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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1949
Page
9
PMA promotes planting lespedeza sericea on erosion prone land with 20c per pound seed reimbursement in Morgan County. Extension guidelines cover preparation, fertilization, planting window March to May, seeding rates, and grazing restrictions. Sericea offers grazing, hay, and strong erosion control on steep slopes and waterways.
Otto Brown of the Gulf Coast station says Alabama can meet all its milk needs with effort. He told about 250 Southwest Alabama dairy farmers that some regions need not import milk, citing a station dairy project as proof the state could become a major dairy producer.
Iown reported that the project produced 25 cows yielding 22,911 gallons of milk valued at 13,746.60 in 1948. The return per cow was 3432.88 and per acre 129.86, with total herd and land return above inputs at 12,986.31.
Meetings scheduled at Cotaco Oak Ridge Union Hill on March 15 to discuss sericea lespedeza control and management options with local officials and agricultural extension staff.
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