Week of heat and dawn songs in Alabama fields
A May week in northern Alabama features cooler mornings yet rising heat and haze. Cotton farmers note stunted plants while birds greet day from cardinal to mocker, as dew, moonlight, and a dry spell shape rural life and work. References to Alabama agricultural leaders Bankhead and O Nea l highlight Farm Bureau history and parity goals.
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Alabama
Bob White
USDA
Decatur
John Bankhead
Jasper
Ed O'Neal
Florence
Edward Asbury O'Neal
County Farm Bureau
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
United Farmers
Farm Bureau
John Hollis Bankhead
Senate
Bankhead Cotton Control
Bankhead-Jones
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead
Lister Hill
Congress
Fourteen Years Of Convocations At Auburn University
Wayne Fears Forest Recreation Manager for Gulf States Paper Co. Glenn Glover from Auburn University and Jim Cupp AU forestry student led a group of speakers for the 84th AU convocation. Fears gave a slide talk on the forest recreation manager role and its tasks.
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Wayne Fears
Gulf States Paper Co
Glenn Glover
Department of Forestry
Auburn University
Jim Cupp
Decatur
Fears
Soviets Buy Poultry as Grain Tightens Across Markets
Reported Soviet purchases of 2 million chickens from the Netherlands and up to 2,000 tons more broilers in the EC reflect ongoing grain and livestock shortages. Earlier 1974 to 1976 data show rising poultry imports, while the USSR cuts beef and pork use in sausages to ease supply strains. Traders warn of potential price swings without a national grain reserve, amid drought concerns and USDA crop outlooks.
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Netherlands
CNS
Ussr
USDA
U.S
Crop Reporting Board
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Midwest
Earl Butz
Alliance For Food
Bill Walker
Walker
Butz
Replanting to soybeans after cotton disease threat rises
County Agent advises delaying soybean planting at least four weeks to reduce injury. Plant between cotton rows if banded herbicide, or thoroughly mix soil with disking if erosion requires soil work. Use high quality seed and slightly higher seeding rate. Also covers garden insect control, livestock vaccination, and a note on the 1976 AQHA World Championship Show in Oklahoma City.
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Davis
Bragg
Ransom
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Fairgrounds
Don Jones
AQHA
Louisville
Kentucky
Ponderosa Steak Houses
Ponderosa
American Quarter Horse Association
Texas
North Alabama
Birmingham
New York
Soviet grain crop outlook and US trade hints
Soviet agriculture faces drought with Richard Bell predicting a 10 percent shortfall from 20 million metric tons this year. To reach 185 million tons, ideal growing conditions are needed. Soviet import needs rise to 15-20 million tons, with potential US wheat share. Trade sources also note possible US purchases of broilers totaling up to 30,000 tons this year.
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Assisant
Richard Bell
Bell
Lovells
U.S
Ussr
Commodity News Service
Missouri State Tree: Flowering Dogwood
The flowering dogwood is identified as Missouri's state tree, reflecting its symbolic value and presence in state heritage and natural history.
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Missouri
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Stock Yard Report
Alabama and
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Samers
Chicago
Allied Mills, Inc
Cross Country Plaza
Columbus
Georgia
Tichenor Building
Auburn
Wayne Feed
Wayne
B. B. Darnell
Florida
Allied Mills
Illinois
JAH Progress Moulton Stock Yard
U. S&. Departments of Agriculture
Ike Crea
Rad
White House
Georgia Duller
NEW York Times
Gardenville
Ford
Derek Fell
Fell
National Garden Bureau
Seed Industry
Garden Group
WIN Citizens Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Richard Krolik
Krolik
WIN
Exposition Press
Gerald R
Bucks County
Farm and Pet Supplies
Paul C. Davis
Ace Hardware
Dial
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