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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1948

Page

7

For Sale Rural Property and Household Items Listing

One small size brown fur lined glove. Pauline J. Jones Belk Hudson Co Hartselle. For sale 26 acre farm five miles south of Decatur four room house tractor on new rubber two pan plow and disc mule plow tools 1% tons of fertilizer cotton idle 100 b bashsle of war good milk cow wanted James Lane Route i Hartselle Byrd Springs Road Telephone 826 M 4 J 7 For sale five acres land three acres in cultivation five room house barn and other buildings water in house one mile north of Hartselle H D McElroy J 7

Decatur Bashsle James Lane Hartselle Byrd Springs Road H. D. McElroy

Fred Stewart named man of the year by Progressive Farmer

The Progressive Farmer selects Fred Stewart, superintendent at the Tennessee Valley Substation near Belle Mina, for his pioneering winter grazing work in Alabama. The piece notes his role in proving high quality grazing and pasture methods, dairy productivity, and the spread of southern farming innovations since 1930s. It also lists related local sales notices about farm equipment and plants.

Bellemina Ala Alabama Fred Stewart Tennessee Valley Here Progressive Farmer Agricultural Experiment Station M. J. Funchess K. G. Baker Black Belt Stewart Crimson Closer Loneepee Faye Ah Centerville Bibb County W.T. Stewart Auburn Texas A M. College Limestone County Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Randolph Pes National Cotton Council Cotton Council Walter L. Randolph Montgomery Wm. Howard Smith Prattville J. D. Hays Hauntsville Ginners Wm. B. Ford Hamilton J. A. Thompson Troy C. D. Pat

Poultry and Forestry Prompts for Morgan County Growth

County agent L T Wagnon urges Morgan County to house more of Alabama s poultry and egg production. The article outlines essential practices from chick care and sanitation to feed, housing, and disease control, plus a chart for maximizing egg output. It also reports a tree planting event where seedlings were distributed by TVA and state foresters and lists recipients with seedling allocations.

Alabama Morgan County L. T. Wagnon

DITCH BLOWN WITH T N T AT FARM DEMONSTRATION

About fifty farmers visited Hammett Evans’s farm on January 8 for a TNT ditching demonstration. One pound sticks were placed 18 inches apart along a one mile ditch, exploded by electric charge, creating a trench 2 to 3 feet deep and 8 to 12 feet wide at roughly eight cents per foot. Agricultural Engineer Lawrence Ennis of Auburn assisted by L T Wagnon, the County Agent, led the event.

T.N.T Hammett Evans Lawrence Ennis Auburn Alabama L. T. Wagnon

Trainees and Farm Figures From Historical Survey

This item lists figures including 59 trainees and 334 boys as of December 1 1947, 304 trainees reading farm magazines, 5 combines bought, 155 pounds meat to be killed for home use, and 11 acres of kudzu. The entries suggest a rural survey summary with multiple categories.

Kudzu

First American Railroads Ran on Wooden Rails

A historical note recalls early U S railways using wooden rails in the initial era of American railroad development, with engines and trains adapting to timber track before iron or steel rails became standard.

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Farmers Exchange E. L. Fergerson Clapton Farm Joe Good House PH. Clark P. H. Clark H. T. Cook Pauline J. Jones Belk Hudson At Co. Hartselle John Deere P. B. Weette Danville Prvye Room Moulton Highway H .F. Rice High Moat Hart Selle Plainview School Silar Lynch Oliver 80 Harrow Farmall P. C Pickens Coble McMillan Moulton Parkville G. H. Holmes Freshlord L.A. Shirley Route 1 Somerville Fordson Oliver Bromo Taylor Five Points Rock Road James Belcher G. W. Bennick OIC Clepton Joe Wheeler Paul Kornis John Ollie Fowler Gue W. Church ST Shirley Double Drain John W. Sandlin & Son Co 2Nd Ave BABY Decatur Hatchery Bank St Securit Uty Ryt A. C. Sharp John Bean International Direct Hitch Plaw Millsap Wm. M. Burks Cedar Lake Avery Cultivator J. W. Blankenship Route 2 D-7 Hargett’s Bee Line Highway Homer Montgomery Oliver Tractor Neel B. G. Maddox Cullman Bill Drake Augias Falkville Homer Childers Jay Maddox T- 3 Vinemont Jay Idox Route 3 Dixie John Thomp Wren Als Jersey Bull Ivey Weaver Florette Grady Stone Green Pond Bly Maxwell Antioch Church al Roente School J. Y. Moultrie Hillsboro Russell Wade Chalybeate School Morgan County Veterans Training Program Thomas Drinkard Thomas Self Eva Paul Hughes Ryans Leo Yancey Union Hill Hubert Lee Thomas Teague Virgil White Lamar Priceville Morgan Coun Jack Morgan Morgan Cc. D. Patterson National Cotton Council Atlanta Patterson Council Eufaula Hugh M. Comer Sylacauga Paul A. Redmond Birmingham Joseph L. Lanier West Point H. R. Holmes W. B. Bentley Natural Bridge Road J.C. Key EB. Simpson Rovat Quartanlle Miles Shetheast Hartsglie David McMineman Station Burleson Mountain J. B. MacMineman Allis Chalmers Mile School J. BH. McMineman Prom Place Pinder M. G. Maddox Font de A D. Patterson State Forestry Department T.V. A. Forestry Division Harry E. Murphy Forester Tennessee Valley Authority Forestry Division E. T. Sizemore State Department of Forestry Edward E. Alverson Eugene Chenault J. W. Lynn Lawrence Givens Tommie_Joe Beall Frances Wolfer Carl Walker Eben George David M. McKee L. E. Allen Lucille Russell Ceresan John D. Davis Fred Hunt. JR Ave. W Decatut, Ala H. Ryan Appliances & Furniture East Maniton St Knox McRae Kennedy Recapping CO America Sherwin-Williams Bank Street Sherwin-Williams Productss Ouse Sherwin-Williams Paints
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