Changes in Morgan County farms and birds amid storms
A midsummer travelogue details weekly thunderstorms and renewed woodland green in Morgan County Alabama. It notes a shift from cotton to beans and corn on fields from Mud Tavern to Battleground, and recalls the Corn Road lore around Massey West Point and Vinemont. The article discusses the nucleopolyhedrosis virus as a potential biopesticide and the Arkansas Experiment Station’s work led by Yeaman and Young to stabilize and apply it.
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Alabama
South
Decatur
Mud Tavern
Punkin Center
Danville
Massey
Battleground
Morgan County
West Point
Vinemont
Cullman Mountain
Cullman County
Midwest
East
Oakworth
L and N Shop
Cullman
U.S
Agriculture Department
Environmental Protection Agency
University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
W. C. Yeaman
Seth Young
Belle Mina weed day attracts 60 at TVA substation
At the June 4 weed control field day in Belle Mina about 60 attendees from Decatur viewed results of an experimental soybean weed control treatment. Kneeling left to right are Charles Rutledge Morgan County Extension chairman John Terry Monsanto Co and W B Webster assistant superintendent of the Belle Mina unit of Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station. Standing are Bolton Jones Blanco Co and Robert Slate Alabama Farmers Coop.
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Tennessee Valley
Belle Mina
Decatur
Charles Rutledge
Morgan County Extension
John
Virus to Combat Insects
Fayetteville Arkansas report on insect destroying virus nearing mass production. Scientists foresee government approval and limited farmer use in two to three years with possible availability by 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Reed
Fayetteville, Ark
Nyt
U.S
Retail Food Price Survey By Alabama Farm Bureau
The Alabama Farm Bureau reports a survey of fifty stores statewide with fifty women shoppers, comparing current prices to the June 11 1975 survey to reflect family shopping behavior.
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Alabama Farm Bureau
Alabama
Spruce Up For Your House Plants
Garden guidance for summer care and repotting of houseplants. Includes root inspection, potting tips, trimming advice, and how to take cuttings. Also covers tomato problems, broccoli planting, OKra timing, and harvesting advice with pest and disease notes.
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Millicent Taylor
Christian Science Monitor
Auburn
Alabama
Cooperative Extension Service
Houseplants Care and Summering Tips for Poinsettias and Shrubs
The guide outlines propagating poinsettias by cuttings, overwintering indoors with dark nights, and outdoor summering in sheltered spots. It covers watering, feeding, soil, rooting media, and pest checks, plus methods to prevent nematodes and advise on vacationing sensitive plants with a florist’s help.
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Lothe House
Baked Salmon in Style of the Old Northwest
Patricia Boyd Wilson recalls Grandpa Foss’s 4th of July baked salmon recipe and Puget Sound pioneer scenes. The piece blends family memory with a modern adaptation for four to six, then shifts to ornamental grasses notably pampas grass, lemon oil, citrinella, and plumes, with care tips for perennial grasses in the Southeast and Piedmont regions.
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Patricia Boyd Wilson
Christian Science Monitor
Mobile
Alabama
Grandma
Grandpa Foss
Puget Sound
Seattle
Fosses
Nova Scotia
Pacific Northwest
Gram
Argentina
Florida
China
Japan
Piedmont
Instructions for Baking Fish with Parsley Potatoes
Bake at 250 degrees for about 25 minutes per pound until milky and opaque. Test with a thin knife for doneness. Serve over green peppers and parsley potatoes.
Corn planting rushing ahead toward potential record harvest
Washington AP reports farmers rapidly finish 1975 corn planting well ahead of schedule. By May 25 about 90 percent of intended acreage was planted, versus 75 percent a year earlier and 79 percent typical. A bumper crop could lower feed costs and influence annual food prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Beekeeping Tests Target Hybrid Soybeans in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin scientist Eric Erickson conducts bee pollination experiments in caged soybean plots to boost soy yields. Prairie Farmer reports the work could lead to inexpensive hybrid soybeans to aid global food supply.
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Chicago
University of Wisconsin
Prairie Farmer
Eric Erickson
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