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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1963
Page
7
Classified notices list fifty pigs aged nine to thirteen years two dated ndec neages a corn picker John Deere priced at 300 dollars located at Silas Schaub farm Athens phone 232 4717 plus a 1951 car for sale car owner Mrs Marvin Sandliz and pears at one dollar per bushel gas cook stove late model in good condition contact Lenveeee at 773 7652.
The diary records a cool morning on Bonnie Hill Place with Joe Whitlow. Sun's Delight wins the Walking Horse Championship with Sam Paschal, while reports note rains delaying cotton and grain sorghum, skip row yields, and potential increased planting in fall pastures.
A narrow entry notes 19 percent acres located one mile from Brooksville on Friendship Road with a price around 4200 dollars and a $2 notation.
The county agent lists recommended small grain varieties for fall grazing and next spring hay including Rye Carolee Explorer and Ga. 1123, plus Wakeland Wren's Abruzzi Roanoke Ace Fairfax Knox and Anderson. It notes foundation seed from Auburn University with prices and available quantities and mentions a Turfgrass Short Course at Auburn on September 5–6 and a feeder calf sale on September 12 at Albertville with 500 calves.
Geese fire and plastics replace much labor in cotton farming. Plasticulture uses tractor laid plastic bands to warm soil, conserve moisture, and control weeds while seeds and fertilizer are planted through holes in the plastic. Flame cultivators and weeding geese cut costs and may raise yields.
Classified note lists iris and daylilies in multiple colors for sale with prices and contact Mrs Clarice Mitchell in Phil Campbell and a 1953 Plymouth car offered for sale with a contact number in Decatur plus a federal agriculture report noting moderate rent increases on farm land despite lower income projections.
Bookmobile stops listed with times and locations: Flint School 9:00 to 10:30. Days Store 10:40 to 11:10. Massey School 11:30 to 12:30. Lanes Store 1:00 to 1:45. Penn Morris Cedar Lake Matthews 2:00 to 4:00.
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