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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1963
Page
7
FOR SALE: Cherry spool bedstead corner marble cabinets dresser safe table old clock and feather beds see W. E. Roberts Hart selle 2 J-1 FOR SALE: Stock dogs half German 26 weeks old Honneger Pullets starting to say 773-8147 or 773-7390. If
West of Hartselle area listings include for sale items such as a small pony mare for 150 dollars by Milton Greer of Falkville and a near new go kart for sale. Also houses land and farm parcels listed for sale or trade, and wanted to buy items like tin roofing and screens. Multiple individuals and towns appear, with contact numbers and brief descriptions included.
Crop prospects improve in Texas Oklahoma and the Deep South after June rains. Insects threaten cotton in some areas while tobacco losses are feared. Weeklong forecasts predict more showers and warmer temperatures with cooler snaps in the Southwest. Headlines reflect regional planting updates and local milestones including community honors.
Rain has fallen daily since June 16 from Alabama to Virginia, easing a very dry first half of June. Farmers report adequate soil moisture but delays in fields, with open weather needed for cultivation and spraying. The forecast calls for cloudy cool showers across much of the Southeast next week. In the Mid-South, rains improved moisture with recent good soakings followed by drier conditions.
Adlai Stephenson offers a 1952 Dodge truck for parts and a dual 1937 Chevrolet truck for parts. Also available are sweet crowder pea seed and 10 to 15 shoats weighing about 75 to 100 pounds. A large tan barn cooler used in a hog house is $25. Contact Logan at 326-6759 in Moulton.
County agent lists safety steps for handling dangerous pesticides including wearing natural rubber gloves masks and clean clothing in field use. Readiness includes soap water and fresh clothes and washing hands before eating or smoking and avoiding leaky sprayers. When grazing is poor milk and forage decline, creep feeding helps calves through short feed periods.
Thirty-five cattle producers sold 529 calves in the tri-county sale held June 18 in Morgan County. A total of 714 head were sold with an average 24.5 cents per pound and gross receipts of 75,195 dollars. The annual sale is sponsored by Morgan Lawrence and Limestone Cattlemen’s Associations.
Guidelines to reduce hog losses during heat include loading times at cooler hours, pre sorting, sandy bedding, light loading above 70 degrees, proper ventilation, wet bedding at high temperatures, careful hydration, continuous movement with on route checks, and heed to forecasts. Wetting is advised only for certain temperatures and overheating hogs should not be wetted.
A harsh winter followed by a lengthy dry period reduced calf weights by up to 100 pounds per animal. Creep feeding is advised as grazing conditions worsen, noting calves receive about 95 percent of nutrition from milk birth to 45 days, 35-40 percent at 180 days, and 15 percent or less at 240 days.
A good measure of a herd bull's value is obtained at calf weaning time, particularly when herd identification is maintained. The method evaluates traits expressed in the calves and the consistency of performance across the herd.
Morgan County Agent Charles D. Rutledge announces Peace Corps seeks volunteers trained in agronomy forestry horticulture home economics poultry range management and veterinary with homemaking and farming experience. Hanchey Logue Auburn Extension leads Ecuador extension partnership for agricultural schools stations and rural centers in Washington 25 D C.
When starting a boll weevil control program, applying three insecticide applications at five day intervals targets different life stages, reduces resistant individuals, and maintains effective coverage during peak larval emergence and adult activity periods. This regimens aims to maximize mortality before damage occurs.
A 15 year old Deborah Graves of Robinson Illinois, visiting Albuquerque, found a 1953 novel Captain Adam by Donald Barr Chidsey dedicated to a different Deborah, daughter of Dean and Virginia Graves, in a 25 cent bin at a local shop.
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