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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1944
Page
4
Co M Ling offers guidance on home garden hotbeds and cold frames to speed crops like cabbage lettuce and tomatoes. Instructions cover bed size manure heating time temperature 75 to 80 degrees after ten days, sash coverings watering and proper ventilation for hotbeds and cold frames.
OZARK Virginia Trawick of the Ozark 4H Club Dale County won the State food preservation contest and has canned 1,057 quarts valued at 613 dollars over seven years. She also produced materials valued at 1,399 dollars in gardening, poultry, clothing, handicraft, and home improvement. Foxed by Kerr Glass in Chicago trip, this marks Dale County’s second straight National Club Congress representation.
Economists from the U S Department of Agriculture say the farm mortgage burden is smaller and interest rates lower than during the previous war. Farm debt is easier to carry, with high production and good prices funding working capital. However, officials warn inflation and overexpansion remain risks and urge restraint on land buying. National mortgage indebtedness on Jan 1 1944 stood at 5.63 billion, down from 9.63 billion in 1930. Alabama show 80.33 million in 1944 versus 97.89 million in 1930.
U S Department of Agriculture scientists find sodium fluoride powder a slow but effective roach killer. Sprinkle in roach hiding places. it takes days to work. Avoid food contamination. keep bait away from children and pets. store safely.
The Department of Agriculture notes four wartime years of high prices and strong output have left U S farming financially robust for postwar challenges. Farm owners and tenants added 30 billion dollars in equity and 12 billion in cash or liquid assets between 1940 and 1944. Net farm operator income rose from 4.8 billion in 1940 to 12.4 billion in 1943. Physical farm assets increased little. Cautions against land booms and overexpansion of manufactured goods purchases.
Every state now has at least one frozen food locker plant. The total reaches 5,282 nationwide, averaging about 110 per state. Texas leads the South with 201 plants, while Alabama has 34, Arkansas 47, Florida 3, Georgia 27, Louisiana 16, Mississippi 41, Oklahoma 102, and South Carolina 7.
The census of agriculture will be conducted every five years as directed by Congress. The January 1, 1949 census covers every farm with data on acreage land values crops and livestock. Enumerators will be assigned districts for personal farm visits and all questions must be answered fully. Information provided is confidential with penalties for disclosure.
Auburn reports lespedeza seed production this year expected to reach 266.4 million pounds, with 163.62 million last year. Ten year average is 110.38 million. Arkansas Indiana Mississippi Louisiana Missouri and Kansas show largest increases. Guptal, once for insulation, now used as a priming coat for auto painting.
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