Cotton and Milk Boost Income on North Alabama Farms
A study by F H Orr of the Alabama Extension Service compares two North Alabama farm groups. Cotton and dairy farms averaging 14 acres cotton and 14 cows earned $2673 per farm, $1603 more than cotton-only farms. Cotton-milk farms yielded higher monthly family labor, more grazing, and greater milk production aided by artificial insemination and local-bred bulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Orr
Alabama Extension Service
North Alabama
TVA
Soil Conservation Planning Fundamentals
Morgan county soil conservation workers outline two essential steps for effective farming. Determine correct land use per acre and create a farm plan aligning crops with land capability. Build a surplus water disposal system including erosion control and drainage, plus field layouts, roads, and fences to guide farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Soil Conservation
Soil Conservation District
Advertisement Urges Slower Driving to Protect Farm Animals
A Farmers Exchange ad from Danville by R D Harvey appeals to motorists to reduce speed from 85 to 60 to prevent harming hens and pigs near his house. The unusual plea frames road safety as animal protection and communal concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers ‘Exchange
R. D. Harvey
Danville
Decatur area workers spotlight local industry boom
Don ald Comer reports from Avon dale Sun on Hill Ferguson Jr and Ed Price guiding a Decatur tour of expanding industry. a cheese factory now valued at 150000, a 15000 chickens per day plant, the region’s largest flour mill, an ingalls shipbuilding plant, seed buying and cleaning operations, a packing plant, aluminum utensil maker, good year fabric plant, nylon stocking and underwear factory, cotton compress and oil mill, gunneries with new cleaning machinery, a 100000 stadium funded by locals, and a million dollar high school, all tied to local subscrip tion and pulpwood plans for Coosa River Mill.
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Avondale Sun
Donald Comer
Mr. Comer
Ferguson
Comer
Birmingham
Hill Ferguson Jr
Decatur
Hill
Ed Price
Caviation Milk Company
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Ingalls Shipbuilding Co
Reynolds Metal Co
Coosa River
Cotton price support tied to acreage allotments in 1950
U S Department of Agriculture reverses previous interpretation on price supports for cotton in 1950. Only farmers who plant within their acreage allotments will be eligible for price supports, regardless of whether marketing quotas pass in the December 15 referendum. B L Collins of the state PMA explains the ruling change.
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Cott Vo
State Production and Marketing Administration Office
U. S. Department of Agriculture
B. L. Collins
State
PMA Ad
Soil Conservation Service workers assist Morgan County plan
Soil Conservation Service workers are aligned to Morgan county and the Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District to furnish technical assistance in this type of planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Morgan County
Alabama Soil Conservation District
Milk Production Ties to Dairy Unit Profit Across Farms
A study of 1948 Extension TVA farms shows cows yielding 7,059 pounds of milk per cow earned $198 per cow at $3 per 100 pounds, while cows averaging 3,504 pounds per cow earned $186 per cow at $6 per 100 pounds. High producing cows boosted profit by $12 per cow and suggested methods include breeding to high production bulls via artificial insemination, better feeding with grazing, and improved cow management ensuring water, shelter, and regular milking.
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R. M. Reaves
TVA
Auburn
Morgan FFA Meet in Eva district event at Eva School
Morgan County vocational agriculture teachers and district officers convened at Eva for the district FFA meeting. Eva chapter led the program with talks on boll weevils and hog care, a quartet performance, a Florida trip recap, and demonstrations of doorsteps and vocational projects.
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Morgan Ffa
Eva
Morgan County Vocational Agriculture
Morgan County
FFA
E. O. Creel
Hartselle
C. R. Owen
Falkville
J. H. Rue
Danville
C. J. Teague
Cotaco
Othel White
Bobby Ray Beavers
Florida
Donald Ray Morgan
Jerry Caudle
L. G. McDonald
Cleveland Brown
Mason
Rock Creek
Jack Morgan
J. P. Eden
D. A. Cox
Eva School
G. C. Childers
Cotaco FFA Chapter Plans Bigger Club and Projects
The Cotaco FFA reports progress with community service including farm terracing and forestry program activity. Three boys Aklin Lemmond Vandon Breeding and Charles Johnston have applied for pine seeding. John Russell and Charles Johnston bought registered Yorkshire gilts from Dr. G D Cloyd to improve Morgan County hog stock and plan to breed and sell registered pigs. Iris Winton FFA Reporter
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FFA
Aklin Lemmond
Vandon Breeding
Charles Johnston
Morgan County
John Russell
Yorkshire
G. D. Cloyd
Florence
Iris Winton
Labor cases called in Baldwin County circuit court
Baldwin county circuit court heard ten labor cases Monday involving union members accused of conspiring to hinder legal operations at Roy E Lopez Lumber Company. Indicted last April, the men were part of United Construction Workers, a unit of United Mine Workers. The United Nations permanent home in New York City is expected to be completed by fall 1951.
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Bay. Minette
Ala
Baldwin
Roy E. Lopez Lumber Company
The
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers
United Nations
New York City
Dupkerque The Church Among the Dunes
A translated name Dupkerque unfolds as church among the dunes. The phrase blends religious heritage with coastal sands, presenting a toponymic image rooted in dune landscape lore.
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Dupkerque
the Dunes
Sleeping cars deliver enough current for ten homes
A report notes that the latest sleeping cars generate sufficient electrical output to power ten homes, highlighting advances in on board power generation and efficiency.
Step Up Drive On Forest Fires
State forestry officers escalated their campaign against arsonists causing costly Alabama wildfires. In Mobile County about 15 percent of recent blazes were incendiary, with a strategy session planned among officials. Crews rushed to Calhoun County as fires there worsened, while light rains and frost eased conditions and damage topping half a million dollars.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Mobile
O. W. Vickers
J. G. Moore
Department of Conservation
Hunter Reynolds
Birmingham
J. Hilton Watson
Jefferson
Shelby County
Calhoun
Anniston
Watson
North Alabama
Villages Reused for Recreation Across TVA System
TVA construction villages are nearly all converted to recreation sites. Fontana Village led to private leasing by Government Services Inc. Hiwassee dam village went to North Carolina as a state park. Gilbertsville Village followed for Kentucky and later the state acquired it. Pickwick and Wheeler villages were leased for resort use by a private firm and Alabama respectively. Watts Bar village remains to be converted.
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TVA
Fontana Village
Government Services Inc
Hiwassee Dam
North Carolina
Kentucky
Gilbertsville Village
Fee
Pickwick
Wheeler Villages
Alabama
Cotton quotas debated as farmers weigh parity support
Administrative officer cites marketing quota referendum implications for cotton allotments. Collins argues farmers must plant with their allotment to gain price support. He notes if quotas win two thirds of voter approval, price support could reach 90 percent of parity, though some see only an upper limit.
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Collins
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