Grow Corn to Feed Poultry in April Guidance
Auburn Alabama guidance from poultry instructor D J Cottier urges corn planting to supply poultry rations. He notes a laying hen diet about 75 percent grain and recommends one bushel of corn per hen. Demonstration flocks paid about 2 50 per bushel in 1938. Also suggests Otootan soybeans or Brabham cowpeas as green feed ready by June, and timing for separating cockerels from pullets plus mite and lice control measures.
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Auburn
Ala
D. J. Cottier
Alabama
Me. Cottier
Minister John P Saunders Dies at 39 in Montgomery
The Rev. John P Saunders, 39, longtime member of the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church South and resident of Montgomery since his superannuation over twenty years ago, died yesterday.
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Montgomery
Ala
John P. Saunders
Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church, South
Young 4 H Clubboy Jeff Martin Posts $605 Profit
Jeff Martin a 16 year old 4 H club member from Coffee county Alabama reports a two year net profit of 605 dollars from beef cattle projects. He showed two beeves at Montgomery Fat Stock Show with one grand champion and earned 303.15 dollars from the sale of the calf plus a 9 dollar prize.
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Enterprise
Ala
Jeff Martin
Coffee County
Young Martin
Jeff
Montgomery
Beeves
Martin
Chicago
Crimson clover and poultry notes across five counties
Reports from Lacel Lawrence and farmers in Limestone and Morgan counties discuss the rise in farm flocks and egg yield due to better feed and culling. Amid drought and recovery, larger flocks may prevail this year. Also notes about vetch crops, cotton planting, gardening winners in Wheeler Club, and a Morgan County 4-H rally on May 6 in Decatur.
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American Poultry Journal
Wheeler Demonstrtion Club
Limestone County
Mesdames
A. S. Lamon
Walter Hordon
C. M. Hightower
Delma Fudge
Louise Hargrove
G. W. Hudson
J R. Hines
Wheat stocks in interior mills total 92 million bushels
Crop Reporting Board estimates April 1 1939 stocks at 92,646,000 bushels in mills elevators and warehouses. This is the second largest April 1 level on record to 95,907,000 bushels in 1938, with January 1 1939 stocks at 138,598,000 and total wheat held at farms and interior positions reaching 281,736,000 bushels.
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Crop Reporting Board
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Farm Flocks Hold Egg Output Amid Five Year Rise
Egg production per farm flock has risen for five years and now matches the level seen in the 1927 to 1931 period. The trend suggests steadier outputs across farms with no marked decline.
Prohibition Repeal Wins Local Option in Hamilton County
Anti prohibitionists won the first local option liquor referendum in Tennessee with a 2 526 vote margin. Reported totals show 6 995 for repeal and 4 469 against as eight precincts remain unheard in Hamilton county. Repealists press for early opening of package sale stores.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Hamilton County
Alabama farmers urged to raise more mules
Auburn Alabama J C Grimes head of animal husbandry urges plan to raise more mules as state imports around 20000 yearly at 150 dollars each costing about three million. He notes 316000 mules in Alabama are aging and promotes mares and jack breeding with county agents guidance and Limestone County mule shows.
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Auburn
Ala
J. C. Grimes
Alabama
Tennessee
Missouri
Grimés
Mr. Grimes
Farmers miss half of soil-building aid in Alabama
In Alabama $3,150,000 was paid to farmers for soil-building practices under the 1936 program, with $1,350,000 unused. AAA official A W Jones notes about 300 percent of funds were unspent nationwide in the Southern region, warning that more aid is available under the 1939 program to improve land fertility and production.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
A. W. Jones
AAA
Jones
Farmers Grow Mules Stimulate Demand Across Counties
The show draws attention beyond the county to adjoining areas and Tennessee. It spurs farmers to raise more mules while finding a ready market and good prices for excess stock.
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Tennessee
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