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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
8
A simple wick watering method keeps seedling soil moist from a pan below the box. Use fibreglass wick or new clothes line to draw moisture up. adjust box height to control dampness while avoiding overflow.
Farmers face falling prices and tighter margins with debates on how fast values will drop. The note urges cheaper production through better farming, more legumes, fertilizer and lime, and higher efficiency. Classifieds advertise used tractor planter, timber for sale, dining table and range, a Jersey bull, a meat case, and a rental four room house.
A one day hog school for farmers in hog production will be at the county agents office in Hartselle Alabama on Wednesday March 9 at 9 00 a m under L T Wagnon county agent G B Phillips Auburn Alabama will lead the program recalling a successful session last year Farmers are urged to attend for latest hog production feeding and management guidance.
Starting flower seeds in a seed box offers many advantages even after spring. Outdoor boxes allow precise placement, sunlight or shade, and faster, sturdier growth with daily checks and proper drainage. Transplant when they are two to three inches tall to reduce root disturbance.
In January the first aerial midwinter waterfowl inventory covered North Alabama reservoirs. U S Fish and Wildlife Service along with Alabama Department of Conservation and TVA counted about 47 000 ducks and 4500 geese across Guntersville Wheeler Wilson and Pickwick areas. Counts likely underestimate due to birds feeding in flooded woodlands and isolated ponds.
Small houses gain charm from a door yard garden. Colors should harmonize with the house, blue and white for buff or cream exteriors, with borders along the path and foundation. Use small evergreens by the door, start petunias indoors for late blooming, and sow other flowers with careful spacing and occasional pruning.
The Austinville sixth graders posted perfect attendance led by Thomas Freeze and others. Local social notes mention Louise Hampton hosting a party, 4-H demonstrations on sewing and landscaping, and visitors to and from Decatur and Huntsville. Relatives enjoyed dinners and a nurse connected to Decatur General Hospital is noted. A police case and a sanity hearing are referenced with officials naming a panel and doctors.
A sanity hearing is scheduled for 19 year old Herbert Hoovers Gentry under indictment for murder in the February 5 slaying of his wife and her friend Louise Deal. The nude bullet pierced bodies were recovered from a cesspool behind the Gentry home. Talladega Alabama.
A scientific assessment records the snail moving at a steady 23 inches per hour, noting its unusually slow but measurable rate and the method used to track the progress.
A terracing school for farm tractor and heavy equipment operators will run March 10 and 11, 1949 in Hartselle Alabama. Owners of equipment who want to become P and MA terraces vendors should send name and address by March 1 to L T Wagnon, Co Agent, Hartselle. J B Wilson will conduct the sessions. The program targets crews to plan fields and build terraces for others, with qualified participants becoming P&MA vendors and earning by completed jobs.
The statement notes that almost half of humanity resides in the Southeast Asian region, highlighting its vast density and significance in global demographics.
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