Farm and Home Notes From Houston County Meeting
Houston County extension agents summarize the July farm meeting at the State Market building. Topics include commercial radish production with a 50 acre minimum for a marketing program and plans to plant 35 acres in November for Changemas market. Ads invite interested growers to contact C. L. Windsor, manager of the Houston County Producers Association. Dr. C. L. Isbell of Auburn praised new pea varieties tested locally, while the county reports its largest sweet potato acreage in years with initial market sales averaging 245 dollars per acre. Boll weevil counts show variable infestation across treatments, with stenciling demonstrations planned by Home Demonstration Club chapters Dupree and Webb this week. Four-H contest winners and state leadership camp participants are listed, along with demonstrations on pressure canning by the Har mon 4-H Club.
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State Market
Arthur Heustess
State Market Board
Houston County
Reader Letter Warns Against Labeling People
A 1947 letter from CONSTANT READER criticizes using terms like Fascist Reds and urges newspapers to stop labeling conservatives as tramps and trollops. Ruth Mercer is named as president with Mrs M M Mercer as adult leader, and the writer hopes major papers refrain from broad, pejorative characterizations.
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Ing. Ruth Mercer
M. M. Mercer
Constant Reader
Billy Rose
Reader letter blasts Times over use of actress label
New York reader defends Sheila Mannering as a person not a performer and criticizes the Times for labeling her an actress. The writer argues showfolk are not inherently immoral, defends Hollywood, and attacks sensationalist reporting and libel fears.
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New York Times
New York
Sheila Mannering
Miss Mannering
Theatrh
Times
Anthony Eden
Alfalit
Enurch
Zou
Hollywood
Susie Silverscreen
Markes
Tug Auderious
Leo Rosten
Milady
Oliver Cromwell
Reach Ripe Old Age Watch Farm Machinery
Auburn article urges farmers to respect machinery as a powerful servant and danger when misused. Agricultural engineer J B Wilson cautions that most accidents arise from carelessness, stressing guards, spark catchers, and safe handling. He warns risky shortcuts can cost life, advocating taking extra minutes for safety.
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Auburn
J. B. Wilson
Wilson
More Acres Needed In Winter Legumes
Auburn farmers are urged to plant more winter legumes this fall to sustain or boost yields. API extension agronomist J. C. Lowery warns the nitrogen outlook next year is limited, and historic unit test demonstrations show higher legume planting correlates with higher crop yields and incomes. He notes Alabama has advanced in legume adoption but still has room to grow and cites a rise in acreage since 1918, with the depression era encouraging more legumes. In 1935 roughly 6,000,000 pounds.
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Auburn
Alabama
J. C. Lowery
API Extension Agronomist
Lowery
Getting Good Stands Toughest Problem For Fall Gardeners
Auburn extension gardener J C Ford warns fall gardeners that hot dry weather makes good stands elusive. Turn land a month before, harrow after rains to firm seedbed, apply fertilizers two weeks before planting, and sow shallowly. Water consistently, replant skipped seeds, shade transplanted cabbage and greens, and use pots to root before final planting.
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Auburn
API
J. C. Ford
Ford
Farmers Can Profit By Cross Tie Demand
Auburn reports steady demand in the cross tie market. W. R. Barnhill, API extension forester, says farmers can sell low-grade hardwoods for cross ties while improving timber stands. He notes little current demand for lumber from low-grade hardwoods. The cross tie market provides a profitable outlet for these trees.
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Auburn
API
W. R. Barnhill
Barnhill
Planting goals for winter legume seed crops
The report notes winter legume seed were planted and the figure rose to 3,000,000 by last year. It warns that farmers need to plant at least 0,000,000 pounds each fall to meet targets, citing estimates by Lowery and Heves.
One Sneeze Sends Teeth Fleeing on Tracks
In McAllen Texas a Southern Pacific fireman, with head out of the engine cab, sneezed causing his false teeth to eject onto the right of way. They have not been recovered.
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Mcallen
Tex
Southern Pacific
Crutch and Snake Coop Endurance in Aiken County
Kneece, a resident of an Aiken County farm, says he killed 22 rattlesnakes over three days using a crutch as his weapon. He reports the feats as part of a dangerous but celebrated local tale.
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Kneece
Aiken
Say
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Houston Wholesale CO
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Texas
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New Zealand
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Snaring River
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