Campaign to Fight Boll Weevil Gains State Support
At a Macon meeting the State Board of Entomology and the Department of Agriculture lead a boll weevil campaign with College of Agriculture extensions ready to assist. Resolutions urge cooperation among agencies and business groups to fund and organize farmers, merchants, and bankers for better farming, markets, and credit as the effort begins.
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State Board of Entomology
State Department of Agriculture
State College of Agriculture
Macon
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Society
The
Farmers’ Union
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce and Bankes
Smith-Lever
Treatment for oat crop smut in Georgia demonstrated
The county farm demonstration agents estimate a ten percent loss from Georgia oats due to loose smut, totaling about 1 824 009 bushels. Formalin treatment is recommended to kill spores, with instructions for mixing, application, drying, and disinfection of drills and bags.
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Eoe
Georgia
Early Planting Guidelines for Spring Cabbage
The seed should be sown by October 1 for early spring cabbage. Transplant when seedlings are three to four weeks old and repeat if possible the next month. Plant in the field from December onward for early spring heads, with Georgia practice of sowing in hills in October and thinning as growth starts, though transplanting from seed beds is preferred.
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South Georgia
Hill i
Benefits of Smith Lever Funds for Georgia Farming
In south Georgia boll weevil pressure prompts shifting crops and improved methods. Smith Lever funds support state and national extension work, enabling agents to aid farmers with cholera serum use, pest control, soil and crop improvements, and the spread of demonstrations from the College. The program funds farm clubs and practical agricultural education, multiplying state support with federal matching funds.
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South Georgia
Smith-Lever
Georgia
Canning Sweet Potatoes Offers Several Methods
Georgia College of Agriculture reports on sweet potato canning with Prof. R. E. Blackburn leading investigations. Methods include direct open processing, intermittent open processing, steam at five to ten pounds, and steam under fifteen pounds, with dry packing favored over sugar syrup and home canning advised.
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Georgia State College of Agriculture
Department of Horticulture
R. E. Blackburn
Red Rose musical thrills largest Athens crowd of season
The Colonial hosted the musical comedy Red Rose in a College Night honoring the Georgia Virginia game. Local boy Wilbur Cox played Spiegel and drew the loudest applause while boxes celebrated the two teams arriving from a reception hosted by Dr H C White.
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Georgia
Virginia
H.C. White
Athens
Wilbur Cox
B. D. Cox
Spiegel
Red Rose
Two Alleged Tigers Arrested Last Night
Will Wingfield and Hallie Nesbit, both colored, were arrested by police last night on charges of infracting Ordinance 317 the city prohibition law.
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Will Wingfield
Hallie Nesbit
Plans to boost U S aero squadrons strength
The war department weighs adding a company to aero squadrons raising enlisted men from ninety to one hundred twenty nine and aircraft from eight to twelve. CARD OF THANKS. Mr William H Jones and family thank friends for support during wife and mother's illness and death and for floral tributes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Wm. H. Jones
Tax Payers Notice for Final City Tax Instalment
The last instalment of city tax is due Monday November 1st. Advertise your wants.
Panama Canal Open By January First
Panama reports the canal will be ready for traffic by January 1 with engineers confident a light draught channel will be ready sooner. The initial obstruction was a thirteen hundred foot closure, and Gen Geothals did not formally commit to the date.
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Associated Press
Panama
Panama Canal
Geothals
Thirty Thousand Women Parade in New Orleans
Thirty thousand women formed the largest suffrage parade seen anywhere, marching along Fifth Avenue as an October 23 appeal for vote rights in the November 2 election. In related church notices, St Timothy’s P E Church at Corner Pope and Hancock Streets announced services for the twenty first Sunday after Trinity with Sunday school at 10 a m, morning prayers and sermon at 11 15 a m, and evening prayers with sermon at 8 15 p m, inviting all to attend.
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Associated Press
Fifth Avenue
St. Timothy’s P. E
Pope and
Hancock Streets
J. R. Lewis
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Andrew M. Soule
Ais
R. R. Cinds
Georgia State College OF Aguiculture
T. H.mchatton
Prof. Hort
Georgia’ State College of Agriculture
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Cage
House of Kuppenheimer
Biltmore
Kuppenheimer
Douglas
Stetson
Mallory
Ile
Ts’ Furnishings
Jackson
U.S. Aero Squadron
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