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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1949

Page

11

Classified Ads Prominent Local Sale Notices

Multiple listings include hatchery services for poultry with delivery, farm equipment such as a two year old Farmall tractor priced at 1750, Thoroughbred pigs for sale, registered OIC male pigs, a sharecropper housing request, a Parma!ll tractor offered at 1200, a one horse wagon in good condition, and a note about crayfish shedding skins periodically. Various Decatur Moulton Hartselle locations and contact details provided.

John Woodruff Moulton

1949 Fat Stock Show Dates Selected at Montgomery Meeting

Dates for the 1949 Fat Stock Shows were set at a Montgomery meeting on July 9, 1948. The shows will be held in Grove Hill Demopolis Mobile Florence Monroeville Dothan Selma Evergreen Eufaula Opelika on April 13 and 14.

Montgomery Grove Hill Demopolis Mobile Florence Monroeville Dothan

New Market Starts Unit Cannery Project in Madison County

Madison county begins construction of a county canning unit behind Market High School with equipment secured through the State Department of Education. The plant aims to can 500 to 700 cans daily at cost to users under vocational agricultural oversight, with plans for shared use by local families and farming groups.

Oak Ridge Fred B. Sparkman D. W. West Madison West Limestone New Market Edward Anderson State Department of Education Pi Market High School Vocational Agricultural Department

Break-even Points in Farming

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics analyzes how farmers move from profit to loss as prices fall after wartime highs. Costs rose sharply in 1948, outpacing revenue, with mortgages and cash expenses climbing and land values at historic highs.

Bureau of Agricultural Economics Sherman E. Johnson

Feiler's 177 American League wins lead active junior hurler tally

Bob Feiler holds the top total with 177 American League victories, the highest among active junior league hurlers in the season.

Bob. Feiler

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