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Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1950

Page

7

Home Demonstration Club shows pattern alteration methods

Houston County extension agents report a June Horse Demonstration Club meeting featuring a presentation on pattern alteration. The bulletin covers window furnishings, curtain styles, color preservation in foods, milk nutrition, poultry tips, pond fertilization, and pond stocking aimed at boosting yields.

Houston Coun ‘Adven Club Ty Home K. J Whid- Jam Sioyrne Home Park Bar Web Mra J Meinaiah Cowaris

Shade Tree Care Tips From HOBERT CHESNUTT In Auburn

An Auburn reader learns shade tree maintenance from Ivan R. Marin extension forester. The piece details fertilizing methods including hole placement by trunk diameter, soil type adjustments, and watering to ensure tree health and growth.

Hobert Chesnutt Auburn Ivan R. Marim APL Extension Martin Marlin

Geneva County Vet Improves Property Over 4-Year Period

Geneva County veteran Millard B. Powell started farm training in 1946 with 40 acres, expanded through 1948 to 120 acres, and added 149 more in fall 1948. His program increased crops, livestock, and home production, with key gains in corn yields, hogs, and fruit vegetables, plus plans for future pasture, cover crops, and home improvements.

Geneva Millard B. Powell Geneva County Wotland Sis Beth Peauty Hales Powell Hixford

Fragmentary note on sports and math ideas from last year

A jumbled report mentions a person in a supposed sports context, a wave, a psy, football and ag, with phrases about a team and a misstep. The text shifts to math marvels, feelings of guilt, and a vague reference to Sunt string and a ME spacue described as great yet underweight and weak.

Marketing Report on Poultry Dairy Foods by A W Jones

Extension service Auburn emphasizes two food groups dairy and poultry as essential for good eating and nutrition. The article notes both are plentiful and likely to continue due to growing production. It stresses balanced use of butter and eggs as valuable nutrition.

W. Jones Auburn

Prominent Floridian Succumbs At Home

William F. Eger a longtime Polk County citrus and phosphate industry figure dies at his home near Babson Park Florida after a lengthy illness. The obit notes his 30 years of influence in local business and hints at a broader regional agricultural economy including dairy and poultry trends affecting prices and production in 1949 and 1950.

Babson Park Fla William F. Eger Polk County Heer Columbia Con- City Ind South America

Cottonwood FFA Boosts Hog Breeding With Purebred Jersey Gilt

The Cottonwood FFA bought a purebred Jersey gilt from Br. Coy Jones of Blountsville for 200 dollars, funded by the Sears Roebuck Foundation. Bobby Owens will keep the gilt for the year, and when she farrows two pigs stay with him while the rest go to the chapter to distribute. The group prioritizes Swine Improvers and teaching boys to raise better hogs on the farm.

Bobby

Union Officials Celebrate 19-Cent Wage Rise for Striking Laborers

In Oak Ridge Tennessee union officials expressed satisfaction with a 19 cent hourly wage increase granted to construction laborers who led a mass walkout at the atomic energy center last month. The pay boost followed demands for 14 6 25 cents per hour and came after a three member arbitration board ruled in favor of the workers. The May 24 wildcat strike halted work on uranium department plants and townsite projects, affecting about 100 craftsmen.

Oak Ridge, Tenn Atomic Energy, Center AFL Tho T

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