Local Classified Notices Mixed with Household Items and Livestock
Community classifieds list various small ads from D-3 exchanges in Somerville Danville and Decatur including farm land and houses for sale hay for sale job swaps wanted items lost dog and a GMC truck for sale plus bicycle for sale Prompt notices reference Route numbers and local landmarks such as Wheeler Lake Tourist Camp Danville Road and Route 2 with buyers sellers and contact names like Calvin McMullan Mrs Albert Boger John Glen Fowler Grayson McMullan and Hartselle Decatur area residents.
County Farms on Soil Plan
Eight Morgan county farmers completed soil and water conservation plans in November with help from the Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District. Names include G C Morris J R Miller A L Lyle J o Calvin Nathan Prince Hartselle Rea Mitewell Levie McAnally and Ray Humphries. Plans cover terraces water disposal systems crops rotations pastures woodland improvements and drainage. Lyle began terraces on 25 acres and grazes 12 acres of kudzu with livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Northwest
For Sale and Wanted Classified Ads roundup
Patchwork of farm and household notices listing items for sale including tires plows organs radios dogs and birds plus requests for sewing house rental and thrashing cane seed. Advertisers include J M Chenault Virgil Bailey Mrs L A Douglas and W A White with routes in Decatur Hartselle Moulton Athens and Parkville and dates around December 9.
Grain Gains Ground in Valley Agriculture
Grain is rising as a major cash income in the Valley with a 365 day local market in Decatur and increasing market access from Waterloo grain. Mechanical harvesting and drying reforms, portable corn shellers, corn pickers, and hybrid corn bolster yields and reduce handling costs for millers and buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Atabam Walia
Bridgeport
Waterloo Grain
Fred Stewart
Belle Mina
Southeast long range dairy program outlined at Atlanta meeting
A Southwide dairy plan for 10 Southeastern states was developed at a conference in Atlanta attended by state college representatives and dairy industry members. The program aims to improve feeding and herd management, pasture, roughage, breeding, labor-saving methods, and farm to market efficiency to meet rising milk demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our
National Cotton Council
Atlanta
South Carolina
Clemson
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Dairy , Industry, Committee
Usda of Washington
C. G. Cushman
W. L. Abernathy
Chester
South Carolina Dairy Association
Cushman
U. S
Department of ‘Agriculture
Peanut pairings with diverse foods
A brief note highlighting how peanuts blend with many dishes. The text mentions pairing peanuts with cabbage slaw curry and creamed onions, creamed eggs, and as a topping or ingredient for varied uses. The tone suggests peanuts are versatile and flavorful.
Hunters Warned as Huntsville Arsenal Lands Join Refuge
Several thousand acres within the Huntsville Arsenal boundary are part of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, with no firearms allowed. An agreement between the Chemical Warfare Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service preserves the land as refuge, closed to hunting and trapping, including backwater and TVA land along Indian Creek and Huntsville Spring Branch. Some hunters were arrested for trespass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville Arsenal
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Arsenal
United States Chemical Warfare Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
TVA
Indian Creek
Huntsville Spring Branch
Arsenal Land
Arkansas farmer reshapes 320 acres with conservation and diversification
Marianna Ark veteran George Graves converted his farm from cotton to a conservation based system. On 65 acres of pasture he grazed 75 steers for five months with a 15 000 pound gain while adding limestone and phosphate. He interplants corn with soybeans on the rest, plant winter cover crops, and boosts yields across oats and cotton. Graves keeps hogs and cattle, with Hampshire hogs and Herefords and a live at home program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Marianna
Ark
George Graves
Here
Graves
Crowley Ridge
Georgia awards cotton prizes across six towns
Eighteen Georgia farmers who won district prizes in the 1947 five acre cotton contest will be honored in December at exercises in Summerville Lawrenceville Sandersville Statesboro Cochran and Dawson. First prize is 250, second 150 and third 100 with a state prize of 500 awarded in Dawson December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
E. C. Westbrook
Westbrook
W. H. Smith
Bulloch County
John F. Hayes
Terrell
W. A. Meadows
Bleckley
W. B. Young
Chattooga
W. B. Francis
Washington
Sam E. Thomason
Gwinnett
Summerville
Lawrenceville
Sandersville
Statesogro
Cochran
Decemer
Dawson
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Taft Thompson
Parkville
Berecia
West Pike
Taft
Farmall M
Prentice Clark
D-3
Ona Oden
Eva
H. L. Johnson
Percy Kenum
Danville
Foxes Creek
Lock A
Lawrence County
Clayton D. Blankenship
Paul Rowe
P. O
Falkville
Gilbert E. Harris
Hillsboro
R. F. Clark
Roter Hillsboro
Chalybeate School
Oliver
Howard “Lively
Howard Lively
P. Dukes
Somerville
J. P. Owens
Lacey’s Spring
John Thomas Sledge
Mack McCormick
South Limestone
U. P. Dukes
Lloyd C. Douglas
I. V. Dobbs
Hartselle
Felix Aldridge
Calvin McMullan
Moulton
Wheeler Lake
Race" Parker
Albert Boger
Sheppard
John—Glen Fowler
T. K. Johnson
Doc
Danville Road
Haves
GMC
H. John Deere
Lee Barksdale
Bov
Grayson McMullan
Bath
Hubert Lynch
My Place
T. A. Gandy
Cold Springs
Owensboro
Grady Orr
John Deere
Palkville
Center Grove
Decatur-Arab Highway
Route 2
Mary McKee
J. A. Greenhaw
Union Grove
Union Hill School
Herchel Turner
Aladdin
U S
Murray-Lee
East Moulton St
Phene
County Farms ON Soil Plan
A. L. Lyle
Route 1
Lyle
Tion
J. M. Chenault
Adler
Ault
Vinson
Route 3
Nick Davis
Webster Hicks
Neel
Johnson Chapel
W. A. White
Weyandotte
Elizabeth Clover
Thomas Angle
Fairville
Virgil Bailey
J Howard G. Mitchell
Moulton i Road
Charles Montgomery
J. H. Speakman
Hubkabee Bridge Road
Mattie Smellwood
J. B. Nixon
Brown Ferry Road
R. K. Woodward
Charles 8. Smith
Charlies S. Smith
Route Somerville
N-21
Jersey
P. Shipp
South Hartselle
David McMinemon
A. H. McMinemon
Roe. Ville
J. HH
McMineman
Alvin Lawrence
Lana
P.O. Box
Long Range
Southeast
CLT
Smith Motors, Inc
Chrysler
New Hampshire
Aa. Jones Phrome
Oun U. Sones
Purina
Purina Chow
JIMA
Fatena
Coal & Grain CO
THE
Checkerboard Store
Moulton Street
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