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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
9
Classified listings show multiple for sale items including tractors, plows, a coolerator, a 1941 Ford pickup, stoves, beds, a cow, and a John Deere implement set. Also two unfurnished rooms for rent near Red Bank Road and Antioch church. Contain names, routes, towns, and nearby landmarks.
TVA is building a 200000 dollar fluorine recovery system to remove fluorine from stack gases of two experimental furnaces near Columbia Tennessee that produce fused tricalcium phosphate fertilizer. The project is a development resulting from extensive research and testing.
An explainer on F1 hybrids in gardening notes that first generation hybrids arise from inbred parent strains and promise vigor and uniform traits. It cites Petunia Silver Medal and Petunia Pink Sensation as examples and warns that F2 offspring revert to mixed characteristics, while breeders seek new F1 varieties amid costly seed production.
Ed Wilson president Farm Industries is improving at his Athens home. He is known as the Daddy of the broiler industry in the Valley and friends wish for his quick recovery. B A Turner discusses a new feed product hitting the market through his store. He notes Purina progress aiding his business and mentions a product called Checkeret tes.
A brief note reports that Decatur was honored in a section recognition last week. Details are sparse but indicate notable community or organizational praise for the area.
The TVA is investigating a system to remove fluorine from gases in phosphate fertilizer production. The project, due to finish early next summer, will also yield a marketable byproduct of calcium fluoride or synthetic fluor spar. Fluorspar is vital for aluminum, steel, enamel, and glass, and for making fluorine compounds. TVA will demonstrate fluorine recovery from phosphate rock, though national fluor spar reserves are limited in Illinois and Kentucky.
Prayer meeting set for Tuesday at Eugene Lawrence's home. The church moved the second Sunday revival to the third Sunday in August to allow Rev. H. D. Motes of Lawrenceburg Tennessee to assist. Miss Lois Pritchett hospitalized Friday for medical treatment. Mrs Irisn Jane Couch and child visited her parents. Mrs Elien Prince visited Huntsville Saturday. Mrs. Vivian Yancey returned to church.
The Flying Farmers of nine Southeastern States gathered as the State Veterinarians Association met here. Dennis McClendon of Alabama earned praise as national director for coordinating the Flying Farmers session. Ray Ashlander, new state president, also earned credit for bringing his group to the Valley.
Close friends announce Tom Alldredge is departing from the section after several years of watching the growth of the Soi Conservation here. Highlights include the fall visit to Decatur by District Supervisors from each Alabama district and Alldredge's role on the Decatur Chamber agricultural committee and Greenfield Program across county sections.
The Alabama State Employment Service seeks large size families as farm workers for this year. Contact Mr G H Young at the local office, 1010 Ferry Street, by telephone 167, for placement and housing arrangements.
The article lists over 500 plant growth regulating compounds but notes only about six are widely used in farming. It highlights 24 D as versatile for weed control and fruit ripening, with IBC for rooting cuttings, NACD for fruit drop prevention, MENAC for sprout prevention in stored crops, and IPC as promising but methodologically challenged.
Sericea is gaining popularity in the Tennessee Valley as a summer grazing and hay source. In Morgan County, experts say families should plan to feed enough sericea to meet their own farm needs. A sericea and crimson clover mix yields more grazing than other combos, with trial data from 1945 to 1947 showing solid grazing days and acceptable animal stocking rates. Plant between March 15 and April 15 on well drained land, prepare seedbed, fertilize, and sow at least 40 pounds of scarified seed per acre, shallowly cover not more than 0.5 inch.
In the era of bustles door yard gardens return with a twist. Modern designs favor massed single color beds focused on flower beauty rather than intricate parterre patterns. Annuals like salvias verbenas alyssum provide bright, long lasting color from July to frost.
Sunday activities center on illness lists and family visits. J D Whisenant remains on the sick list while M C Lemley and Myrtle Yancey Brooks are also ill. The Johnson infant shows improvement and visitors include Rev Clemens and Clemens Pritchett family.
Soil Conservation notes volunteer caley peas planted in 1946 and dense Kentucky 31 fescue planted in 1947 provide winter grazing. Cattle from B. J. Nunnelley and Clide Crawford graze the crops as green weight exceeds a month and offers mud-free grazing in wet weather.
J. A. Tucker of Eva reports terraces in good shape after dry spells. Paul Collier of Priceville stocked farm ponds with 2000 bream through the Northwest Soil Conservation District. He plans fertilizing the pond soon with 100 pounds 6-8-4 and 10 pounds nitrate of soda per acre.
The article states that between twenty and twenty five percent of the earth’s land area is designated as colonial territory. It discusses the extent and implications of colonial control in various regions and notes shifts in governance and status affecting sovereignty.
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