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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1963

Page

10

FOR SALE FOR SALE: Twenty registered cows and calves

Numerous farm items offered in local classifieds include twenty registered cows and calves horn type for sale at Peebles Hereford Farm on Highway 353 6368 Also listed are an Airco portable welding machine mounted on a 1956 Ford F 350 truck in good condition and various household and gardening items from Danville Decatur Hartsel and Roesville areas.

Peebles Hereford Farm Airco Tford Williams

Penn Likes Hog Program Records Weaning at 9.4 Pigs per Litter

Morgan County mail carrier Oneal Penn farms 70 acres and weighs pigs to track litters. He averages 9.4 pigs weaned per litter from 12 sows, with birth weights around 3 pounds and some over 4 pounds. He uses dedicated farrowing pens, insulated housing, heat, and strict culling to maintain large litters and high-quality stock.

Hartselle Oneal Penn Morgan County Auburn University Charles Rutledge Penn Rutledge

Weekly Activities Calendar for Decatur and Flint Clubs

On Monday May 27 at 10:00 a.m. Decatur Urban Home Demonstration Club meets with Mrs Elmer Bussey and at 2:00 p.m. Flint Home Demonstration Club assembles at the Club House. At 7:30 p.m. Seed and Weed Garden Club in Decatur hosts a Landscaping program. Tuesday May 28 features Homemaker's H. D. Club with Mrs J. C. Stroup at 3:00 p.m. and Bethel H. D. Club with Mrs G. H. Grisham as hostess at 7:30 p.m.

Decatur Flint H. D Seed-N-Weed Garden Club Homemaker’s H. D. Club J. C. Stroup Bethel H. D. Club G. H. Grisham

Weather, crops, and politics shape last week's farm notes

Cold weather and rain dominated farm chatter last week with damage to cotton after a late freeze. Several inches of rain fell since Thursday, causing flooding and mud from Massey to Mud Tavern. A Huntsville Farm Bureau breakfast was sponsored by Alabama entities. Chairman Wedgeworth of the AS and C committee passed away. The piece discusses cotton subsidies, Eastland Plantation in Mississippi, and the impact of federal programs on farmers, including hogs, fruit trees, and wheat and cotton bills.

Massey West Flint Enon James Farm Bureau Huntsville Alabama, Flour Mill Farmers Cooperative of Decatur Alabama Foods Wedgeworth Alabama AS and C Committee Alabama Agriculture Atlanta Constitution Congress Margaret Shannon Atlanta Journal Washington Mississippi California Arizona U.S Sunflower County Mississippi River Delta James C. Eastland D-Miss Agriculture Department Eastland Plantation

For Sale Local Farm and Miscellaneous Items

A scanned classified listing from Somerville area offers 42 82 or 122 acre mountain farm options plus 20 acres near Gandy's Cove and W M Morris home in Falkville. Also advertised are Hereford cattle plants aluminum boat parts potatoes hogs worms and other farm items with contact numbers for each seller.

Good Mountain Farm Gandy’s Cove W. M. Morris

Coastal bermuda planting by district co operators listed

County Agent notes coastal bermuda plantings by district co operators including Melvin Hutson M K Vickery W H Kirkpatrick Jack Bentley Allen Hamilton Aaron Garrison Herman Owens and Melvin Blackwood totaling close to 100 acres Farmers can observe these plantings through the year Dallis and bahia grass pastures suffered severe cold damage last winter Bermuda grass damage occurred in many pastures dense sod with some top growth mostly survived while thin stands fared worse

Soil Conservation District Bermuda Melvin Hutson M. K. Vickery W. H. Kirkpatrick Jack Bentley Allen Hamilton Aaron Garrison Herman Owens Melvin Blackwood Dallis Bahia

Alabama prison farm subsidy echoes conflict era fact

A state prison farm in Alabama reportedly receives an allotment worth about forty thousand dollars annually in subsidies. The report ties such subsidies to broader political shifts while noting Russia’s recent UN veto and its stance on Polaris submarines and Castro. The North Atlantic Alliance meanwhile agreed on a nuclear task force.

Alabama Russia United Nations Mediterranean Castro North Atlantic Alliance

Custom Meat Processing Service Listing in Hartselle

On foot to sliced wrapped and frozen meat ready for your freezer, care and Hickory Smoke your pork and cook lard. Bring your hogs and calves on foot any Tuesday or Thursday. Hartselle frozen contact via phone 773-1.

Wheat and cotton bills clash in southern farmers’ plea

Southeastern farmers urge Congress to keep cotton protections intact while wheat interests push a bill. They warn against hasty moves and advise attaching cotton riders to any wheat bill, urging northern Alabama lawmakers to wait for cotton figures and protect cotton mills.

SCS Opens New Work Unit HQ in Hartselle Old Armory

SCS has started operating from its new work unit headquarters set up in the Old Armory Building across the tracks from the depot in Hartselle since mid March.

SCS Hartselle

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