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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1972

Page

11

Whimsical Welsh landscape notes in a prose sketch

A vivid fragment describing a Welsh hillside with pale green leaves, a Welsh mountain lamb, a knobbly hillock above a ruined site, weathered oaks like statues, a honeysuckle bower, and a pair of long tailed tits building a nest among eglantine and wild roses. The prose shifts to naturalist details about long tailed tits nests and materials.

Wales

Postemergence weed control and farm tips mix in rural update

Advice on cotton weed control with postemergence herbicides DSMA MSMA and mixtures. Notes on feeding calves for home use, bacon packaging rules, beef price trends, and corn blight resistance plus home orchard care and tree thinning tips. Includes Thora Orton prose and various agricultural notes.

Cotton Department of Agriculture

Milkyway dogwood blooms late despite eleven years

A dogwood tree known as Milkyway from the Chinese Cornus causas chinensis variety blooms from mid May to June. It is 11 years old and produced its first bloom in year eight, owned by Mrs. C. M. Speer at 808 7th Ave. S.E. (Photo by Gary Wilhite). The report also includes cattle and calves salable receipts data from Alabama and U.S. Departments of Agriculture showing mixed changes across slaughter cows bulls and calves and various feeder classes.

China Mentor Ohio C. M. Speer 7Th Ave. S.E Gary Wilhite Wales

Queen Mother Visit in a Blossom Filled Country Lane

The narrator recalls a springtime sighting of the Queen Mother in a garden setting in Wales near Kent, describing a red carpeted meadow, a landing helicopter, and cordial greetings. The piece unfolds with lush nature imagery of buttercups, daisies, primroses, and a sunlit scene, ending amid a tranquil rush of a nearby brook and songbirds.

Garden of England Queen Elizabeth Peter Kent

Egg Is A Masterpiece Of Natural Design

Health Capsules notes that the egg has long been hailed as a design marvel and described as the first sealed food package. The piece by Dr. Michael A. Petit discusses its structure, protective properties, and practical uses in nutrition.

Michael A. Petit M.D

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