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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1956
Page
10
The text frames man’s dominion over the earth as a divine stewardship under God. It emphasizes living in harmony with the Creator, conserving resources, producing essentials, and enriching the soil for future generations as part of a sacred, lifelong relationship between God, land, and humanity.
Fragmented notice lists rental and sale items including a four room house, 25 bushels of torn produce, a fruit spray, a mule drawn implement, and a churn. Another line advertises 25 books from a Life bound volume and a 20 gauge shotgun. Contact Roper Route 1 Hartselie enduring garbled text.
A poem about God washing the world with rain and a pastoral scene described during a Sunday walk in the Atlanta Journal. An editor notes the verse and mentions readers who enjoy such experiences will find it appealing. Also included are agricultural figures: about 341 million bushels of 1955 crop corn put under price support by March 15, with 320.6 million under loan and 20.6 million under purchase agreements. As of April 11 Commodity Credit Corporation inventories stood at about 722,897,000 bushels.
FOR SALE 20 Hampshire pigs ready to wed. Sam Beatie wette A-2 FOR SALE treadie type sewing machine cheap. Mrs Wesley Long Rt 3 Danville mile west of Pumpkin Center AT
Major provisions of the 1956 cotton seed price support program announced by the U S Department of Agriculture differ from 1955 mostly in the support level. Loans on farm stored cottonseed will be 48 per ton with a 69 40 parity basis and purchases through CCC at 44 to 48 per ton depending on source.
The piece notes hearings on Alabama milk law and reports Georgia moves after a price cut. It urges voters to demand action in elections to curb price fixing by dairy interests and Milk Control Board, urging candidates to take a stand on milk pricing.
The 1956 cabbage season in southwest Georgia faces a market glut and falling prices. The Department of Agriculture plans to buy 100 cars of cabbage after urgent appeals from growers and farmers via congressional delegates.
The U S Department of Agriculture sets minimum price support for 1956 upland cotton at 28.85 cents per pound and 1956 crop extra long staple cotton at 55.65 cents per pound. The rates are 82 percent and 75 percent of parity respectively, with adjustments if August 1, 1956 parity levels exceed these baselines. differentials will apply between middling 7/8 inch and other cotton qualities.
State Conservations ist D C Medlock of Auburn visited Morgan County and observed new sod crops and winter legumes. On Bill Smith’s Falkville farm two acres of ball clover were noted with advice to seed and harvest hay for pasture spread. Bahia and coastal bermuda grasses showed good growth on several farms.
The government plans to purchase 100 cars to ease a glut in cabbage production. While not eliminating the oversupply, the limited buy is expected to lift market conditions. Analysts will monitor the impact of this federal intervention on prices and supply.
Farmers focus on planting cotton and corn and apply fertilizer to crops. An exception is M. L. Skidmore of Priceville who has used 80 sacks of fertilizer on grazing crops this spring. Elmer Bussey and Flint resident L. Woodall collaborate on soil and water conservation. Woodall has built a W type ditch to aid the effort.
Governor James E. Folsom proclaims a joint Soil Stewardship Week and Soil Conservation Districts Week May 6 to 12 across Alabama. Ministers civic clubs and schools will participate with sermons tours meetings and films to promote soil welfare and conservation efforts statewide.
Mr Woodall discusses early spring plans to create two waterways and terrace fields in Northwest Alabama. Soil Conservation District staff Steve Walden and Cecil Cook helped lay contour lines to guide cultivation this year for erosion reduction and better terracing next season.
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