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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
6
A dense classified page from Decatur area includes numerous ads and notices. Items range from rental offers, sale of household goods, livestock and ponies, hay and sawdust, and vehicles to lost and found items and service notices. Names, places, and contact numbers appear throughout for buyers and sellers.
The County Agent notes eight counties in the state voted to approve sale or lease of cotton allotments across county lines. Counties listed with 1965 acreage allotments include Coosa Clay Cleburne Crenshaw Coffee Randolph St. Clair and Madison with totals ranging from 1,651 to 57,961 acres. Ceaves straw or sawdust aids moisture retention and trees need spring and summer watering to develop new feeder roots after nursery removal.
Eddie Cannon joins as Extension Farm Agent with 14 years of Yo-Ag teaching experience in Lawrence County. He will work with the Negro 4H boys and the general over-alfarm program.
December is best time to plant fruit trees with a guide to setting roots, watering, hole depth, mulch, and fertilization. House plants guidance follows, emphasizing right conditions, watering, and rotation. Yates attends the Florida Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association convention in Miami Beach with officials and topics on cooperative programs and agricultural education.
Farm Bureau to hold a 2:00 p.m. meeting on Monday December 20 at the First church or facility. The notice outlines the agenda for the 1966 cotton program and invites members to attend.
University of Georgia expert George D. Walker warns that Christmas trees can dry quickly and ignite from small sparks if left in heated homes. He advises selecting a fresh, water-fed tree, cutting the trunk before bringing it inside, mounting in a water container, and maintaining daily water levels to keep the tree fire resistant.
A historical radio programming block lists programs like Tall Man, Rifleman, News segments, To Tell The Truth, Huntley-Brinkley, Captain Kangaroo, and Sunrise Semester. It also enumerates stations WMSL WHOS MC WHAT WAJF WJIMW WJOF and times spanning dawn to midnight with sunrise to sunset notes.
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