Houston County Extension Club Schedule and Notices
Houston County Extension agents publish a weekly bulletin with club meeting schedules for Harton Mia Crosby and Crosby areas March 7 8 9 10. It includes demonstrations on Freezing Cooked Foods Tricks in Sewing for Girls 4-H and details on weed certification pond fertilization and leader training. The bulletin also covers nutrition leadership messages from Auburn and cautions about treated seed and animal feed safety.
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Houston County
Harton
Mia
Vickers
Crosby
Marcy
W. F. Moore
Hicks-Beulah
D. Grean
Pleasant Plains
J.D. Holloman
Smyrna
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New Providence
4 H Club Gardens And Orchards In 1948
Alabama 4 H Club members started over 25 000 horticultural projects in 1948. J C Word Extension Service notes 19 000 were completed and admitted reports. Completion rates for colored members ran just 1 percent below whites in 1943.
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Awburn
4 H Club members lead Alabama farm program drive
Nationwide 4 H Week March 5 13 highlights youth in agriculture and homemaking. Alabama clubs report 122491 members completing 156185 projects across farm and home areas with groups in Macon Sumter Barbour and Cherokee counties led by agents and local leaders.
Purchase Chicks Now Get An Early Start
Auburn advice from A P I Extension poultryman John Weeks on starting chicks early and selecting proven breeds. He notes Rhode Island Reds New Hampshires Barred Rocks White Rocks and White Leghorns are most profitable and warns against cheap misleading chicks. Weeks urges buying three straight run chicks per pullet planned for fall housing and ensuring brooders are ready 24 hours before chicks arrive.
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Auburn
John Weeks
A. P. I. Extension ‘Service
Rhode Island
New
U. S
Cold Frame Construction For Large Scale Plant Production
Prepare a 10 foot wide insulated frame with ridgepole cover for plant production. Use sandy soil with at least one fourth well rotted organic matter or half gand peat mix. Add fertilizer per bushel of soil and mix thoroughly. After cleaning and leveling, fill with clean sand and water mix two weeks before planting. Space plants four inches apart in the frame.
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Lyle Brown
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Estimating Curtain Material by Simple Measurements
A Peavy extension expert explains how to estimate curtain fabric by measuring from rod bottom to desired length and adding hems casings headings and shrinkage. Example shows a window with 77 inches length requiring 3 inch hem 1 inch casing and 1 inch heading, with allowances for turning and shrinkage.
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Alice Peavy
A.P-1
Extension Service
Home Management
Spe Jsialint
Blanch Vegetables Before Freezing
Lavada Curtis of the Extension Service says scalding preserves flavor vitamins and color. Use at least one gallon of boiling water per pound of vegetables. Submerge baskets fully and move them to ensure even blanching. Cool quickly in ice water, drain, wrap, and freeze.
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Lavada Curtis
API
Farm Boys And Girls Of Alabama Join 4-H Week
Alabama 4 H Club Week runs March 5 13 with 122 491 active members across 3 143 clubs planning over 175 000 projects from beekeeping to sewing Beefs growth and gains in cotton dairy and swine credit 4 H work led by Hanchey Logue and Mary Dell McCain praise 4 H as vital to the state economy with extensive records of girls raising food garments home improvements and meals and boys completing corn oats hogs and gardens under local leaders guidance
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Kouston County
Weekong
Mise Maryse
Halsey
Daliat
Auburn
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Owen Mealy
United States
Orter
Alabama
Chester
Macon County
Cornelia Dupree
Jeanne Johnson
Betty Ford
Billy Baker
Shirley Pinten
Bobby Starr
Teader
Bob Horne
Wilton Clover
Lee Ray Bealy
Barbour County
Benton Herring
Russell
J. W. Walton
Sumter County
Ethyl Garth
Mildred Smith
Mary Witherspoon
Monty Acton
Mildred Edwards
Naomi Massey
Jack Robertson
Claudie Oliver
Cherokee County
Hanchey Logue
Mary Dell McCain
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Logue
4 H Rally Attendance Across Counties Report
County 4 H rallies united 65 counties drawing 10 438 youngsters to picnics and gatherings while 76 county camps hosted 2 355 youths. The event emphasized nutrition and leadership development in the 4 H program.
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Farm and home project tours expand 4-H programs
The article notes widespread 4-H activities with 1,500 young tractor operators trained in 34 tractor schools across counties and districts. It mentions 33 000 daily beet shows and 0 other events drawing 33,000 members, plus 9,090 H Club meetings totaling about 900,000 attendees. State leaders praise the groups and business support, calling for continued investment in 4-H work.
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