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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
7
The agent highlights the 4C sanitation program for swine, outlining clean facilities and timing for treatments with pipera zine and piperazine. It also discusses the profitability of family gardens, detailing half‑acre yields and the value of home-grown produce versus market purchases.
HARTSELLE Alabama May 31 W W Carter reports soybeans as a profitable cash crop after switching from cotton. Morgan County Agent L T Wagnon notes Carter’s six acre first crop yielded 112 bushels selling for 252 dollars while barley on the same land brought 225 dollars, totaling 79 50 per acre. Carter expanded to about 50 acres of soybeans this year, with 22 acres rented, and plans to rotate barley and vetch to improve soil.
George Jenkins, contractor and farmer of Brooksville, notes eight waterways and two field borders completed this Spring as part of a larger waterway and terrace project. Old mule day terraces failed with tractor farming, requiring a bulldozer to shape new waterways. Dark colors absorb more heat than light colors, with black objects potentially 20 degrees hotter than white.
Alabama forester Ivan R. Martin reports on the state’s wood economy. About 64 percent of Alabama land is forested, with over $450 million in annual wood products from two billion board feet harvested. One in five workers is tied to the wood industry, while small landowners hold about 60 percent of timberlands.
Garden grown salad boosts flavor and vitamins for dieting families. Lettuce types including romaine and loose heading varieties are praised, with advice on sowing, thinning, and seasonal timing for best flavor and extended harvest.
Stephen A. Douglas director of sales for Kroger Co will headline the Alabama Poultry Industry Meeting in Birmingham June 11 13 He spoke previously at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce meeting and has visited Decatur at his daughter Mrs Chase Normans home Known as a top sales leader he will discuss Selling the Great American Customer Many Decatur residents plan to attend the event.
Alabama Extension Service specialists warn the screwworm may cause heavy damage this year, likely the worst since 1950. They urge cattlemen to inspect animals weekly, avoid Florida cattle, and use prescribed treatments while federal sterile fly releases expand to curb the pest.
The state boasts 26 percent poorly stocked land yet shows rising timber supply with 366 million more board feet of pine sawtimber produced yearly than cut. Two counties Limestone and Madison are highly cleared while Bibb Choc taw Clarke Conecuh Escambia Tuscaloosa and Washington are heavily forested. Jefferson County leads in industry with 70 percent forested land and Alabama hosts over 3,000 wood using plants including six pulp mills and 1,600 sawmills. Trees remain Alabama’s dominant resource and No. 1 crop.
See'y Benson asks Chairman Cooley to eliminate all legal price support floors and let farm prices fall freely. He proposes to extend the same parity rules to six basic commodities and to drop the floor from 75 to 60 percent if Congress resists full reform. He says the plan would expand markets and reduce reliance on rigid price formulas.
Montgomery County Farm Bureau leaders lobbied five Montgomery legislators at the Whitley Hotel lunch meeting but all agreed they would wait and see before backing tax-cut education proposals.
The term Detroit refers to a strait linking two bodies of water, derived from French usage describing a narrow water passage. This explanation outlines linguistic roots and geographical context for the name Detroit.
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