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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
10
George Curbow of Route 1 advertises three heifer calves aged nine to five months for sale. The notice provides contact details for potential buyers to arrange viewing or purchase.
Two 10 gallon milk cans offered for sale. No additional details or condition information provided.
Auburn outlines a practical multi purpose pole barn design with low material costs of 25 to 35 cents per square foot. The barn can be built with common hand tools and adaptable for cattle shelter hay and feed storage or a poultry house. Poles are the main structural element and must be treated to resist rot and termites. Three barns built by Brewton and Tuskegee have proven the design satisfactory.
June visit to Stiefelmeyer farm showcased water disposal terraces and grass based rotation. Observers noted parallel terraces reducing point rows and praised Pensacola Bahia grass pasture planted April 1955 at St Bernard. Bahia grass proven deep rooted and productive for hay and pasture in the region.
A farmer writes to defend agricultural sellers amid criticism of the Soil Bank and the farm program. He cites Benson's shifting remarks on aid, payments, and policy, and laments confusion among agrarian workers while defending the midwestern efforts to explain the Soil Bank.
A National Science Foundation grant of 8100 funds a three year poultry breeding study at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Dr Ralph Craughon announces the project led by Dr L W Johnson and Dr S A Edgar to test selecting stock by blood groups rather than performance.
At St Bernard Father Leonard Giardina displayed the college herd of Guernsey cattle and the dairy buildings. The speaker noted sowing five more acres of sericea on the land this spring in Cullman County as part of ongoing agricultural efforts.
Herman Gilley of Holly Pond notes that after several heavy spring rains a pond becomes muddier unless proper drainage is improved and water clarity addressed.
The narrative describes land draining into a pond and a farmer, H. G. Higgins of Bro, in the seeding and harvesting trade. He spoke of combining Kentucky 31 rescue grass and oats, aiming to reach about 6000 bushels, while finishing oat harves ting.
Farmers mentioned in this column cooperate with the North Centret Soil Conservation District's soil and water conservation program as part of a regional effort.
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