Farmers Advised To Qualify For 1944 AAA Payments
Auburn officials urge farmers in all Alabama counties to file reports by January 15 1945 to qualify for 1944 AAA payments under the conservation program. Only reports filed with the county association prior to deadline will count. For terraces and drainage ditches, dirt moving work must be completed in 1944 and reported by January 15 1945 even if vegetative protection of outlets is not yet finished.
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Auburn
Aib
Wiless
AAA
Mabama
AL W Jones Aaa
Alabama Farmers Plot Busy Year Ahead Population Goals
Alabama farmers plan for 1935 crop and livestock outputs with price supports and WFA loan programs. Cotton acreage aims at 1,500,000 acres up 2 percent from 1944, peanuts at 70,000 acres down 5 percent, peanuts picked and threshed 525,000 acres down 3 percent, beans 40,000 acres, wheat 20,600 acres up 18 percent, Irish potatoes 55,000 acres down 12 percent, and sweet potatoes 90,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Alabama
WFA
Agricultural land and livestock totals in the region
The report notes corn at 3,192,000 acres unchanged, oats at 290,000 acres up 12 percent, sorghum and hay figures, lespedeza seed 16,000 acres up 7 percent, crimson clover seed 10,000 acres up 11 percent, milk cows at 490,000 up 2 percent, chickens 12,279,900 on farms, 4,226,000 hens and pullets down 19 percent, hogs sows to farrow 140,000 unchanged.
Surplus Materials Sale Set for Gadsden December 15
Alabama’s first surplus materials auction by the Defense Plant Corporation will be at Gadsden on Friday December 15 starting at 10 am and continuing until all items sell. About 2,000 items including tools and hardware will go to the highest bidder with equal bidding opportunity for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Alabama
Defense Plant Corporation
Crawley
AAA Committee
Damaged List of Shop Tools and Materials Found
Fragmentary OCR lists various shop items such as cut saus stoves shop tongs torches turnbuckles vises varnish and wrecking barn with miscellaneous hardware and equipment noted as useful despite the garbled text.
Improvements On Hybrid Corn Will Be Continued
Auburn Beewre hybrid corn has shown spectacular success and ongoing research will pursue further enhancements. Breeders expect hybrids with greater pest and drought resistance, uniformity for mechanical harvest, and suitability to heavier planting. While top hybrids may improve, some inferior variants will appear and farmers should test promising types cautiously before large scale planting.
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Comn
Farm and Home Problems Column from Auburn Alabama
Reader questions on farming and home care are welcomed. Answers come from Extension specialists and are printed with the Editor's Note. Mail questions to Extension Editor, Auburn Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Alabama
Cleaning the Kitchen to Cut Clutter and Dust
Weeding out worn-out utensils and odds and ends clears dust collectors, saves storage space, and reduces future maintenance.
Cotton Farmers Not Required To Pay Fees To Agents
War Food Administration clarifies cotton farmers owe no payment to purchasing agents of the Commodity Credit Corporation. Only a 15 cent per bale classing fee and warehouse charges apply. CCC provides 50 cent per bale to agents for services completing sales agreements and for forwarding agreements and warehouse receipts to the New Orleans CCC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Als
War Food Administration
Cormyood Ty Credit
New Orleans
CCC
Supply Of Phosphat Fertilizers Reduced In War Effort
Auburn Alabama War Food Administration cuts its forecast for phosphate fertilizer availability to just under 6.5 million tons of superphosphate due to military demand for sulphuric acid, down from 7 million announced in October and 7.6 million last year, with possible impact on mixed fertilizer production. The notice advises farmers to order now and take delivery promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
War Food Administration
WFA
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad From Creomulsion
Cough and chest cold warning urges prompt bronchitis treatment with Creomulsion. It claims to reach the seat of trouble, loosen phlegm, soothe inflamed bronchial membranes, and aid rest. The ad promises money back if it does not quickly relieve the cough or allow sleep.
Million Veterans Expected To Farm
Auburn Alabama Daily reports that the U S Department of Agriculture estimates more than one million veterans will seek to establish farms after the war. Discharges occur at 25 to 30 men per county monthly, with effort urged for communities to ready to welcome Joe home and return him to farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Joe
Farm Question Box: Safe Fat Fire and Canning Utensils
In a fat fire never pour water. cover with a wet towel to cut air or use a proper extinguisher. Cool oven before opening. For canning meat use enamelware, aluminum, tin, or stainless utensils. copper and iron can taint meat.
For Sale: Work Mare, Cattle, and Farm Equipment
Asa Metcalf offers a five year old work mare and a twelve year old mule horse, two horse harness, farm tools, a peanut picker, a Jujit 2 Jersey milch cows, located north of Midland City near Christina Church.
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Geage Hodges
Midland City
Napier Hiei
Asa Metcalf
Christina Church
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