Houston soil conservation drive reshapes county program
In Houston County a soil conservation program expands to include 19 sections with practices such as crop rotation, summer cover crops, erosion control, and retirement of eroded land. About 10,165 acres were set up last year with 5,653 still in row crops, while new measures cover pasture, woodland, and terraces. Blue lupine and Austrian winter peas were sown as cover crops aiding soil health, with a national record reported for winter cover crop acreage.
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Perenna Fork
Lespedeza
Lloyd
Seif
Kudzu
Lespedere Sevieta
Fee
Lend
AAA
Houston
Australia Faces Prolonged Drought and Wheat Shortage
Australia endures a long drought with the 1944 wheat crop at only about one third of prewar averages. Commonwealth supplies comprise roughly three fourths of the food for American forces in the region. The Dumbarton Oaks plan envisions a general assembly, an economic and social council, a security council, an international court of justice, and a secretariat.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Dumbarton Oales
General Assembly of Nations
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Court of Justice
County Club Women Riding War Effort in 1945
Houston County home demonstration clubs are expanding farm and home tasks to support the war effort. Miss Fran Mallette notes 898 home demonstration club members across 28 active clubs, meeting monthly with a homemaking program suited to rural needs. The 1945 program includes demonstrations on American Cheese, Food Productivity, canned goods, home refreshing, meat and tenders, babies, shortages, family games, construction, handbags, and sweet potatoes.
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Houston County
Fran Mallette
Houstesis County
Mallette
Told To Keep Sows Houston Farmers Told To Keep Sows
D F Snell chairman of the Houston County AAA urged farmers to lock in more sows for spring farrowing to boost the pig crop. He said there is enough feed grain for more pigs and assured price protection when market-ready, noting the price support extended to March 31 1944 at 12.50 per cwt for 200 to 270 lb hogs.
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D. F. Snell
Houston County
AAA
Chicago
4 H Club Work Plan Announced in Houston County
The 4 H program for Houston County clubs outlines a year of demonstrations and projects led by two-girl teams from each club. Activities include fire prevention in November 1965 and monthly club meetings expanded by Victoriaides volunteers. About 860 girls are active in 4 H in the county, amid hay fever statistics cited.
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Canturg
Judy
Mas
Scho
Hovason
Houston FSA Reports Large Canning Totals Amid War Prep
A survey by Houston FSA notes Heian County PSA families canned 70 410 quarts of food. Supervisor Misa Mery Arant states quarts canned per family average 35, with emphasis on sweet potatoes dried vegetables and preserves. Prewar population figures for Bretilavea and Czechoslovakia are referenced.
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Heian
PSA
Ct Fores
Misa Mery B. Arant
FSA
FSA Supervascran
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Aubrey Lloyd
Wees
Nat
Sogel
Well
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Shikok
Elead
Underwriters Laboratories
Jess
West Main
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Prati
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Boots
EMS
Gitta Ah
Usgu
Vals Terest
Tmaruciun
Muss Neary Thompson
United States
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Ceechoslovaka
Sreska Wi
DR Pepper Botting Company
Dothan, Alabama
Uncle Sam
Worthy
Worthy Junk Co
Montgomery Highway
Home Fertilizer and Cotton Oil Co
Headland
Alabama
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