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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1946
Page
6
A package containing 3 yards of dress material and a pair of socks went missing. Finder is asked to leave it at Pattillo's Drug Store for Mrs. Mae Sanders of Route 3, Hartselle.
Mrs Russell Wade requests discontinuation of an ad about a cow and B L Floyd requests stopping an ad about hogs and a pickup truck. The note thanks for assistance and mentions T W Riley.
Por sale: iron clad log boat with chain ice box and cream separator. L M Aday Route 3 Decatur 644 M2. M-22 for sale: P R yellow skin potato plants tomato plants varieties. Troy Moore Route 6 Cullman. M-22 for sale: Farmall H tractor cultivator plows J E Williams Route 1 Decatur. M-22 for sale: Snapdragon plants 35c per dozen three dozen 1.00 seven dozen 2.10 Mrs H S Pp Fowler Route 2 Somerville Box 64 A. M-22
Notice from the Probate Court of Morgan County Alabama that Christina B. Eaves petitions to probate the last will of General B. Eaves deceased. Hearing set for June 7 1946 with May 14 1946 order date. Parties may contest. Judge T. C. Almon signs. Publication dates May 15 22 29 1946.
Dr. J. Boyd Page of Ohio State University explains that soil must dry between waterings to allow air to reach roots. Deep, thorough soaking is needed, not daily surface moisture, with methods like tiling or board-diffused watering to reach deep roots and improve growth.
The veterans education program parallels school enrollment with vocational teachers. Veterans may own lease or work on farms, with subsistence payments $65 without dependents or $90 with dependents for up to one year plus service time, max four years, yielding potential payments from $975 to $4320. County agents have no supervisory role but assist with farm opportunities and plans. The piece also notes Morgan County pasture conditions, weed control, and grain sorghum as an early maturing crop with late planting advantages, plus guidelines for fallowing and using harvested legumes.
A set of local candidate notices for Morgan County Alabama announcing campaigns for Circuit Court Clerk Sheriff and Board positions in the June 4 1946 Democratic primary. Candidates include A Harrison Gill James Cline Thompson Rumphrey John F Cheon Leonard and Vred M Speakb with appeals for votes from Decatur Hartselle and surrounding areas.
John B. Sewell of the Trinity community announces plans to plant 65 trees on a designated lot this spring. The project aims to improve local green space and provide shade for nearby homes and sidewalks.
Leonard Roberson of Mount Hope shows higher income through a conservation farming plan begun after December 1943 with Soil Conservation Service help. He milks 10 cows earning about 110 dollars monthly from a Decatur cheese plant and uses rotations of oats, ryegrass, crimson clover, lespedeza, and sericea with grazing crops to lower labor and boost milk output by about 25 percent while raising hogs, chickens, beef cattle, and sheep on the same grazing system.
Jeff Robinson of Trinity area farms 30 acres with 29 acres in cover crops including 4 acres alfalfa 7 acres established pasture and 18 acres vetch to feed cattle through the winter. Neighbors Dixie Sewell and D D Marshall promote easy winter feeding as 4-H members Robert Durand Dobbs and Don Dobbs purchase Aberdeen Angus calves for next year’s fat stock show, with 60 Morgan county youths planning to buy calves by November 1 to qualify.
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