Weathered week reports ice and blossoms in Alabama and Washington
The week featured damp skies and ice in northern Alabama while Capitol Hill heated over REA loan policy changes. A dawn view offered colors across the eastern sky as a whitethroat sparrow fed in a rose thicket, highlighting the season's natural contrasts and gardening notes.
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Bob Jones
Farmers’ Home Administration
Capital Hill
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Fort Myers
Florida
Planting a Live Christmas Tree Outdoors This Weekend
The instructions advise placing a live Christmas tree outdoors this weekend to minimize indoor time. With wet ground easy to dig, create a wide deep hole for the root ball, then set the tree in upright and fill around it with soil. Ensure the tree stands securely as the soil settles.
Alabama Soybean Association To Hold Fifth Annual Meeting
The Alabama Soybean Association will stage its fifth annual meeting January 9 and 10 at the Holiday Inn in Selma for growers and industry personnel. Registration begins 11:30 a.m. Tuesday with lunch and an information session. Dr. John Henderson will preside. Lydia Hodges will be main speaker at the banquet and the 1972 soybean yield contest winners plus four district awards will be announced.
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University Extension
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Soya
Matachia
Mississippi
Nixon REA loan cost increase outrages Alabama representative
Congressman Bob Jones D Alabama and Kenneth Sharrott manager of Joe Wheeler Co op describe rising REA loan costs for rural electric cooperatives. Jones says the Nixon administration hike is outrageous and will seek a congressional hearing. Department of Agriculture data shows co ops must switch from 2 percent federal loans to private funding at 5 percent with government loan guarantees.
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North Alabama Electric Cooperative
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Birmingham News
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Kenneth Sharrott
Joe Wheeler Co-op
Nixon
D-Ala
Department of Agriculture
Jones
Knife safety guidance for chopping meat
The instructions describe using a large sharp-pointed knife held firmly against a cutting board with one hand while the other hand moves the blade up and down in a semi circle to chop correctly. It emphasizes firm point contact and controlled blade motion.
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