For Rent and Sale Ads in Decatur Neighborhood Listings
Local classified notices offer rental and sale items from Decatur area including four room house wired for electric carag and truck patch, breakfast room and maple dinette suites, 20 acres with 6 miles north of Moulton, and a two room trailer in Hart Selle. Also listed are young Anconia pullets with a rooster, used lumber and roofing, a meat slicer, a ton of bean hay, a 212 acre farm with a 6 acre lake, a black and white setter bird dog, and a dairy farm job request in Eva.
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Highway 33
Moulton
James Shelton
Rt. 1
Hay
T. L. Whitlow
Trinity
Decatur
Soil testing reshapes Alabama farming operations
Auburn Alabama December 28 soil testing brings major reform in lime and fertilizer use says J C Lowery API Extension agronomist Farmers apply Experiment Station results to local soil conditions soil tests guide fertilizer for corn uplands or bottoms Peanut growers use exact lime phosphate or potash amounts Testing lab has processed 45000 samples since February 1953 with 3340 tests in 1953 and 14204 in 1957 Recommendations are sent to farmers county agents and the Extension Station Samples cost $1 per topsoil sample County agents provide instructions and supplies for sampling Increased yields and more efficient operations follow as fertilizer grades shift toward balanced phosphate potash ratios over time.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Agriculture
J C. Lowery
API
Alabama Farms
Lowery
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
API Experiment Station
Extension Service
Technicans
United States
Tennessee Valley farm honors and Georgia chief on farm bureau
The column congratulates Peter Garret for the Progressive Farmer Man of the Year award alongside Tennessee Valley peers Fred Stewart and the late T. J. Cottingham. It notes Bob Gilchrist leading a cotton study committee and a new USDA order aiding 300 Morgan County farmers. Georgia Farm Bureau president John Patterson Duncan Jr. is profiled on farm policy and price pressures.
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Peter Garret
Mr. Garrett
Fred Stewart
T. J. Cottingham
Tennessee Valley
Bob Gilchrist
Kennedy
Bob
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Morgan County
Alabama
United States
Senate
House Committees On Agriculture
Barrett C. Shelton
the Daily
A. W. Todd
Georgia
Georgia Farm Bureau
Atlanta Journal
John Patterson Duncan Jr
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Stone Mountain
Benson
Mr. Duncan
John Duncan
Duncan
Farm Bureau
Johan Duncan
Auburn arrivals peak between February and April says official
An official notes that about two thirds of all samples tested each year reach Auburn within the period from February 1 to April 1. The remark highlights a seasonal trend in the dataset.
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Auburn
Biggest Garden Thrill is Raising Plants from Seed
Amateur gardeners claim seed starting is the most practiced and ancient leisure activity in America. The piece notes Cyrus the Persian planting trees, compares gardening to sports in reward, health, and family profits, and promotes joining garden clubs as winter initiations with seed boxes and window gardens.
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Cyrus
Sardis
Lysander
Alabama farmers see livestock surpass crops in 1957 income
Alabama farmers earned 222 million dollars from livestock, 54 percent of total farm income in 1957, as crops fell to 188 million. Livestock gains were driven by beef cattle hogs dairying poultry and rents on soil bank cotton. Outlook for 1958 suggests livestock remains the main income driver while cotton acreage stays limited.
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Bob Chesnutt
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Fay Helms
Helms
Soit Bank
API
Limestone Farmer Boosts Yields Through Soil Program
Carl J. Young of Limestone County Alabama reports a 300 percent increase in crop yields after a 25 year soil improvement project. Terracing began in the 1930s with erosion control and cover crops like vetch. Cotton yields rose to 500 pounds lint per acre and corn averages 40 bushels. 25 walking horses are sold annually from the farm.
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Athens
Ala
Carl J. Young
Limestone County
Young
F. K. Agee
Sardis
Hog growers improve grazing for more profits in Cullman
In Cullman Alabama W C Pruett and Jack Dye shifted from row crops to hogs in 1950 and after four years now graze on fertilized oats crimson clover ryegrass and soybeans with registered Duroc boars. They built two ponds three hog houses and a central farrowing house to protect stock. The herd includes 35 brood sows with 9.5 pigs per litter and over 400 top hogs sold in 1957. profits are up about 1.50 per head as they time farrowing for peak markets.
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Cullman
Ala
W. C. Pruett
Jack Dye
Cullman County
Pruett
Dye
H. G. Pinkston
Pruett and Dye
Soil Conservation Efforts Expand Waterways in Cullman Farm
Mrs. Doris Lessman of Cullman established about 6 acres of waterways this year. The land was limed at 1 ton per acre and fertilized with 800 pounds of 0-16-8 per acre. Seeding included 35 pounds of fescue and 5 pounds of white clover per acre. Next spring she will build terraces to drain ridges into waterways to fix excess drainage and wet patches.
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Doris Lessman
Cullman
Soil conservationist notes Baileyton ponds and plans
R L Walker of Baileyton plans another pond site on a newly purchased farm. He already has a four acre pond stocked with bream and bass and fertilizes it annually, hoping for abundant fishing next summer. Cullman Soil Conservation Service staff extend New Year wishes.
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R. L. Walker
Baileyton
SCS
Cullman
The
Soil Conservation Service
Bill Young
Jim Cotton
John Woodruff
Charles Cook
F. M. Patton
Rising Costs Hit Farmer's Purchases
A fragment notes widespread price increases for essential farm goods, describing the burden as a hard cold fact affecting what the farmer must buy and manage.
Benson Battle Reflections on Political Opposition and Support
A column weighs Benson as Secretary of Agriculture amid factional support and opposition. It cites NYT commentary, Truman era betting odds, and farm groups like the Committee for Economic Development and American Farm Bureau urging gradual cuts to price supports and broader farm reforms.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Edward H. Collins
New York Times
Secretary Benson
Harry S. Truman
St. Louis
New York
Dewey
Truman
Harry
Mr. Truman
Tzra Taft Benson
Mr. Benson
Congress
Washington
Republican High Command
Aiken
Anderson
American Assembly
Nation of Land Grant Colleges Universities
Columbus
Ohio
Arance
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Charles B. Shuman
Blalocks Build For Storage In Home Under New Program
Cullman Alabama December 27 The Dennis Blalocks who bought their 1940 home with no closets now have substantial storage. They added three large closets kitchen cabinets linen storage a china cabinet a broom closet and a food storage area plus desks for the boys room.
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Cullman
Ala
Dennis Blalocks
Blalocks
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