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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1968

Page

11

Farmers Exchange Ad Service For Daily Readers

If you are a farmer you may use this exchange at no cost for two consecutive insertions by writing your ad and sending it to The Daily.

For Sale and Rent Classifieds Fragment Offerings

A long list of 1950s era farm and household ads including for sale of animals tractors mowers pianos and furniture to trade requests and various rental listings across Route addresses. Names and phone numbers appear for contact. The ads include horses ponies dogs cats guitars and farm equipment among miscellaneous items for sale.

Morgan County Dairy Show Dates Set and Pond Fertilization Advice

The Morgan County Dairy Show is scheduled for Tuesday night September 10 in conjunction with the Morgan County Fair and is open to 4-H FFA and FHA participants with prizes offered. The Tennessee Valley District Dairy Show will be held in Cullman on September 24 with county entrants eligible to participate. Pond fertilization tips urge using a floating raft and 100 pounds of 8-8-2 per acre, while corn silage cost data from Gulf Coast Substation notes $6.01 to harvest 17.5 tons per acre and $9.13 per ton at 8.7 tons. guidance suggests dairymen aim for 12 tons per acre for $7 or less per ton. Fly control in poultry houses emphasizes sanitation plus insecticides, baits, and larvicides. Extension notes also report cotton stands from 435,000 planted acres with favorable conditions needed for growth.

Morgan County Cullman C. N. Andrews Gulf Coast A. V. Culpepper Houston Allen Mathews

FOR SALE AND RENT ADS FROM Somerville AREA

A mixed set of classified ads lists heavy farm truck for sale at 1250 dollars, homebaked cakes for order, a two bedroom rental with washer hook up at 35 dollars monthly, a five room house for rent with air conditioning and garden space near Moulton, pasture and stud services for horses, and 500 pounds of Carolina Queen cotton seed priced at five dollars. contact numbers and addresses are provided for each listing.

Moulton Befort Fester Walter Sivley Rt. 1

Weed control keeps cotton weed free to protect yields

The notice advises shallow cultivation or postemergence herbicides to prevent yield loss from few weeds. Mixtures of DSMA or MSMA with diuron Caparol prometryne Cotoran or norea with a surfactant work better across weeds and weather. Apply before first bloom and avoid spraying foliage.

Auburn University reports cotton crop not seriously hurt

By Bob Chesnutt Auburn May 25 morning temperatures in the low 40s over the past 10 days have caused some cotton plants to die, but the crop has not been critically hurt, according to Auburn University.

Bob Chesnutt Auburn Auburn University

Cotton crop outlook in Alabama and region shows slow recovery

Growers report the 1967 cotton season hurt by cold wet springs, insect damage, and a late fall freeze leaving one of the shortest crops on record. Alabama stands vary by county from 50 to 90 percent, with forecasts hinging on warm weather and rainfall.

Alabama Ower Lerop Madison R. 0 Magnusson Lawrence Dean Parris Ion Farm Marshall County W. L. Martin Autauga R. H. Kirkpatrick

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