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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1973

Page

11

Green shades of early July in Mud Tavern woods

A observant piece describes a nature walk focusing on the greens of trees at Mud Tavern and Ernest Roger Place. The author notes willows cedars oaks and sycamore plus birds such as martins swallows quail covey and thrashers, with light and cloud effects changing the greens.

Ernest Roger

Mid West Grain and Food Prices Screen Outlook

Illinois farmers face wet fields delaying soybeans and corn but show rising crop prospects. Wheat yields and corn and soybean production forecast edge toward record levels, while government controls on exports and price ceilings shape livestock feed costs and consumer prices.

Irene Ill Illinois Great Plains Issouri River Nixon’ Administration Agriculture Department Nixon Allan Aves Aves

Nixon Soybean Embargo Blasts Tokyo as Shortage Grows

Japanese officials and industry leaders condemned the Nixon embargo on soybean exports, warning of dire shortages as Japan relies on the United States for about 92 percent of its nearly three million ton annual intake. Government and industry groups seek alternative sources and boost domestic production while stockpiles dwindle.

NYT Tokyo Nixon-San Hiroshi Higashimori Japan Oil-seed Processors Association Higashimori Japan United States Peking Washington Mainichi Shimbun U.S Kuniyoshi Takagi Federation of Tofu Makers’ Associations Nixon Kaoru Ito Japan Soy Sauce Brewers’ Association oilseed /processors organization Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Critics Debate Cotton Lease Plan and Farm Welfare Claims

Findley denounces a $20 000 per crop amendment omitting the antiloophole as a shrewd scheme by cotton interests to fund large payments to wealthy farmers. Critics defend the lease and sale provision, saying it permits allotment transfers to new growers and avoids perceived confiscation of income protection rights under farm law.

Paul Finley Congress Alabama Finley Bloomington Ill Bernard Brenner Washington UPI Illinois Paul Findley R-Ill Findley Senate House Agriculture Committee House

TVA reports record rainfall and higher hydro output in Valley

TVA said 70.3 inches of rain fell in the Tennessee Valley for the year ending June 30, boosting hydroelectric production to 24.5 billion kWh from 21.3 billion. March brought 11.4 inches, the wettest month in 36 years, with flood control saving Chattanooga from about $500 million in damages to an estimated $35 million.

Knoxville Tenn Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Authority TVA U.S. Corps of Engineers and Aluminum Co. of America Chattanooga

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