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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1945
Page
5
C M Ling discusses leafspot a fungus Parzale prace causing heavy losses in peanut crops. Spores spread by wind rain animals and insects. Spots appear June to September weakening plants and reducing yield. Copper sulphur dusting boosts yields. demonstrations show significant nut and hay gains with dusting.
The Alabama Experiment Station reports dusting peanuts with copper sulphur dust reduces leaf spot and boosts yields. In Barbour County 1944 results show one farmer yielding about 2020 pounds per acre with leaf preservation, while tenants without leaf retention yielded 10 pounds less per acre. Three applications starting at 60 to 65 days old, at two week intervals, are advised for best control. Buy war bonds.
U S Department of Agriculture scientists introduce Coastal Bermuda, a new pasture grass from the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Titton, Ga. It yields more feed, matures quickly, and responds well to fertilizer, with four cuttings yielding four to six tons per acre. Planting is possible March 15 to August 15 with favorable moisture.
Sugar saving tips from API and USDA home economists outline methods to stretch Sugar Stamp 36. Suggestions include using fresh fruit in place of desserts, saving syrup from canned fruit, dissolving sugar fully, making sugar syrup for iced tea, and serving cereals with dried fruits or sugar free, plus choosing sweeter breads over added sugar.
For alfalfa hay quality leaf color and leaf percent are key. Cut between early and full bloom, wilt in the swath, then finish curing in the windrow to keep leaves. Windrow after wilting but before leaves shatter to avoid leaf loss. Hay cured this way stores with higher carotene and protein.
E J Klinner of Maplesville, a 4H club member, exhibited the grand champion calf weighing 955 pounds at the fat stock show in Birmingham and sold for 1.25 per pound totaling 1193.05 dollars. His sister Pauline showed the 855 pound reserve champion calf selling for 513 dollars. Other 4H and FFA calves also brought strong prices.
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