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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1945
Page
5
The text discusses small scale poultry farming for profit and to aid war effort, urging households to produce eggs and poultry to reduce feed costs and support military needs. It outlines culling strategies for hens and pullets, criteria for good layers, and tips on removing non laying or odd birds to improve flock efficiency.
The text describes features of good and poor laying hens including back shape, breast depth, and leg appearance. It notes rapid feather shedding in good layers and single feather loss in poor layers, plus differences in lay and nonlay status using finger-spread between lay bones and keel bone. It warns culling layers that eat profits and emphasizes removing them early.
Alabama crops forecast weaker with smaller acreages for most staples except wheat oats and hay. July 1 planted corn for 1945 at 2,858,000 acres, cotton 1,380,000 acres, oats 211,000 acres. yields shown at 14.5 bu per acre for corn and 5 bu above average for oats. If patterns hold, 1945 output would be the largest since 1882 but still below 1944 in many categories.
The Alabama Agricultural Adjustment Agency lists payment rates for establishing winter legumes sown in fall 1945. Payments per pound vary by crop from 4.9 to 11.5 cents, with rates for Austrian winter peas, Hungarian vetch, hairy pod vetch, crimson clover, blue lupine and others. Seeding rates per acre are given, and fertilizer recommendations require 300 pounds of superphosphate or 50 pounds of basic slag unless prior fertilization reached 300 pounds of commercial fertilizer per acre.
The Department of Agriculture says civilians will receive more butter in August due to reduced set-asides of creamery butter for government purchase. Attaching receipts for seed use may be required and prior county committee approval is needed.
Auburn advisory notes indicate the Department of Agriculture announced extensions for 1945 cotton loans. Details are unclear due to damaged text but credit Corp involvement and producer continuity are mentioned. The mention implies indefinite carry of the program or related credit actions.
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