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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1947
Page
4
Elton Clark Dennis Drew and C H Gilmore of Dothan Route 1 and Route 2 received fish for pond stocking from the State Hatchery. Recommended stocking rate for fertilized ponds is 1500 bream and 100 bass per acre. Fertilization should not be stored until.
Extension agents note March through October as the period to secure fertilizer for 1947 as the outlook is poor and early movement helps. Charles Moore of the Madrid Jr High 4 H Club will grow sweet potatoes as a club project, planning to raise his own plants in a hot bed for a fifth of an acre.
4 H Club members plan seed potatoes bedded by early March using Copper Skin Porto Rico. Bobby Lee Thomsey presides January meeting and becomes club president, succeeding Kenneth Cherry. Officers include Mack Meredith, Edmond Womble, Carlo Martin, Bob David, and Mrs. Johnnie Cobb. Cotton insurance field workers secure contracts for 1947 crop. agents in beats contacted for guaranteed income. One hundred sixty 4-H girls to receive certificates for completing projects in canning gardening clothing poultry home improvement yard improvement and food preparation. Joyce Henderson reports rug cleaning by dry suds method and crafting colored candles as room decorations. Home Demonstration Club meetings scheduled this week at Center Webb Barber-Monday.
AUBURN Planting cotton early helps stop boll weevils before they start. J T Belue urges farmers to cut stalks in January and February and turn land where erosion risk is low. Late actions push planting into peak weevil infestation. Many Alabama farmers plant two to three weeks earlier to miss damage, with best dates mid March in lower Alabama and early April in the north.
Alabama's 9 000 Future Farmers gather in Auburn January 6 7 with State FFA President Edsel Thomaston presiding They will review officer visits plan activities and advance forestry and contest details for local chapters and set preliminaries for the State Convention Other officers include Carl Watson Georgiana Milford Bonner Reform Kenna Tidwell Altoona and Joe Pace Palmer Carson.
A fragment lists January dates and names such as Mrs Souther land Rehobeth Selma Taylor Tuesday January 14 Mrs Pearl Martin Pansey Dupree Gordon Wednesday January 15 Mrs Curt is Mixon Big Creek New Providence Skippers Crossroads Thursday January 16 Mrs J E Newton Enon Memphis Friday January 17 Mrs O B Patterson It also includes a longer block about Lola Montez and a movie script pitch noting her international exploits and a harsh portrait of early cinema writers.
Auburn report states over 25 000 Alabama farmers voted to elect community committeemen to run the 187 Agriculture Conservation Program. W B Crawley chairman of the State PMA Committee and a Pike County farmer said the heavy turnout shows farmers want more active ACP involvement. He noted in Jackson Limestone Tuscaloosa and DeKalb counties over 1 000 votes were cast.
A sensational 19th century frontier figure Lola is described through chaotic exploits from Europe to America. The text recounts orgies, arrests, escapes, marriages, and a dramatic life across continents.
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