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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1946
Page
4
Officials warn ongoing food shortages as millions abroad face starvation. The government projects exporting 114 million tons of wheat monthly for three months and at least 375000 tons of food fats this year. Every farm family and many town and city farmers can help by conserving and increasing production.
The National Emergency Food Program urges growing gardens and conserving food. A March planting list follows with row spacing and plant counts for beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, corn, lettuce, onions, field peas, radish, Swiss chard, squash, tomatoes, and turnips.
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Free cotton classing and market news services will be available this year to organized cotton improvement groups in Alabama. Sponsored by the Smith Doxry Act, groups must organize adopt a variety of cotton file applications and meet other requirements.
Houston County 4-H clubs plan March 18 to 31 demonstrations at members homes on rural house planning and dairy foods. Snell Reeves seeks aid to secure purebred OC gut pigs for a 4-H project. Farmers plant cucumbers for a commercial crop, targeting Long Green A&C seed. Meetings list dates and schools with boys and girls demonstrations and health champions named. Rutgers tomato plants ordered for 217,000. field transplanting tomato work progresses in Houston County.
Alabama farmers are expanding pond building with estimates of over 1,000 ponds to be constructed this year and about 4,000 already in the state. Allen M Pearson of the APL extension says properly managed ponds yield meat for the table, water for stock, and cash income while aiding groundwater. Fertilized ponds produce four to five times more fish. typical one acre yields about 390 pounds of fish per year. County agents advise stocking with perch and trout and emphasize weed control. some farmers sell fishing rights or fish, with pond registrations required.
Reports from county agents across Alabama show strong farmer interest in pond construction. In Lowndes, 150 ponds were built last year supplying water for cattle and fish for home use. Montgomery 125 men built ponds, 400 600 fingerlings secured. Bullock Bullock County notes pond work for live stock water and recreation. Russell 324 ponds aid food, recreation, water supply and soil conservation.
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