Auction sale and farm equipment for sale in Decatur area
Auction at 10 A M December 11 three miles west of Caddo, east of Morris Chapel church on Caddo and Moulton Road. Items include Farmall H with implements, cows, horses, wagon, hay, corn, household goods, and tools. Also multiple ads for land, livestock, machinery, and rentals in Decatur Danville Somerville Hartsell Oneonta Trinity and nearby routes.
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Mt Tabor Church
Hartselle
W. C. Tucker
My Place
Caddo
Morris Chapel Church
Moulton
Decatur
Wil
James T. Woodruff
Haleyville
Marionea
Lestie Johnson
Alabama 4 H members win special recognition in national dairy soil program
Clarence King of Marion Junction led Alabama at the 1948 National 4 H Dairy Production awards with 18 dairy projects and a 35 cow herd. L O Roberson Jr of Mt Hope earned the soil conservation state award with a focus on fertility and erosion control. Jackie Hagler of Dothan won the 4 H Tractor Maintenance state prize for improving tractor care on his farm and received an all expense trip to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uperior
Alabama Club
Clarence King
Marion Junction
Ring
Clarence
Jersey
Kraft Foods Company
L. O. Roberson, Jr
Mt. Hope
Jackie Hagler
Dothan
Jackie
Houston County Tractor Club
Pan-American Petroleum Corporation
Chicago
Haygood Paterson Addresses Alabama Agricultural Leader
Commissioner Haygood Paterson spoke at the Decatur Lions club and the Wolverine club praising his deep knowledge of agricultural problems. His scientific education and business background give him practical insights into soil moisture plant nutrients costs and farm profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haygood Paterson
Decatur Lions Club
Wolverine Club
America
Commissioner Paterson
Alabama
Paterson
Hill warns soil loss threatens U S prosperity and China aid
Senator Lister Hill told the Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce that topsoil loss is more profound than the Chinese fighting. He urged soil conservation and predicted Congress will advance river development in Alabama and the Coosa. He warned three productive acres per person today and urged balance between industry and agriculture.
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Montgomery
Lister Hill
Ala
China
Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hill
Alabama
Coosa
United States
California Farm Bureau Visit Highlights Valley Markets
About 200 members of the California Farm Bureau toured Decatur by special train meeting Tennessee hosts. They viewed the Wilson Dam phosphate plant and phosphate beds near Columbia then planned to ride to Nashville for the National Farm Bureau meeting in Atlantic City. The visit aimed to learn how local cotton livestock milk grain poultry and seed markets developed with private state and federal cooperation over the last decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Farm Bureau
Decatur
Tennessee Farm Bureau
Wilson Dam
Columbia
Nashville
Atlantic City
National Farm Bureau
Commissioner views farms and cattle in Belle Mina area
The report describes Commissioner Paterson visiting an alfalfa hydration plant at Belle Mina, viewing Brahma cattle at the Anderson place, and inspecting irrigated pastures on George Braly’s property. The group notes the lush grass due to moisture and fertilizer and mentions plans to show more sites in the Black Belt on a future trip.
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Paterson
Belle Mina
Anderson Place
George Braly
George
Black Belt
Wartime gains for Southern farmers seen lasting, experts say
The Montgomery Advertiser reports Norman J. Wall of the U.S. Department of Agriculture says wartime gains for Southern farmers appear durable. He notes liquid assets rose to 34 percent of national totals by 1948 and land values surged 115 percent since 1935 39, with incomes and purchasing power staying well above prewar levels. He warns of lower net incomes but sustained real gains and urges better insurance coverage and higher farm family living standards.
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Montgomery
Norman J. Wall
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Economics
Wall
Cotton Yields Jump in South With Insect Control Plan
Atlanta reports an average cotton yield rise of 48 pounds per acre above the five year average. Dr D W Watkins credits district insect control efforts while noting benefits from county programs. Georgia educator T G Walters urges more teaching aids to support pest control. Alabama and national scientists cite calcium arsenate and new organic pesticides as improving yields.
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Atlanta
D. W. Watkins
South Carolina Extension Service
National Cotton Council of America
South Carolina
T. G. Walters
Georgia
F. S. Arant
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
F. F. Bondy
Bureau Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Tobacco’s Early European Arrival Seen as Narcotic Use
Historical accounts note tobacco carried from the United States to Europe was initially used as a narcotic. The shift to recreational smoking developed over time as trade and cultural adoption spread across nations.
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Europe
United States
Home environment praised to attract children to stay on farm
The piece emphasizes a wholesome home environment as essential to draw children toward farm life and to honor the farm wife, framing domestic stability as a duty and reward within agricultural life.
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Farmers Exchange
Oliver Trailer
James E. Duncan
Macedon Church
Charles Speake
Speake
Usec
Dewey Beard Junior
Devayer
Boxsil
Cedar Posts
J. c. Smith
James E. Higdon
Cullman
Nash
Joe Bishop
Flint Station
Austinville-Fliint Road
Watkins
Florette
Hartselie
Danville Road
Ida G. Smith
Austinville
Edward Johnston
Sorat
D. C. Prince
Route 3
Thomas Fosher
Hillsboro
Harmonyshuren
M. Rigel
Ernest Livingston
Dewey McCullough
Oscar Gerspman
Decatur D
Moulton Heights
J. M. Standridge
Fuller's
Mouton Tay
Otto McCariey
Wes Ray
Moulton and
Decatur Highway
Willie FE. Sandlin
Leonard Latham
Landersville, D
Willis Gibson
Danville
William Tomlinson
E. A. Birdwell
Joe Wheeler
BE. A. Birdwell
Cotaco
Rube Draper
Parkville
Lacon D-8
E. A. Poteet
Somerville
Grady Long
C. L. Millwood
D-8
Joe Wallace
Noah Wynn
Oldsmobile
A. T- Well
Wheeler
Loyal H. Hill
Chambers Farm
Route 1
Trinity
Foot of the Chest Hill
New Eugene Hill
Caddo Mes
W.O. Wright
Norge
W. O. Wright
Singer
Josephine Francis
A. A. Coney
Route
Leroy Simmons
Alhenes
John Deere
Charles A. Mattox
Martha Ann Moss
Turner
Coal & Grain CO
Checkerboard Store
Moulton St
ALL Good
Jersty
Lakeview
Marshall County
Marshall
Birmingham
Columbus
Ohio
Sam Hobbs
Joan Panixy
Brown Service
Joan Panky
J. R. Ransom
Zola McCullough
I's
J. J. Evans
Plainview School
Farmall H
Taft ‘Thompson
A. O. McCarley
Bob Stephenson
Panvit
J. G. Stone
Oneonta
D. L. Grizzard
J. W. Cheatham
Jay Meadows
Roy L. Fairbanks
H. L. Sonn
Route 2
Plorette
M D. Eubank’s
M. D. Eubanks
Poland
Eldred Elkins
Hope
H. B Sullivan
Ethel Holtzclaw
OFC
Maxwell
Somerville D
Antioch Church
J. N. Davis
Landersville
G. Benich
K. E. White
E. A
D-1
Internationa
Elmer Allred
J. H. Thomas
Lacey's
Tring
Cora McEntire
John L. Bean
Hart‘Selle
Allen
Avery
Ers
Young Roberson
U. S
Firestone
State Agricultural College
Usda Cooperating
Holider
E. Moulton St
Neal Cagle Cash and Carry Store
Everwear
12Th Ave. E
Market St
Tom
Purina Layena
Puri
Aye
Purina
Turner Coa & Grain Co
Checkerboard
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