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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1965
Page
8
Classifieds show numerous farmer oriented ads including sale items like glasspar Citation boat and complete fishing rig, tractors, a 1959 Country Sedan, 1962 Volkswagen, a baby crib with accessories, a Tennessee walking horse, wheat straw, and pasture rentals. Listings invite trades, wanted to buy, and house or apartment rentals with contact numbers in Decatur Danville Hartselle and surrounding area.
Three lawn watering rules guide drought care and soil depth targets. A sandy top foot holds 0.75 to 1.25 inches, clay up to 2.5 inches. sands absorb 7 to 9 inches per hour while clays soak 0.3 to 4 inches. Auburn student Marsha Thaxton uses statistics to improve animal stock selection and breeding, aiming for earlier market and higher prices, while pursuing a rare Women’s master’s in animal science.
Harold Bauers lists farm items for sale in Athens including a cutter with pickup attachment an 80 dollars and various parts for a John Deere tractor. Other ads cover boats stoves saddles dogs and houses as well as wanted items and rental opportunities across Decatur Falkville Danville and nearby towns.
Northern Alabama farms benefited from the Tennessee Valley Substation since 1927. Pioneering Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station research guided rapid modernization under superintendents Fred Stewart John Boseck and Henry Ivey. Substation work boosted pasture quality cotton and corn yields, introduced skip-row planting raising cotton yields by 30 to 50 percent and emphasized mechanization.
Studies at the Substation emphasize supplemental water use to reduce weather risk in cotton farming and finishing cattle to higher grades. New feeding systems and silage as beef cattle roughage gain importance. The variety testing program now includes 19 tests across cotton, corn, grazing hay crops, sugar beets, and canning tomatoes, with new projects added as needed at the Tennessee Valley Substation.
Sub station personnel and Main Station researchers collaborate to aid Tennessee Valley farmers. The improved agricultural industry is framed as essential to broader prosperity across the Valley's economy.
The 1960 Federal Census shows that forty one percent of Alabama residents live in counties without alcohol sales. The data highlight geographic distribution of dry counties and urban concentration within the state.
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