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Great farm profits in Atlanta area praised by farmer
Loring Brown of Belmont Farm near Atlanta touts six acres yielding 2790 dollars from oats Irish potatoes and seed corn fertilizer from cattle manure. He farms thirty acres near Smyrna with Jersey cows and a dairy operation valued at five thousand plus, while projecting further gains from two acres of corn and pasture. Brown credits efficient use of cotton seed meal and acid phosphate in boosting yields and notes family ownership with Ed L. Wight and a prized bull Agathas Gray Prince imported from Jersey.
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Atlanta
Loring Brown
Belmont
State Department of Agriculture
R. F. Wright
Marietta
Smyrna
Brown
Jersey
Joe Jacobs
Jacob's Pharmacy
Mr. Brown
Ed L. Wight
Agatha