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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1946
Page
9
A weekly farming column reports hog killin weather in the area and notes on a darkie cabin pork display. It covers a mechanical cotton picker in Lawrence County, the National Cotton Council visit, and Alabama agriculture leaders urging 36 cents for cotton. Also mentions seed shortages, 4-H calf projects, Kentucky tobacco market trends, coal strikes, and farm equipment for sale including a Fresno tractor and drag harrow.
Mamie Lou Hardy of Coosa County earned a scholarship at the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago for achievements in planning selection mending and caring for clothing. The award comes from the Extension Service and National 4 H committees with funding by Spool Cotton Company, usable at any college of her choice.
The report notes a car and a third of coal to dry a million pounds of tobacco. Dryers face a two week coal supply before market closure. It highlights planting oats on kudzu fields to yield next spring hay. Cherokee county data show Chestnut Brothers in Gaylesville pasturing 42 cows for 30 days on 20 acres with increasing cow production.
Alabama USDA Council proposes 1947 production targets to boost diversified farming. Key aims include 20 000 acres of wheat, 3 000 000 of corn, 400 000 oats, 86 000 sorghum, 600 sorghum grain acres, 30 000 beans, 418 000 peanuts, 1 865 000 total acres, and notable increases across several crops plus a 5 percent drop in early commercial Irish potatoes.
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