Great Farm Diversification Campaign In Alabama Nears End
The Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign will close Saturday after a month long effort covering mobile region and many meetings. Campaign leaders including W R Baughman and crews from Clarke Conecuh Monroe Sumter and Choctaw Washington counties will conclude with joint meetings and a mobile return to Mobile. The program emphasizes permanent agriculture in livestock grains and legumes with wide participation from farmers and business people.
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Great Farm
Alabama
Mississippi River
Mobile
W. R. Baughman
Clarke County
Grove Hill
Fulton
Thomasville
Jackson
Conecuh
N. Tuesdall
Crew No
Southern Railway
Marion Junction
Sweetwater
Monroe County
Monroeville
Demopolis
Sumter County
York
Crew No. 1
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern
Choctaw
Washington
John T. Cochrane
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
Remarkable 32 Products Dinner Highlights Citronelle Diversity
In Citronelle Mobile county a special Mobile and Ohio train carried campaign guests for the Alabama Crops Diversification drive. A 32 item dinner showcased regional produce from citrus to pecans with pork eggs butter beef and milk, illustrating diverse farming ties to soil fertility and diversification.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Citronelle
Mobile County
Cintronelle
E. C. Rendell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gulfcrest
P. G. Holden
Agricultural Department
International Harvester Company
N. Hammock
Tennessee
Holden Forces
George A. Maloney
Citronelle Business Men's Association
Iowa
Holden
Prattville Court Hears Farm Diversification Trial
In Prattville Alabama a mock trial staged in the courthouse explores crop diversification. Prosecutor Lindsey Reese argues Prattville must grow hogs corn oats and hay locally while Judge Fawcett sentences the community to a year of labor raising food and feed stuffs.
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Prattville
Court House
R. §. Fawcett
Lindsey Reese
Illinois
Reese
Fawcett
Edinburgh Plans Day Classes for Unemployed Youth
Edinburgh Scotland organizes day classes for unemployed older boys and girls to improve skills and employment prospects. The program targets youth in need and aims to provide practical training and guidance for reentering the workforce.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Legumes Increase Yields of Other Crops
Chart from Crop Diversification Center highlights legumes boosting yields of neighboring crops. Note mentions Sis Jaes and Se Wee Seemeare in unclear text.
Rotation For Dairy Or Stock Farm
The chart advocates a practical rotation for a dairy or stock farm to build soil and lift yields. Alfalfa pasture is key, Iowa shows 60 acres in pasture of 160, Alabama farmers expect year round pasture. Permanent pasture prevents erosion while grains feed livestock and produce food this year.
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Iowa
Alabama
Meeting at Loxley Well Attended Despite Weather
The Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign meeting was held in the Loxley school house with good attendance despite a storm. Mr. Clark of Tennessee and Mr. James of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad led discussions on Baldwin county exports and imports, potato crops valued at 290000, soil protection, tick eradication, crop rotation, and livestock talks.
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Loxley
Ala
Alabama
Clark
Tennessee
James
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Baldwin County
Baldwin
Baldwin Hears Prof Holden Discuss Baldwin’s Crop Future
Bay Minette March 6 Baldwin county residents hear Prof P G Holden advocate crop diversification and home canning industries. He praises local co operatives, warns against rutting farming, and predicts Baldwin’s agricultural future with improved pastures and cattle tick eradication.
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Bay Minette
Alabama
Baldwin
Ira Bb. Thompson
Baldwin County
Bayonette
Essor P. G. Holden
Iowa
Holden
Illinois
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Bermuda
Professor Holden
United States
Brewton Merchants Suspend Business to Attend Meetings
Brewton Alabama March 6 a county wide campaign on farm diversification organized by the Brewton Chamber of Commerce and Mobile Chamber of Commerce kept business largely suspended Famed speakers including Mrs Mathis and Professor C W Farr visited Brewton College Institute Downing Industrial School and Vaudette Theatre to address crowds A banquet at Hotel Lovelace capped a day of community gatherings with praise for local Chamber efforts.
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Brewton
Ala
Hscambia County
Collegiate Institute
Downing Industrial School
Vaudette Theatre
Brewton College Institute
Brewton Chamber of Commerce
Krewton
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Lovelace
C. A. Peavy
Escambia County
R. A. Hayne
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Educational Department of
Experiment Station
Auburn
State
National Agricultural Department
Hereford Association to Meet in Jackson Mississippi
American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association directors will meet in Jackson Mississippi on March 16 to discuss eradicating cattle ticks and expanding beef cattle in the South. A public sale by W J Davis & Co follows, drawing breeders nationwide. A later public meeting will feature government and agricultural representatives discussing the Southern livestock industry.
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South
American Hereford Cattle Breeders’ Association
Jackson, Mins
The
Hereford Association
Jackson
W. J. Davis, & Co
Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Stations
Legumes and Lime Improve Alabama Soils Crops
A practical chart from the Crop Diversification Campaign explains legumes such as alfalfa peas and soybeans restore nitrogen and humus to poor soils. It notes yields show 40 bushels of corn per acre after cow peas versus 23 bushels when no legume followed, and underlines sweet clover as a valuable soil-building plant.
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Alabama
Diversification hits full bloom around Atmore
In Escambia county Atmore shows diversified farming in action with oats, peaches, berries, Satsuma oranges, and Irish potatoes. Local growers expand into beans, English peas, and corn processing with new shipments and a push to ship hundreds of carloads of fruit and vegetables this season.
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Atmore
Escambia
Alabama
Escambia High School
R. A. Hayne
International Harvester Company
J B
Acre
Scotch Lumber Co Shows Agriculture Test Profits
The Scotch Lumber Company of Fulton, Clarke County, conducted a 17 acre diversification test with no live stock and reported profits. They cannery produced 2,000 cans sold for 178.75 profit 50.94. The plan included potatoes beans and garden crops with canning and land rented for seven months.
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Scotch Lumber Company
Fulton
Clarke County
W. D. Harrigan
Sea Aisisiers
Tee Sey
Branshaw
Mobile
Selma
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Lauderdale County
Miss
Meridian
Cliff Williams
Mississippi
P. C. Holden
Wiliams
J. E. Waggoner
A. E. Chamberlain
Judge Chamberlain
Lauderdale
Southern Railay
Roland Turner
H. C. Jes
G. W. Humphries
Louisville
Nashville
William James
E. A. Miller
W. E. Hinds
D. W. Stelvenmuller
H. C. Wilson
Ernest Walker
J. B. Hodley
J. L. Sibley
State Department of Education
H. S. Worthy
Cc. B. Funk
H. A. Clarke
J. E. Hite
J. B. Burrows
H. Guy Hathorn
C. C. Kirkpatrick
Moge
Prattville, Ala
Sweet Clover
Black Belt
Itimothy
Timothy
Alfalfa
Wil
Tenn
H. H. Patterson
Nnbile
Florida Line
Satsumas
Alabama-Mississippi Gulf Coast
W. M. Carney
First National Bank of
Peoples Bank & Trust
Leonidas Greer
Cc. C. Hudspeth
J. P. McMurphy
W. C. Roberts
Hayne
Catton
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