Farm Progress Here and There A look at farming costs and yields
This excerpt surveys farming costs and efficiency, contrasting average and top yields such as corn and cotton, and stresses technology, seeds, fertilizers, and the role of skilled farm equipment personnel. It cites editorials and experts from Farm Journal and Better Crops with Plant Food discussing consumer dollars, bargaining power, surplus exports, and scientific agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Southern Planter
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
USDA
Country Gentleman
America
Lawrence Man Raising Sheep on Alabama Farm
W G Burch of Moulton Alabama keeps 75 ewes with three purebred Suffolk rams. He sold three registered rams for 215 dollars and lambs and wool valued at about 1391 dollars total from sheep. He houses 70 lambs for Huntsville sale, uses creep feeding, and emphasizes night shelter and pasture rotation for healthy flocks.
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South
Alabama
W. G. Burch
Moulton
Burch
Huntsville
Mr. Burch
S C S Workers Help Farmer Reterrace His Farm
The North Central Soil Conservation District assists CULLMAN W H Hancock who bought a farm south of Welts to re terrace fields. Limas Heatherly and Soil Conservation Service workers stake four meadows and lay about 11000 feet of terraces using island construction. Bahia grass is sown and pond ecology noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
W. H. Hancock
Welts
North Central Soil Conservation District
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hancock
Limas Heatherly
Heatherly
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