This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1955
Page
8
Months old dogs available with papers priced at $20 each and breed dogs at $10 each. Breeder Burns Holland Moulton notes 24% of stock is months old and lists a contact as 18.
A mixed lot of small ads lists items for sale including furniture a cedar chest a tin pie cupboard a coolerator refrigerator a piano and tires plus farm items cows with calves a mule drawn planter and eggs. Also several wanted notices seek nearby assistance lodging and contact details across Danville Hay and Hillsboro with several sellers listed by name and route.
Three Hartselle Future Farmers will attend the 26th Alabama FFA Convention in Auburn June 8 9 and 10 with about 1000 members and advisers. Eddie Roy will be the official delegate and Hart selle Chapter president for the coming year. D C Holloway will receive the State Farmer Degree among 258 outstanding FFA members. National FFA Vice President Robert Futrelle and State Superintendent Dr A R Meadows will address the group. Contests include Livestock and Dairy Judging Public Speaking Radio Program String Band FFA Quiz and Poultry Judging with awards for chapters and individuals in multiple categories. The convention will also elect officers and offer leadership training.
The Moulton FFA Chapter trains a poultry judging team to compete at the statewide Auburn contest during the FFA Convention. Members Harold Hazle Wayman Potter and Tommy Wayne studied poultry in class and on field trips in preparation.
Orville Mc Swaim’s 17 acre field near Trimble gains parallel terraces after a soil and water plan by the North Central District. The terraces improve drainage and row pattern, with cows grazing and hay production noted. Other farms show grass meadow use and surplus grass saving practices.
McCullough and three students toured Decatur visiting Farm Industries and judged poultry. They then inspected Alabama Flour Mills and evaluated live broilers and laying hens. At Mitchell Hatchery they graded white and brown eggs. Thirty teams attend Auburn for the Poultry Judging Contest with first place winning $250.00.
A column encourages homegrown feeds to livestock for better returns and notes that paying higher prices for quality stock is sensible. It stresses planning in midsummer, keeping milk and feed records, protecting land, and using legumes to improve soil and yields. It highlights community value and prudent land use.
Farmers including Grady Higgins and Clint Warren report baling hundreds to thousands of bales from surplus rescue and rescue grass pastures. Barneys Brock notes record grazing, while drought presses Mulberry River area as Walter Ballew and A D Albritton seek irrigation plans with SCS help.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.