Potatoes for Victory Gardens Planting Guide
A spring crop of crumb potatoes should be planted in February using certified seed of Bilas Triumph or Cobbier. Seed pieces cut with an eye, about the size of a grain, yield on a home garden about 20 feet per row. 1 peck seeds per row. Fertilize with 107 fertilizer at 120 to 800 pounds per acre, no manure, avoid cultivated land, harvest in about 90 days and store. A new Circular Back Yard Gardening by Alabama Extension Service is available at the County Agent's Office.
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Victory
Victory Garden
Alabane Extension Service
Allies Got Five Million Pounds Of Food Last Year
United States Department of Agriculture reports that the Food Distribution Administration shipped 5,730,900,000 pounds of food and agricultural commodities to the Allies in 1942, bringing total lend-lease deliveries to 9,224,000,000 pounds since operations began. Most deliveries in 1942 went to Britain and British dominions, with Russia receiving increasing shares. Meat shipments rose, totaling about 1,245,000,000 pounds, mostly pork, comprising nearly 20 percent of total food supplied.
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Auburn
Ala
Department of Agriculture
United States
Russia
Britain
British Dominions
French North Africa
Ship- Aide
U. S
Negro Families Aid In Food Production Plans
GZARM Alp outlines food production plans to aid war needs in Dale County. Home demonstration agents used film stripe on "Foto Strength" to show fruit selection and planting at 38 schools. Attendees included 203 boys, 267 girls, and 74 adults. February programs cover Growing Tomatoes and Poultry Production at each school.
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GZARM
Alp
Dale County
Ijmidens
Wlaca
Secon
Survey Shows Livestock Increase For Last Year In Alabama
Survey by the Soil Conservation Service reports increases on 282 Alabama farms under conservation programs across 8215 farms in 12 districts. Cattle rose from 5,833 to 10,148 head, hogs from 3,973 to 6,938, and poultry from 21,073 to 33,406. Perennial hay, pasture, and legume grazing expanded, with cropland shifts and higher yields offsetting reduced corn and cotton acreage.
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Amburn
Ala
Alabama
Mirvey
Soil Conservation Service
O. C. Medlock
Sol} Conservation Service
Racing Fans Flood Little Rock Hotels for Meet
Racing fans flood Little Rock lodging as crowds flock to Oaklawn Park in hot spring Arkansas for the inaugural meet. Gov Adkins opposed the Oaklawn permit but racing continues with 16 horse entries in a $150 inaugural handicap and the season runs to March 27 despite state investigations and a pending repeal bill.
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Gov
Homer
Adizas
Jegwainlure
Loc Tate
Ley P. Melanchha
Ernest
Alphort
Aletern
OPA
Adkins
State Racing Commission
State Senate
Cox to lead Phillies as plans for ownership unfold
William D. Cox, a 33 year old Manhattan businessman and sportsman, prepared to take charge of the National League club with a syndicate that will gain full control of the Philadelphia Phillies on March 3. Cox vowed no cash selling of star players and predicted the club can last a long time.
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Philadelphia
Manhattan
William D.cox
Cox
Phils Larch 3
Ford Frick
Grain Acreage Increases Across Major Crops Report
The document shows oats rising from 2 415 to AM9 and total mold from 71 532 to 226 198 bushels, a 120 percent increase, reflecting more feed grain. Increases also occur in wheat and barley acreages, with overall gains in small grain production highlighted.
Green Wave Leads Tulane In SEC Cage Meet
Tulane greens harried Kentucky in the 10th annual SEC tournament, Bob Duffy scoring 16.5 per game to push Tulane toward the first-round duel in Louisville. Kentucky earned the top seed as LSU, Georgia Tech, and others vied for brackets in a crowded, high-stakes field.
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oh @ jena
Sharp Shooii
Bob Duffy
Kentucky
Champigna
Louisiana State
Tulane
Ue Muracle
Louisville
Armady
Bonnie
Lexington
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
Mississippi
Auburn
L. S.U
Teneeapee
Georgian Tech
Jim Homer
Tuscalooza
Frank Brian
Georgia
Florida
Nation's Best Dogs Gather For Trials
National Field Trials open at Hobart Ames Plantation near Grand Junction Tennessee with top hunting dogs. Notable entries include Luminary, Ariel At, and Rapid Transit past winners. competition features Robbbitt's Peerless Pride and Aalbright Susanni among others as 700 of 7280 hospitals in the United States are in New York State.
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Grand Junction
Robbbitt
Dr. Blue's Joe
Pedigo and Beam of
Glasgow
United States
New York State
Freshmen Eligible To Play In Big Ten Sports
The Big Ten ends its freshman eligibility ban and allows service members and former pros to compete. Navy and Army students at member schools may join varsity teams if instructors oversee most coursework. The change enables freshmen to play football next fall and broadens access across baseball track tennis golf boxing. Wisconsin maintains an intercollegiate boxing team and gains freshman participation.
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Wenert
Acpos
Big Ten
Toemmber
Rarsity
Wisconsin
Wits
Service Ten
Navy ‘Department
Conference
Armed Forces
United States
Army
Navy
Arkansas's first woman boxing manager earns license
Elizabeth C. Dancey, war plant worker and mother, becomes Arkansas's first licensed boxing manager after passing the commission exam. She will manage Doug Gibson, who weighs 132 pounds, debuting tonight in Hot Springs under her guidance. Dancey plans to expand her stable after the war and emphasizes a woman’s insight in fights.
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Sam G. Harris
Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Elizabeth C. Dancey
Florida
Jimmy Baddox
Doug
Big Three college pals debate wartime athletics and football gates
The piece surveys Yale Harvard and other presidents weighing informal postwar competition and reduced gate revenue. It notes Yale and Harvard building intramural programs, mentions transfer rules at Yale, and quotes players and observers on war-time talent shortages and the young man’s game of baseball.
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Mraggie
Yale
Harvard
Pontestas
Alan Ward
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Uncle Sam
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