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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
8
A long list of classified items and notices including aerial crop spraying services by Farmers Exchange, and numerous For Sale entries such as a 66 Honda, 1958 Ford, 1955 Chevrolet, two bedroom house, acreage and land, various animals and equipment. Also notes a trade day in Alabama and a cancer research expenditure line.
A Mud Tavern diary notes a thunderstorm and a sunset at Limestone Creek amid farm life and wildlife. The House passes a distasteful farm bill 230 to 160 with the Republican Block opposing and seeking payment limits, while debates over food stamps and steel price impacts on tractor costs unfold. Farmers brace for conference and political tactics ahead.
The Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District sets an Aug 9 meeting led by Chairman J M Sibley. Timed events include invocations, welcomes by Probate Judge Lee, reports by T R Kelley and W B Nolen, remarks by W B Lingle, and an address by Rep Robert E Jones followed by a meal and a watershed bus tour.
Memphis article notes growers must wait until September to push cotton leg islation as Congress recessed for the party advance. uncertainty surrounds the farm bill and its provisions for cotton.
By E W Kieckhefer the article notes how prepackaged cheeses increase scrap from whole cheeses and draws the cheese industry into the chocolate cheese idea. The piece highlights the link between packaging trends and waste.
Michigan researchers report scarce literature on cheese confections but aim to create a candy bar with mild cheese 40 percent powdered sugar 5 percent cocoa and nonfat dry milk. A taste test shows 61.5 percent of 89 women would buy it and two years of sales at the MSU Dairy Store were strong with a private firm trialing retail sale.
The Agricultural Research Service released one million sterile male codling moths in Yakima Washington to control worm damage in apples. Moths have normal mating instincts but produce sterile eggs after cobalt exposure, achieving about 99 percent control without insecticide sprays. Beneficial insects and mites were spared. Tests continue in Washington.
A Gandhi Peace Foundation leader criticizes violent threats against Mysore State chief minister Veerendra Patil. The remarks reflect concern over copycat tactics from America and the high costs of large scale operations noted by R. R. Diwakar.
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