Broad sow farming advised for Alabama cotton counties
Farmers with 25 acres can raise two litters of pigs yearly by keeping a broad sow. It boosts cash income without extra land, if they use nitrogen fertilizer and trade cottonseed for meat. Cautions include sourcing healthy hogs and disease risk. guidance is available from county agents and Auburn Experiment Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Mountain
North
Alabama
Alabama Experiment Station
Auburn
Morgan County Home Demonstration Council Meeting Notes
Morgan County Home Demonstration Council met in Hartselle with club presidents and council officials. They voted to fund 5 dollars for the Scholarship Fund, sent 2.5 to the State and 2.5 to the District, discussed health and home management goals for 1939, and planned June rally and Better Homes Tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Holland's
Miss Rowe
C. E. Howse
Ben Jones
James Gurley, Jr
Levi McKee
Evie Betterton
James’ Lynn, Jr
J. W. Entrekin
L. A. Douglass
Cora Key Brown
B. E. Grubbs
Ruth Johnston
Tom Crawford
Cole Springs Home
Maude King
J. E. Brown
Wildwood
America
O. B. Neill
Ava Hargett
Anna Holmes
Thelma Holmes
South Carolina Five Acre Cotton Contest Winners Named
M H O Neal of Estill Hampton County won the 1938 South Carolina Five Acre Contest with 12.2 bales on five acres. The Clemson Extension Division notes long cotton rose to 96 percent of SC’s crop in 1938, with over 1 000 farmers entering and 725 submitting records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Estill
Hampton County
Clemson Agricultural College
South
Herlong
Twin bed market shows shift in demand in 1930s era
Chicago reports a rising twin bed share as 1930s business improves. Stuart J. on, secretary of the National of Bedding, notes the twin bed to double bed ratio rose since 1920 and now stands at 2 to 1 after earlier 10 to 1 in 1936, reflecting economic cycles as demand strengthens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stuart J
Beddin Saumaineerst
Oklahoma girl wins suit over horse sitting on lap
A district court jury awarded Lois Ann Tighe, 18, 750 dollars in damages after she claimed a horse threw her and sat on her. She sought 15,400 from the horse owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lois Ann Tighe
Miss Tighe
Local Social Notes From Lawrence County Grove
Community updates list visits and illnesses in Lawrence County Grove including Mr. and Mrs. Jones and son from Austinville, Alma Collins visiting, and families moving to the area. Weather spurs plowing and planting as residents share health and travel news plus a church event at College Grove with services on March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Mae Lawrence
Paul Smith
J. E. Brown
John Jones
B. M
Austinville
Charles McBride
F. C. Jones
Perry Fagan
Alma Collins
Ida McKelvey
Edgar Berryhill
H. C. Berryhill
Bessemer
L. D. Slaton
Birmingham
G. P. Collins
Oscar Holderfield
Baby
Courtland
Willis Rose
Alvis Wallace
Well Bayne
College Grove
Ivey Hollow
Nancy Wallace
Decatur
Morgan County Social Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
Several residents attended an Austinville play Friday night. Mr and Mrs Kyle Johnson and children from Neel joined Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs R W Jones. Edd Means of Chapel Hill visited Sunday. C F E Braswell and daughter Odell spent Sunday with Benard Jones. R W Jones and daughter Wilma visited J A Washburn at Makedomia Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville
Kyle Johnson
Neel
Lewis Jones
R. W. Jones
Edd Means
Chapel Hill
Health concerns and community notices in Vinemont
Influenza cases rise in the community. Mrs Floyd Linton remains home but improves after two weeks illness. Virginia Nunnelly is sick. Friday school play at Vinemont was successful. Mrs Elvie Berry visits from Birmingham. Chris Drake slowly improves from pneumonia. T EF L class to meet at Mrs Andrew Robinson's home next Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Linton
Surdaye
The
Baptist Church
Rector
B. H. Nunnelly
Florence
T. EF. L
Andrew Robinson
Dripping Springs Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Morgan County list of Sunday visits and home stays includes John D. Hamilton Huey Green and James Hamiltons guests at their home. Several residents travel to Birch Bluff and Akron while health remains poor in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Hamilton
Huey Green
James Hamilton
Madgie Bates
Ilinoise Dunlap
Miss Elgin Owen
Cole Spring
Clide Ammons
David
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Zelma Braswell
Luther Wood
Illinoise Dunlap
Louie Dunlap
Willard Brown
Milton Deemas
Vertes Wood
Baren Brasewell
Junior Parker
Birch Bluff
Man with Still Cleared In Cherry Bark Cough Syrup Claim
Albert Keiper of Scranton admitted owning a still to a Federal Judge, claiming it was used to boil cherry bark for cough syrup. He was acquitted after arguing he supports 15 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Albert Keiper
Albert L. Watson
Navajo Rebels Fear Government Encroachment Over Reflectors
In Gallup New Mexico on March 22 the Navajo Indians request red reflectors for their wagons amid fear of government encroachment. Citizens question whether state licenses will soon be required for travel or commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup, N. M
Review of Hartselle Farm Loan Association Ends
Officers and directors of the Hartselle National Farm Loan Association, with Federal Land Bank of New Orleans reps, completed a thorough review of the association on March 9 1939. The Morgan and Lawrence county lender has 22 years of operation with 99 loans totaling 170050 dollars and owns one farm remaining from earlier foreclosures. Directors include J E Peck Jas C White J M Palmer W F Townsend E L Haley serves as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
W. B. Orr
Route 2
Hartselle
Ala
Morgan and
Lawrence
The
J. E. Peck
Jas. C. White
Decatur
J. M. Palmer
Route 3
Somerville
Wagons and Tail Lights Questioned at Tri Ball Meeting
In a tri ball gathering, attendees questioned the future necessity of tail lights for saddle horses and pondered whether wagons would be required to meet upcoming regulations. The discussion focused on whether transport equipment should adapt to new safety standards.
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Purina
Startena
Turner Coal & Grain Co
Checkerboard
Moulton 81
Brown
St. George
E. C. Lightley
Miley
M. H. O'Neal
H. C. Coward
Aiken
W. J. Verdin
Greenville
Clyde K. Laney
Cheraw
R. O. Rickenbacker
Orangeburg
H. H. Herlong
Johnston
Uth Davco
DAVCO
3 Remryyrt
Manutace
E Parison
5 Corp
Epee
Davison Chemical Corporation
Phosphate Bi Ganeriise
Tennessee
Daniell Bros
Porter Fertilizer
Tom Ratliff
Ernie Blackwell
Dixie Milling CO
Holly St
Lawrence County College Grove
McCormick-Deering
McCormick - Deering
Neal’s Auto Parts CO
First Avenue
Basham
Cullman County
Vinemont
Long Beach
Calif
Clifton Zimmerman
Mamie Zimmerman
Son
Jackie Cooper
Jackie
Lucy Gilman
the Capitol
Dripping Springs
Margie Bates
Eunice Hall
Jack Bates
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Louise Dumas
Bethel Hall
Leonard Hall
Hollis Hall
W. J. Hall
Home Remedy
Nic
Tor
2Nd Ave
Lee
BAT
Decatur Fertilizer
A. A. Jones
J. H. Jones
CADIA
Hopewell, VA
Raleigh, W
Bett
Columbia
S. C
Atlanta
Aed
Kroy
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