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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1965
Page
10
A rural classified page lists multiple for sale notices including a milk cow priced at 125 dollars, a Frigidaire refrigerator in good condition, crossbred pigs, tractors, a Chevrolet truck, furniture and assorted household items. Contact details and locations such as Hart selle, Moulton Road, Danville, and C. W. Weaver appear throughout.
The text notes rising demand for soybeans during and after World War II, boosted by oilseed needs for livestock feed shortening and margarine, favorable grower prices, and continued USDA research. Increased acreage, new varieties, mechanization, and expanding markets led to production around 700 million bushels last year, possibly over 800 million this year, with exports up to 205 million and domestic crushings near 470 million. Prices to farmers hover around $2.65 per bushel, up from $2.13 in 1960.
The county agent points to soybeans as the rising crop surpassing wheat in value, with a 192 percent gain in harvested acreage postwar, growing from under 2 million planted in 1925 to 34 million planned for spring, and leading export dollars among agricultural commodities.
In 1963 supermarkets accounted for over half the toothpaste and about three quarters of paper products while other nonfood items like lightbulbs socks and cosmetics also move through stores. Research shows about 20 percent of the grocery bill is for nonfood items.
M. R. Bond Jr., CPA of Mobile was elected president of the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants at the 46th annual meeting in Huntsville. He succeeds James E. Money of Tuscaloosa. E. B. McDaniel Jr. was elected to serve with Bond.
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