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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1946
Page
6
Local classifieds list items for sale and wanted including a Civilian jeep, horse mule, plow gear, and farm equipment. Also notes remedies and small ads for transients near Tecatur Neely area with multiple D-11 designations and contact hints.
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In Morgan county on Route 3 Decatur Bascom Braswell shows a diverse crop system with early Irish potatoes corn rye grass on the same acre and heavy use of 6-8-4 and nitrates while Dan Sparkman runs a model Guernsey dairy with electric milking and a family farm layout. Also reported are two farm accidents, a calf theft reward of 100, and a call to support Joe Wheeler Electric Association expansion. Peanut markets open December 11 in Cullman and Athens with local buyers. veteran certificates for farm equipment may extend to February 8 1947.
A collage of rural ads lists for sale items including a 1938 Ford, Farmall F-20 tractor, yearling horse, Jersey heifer, a 1938 International pickup, 41 acres with a six room house, a pair of mules, a cotton seed offer, and various livestock. Wording shows multiple families and routes in Hartselle Danville Moulton Somerville and surrounding areas with D-11 and D-4 classifieds.
Cullman county's ginning total for the year trails 1945 figures with 37 669 bales ginned so far compared to 46 258 in the same period of 1945. The report notes county and county line comparisons and farm bureau membership growth in Franklin county.
The Alabama Jersey Cattle Club plans its annual meeting at Montgomery on December 18 with R A Brown of Lake View Farms presiding. Dr B N Lauderdale will discuss Bangs disease control, plus talks by Forrest Fansher and Frank King. Club members from counties will report on activities and plans for the 1947 state Jersey sale.
Mr A W Jones state director of the Production and Marketing Administration Auburn Alabama advised the Morgan County Agricultural Conservation Committee that future farm people applying for priority assistance to build rural dwellings will send applications direct to the Federal Housing Administration Comer Building Birmingham Alabama instead of the county committee in Hartselle Applications for non dwellings should be filed with the Civilian Production Administration Dixie Carlton Hotel Birmingham Alabama.
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