Country Lifestyles
Nearly 200,000 bales and counting
By Judy Wade
Most 92-year-old folks are living in a retirement center or are being cared for by loved ones. Not Ray Jackson of Byers. He bales hay, and has been for the last 50 years.
Born in Honey Grove, the Fannin County native was one of seven children born to Millie and Willie Jackson. Only he and one brother and one sister are still living. When asked what he did as a child, he answered laughing, “Whatever our dad told us to do, usually cutting wood and hoeing weeds.” At age 14 he was picking cotton to earn money.
A member of the CCC, he was transferred to the regular Army in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He remained stateside at several posts until he contracted measles and while confined to the hospital, it was discovered he had a heart problem and he was discharged. “I didn’t go to school until I was 17, and that was when I was in the Army. Those three years were the only schooling I had,” he related. The lack of a formal education did not keep
Jackson from being successful. Finding little work in Fannin County, Jackson opted to go to California, where he worked at various jobs including harvesting potatoes and working in a packing house where fruits and vegetables were cleaned using a sulfur process. “A lot of people couldn’t work there because of the sulfur fumes, but it never bothered me,” he recalled.
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By Jesse Kader
This month western meets safari with this fun army green jumpsuit. I love a good jumpsuit that is simple but stylish and can be accessorized in so many ways. This one especially caught my eye because of the western yoke detail. See this and more at www.jessesjewelz.com
University of North Texas music students were in awe by Texas Music icon, Lyle Lovett recently during his visit to the Denton campus to share his music and personal secrets on navigating a successful music career.
The four-time Grammy winner has recorded 14 albums and has released 25 singles throughout his illustrious career. He’s also most famous for creating his Large Band consisting of his talented rhythm section and a full horn section.
I too have had the honor of recording with Lyle during my time with Asleep At The Wheel and being a UNT grad, I was pleasantly surprised by this act of good will toward these young musicians.
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By Martha Crump
In the April issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch, I introduced the discussion of what is considered the Biden 30X30 Land Grab via the quiet attempt to push through the formation of Natural Asset Companies. If you are a landowner and have not heard about this, I encourage you to research it for your own protection.
Natural Asset Companies would have been publicly tradable securities that hold rights to, and manage the productivity and ecological benefits of natural assets such as natural forests, marine areas and farmland. They place a value on natural processes. Thanks to the watchful eye of a few, NACs have been stopped for now, but make no mistake, this battle is far from over. According to the American Stewards of Liberty, the Intrinsic Exchange Group is the company responsible for the failed attempt to monetize natural processes via the development of “Natural Asset Companies.”
The New York Times is already helping IEG to set the stage for a rebranding of the idea with the article they ran entitled “Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest In It?” which ran on Feb. 18 of this year. The NYT readily assured their readers that, “Natural asset companies would put a market price on improving ecosystems, rather than on destroying them.” That is a perfect lead-in for IEG as they had already indicated that they would be rebranding the idea in yet another attempt to create the investment vehicle.
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