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By staff writer Jessica Bartel
Back in the time of bare-foot summer days, running in the creek when your phone number resembled 40-F-2, Myrtle Gaisford offered young boys the opportunity to be
boys. Myrtle English Gaisford was born in 1900. She was the youngest of six children born to John and Ella English. Myrtle was born and raised in Dallas. Being a city girl, she would come to move to the rural area between Ponder and Justin and grow very close to the lifestyle.
Myrtle was married at the young age of 18. At the time a war was raging. Following her marriage and deployment of her husband, Myrtle found out she was expecting her first child. As in many instances of the era, Myrtle would lose her first husband during WWI. For being so long ago, and in such a dire time, very little is known about this man, even his full name. It was guessed that Myrtle never spent time on the subject due to the traumatic conclusion.
A few years later Myrtle met an English man by the name of Richard “Dick” Lush Gaisford . The two were married in 1922. In 1929 the two moved their growing family to the country. The eldest of the family was Keith, next came Jonny, Marie, Barbara, Richard, Greta and then baby Hugh.
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By Hannah Claxton | Editor
The North Texas area is located within USDA Hardiness zones seven and eight. The zones are categorized by predicted low temperatures for winter and timing of the first and last frosts.
Zone seven usually has winter low temps between 0 and 10 degrees F with the average date of the first frost falling between Oct. 29 and Nov. 15 and the average date of the last frost falling between March 22 and April 3.
Overall, these two zones have similar climates and growing conditions, making the options for timing and variety within a garden very similar.
In these zones, cool-season crops should go in the ground in March, meaning that soil preparation should start now.
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By Heather Lloyd
Vaccinations are a critical component of maintaining the health and well-being of horses, especially in environments where they are exposed to other animals, such as in the sport, show and performance arenas. Horses, like all animals, are susceptible to various infectious diseases that can spread quickly and cause serious harm.
A routine vaccination schedule helps prevent the spread of these diseases by preparing the horse’s immune system.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Having herds on a controlled breeding schedule means that we have a predictable calving schedule, and while it’s only over a couple of months, for us it does fall right after the start of the year. I lobby annually to call ours the “Winter calving season”, but I am outvoted and my husband still refers to it as Spring. Unlike producers in our Northern States, we don’t have to contend with brutally harsh winter weather, and on those rare times we do, thankfully it is not for extended periods. Regardless of whether you have a Spring or a Fall calving schedule, the health of a newborn calf begins with the mother’s health, and the mother’s health is largely dependent on the producer.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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