Soil activators fail to boost cotton yields in Alabama tests
Auburn University researchers report no yield or appearance gains from Medina and Supernate soil activators on cotton or corn plots at the Tennessee Valley Substation and Sand Mountain Substation. Yields depended on nitrogen rate, not activator use, indicating money spent on activators was wasted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellemina
Ala
Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station
Tennessee Valley
A. E. Hiltbold
John Boseck
Hiltbold
Hibbold
Alabama
Hiltboldt
Sand Mountain
Crossville
Medina
Upernate
Weather, blossoms, and local memorials in Alabama
Weather shifts marked by March winds and heavy rains in northern Alabama. Magnolias and forsythia show color while wild plums and pear trees dot country fences. Memorial notices honor Milton Harvey, Milton Cummings, and Harlan Hunter as cotton industry and farming community figures in Decatur, Huntsville, and surrounding valleys.
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Mad Tavern Ours
Alabama
Tennessee River
the Daily
Decatur
Ernest Royer
Mud Tavern
Royer
Milton Harvey
Milton Cummings
Huntsville
Southern Cotton Oil
Sixth Ave
Harvey
Cummings
Central Y
Madison
Democratic Party
Tennessee
Harlan Hunter
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Reader asks about bluebirds and catbirds in Eva Alabama
A letter from Eva Alabama asks readers if bluebirds and catbirds still exist in the area. The writer notes a decade without bluebirds and few catbirds, recalling past abundance and asking for responses from bird enthusiasts.
The Arrival of Spring’s Light and Its Effects
A reflective meditation on March and April, inviting readers to feel sunlight on a sunny day. The piece Consider sunlight as actinic rays that power growth, induce sunburn, and energize both human skin and plant roots, pondering its mysterious nature.
Awakening of Spring Marked by Moon Phases and Sap Flow
The piece reflects on an imminent full moon before the vernal equinox, noting longer days, maple sap rising, and the yearly cycle of winter to spring. It frames seasonal change as gradual and certain, tied to sunrise and Earth's rotation, with a transition note to a Pest Control Conference at Auburn on March 7–8 featuring Leo Calhoun and Dr. Roy Ledbetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Leo Calhoun
American Cyanamid Company
Decatur
Roy Ledbetter
Dow Official Calls Research Essential To Business
The semiannual Manufacturing Chemists Assn meeting in New York heard Dr Earle Barnes president of Dow Chemical U S A say research is a necessary component of business not optional. He noted Dow's global research spend rose from 51 million in 1961 to 95 million in 1971 and over 100 million in 1972.
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New York
Remembering and Wish in Winter to Spring
A nature editorial reflects on winter patience and the nearing arrival of spring. It contrasts remembered spring with the quiet expectation as February fades into March and April appears on the horizon.
Farm program abolition would slash crop incomes says study
A USDA analysis for Senator Herman Talmadge predicts immediate end to farm programs would trigger price collapses for corn wheat cotton and soybeans and drive many operators off the land. Small farms under 5000 in sales would suffer least as nonfarm income cushions income. Cotton prices could dip to 25 27 cents per pound.
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Don Paarlberg
USDA
Herman Talmadge
Alabama
Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge
Paarlberg
Sparkman Calls Forest Conservation Amid Lumber Shortage
Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama warns on the Senate floor that a lumber shortage has reached crisis proportions, threatening housing and the economy. He notes a Joint Committee on Defense Production probe into causes and high prices, citing forest conservation and a reforestation program by the Weyerhaeuser Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
John Sparkman
Ala
United
U.S. Senate
Sparkman
Joint Committee’ On Defense Production
Wyerhaeuser Corporation
Sparkman Calls for Nationwide Tree Planting Plan
Sparkman proposed planting two trees for every US family in 1973, totaling 100 million seedlings annually. He argued Americans use the equivalent of a 100-foot tree each year and urged more projects to meet demand for lumber plywood and paper.
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Sparkman
America
United States
Word to the Wise Shop for the Plentifuls
USDA says retail food prices may rise about 6 percent this year due to higher farm prices and marketing costs. In March southeastern shoppers should watch for plentiful items including turkeys, dry beans and peanut products, with oranges and cranberry products joining in April.
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Atlanta
U.S
U. S.S
John Buchanan
AMS
Buchanan
Southeastern
USDA
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Decatur Daily
B. H. Russell
Auburn University
Jewel Sandy
Triangle Chemical Company
Nature
Sonny Boy
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Beltline
Hwy
Worldscope
Sudan
Cost of Living Council
Pearl Buck
South Pacific
Moon
Isle of Man
Crete
Malta
France
Shillelagh
Shamrock
Blarney
Oscar Running Bear
AIM
Wounded Knee
South Dakota
Sportlight
Sport
Arnold Palmer
Billie Jean King
George Foreman
Jim Ryan
Ceac
Karen Magnussen
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Canada
Dick Allen
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Nixon
WEC, Inc
Wisconsin
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