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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1968
Page
12
Local notices list a wide array of sale items including farm equipment two bedroom trailer homes and various household goods. Items feature contact numbers and locations in Hartselle Falkville Somerville Eva Danville and Moulton with prices and trade offers.
County Extension Chairman Charles D. Rutledge notes government price support of 2.50 per bushel and unlimited acreages, boosting soybean profitability. He cites rising soybean acreage, high labor efficiency, and suitability for dairy and beef farms, with best yields on fertile, moisture-holding soils in the Valley. Planting in May yields taller plants and higher yields.
A Pest Control Conference is scheduled for March 19 and 20 at Auburn University Campus. The first in an annual series, the 1968 program covers basic insect weed disease and nematode control with research progress reviews. Dealers and others in the field are invited to register from 8:00 a.m. March 19, with adjournment planned for 3:00 p.m. March 20. Applications available at the office.
Commissioner Richard Beard announces a new swine disease control rule effective April 15 1968 prohibiting manufacture sale or use of any Hog Cholera immunization or treatment product containing living organisms without written permission from the Alabama State Veterinarian. We will use antibody concentrates or antisera.
The year saw roughly 10.7 million television sets sold with color models accounting for about half of the total.
In Birmingham the ready to cook chicken values for delivery this week declined slightly from last Monday as demand remained tepid. Slaughter estimates reach 1,141,000 today versus 1,170,000 a week ago with U S Grade A prices for March 4 9 trading 26.75 to 28.25 per case and plant grade 27.25 to 28.25 per case.
AP report from Nashville Tennessee shows cattle prices with cattle, steers and heifers mostly steady after last week. Slaughter cows and culls varied with utility cows 17.00 to 19.00 and good grade calves around 22.25 to 23.25 per hundredweight.
Prices paid growers in Birmingham include collards at 2.00 per bunch fair quality and fieldrun seeps per bushel graded culls 3.75 to 4.00. Egg prices rise one cent for large eggs with other sizes steady as demand stays fair and supplies ample.
Poultry traders report fair to good live broilers and fryers in Albany Georgia. Farm prices show a 14 percent rise with moderate trading and adequate hens offerings. Heavy type prices noted at 16, light type mostly at 4.
NASD quotations provide interdealer prices as of around 10 am and throughout the day. Prices do not reflect markups or markdowns.
The Dow Jones average dropped to 832.93 as losses outweighed gains in a active 54 hour NYSE session. Gold mining and copper stocks firmed on news of possible gold price increases and a White House meeting to restart labor talks in the copper strike.
A 40 year old Moulton man is jailed in Lawrence County on assault with intent to murder charges after a Triangle Cafe stabbing. Sam Burgess 32 received leg injuries and was treated at Lawrence County Hospital. The sheriff reported 46 weekend arrests including public drunkenness highway intoxication and trespassing. The 1968 US population stood at 200 271 231.
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