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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1943
Page
6
Officials report staffing gaps at the institute hampering Machinery Ops and field work. Leaders say the labor shortage affects training, maintenance, and outreach programs, with plans to recruit and reassign staff to critical tasks.
Weuck farm machinery is offered for next year as plans are refined to maximize usage. Director P. O. Davis and Levis Ponts highlight tractors and implements as vital farm power, citing British Isles wartime farming shifts to tractors during bombing and shortages. Southeast Alabama farmers report favorable results from adapting tractors to planting cultivating and harvesting.
Eramett Risemore and Southeast Alabama farmers say a properly sized tractor with operator and accessories can greatly boost cotton, corn, and peanut production. A Gen eva County farmer planted 30 acres of cotton. his son would finish. Extension engineer J Wilson urges farmers with acreage to study tractors and labor-saving implements now, consulting neighbors and testing two row planters and cultivators.
NEA Service notes in Chicago that Army Quartermaster Corps market centers spend nearly eight million dollars daily on fresh produce and perishable foods. Scientists at the Chicago Subsistence Laboratory advance dehydrated meals, caned ham and eggs becoming household staples, reshaping home cooking after the war.
Four hundred seventy-one non farm high school boys join the Voluntary Land Corps to process 50 cars of potatoes in Baldwin County Alabama. They started May 10 for seven weeks under local school officials and Alabama Extension Service supervision. Camps are Foley Louie Roberts gate Summerdale and Fairhope with editors sending hometown updates.
County agents and implement dealers offer views on rotary hoe Weedera and Spiketooth implements seen in use. Higher farm product prices could hasten payment for machines within a year, while other regions may have advanced more in machinery adoption than the Southeast, including Alabama.
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