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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1945
Page
4
A January gardening guide outlines tasks for home gardens and orchards, urging thorough cleanup, weed removal, fence repair, soil preparation, and pruning. It lists early crops for January planting, seed starting tips for tomatoes, and recommended fruit and berry varieties with planting schedules and soil treatments.
Auburn report details CCC wartime finance and farm programs in 1943-44. Total operations reached over 5.0 billion dollars for 1944 fiscal year with a 1943-44 expansion to meet wartime food and fiber needs. Prewar CCC activity totals are shown, with lend lease financing included and reimbursed by Lend-Lease Administration. Estimated 1943-44 farm price support and dairy payments cost about 50 million dollars.
Alabama farmers under the 1945 AAA program will receive six dollars per acre for establishing satisfactory kudzu cover. Planting guidance includes spacing, bed preparation, and fertilizer requirements to qualify. Beginning dates vary by state region with final completion before active growth.
Auburn area advisory urges turning under old stalks and vines that ceased bearing and removing fallen peaches to prevent overwintering pests. Notes new home insecticide aerosol device, and outlines 1944-95 programs with cotton loans, dairy payments, feed wheat operations, and price support measures.
A survey by the U S Department of Agriculture shows 18 to 32 million gardens in 1943 with nearly all planners intending to continue in 1945. About six million on farms and 12 to 12 million in towns or suburbs. 83 percent of farm homes and 44 percent of non farm homes had gardens last year. Household canning and food preservation remained steady with more than two thirds of housewives participating in 1943 and likely to persist in 1945 unless plans change.
Auburn Alabama article explains why a long term written lease aids both sides. It lists required elements such as names signatures land descriptions time period rent terms and payment details. It notes secure tenant rights encourage planning improvements and soil conservation boosting landlord returns through stable income and better farm management. It cites price trends and postwar food outlook for guidance.
Scientists at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington study Philippine mosquito collections for the U. S. Army and Navy to guide troop protection. Entomologists identify disease carrying species and water habitats, aiding targeted prevention as U.S. forces reoccupy the islands.
U S Standard Index for peanut hay has been perfected and licensed graders trained and stationed at Dothan and Troy to assist farmers in heavy peanut counties. Large quantities of 0 5 No 2 peanut hay are available in Southeast Alabama. This major trading grade compares favorably in feeding value with other hay of the same standards. Farmers are advised to buy by standard grades to avoid low quality hay when inspection is not possible.
This note lists simple sanitation and DIY care tips for homes. It covers ant control with sodium fluoride powder, hanging ironing boards, preventing color streaks on fabrics, fly and flea control using derris powder, clothes care with hangers, and a stain removal method using a sulfur match near moist hands. It reflects mid century domestic advice and practical household maintenance.
More than 300000 pine seedlings have been planted in two years on abandoned farmland led by the Alabama Association Future Farmers of America. The program, a cooperative effort with the Alabama State Department of Conservation and Commerce, has trained over 7000 members in vocational agriculture, with 350000 trees planted nationwide across Alabama and 600000 more set aside this year for young foresters. Vocational teachers emphasize forest conservation while students study protection methods to safeguard Alabama’s timber lands and prevent fires.
A record lespedeza seed crop was harvested from 13,000 Alabama acres in 1944, with total production estimated at 2,600,000 pounds and Alabama growers averaging $14.00 per 100 pounds, yielding about $384,000. The national crop reached 267,700,000 pounds, up 63 percent from 1943, with Korean variety making up about 84 percent.
Alabama produced 1 500 tons of tung nuts in 1944, surpassing the 1942 record of 1 400 tons. Growers averaged 99. per ton, boosting the crop value to 147 000, while national output reached 30 400 tons of unhusked air dried nuts.
The column advises to avoid empty glass cookware on direct flame and to use protective pads, not boiling dry, not placing hot glass on wet surfaces, and not using for deep fat frying. To clean stains boil in water with vinegar or baking soda. January gardening tips include starting a compost heap, stacking material in layers, using leaves and diseased-free material, adding phosphorus and nitrates, and moistened piles exposed to winter rain. An editor note invites questions to Extension Office. A note mentions hexachlorthane and bentonite treatment to prevent meat losses from liver fluke.
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