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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1948

Page

5

Various Farm Listings and Classified Notices in Decatur Area

A jumble of classified ads for farm equipment and land including dairy cows buyers, tractors and plows for sale, land for sale near Decatur and Hartselle, rental rooms, and a learning farm sharecrop appeal. Includes contact names in Decatur Hartselle Danville Somerville and Parkville with several Route numbers and telephone references.

Oliver H Farmall C. Pickens Danville Moulton

Multiple Classified Ads for Goods Lost and For Sale

A page of miscellaneous classified notices listing items for sale with prices including box shells ten dollars to sixty dollars a gas washing machine and paint. It also shows a lost item a brown pillbox and requests return of pictures. Several names and locations are given with sales and exchange offers in Decatur Somerville Parkville and Hartselle area.

Winchester Toledo Hartselle Member Brown” Pilltold Pinder ER Parker Parkville

Seed Harvest Boosts Abandoned Slopes at Upper Coastal Plain Substation

At the Upper Coastal Plain Substation near Winfield an abandoned 14 acre slope area seeded to sericea in spring 1946 yielded about 4200 pounds of seed hull in fall 1947. The area, part of a 135 acre farm unit, was reclaimed after brush clearing and disking, with sericea used for grazing and as a cash crop for livestock.

Upper Coastal Plain Winfield Hull Sericea

Control Cattle Parasites in Alabama This Season

The article notes losses from lice, cattle grubs, and roundworms in Alabama, with peak activity in January and February. It recommends rotenone-based sprays for grubs and lice, with specific mixing instructions for 100 gallons of water, plus DDT spray if lice and no grubs are present. A rotenone dust is also described for easier application on cattle.

Alabama

Questions Asked in Seattle on War Peace and World Order

Large audience at First Baptist Church in Seattle questioned Senator Agnuson about the Marshall Plan sovereignty in peace efforts and the role of the UN. They asked about universal military training, world government, religious freedom, and measures to spread moral influence. A separate notice invites applications for free tree seedlings through the TVA Forestry Nursery with a planting demonstration on January 10 in Hartselle.

Agnuson First Baptist Church Seattle Washington Mani Pacule Far West Isfon America Europe Turkey Greece Committee of Protestant Ministers Yugoslavia Russia FEPC Civil Rights Committee FPEPC Einstein Committee of Scientists Marshall Plan UNO Congress United Nations United States TVA Forestry Nursery State Forestry Department Hartselle E. T. Sizemore

Seedlings to Be Available for Morgan County Farmers

A few thousand pine tree seedlings remain available to Morgan County farmers for reforestation on badly eroded idle land. Seedling program notes variability in supply and urges timely uptake. Calves should be worm free and treated with phenothiazine, with dosing guidance based on weight and form of administration. One pound of phenothiazine mixed with salt aids worm control, and a weekly dosing of one ounce per animal is advised.

Mack Maples Elk River Limestone County Mack Decatur Billy Maples Hobbs Morgan County

Garden prize varieties aid home gardeners this year

The article lists bronze medal winning crop varieties from plant breeders led by M. E. Anderson and W. R. Hastings. It highlights Victory Freezer and Freezenian peas, Alaska and other early beans, wax beans like Puregold, Cherokee kee, Peerless bush lima, Fordhook and Henderson comparisons, and Excel Bermuda onion. Seeds become available this spring.

W. R. Hastings Thomas Laxton M. E. Anderson Rogers Brothers Twin Falls Idaho Victory Anderson Ranger Dr. W. Winter Associated Seeders Milford Conn W. C.barnes Carolina Peerless Roy May Fordhook Henderson South and Pacific Southwest Henry Jones United States Bermuda

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Farmers Exchange OIC E. L. Fergerson Tennessee Clapton Joe Wheeler P. H. Clark H. T. Cook Pauline J. Jones Belk Hudson James Asherbraner Byrd Springs Gale D. McElroy John Deere P. B. Lwery Denville I Rr Moulton Highway H. F. Rice Age Mont Plainview School Silar Lynch Palkville G. H. Holmes Fresh Lord L. A. Shirley Route 1 Somerville Por Bromo Taylor Five Points Rock Road James Belcher Route G. W. Bennick Ron Joe Wheeler Colt Singer Paul Kornis Ollie Fowler Bee A. C. Sharp J-7 John Bean International Direct Howard Millsap Wm. M. Burks Cedar Lake J. J Avery Cultivator J. W. Blankenship Hargett’s Ite 1 Marts Homer Montgomery Oliver Tractor Neel B. G. Maddox Cullman Bee Line Highway Bill Drake Vanes Mont L. A. Douglas Falkville Homer Childers Jay Maddox Route 3 Vinemont Dixie John Thomp Wren Als Jersey Bull Ivey Weaver Plorette Grady Stone Green Pond Ala Ely Maxwell Antock Church Chalybeate School Hillsboro Alybeate School H. R. Holmes W. B. Bentley Natural Bridge Road J. C. Key E. E. Simpson David McMineman Route 2 Allis Chalmers Nimerville H. McMineman Prom My Place M. G. Maddox Man W. Church ST Ceresan John D. Davis Decatur, Ala Fred Hunt, JR 2Nd St 1St Ave Flint Station Burleson Mountain J. H. McMineman Electrolux D. C. Prince Westinghouse Bert Murphree J. D Georgia J. P. Moore Pike Road Bussey Drug Store Austinville Mack Ferguson Care Ona-Oden Lawrence Morgan—county L. F. Mardis Town Creek M. S. Lyle Rogers al Standridge Johnson Chapel Rube E. Puckett T. Long International Direct Hitch Plow Howard Milsap Roy McCaig Wallace Meadows Trinity W. T. Price Moulton-Dotatur E. A. Hampton Charles Reynolds M. M. Range Union Hill Church New Hartselle Monk Burt Watson Mildred Smith J. Keyes Florette C. J. Keyes Fier Jersey I. V. Dobbs W. B. Ryan Royce Sims Rogersville Snake Road County Tine Ezra Vv. Terry International J. C. Keyes Cee OIC Hog Roy Orihen Theselle Parmal Leroy Murphry Fairview Otto Siebert Puirview Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Auburn Solon Lespedeza Timothy Hay Surrounding Blackwell Feed Stret Alaska Loyd Purina Coal & Grain CO Checkerboard Store Moulton Street
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