estimated size lizo of he commercial crop the figure a well under the quarter million on ceope of recent food rationing ears eari but compared with prewar iro reduction however it shown shows ac to a national geographic society survey tha that t spinach it Is holding its own in national competition with potherb pot herb greens As much spinach as the markets will take is sold fresh last lost year for tar example tons of spinach were shipped to fresh markets from coast to coast the ret rest about tons matured for tor th the anost most part when fresh markets were supplied it went to processors at prices lower than the fresh market level and became the years pack canned and quick frozen texas renowned winter garden area of huge truck crops leads the nation in producing spinach for tresh market sale spinach leaves grow best where soil is rich water is i plentiful weather is cool without trost frost and days are short the tha winter garden country touching the tha rio hlo grande miles southwest of san antonio provides these conditions from november to april when most growing areas have too much frost A sheep and goat ranging area until 1920 the winter garden thanks to irrigation now co covers vers five counties it pours forth onions cabbages potatoes lettuce spin ach beets peas and beans in late winter when they bring top prices eagle pass on the rio grande crystal city and carrizo springs are its busy centers of spinach snipping shipping in season at crystal city growers in 1937 erected a heroic size aize plaster statue of their special hero popeye the sailor near eagle pass one of the biggest big iest gest onion growers switched gradually to spinach 20 years or more ago riding on a national trend to spinach source of iron calcium and vitamins A and C be he increased plantings De horning spreads movie makers may soon have to raise their own cattle if they want to show them with horns for and ranchers are bare becoming convIl convinced iced that horns borax can become costly liabilities horned cattle often gore each other and their attendants the latest equipment developed for de horning Is this electric de horning iron it consists of ft a watt soldering iron with ft a special hip tip having a hollo hollow W cone point after pre heating for about 15 minutes the iron is applied over the born button with best results when the horn born button is from Vs 4 to 9 of an inch high the instrument kills the hb horn r n ciell cell and cauterizes the skin around I 1 lh born hom button in about ave vve e weeks the scab formed by the operation dries up and falls off taking the horn with IL it the electric dehorn deborn dehorning de ing InC iron can be plugged into a volt AC circuit aires shoes can spread many man y ills among swine truck tires and farmers shoes an spread hog cholera erysipelas and ind other acute swine diseases this caution urged by the amer anier can foundation for animal health ilso pointed out that boc bog cholera a again on the upswing throughout he be united states only by strict preau mut ions tlona sanitary measures and can it be curbed the tha Sound atlon said sald T i ri |