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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.
To read more pick up the March 2014 issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch.
By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
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.
By: Tony Dean
There are a handful of grasses on North Texas grazing lands ranchers need to know, not because they are highly desirable, but rather because they are not of much value. I call them “decom” plants, which is am acronym for “Don’t Ever Count On Me.” Silver bluestem is a “decom” grass.
Silver bluestem is a perennial which grows in all areas of Texas. It can survive in almost all soil types, and in full sun conditions or in semi shade. It grows up to three feet tall and is easily recognized with the presence of the white fuzzy seed head. Also, one of the identifying characteristics of Silver bluestem is a bend in the stems at each node, causing the plants to take on a rounded shape as they mature.
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.
By: Rayford Pullen
Fall is here which means winter is closing in on us and before we officially get into winter, we need to make sure our factories are either producing or will be producing in a few months.
We have been pregnancy testing our cows this fall and if they are not bred or nursing a calf, we are bidding them adios. With annual costs somewhere between $900.00 and $1,000.00 per cow, those cows not producing a live weaned calf are costing us quite a bit.
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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