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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1967
Page
11
A long list of classified items for sale and rent from a local newspaper page. Includes pigs, farm animals, house rentals, used vehicles, tools, furniture, plants, and miscellaneous goods with contact numbers and locations across Somerville, Decatur, Danville, Falkville, Tanner, and nearby areas.
Washington AP reports Walter W. Wilcox, chief economist of the Agriculture Department, says about 20 million acres of feed grains and cotton land not in use are unlikely to be required soon in a department report on current outlook.
A fragment lists answer keys and abbreviations across several quiz sections. Items include PART I 1-False 2-a 3-True, PART II I 1-d 2-a 3e 4-b 5c, HALLENGE IPART III and ISYMBOL QUIZ sequences with mixed letters numbers and initials.
Louis John Taber led the National Grange from 1915 and shaped farm policy through key roles in the Grange and national committees. Born 1878 in Mount Pleasant Ohio he managed a family farm at 14 and built a career in agriculture education cooperatives and business. He died 1960.
Wilcox director of the department's Agricultural Economic Section said government plans reflect lower farm grain plantings. He noted weather could impair production this year and that the 1968 wheat crop allotment may be reduced from 66 million bushels. The Agriculture Department expects a drop in planting volume unless conditions change.
The note discusses wet weather slowing pond building this year and cites James Reston of The New York Times on population growth. It poses concerns over feeding a rapidly growing world and the spiritual toll of overpopulation.
Washington officials and industry leaders press Congress to aid dairy farmers amid 13 straight years of falling cow numbers. USDA livestock census shows 15.2 million cows on Jan 1, 1967, a record low since 1893, with 1945 peak milk output and prices cited.
A terse report notes humanitarian instincts fade and men act as brutes under the rule of the jungle, amid discussion by the Soil and Water Conservation Committee about degraded conduct and survival pressures.
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