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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1969
Page
10
A winter week at Mud Tavern features shifting skies from sun to clouds and a cool rain. Uncle Jim notes beavers returning to the bottom while quail and rabbits remain scarce. locals hope for spring. The piece also previews Gerald Dearing’s cotton program analysis and local reminiscences.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Richard Beard announced at the Department employees Christmas party in Montgomery that he will seek reelection in the Democratic primary next May. The Trussville farmer highlighted ongoing department programs and his aim to complete them, noting Alabama’s 1968 gross farm income reached over 750 million dollars toward the 1970 billion dollar goal.
The list highlights firmer fleshed apples suited for baking. Northern Spy and Rhode Island Greening provide tart profiles, Rome Beauty and Winesap offer balanced sweetness, York Imperial adds richness, with striped and green variants noted.
Kentucky burley auctions show a downward trend with a statewide average of 69.90 dollars per hundred pounds from 116 million pounds sold under loan programs. Eight-state market averages run 69.65 to 70.38 dollars, with volume above last year but prices well below record pace.
National Farmers Organization president Oren Lee Staley warned in Louisville that a clash with the American Farm Bureau Federation may arise over farm programs. He said the NFO supports current federal farm programs and could pressure Congress if provisions of the 1965 program expire this year triggering rural chaos. Staley claimed both administrations share aims to keep prices down and touted the NFO’s growing influence and tactic shift beyond holding actions.
Morgan County cotton producers vote in a referendum approving marketing quotas for the 1970 upland crop. Chairman R H Fuller says the program provides price support loans and payments within farm allotments, with penalties for excess cotton. Final signup details to come. 936 producers voted with 905 in favor and 31 opposed.
At the Kentucky farm convention in Louisville leaders discussed possible price-support programs due to sharp crop price declines. Speakers included Rep. Mark Andrews and Rep. Graham Purcell with others from NFO and state agriculture officials.
Alexander Graham Bell, while refining a multiple telegraph, unintentionally discovers the foundational principle of the telephone, marking a pivotal moment in communication history.
Washington AP reports that in 1969 consumers drank less milk and ate fewer eggs while chicken consumption rose to record highs. Higher beef and pork prices likely pushed more buyers toward poultry per Agriculture Department preliminary estimates.
The vicuna, the smallest camelid, has never been domesticated and lives in the high Andes. It is prized for its fine wool and is protected by conservation efforts.
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