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Festhall finale
By David Lazenby
davidl@cullmantimes.com
It’s last call for the Festhalle.
The first season of the Festhalle Market Platz comes to an end Saturday.
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Festhall finale
By David Lazenby
davidl@cullmantimes.com
It’s last call for the Festhalle.
The first season of the Festhalle Market Platz comes to an end Saturday.
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Utterly amazed
By David Lazenby
davidl@cullmantimes.com
A barnyard, cotton field and antiquated kitchen substituted for classrooms Wednesday as East Elementary School second graders got a hands-on history lesson.
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Cold Springs FFA repeat at fair
By Niamh Bailes
news@cullmantimes.com
Cold Springs High School’s Future Farmers of America club won the Cullman County Fair’s Herdsman Award in September but they are not resting yet. On Thursday, they are going for another win at the Alabama National Fair in Montgomery.
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Plumping up Pumpkins
By Niamh Bailes
news@cullmantimes.com
Whether for roasted seeds, sweet pies or Halloween lanterns, the fall season is not so colorful without the versatile pumpkin. There are as many varieties of pumpkin as uses for the fruit, but they all require similar conditions to grow.
“A lot of people have the idea that pumpkins are drought resistant,” said Arnold Caylor, director of the Experiment Station in Cullman, “but that’s not the case. As people have found this year, pumpkins need a lot of water.”
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Students come home winners at livestock Expo
Cullman County students won big at this year’s Alabama Junior Livestock Exposition, taking 27 slots in the winner’s circle, more than any other county.
- Farmers well represented at state event
- Some worry about virus mutating, causing pandemic
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Many things can affect size of pecan harvest
Poor soils and too much or too little water can adversely affect pecan production.
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Avian flu no threat to United States
Alabama Department of Agriculture veterinarian Brad Fields said American's fears of avian flu, more commonly known as bird flu, are largely unfounded.
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Festhall finale
