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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1950
Page
7
Classified item list offers for sale or trade including a 1942 Dodge pickup, a baby folding play pen, an electric iron, a three room rental north of Hartselle, and livestock including milk goats. Contact numbers and routes shown for Decatur area listings.
L. T. Wagnon, county agent, urges systematic poisoning starting mid July for cotton planted April 1 to 10 and mid July for later plantings. Follow three applications five days apart, inspect 100 squares, and repeat if 20 percent show punctures. Dust in late afternoon, adjust nozzles to cover leaves and bolls.
County agent L T Wagnon urges immediate field checks for boll worms damaging cotton squares and young bolls. He recommends two or three applications of 10 percent DDT dust, 15 to 20 pounds per acre, three days apart, and cautions that DDT alone won’t control boll weevils, so ongoing poisoning is advised.
Farm Page notes boll worm damages and recommends field checks with poison as needed. Rain has limited corn and pasture harm but helped weevils. cotton futures rose on government acreage data and Korea news. Mt Hope sets August 10 for Soil Conservation Club picnic. Baldwin county boosts soy bean planting with a crush plant planned. fescue planting grows, with farmers preparing soil, lime, and fertilizer for September seeding.
Morgan county farmers praise fescue grass with plans to plant more this fall. Interviews with local conservation farmers include figures such as Margaret Speake and A. D. Sample among others. spread of the hardy grass is boosting soil protection efforts.
FOR SALE Red cedar posts 6 1 2 feet and Locust posts of all sizes. FOR RENT Four room house with well and garden. POR SALE Registered Duroc pigs at the farm. LOST Billfold turned in. FOR SALE Two registered pigs 9 weeks old. FOR TWO chicken brooders electric. FOR SALE New Dr Pepper electric drink cooler. Listings show contact names and routes across rural areas.
An agricultural note from Auburn discusses using DDT to control bollworms and recommends following DDT with Toxaphene or BHC-DDT to boost effectiveness. It cites 15 to 25 pounds of Toxaphene per acre 2 to 4 days apart or zero pounds of BHC-DDT per acre as options, with 10 percent DDT dust often more economical. If heavy infestation, 20 pounds or more per acre may be used and multiple applications 2 to 3 days apart are advised.
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