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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1939
Page
3
Reports from across Alabama indicate boll weevils are numerous in cotton fields this season. Entomologist W A Ruffin outlines pre square poisoning and dusting strategies, infestation counts, and timing to reduce damage with calcium arsenate and syrup mixtures.
The Ellisville community reports farmers busy with crop preservation and family visits from Alonzo Reid of Georgia Seldon Pope of North Carolina and local residents. Attendees joined singing events in Moulton Friendship Hart selle and Danville while sympathy was offered to the Hill family.
The piece highlights crop conditions during a dry spell noting clean cotton along the river and strong crops on many farms. It praises Withers Peebles cotton by his gin and touts bluegrass stock farms, regional diversification, and notable breeding and processing facilities from Detatur to Trinity.
A. W. Jones announces that the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will furnish vetch and Austrian winter pea seed to Alabama farmers next fall under a grant of aid plan. Seed price and delivery will be arranged, with costs deducted from AAA payments, encouraging increased winter legume acreage statewide.
Beaty of Ala bama showcases an integrated farm plan on Sand Mountain highlighting cotton and corn production costs, cover crops, fertilization, and a strong livestock program. He notes higher hog prices through feeder pig sales and emphasizes phosphate lime for winter cover crops and pasture.
County agent notes farms with top production Jerseys at a McBride area tour. Billy Steed shows above average Jerseys and grade whiteface cattle while John B Sewell runs large grade whiteface breeders. Jones milk plant from South Alabama and Thurmond Murphree’s large goat herd also featured. The McBride farm includes a walking stallion and Sam Lile owns purebred Angus near Trinity Colt Show as Five gaited and walking horses, the best community show in North Alabama.
The American Hampshire Sheep Association lists the Athens State Demonstration Farm as Alabama’s sole farm in the for sale listing. Local readers note the farm’s prominence in the state’s sheep sector.
Two of three Alabama home agents attended the world conference in London. Leola Cox Sides from Limestone and Pearl Brandon Crawford from Lawrence, North Alabama, are highlighted as regional representatives on the map.
The Decatur Kiwanis Club and L. Wagnon are making plans for upcoming activities and community service projects. Details unclear but group intends to organize events and coordinate with sponsors.
Washington reports a six week rise in business activity as announced by Secretary Hopkins. Estimated annual income payments for the first half of the year reach 65.6 billion dollars, up from 64.2 billion in 1938, covering wages interest and other incomes.
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all National Banks at close of business Friday, June 30, 1939, to report financial standings across the banking system.
Aid progress in Morgan County advances as 15 purebred gilts will be placed in the county within the next few days to boost hog breeding efforts.
Auburn July 5 flea time in Alabama according to J M Robinson head of entomology at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Fleas infest homes barns milkshed and domestic animals. rotenone and derris cube or timbo root kill fleas when diluted with tale and rubbed into hair or dusted on carpets. Clean up barns and treat soil with crank case oil, may need a repeat in 7 to 10 days.
In Auburn Alabama S R Doughty warns erosion and mismanaged cropping have carved into millions of acres, wiping out topsoil and leaving four to nine million acres degraded. He urges farmers to adopt soil conserving practices to protect future prosperity and farm viability.
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