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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1950

Page

8

Multiple Rural For Sale and Trade Notices

Classified ads list fresh okra and ripe figs for sale with delivery options near Decatur Dunville Road. Also boat and Jersey bull for service with gate return privilege and a Jersey heifer due August 14. Additional seed oats and clover seed offered for sale or trade near Trinity and Hartselle.

Decatur Dunville Road Coleman Lott Danville Maurice Lamon Sheat’s Chapel Trinity

For Sale and Rent Small Classified Listings

A series of local ads note three acres for sale one mile north of Day's store East Pike A L Echo's to 3 Hariselle two three New Hampshire Red Ballots five months old listed by Mrs Lois Foster Route 2 Moulton 786 W 1 For Rent three large unfurnished rooms with private entrances call 2448 R Route 1 Decatur For Sale figs price per gallon contact Route 1 Decatur For Sale seven foot Coldspot refrigerator good condition with guarantee call 2495 M Route 1 Decatur Wanted fifty cedar posts six feet long meeting PMA specs contact M Turner Route 2 Moulton 76 2 For Sale one trailer fair condition 40 Lizzie M Turner Route 2 For Sale lawn mower needs sharpening Regal radio table model electric needs tube contact Glenn Shirley Route Decatur

Lizzie M. Turner Moulton Day East Pike L. Echo's Hariselle Regal Radio Glenn Shirley Decatur

Electric Shows Draw Large Crowd Across Tennessee Cities

The traveling home and farm electrical exposition drew about 69,000 attendees across Bristol Tennessee and Johnson City plus Elizabethton Mountain City Jellico Clinton Rockwood Decatur and Pikeville. In Bristol the show attracted 18,000 visitors as part of the event.

Bristol Virginia Johnson City Elizabethton Mountain City Jellico Clinton Rockwood Decatur Pikeville Tennessee

Ten Timber Treating Plants Now In Operation In Tennessee Valley

Ten small timber treating plants are now operating in the Tennessee Valley and fifteen more are under construction. A series of large crowds has attended events, with seventeen shows held by month’s end before an estimated 134,000 people.

Tennessee Valley

Hartselle Chamber Plans Artificial Heifer Show

The Hartselle Chamber of Commerce sponsors Morgan County Artificially Sired Cow and Heifer Show on August 5 with 75+ heifers and 8 cows. Prizes totaling 195 dollars favor grade cattle, not just registered Jerseys and Guernseys, to be judged by W. J. Alverson at Payne Brothers Gin sheds on West Main Street.

L. H. Douglas Alabama Hartselle Morgan County Hartselle Chamber of Commerce Morgan County Artificial Breeding Association Alabama Extension Service Payne Brothers West Main Street W. J. Alverson State National Bank Albertville

Soil Conservation Plan Guides Better Farm Use

Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District offers planning help to farmers for soil and water conservation. A land inventory and a complete plan, based on field layouts, can improve drainage, grazing crops, and overall use of every acre with assistance from planning technicians.

Alabama Soil Conservation District Soil Conservation Service

TVA and State Agencies Host Treated Lumber Demonstration

Demonstrations by TVA in cooperation with the state forest and extension services showed treating small quantities of construction lumber and fence posts. No facilities were available in the valley to conduct the treatments locally, highlighting limited access to chemical treatment options.

TVA State Forest and Extension Services

Harvester Advice and Elephant Facts From 20th Century Text

The passage discusses maximizing income per acre through conservation farming and notes differences in elephant behavior. It contrasts that African elephants sleep standing while Indian elephants lie down, illustrating varied natural facts alongside agricultural guidance.

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