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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1941

Page

11

Penn Morgan County yields rise under AAA soil program

Morgan County Extension notes cotton yields rose from 225 to 305 pounds per acre over 1926 1962 and 1936 1940 respectively while corn gains lag. Danville Route 1 demonstration farmer terraced erosion prone fields and planted winter legumes with permanent pastures and perennial hay crops. Since 1933 his land now yields 40 bushels of corn and a bale of cotton per acre. Penn says adopting AAA soil program nationwide benefits farmers.

Morgan County Extension Service AAA Alabama Waten Danville Route 1 Penn Morgan County

Dress Price Ceilings Do Not Cut Costs for Makers

Mor ris Kolchian, executive director of the Affiliated Dress Manufacturers Association, says new dress price ceilings are too high compared with last month’s material costs. He notes ceilings on textiles and yarns were set after prices rose, not before.

New York Morris Kolchian Affiliated Dress Manufacturers Association

Editors Send Stories by Dogsled in Humorous Exchange

Georgia editors exchanged instructions urging local stories by telegraph and mail. Harold Tyler received a bulky reply from Bob Herring delivering a story tucked inside an eight inch sled drawn by a China dog, joking that the piece came by dogsled as instructed.

Atlanta Georgia Harold Tyler The Red Press Telegraph Lance Air Mail Bob Herring Tifton Gazette Tyler

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