Negro's Home Orchard Fine
Sharpley, a Danville farmer, maintains a two acre home orchard using Auburn-recommended pruning and spraying. He sold 120 bushels of peaches this year at 75 cents per bushel and expects about $100 total income from the orchard. He uses lime sulfur, arsenate of lead, and Bordeaux mixture in a structured spray schedule and adds barnyard manure annually.
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B. G. Hall
T. W. Aanges
Or. Sharpley
Danville
Sharpley
Morgan County
Auburn
Heavier Soil Best Suited for Alfalfa Growth
County agent outlines alfalfa planting on heavier red and black soils only, with Burleson’s eight acre trial yielding about four tons per acre from September 1938 plantings. Recommendations include soil prep, 2000 pounds 16 percent superphosphate, 6000 pounds limestone, inoculation, and timing for first harvest in May with up to three to four cuttings thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Burleson
R. L. Carlson
Morgan County
F. E. Burleson
Decatur
Route 2
Burleson
Alabama Experiment Station
Kansas
Seed Crisis In Prospect Across Cotton Belt Market
The cottonseed price decline hurts Southern farmers as lint money goes to mortgage payments. Factors include abundant lard and soybean oil competing products, increased hog production, and higher soybean output in the Midwest. Imports of cottonseed oil from Brazil add to the pressure, creating a national farm problem with plans under Agriculture review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Department of Agriculture
Corn
Mid-West
Mid- West
Brazil
Major Morgan County canning drive supports six year program
Food preservation has been a major Morgan County project for six years. In 1933 about 8,000 attended a canning demonstration covering meats fruits and vegetables. Extension clubs learned beef canning methods and a variety of recipes. The program uses steam pressure canners for non acidic vegetables and water bath for fruits. About 1,200 pressure cookers are in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Farm chieftain shower honors Maggie Clark injury
Local note of a farm community shower honoring Maggie Clark who recently suffered a broken leg. Reports of visitors, baby born to Emmett and Mrs Bradford, and church meetings led by Rev. E C Saint. Four H Club girls and other locals are mentioned with brief visits and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Clark
Pride Saint
Hatton
Emmett Bradford
E. C. Saint
Tat Rock
Olen Grainger
Revival and family news spread through Lawrence County
Community notices report several illnesses including a sick baby and a back trouble. The Old Bethel revival attracted many new church members, with additions at Bethsada. Rev. Paul and Sima Leng led the Bethel and Bethsada revivals as Mr. and Mrs. Grainger visited relatives nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bradford
Old Bethel
Bethsada
Paul
Sima Leng
Bethel
R. M.grainger
Moulton
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St. Post Office
The
United States
Moulton St
M. Scales
Tari
By Erien Rowe
Ea Iad
Alvie Holliman
Mrs. J. W. Bradford
Bonita
Bertie Pewood
L. l. Grainger
Inna Ong
Shenlock
Melba Bobbie Sue Johnson
Juanita
Annie Mae Witt
Mary Hue
Dorris Wayne
Garges
R.B. Grainger
Vwidh Wrbay, Avew, Maret
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Lawrence County Co
C. Smith
Bradford
Morae Motors
DE Soto—Distributors
PLY Mouth
2Nd Ave
Grants
W.T. Grant Co
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