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New Field School Brings 40 Acres and a Mule Reform
Georgia's farming revival moves from old methods to a New Field School approach. Local agents demonstrate on single acres, teaching through hands on experiments and shared results, with 46 Georgia demonstrators and 428 southern agents. Outcomes include yields from 25 to 91 bushels of corn per acre and 1600 pounds cotton per acre in tested plots.
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Georgia
Athens
Storm Center
Hunnicutt
Taney
Washington
Congressional Committee of Agriculture
State Department
State College of Agriculture
Bradford Knapp
Seaman Knapp
Department of Agriculture
E. Gentry
J. W. Willis
Early
Dr. Knapp
Texas
New York Board of Education
Government Department
Statesboro