Houston County Extension News Highlights Agricultural Tips
Ammonium nitrate as side dressing for cotton and corn, with 4.62 percent nitrogen. Guidance on hybrid corn spacing 15 to 24 inches, heavy fertilization for thick rows, and 300 to 400 pounds of complete fertilizer bedded ten days before planting. Recommended nitrate of soda amounts and timing. 4-H demonstrations in fertilizer and corn yields noted, with large increases reported. Sweet potato contest winners travel to New York City, and multiple Home Demonstration Club meetings list dates and locations. Ardilla playground fundraiser quilt by Memphis club members. Rural Youth Chair elected for Houston County Council. Cancer awareness playlet presented.
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Lavon Hollis
Billy Joe Bond
Snell Reeves
Vicksburg
Louisiana
Sumter County
S. C
New York City
Houston County
State Farmers Showed Progress Last Year In Soil Building
Figures released by PMA Alabama show gains in lime and fertilizer use, legume plantings, terracing, and ditching during 1946. About 70,859 tons of fertilizers and 12,600,000 feet of terraces were recorded, with kudzu crowns and lespedzera sericea seed up sharply. Farmers project 1947 needs for kudzu, lespedra sericea, and crotalaria, plus expanded legume and seed plantings, as PMA continues soilBuilding efforts statewide.
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Auburn
Production and Marketing Administration
Alabama
PMA
Figures for 1945 and 1946 Outlook
The text notes the amount achieved in 1945 and anticipates significant increases this year, with expectations that both figures will rise sharply in the near term.
Tomato Blight Threat Hits Growers Across Nation
New York reports tomato blight feared to cost between forty and fifty million dollars last year and again threaten this season. The fungus attacks leaf undersides, darkens stems like potatoes, and spreads from Florida east of the Mississippi. University of Florida expert George Roehle cites dithane plus vine sulfate and hydrated lime as the best Florida remedy.
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New York
Chemcal Companiys
T Rehin & Hirae
George DD. Roehle
University, of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Florida
Mississi
Roeibte
Co-eds aid Red Cross breakfast in bed fundraiser
Alpha Xi Delta sorority members at Allegheny College in Meadville served breakfast in bed to fellow students to raise money for the Red Cross. The stunt collected $25 for the campaign.
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Meadville
Red Cross
Alpha XI Delta Sorority
Allegheny Cellege
Interest Growing In Soil Building In Alabama
PMA figures show Alabama farmers used far more conservation materials and services in January and February than the year before. Basic slag and lime distributed rising to thousands of tons, forage grasses and sericea shipped in large pounds, and hundreds of thousands of feet of terraces with PMA aid. Ditching and drainage work also up, indicating growing soil-building interest and a strong start for 1947.
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Auburn
PMA
Alabama
Audiences Bring Germs? Theaters Show Bacteria Levels
Dr. Matthew Luckiesh of General Electric reports air samples from theaters reveal the greatest concentration of bacteria. The note suggests audiences may spread germs, offering little consolation about timely movie outings.
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Cleveland
Matthew Luckiesh
General Electric Co
Beat These Insects And Make Tomatoes
AUBURN Tomato pest guidance urges growers to beat tomato fruitworm late blight and leaf spot to ensure a strong crop. Entomologist W A Ruffin notes cryolite controls fruitworm and suggests dithane zinc sulphate lime hydrated copper and cryolite sprays or dusts, with early, regular applications.
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W. A. Ruffin
Ruffin
Grazing Crops Boost Hog Profits in Alabama
Alabama farmers can cut hog costs by using grazing crops says agronomy expert J C Lowery. Peanuts and oats for spring grazing, Otootan soybeans for June July, kudzu, early corn varieties and lespedeza highlighted as profitable options for southeast Alabama hog production.
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Auburn
Alabama
API Extension
For Sale Items and Classified Fragments
Fragmented sale notices list items for sale and wanted to buy, including a horse harness cultivator steel vise and other equipment. Locations mention Dothan Road and Snellgrave Achford Alabama, with several garbled names and contacts.
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Sten
Steel Vise
Erin
Agoom
Thiee Line
ROP
Snellgrave
Achford
Ala
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