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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1955
Page
8
Bobby Thomson of the Braves was born in Glasgow Scotland and now resides in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The note records his origins and current home as part of a brief player profile.
Weather since last spring has favored crops with corn hay and pastures in excellent condition. Cotton looks good though it needs more sun. boll weevils require control in some areas. Farmers urged to apply poison in stages, monitor damage, and coordinate timing. TVA ammonium nitrate price rises to 62.46 per ton after July 30 with a six-ton discount limit per farm.
The article notes a large carryover of feed grains with a forecast 3,449,667,000 bushels of corn and record soybean potential. It explains quota impacts on wheat and cotton, expanded feed grain planting, storage pressures, and loans. It also profiles Cordell Hull’s farming partnership with Russ Hackett on a 300 acre river farm.
The Safety Council reports more fatal home accidents hit children under five than all farm residents aged 5 to 45 combined. Farm accident deaths climb after 45 and rise further after 65. Falls are the most common home accidents, with burns second.
A four year old boy, Johnny, was hurt when his father’s tractor lifted a plow and caught his leg in 1947. The incident is cited in a Soil Conservation note urging National Farm Safety Week and the Safety Council’s life and limb campaign.
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