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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1922
Page
10
Larry Gantt argues that New South farms shift from cotton to diverse crops. He praises green landscapes, new crops like sweet potatoes, hogs, and cattle, and notes farmers embracing noncotton to resist debt and boll weevil pressures. He foresees southern farmers becoming independent and prosperous within a year.
A historical note on 1921 corn production in the United States, comparing merchantable shares and per capita yields. Georgia and Tennessee trail among states in merchantable quality, with Nebraska and Iowa leading among western states. Prices for corn from 1920 to 1922 show a general decline across regions, notably the ten cotton and western groups.
The Victory Week campaign of the state farmers cooperative cotton marketing plan reports eight of 78 counties have exceeded their quotas. About 1 200 farmers aided the effort with a signup of 650 000 bales, with Franklin County leading at 12 000 bales. Quotas total 330 000 bales and the campaign runs to April 1, aiming to mobilize counties toward their production totals. Wheeler County already shows strong progress with ongoing segregation efforts and notable encouragement from the drive.
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