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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1912
Page
10
Col. R J Redding writes on March farming in Griffin Ga urging timely field work. He notes March weather may improve conditions after a long dry spell and stresses plow readiness, proper fertilizer, and stretching planting over time.
A Cotton Growers notice promotes seed offerings and urges readers to request the booklet. It lists Cleveland's Big Boll Cook's Improved Broadwell's Double-Jointed Bank Account Early Triumph Langford Cluster Uncle Sam and Tatum's Big Boll among varieties. The notice promises special prices and dead in the booklet.
A reader questions potash and phosphate balances, cotton seed meal exchange, and fertilizer mixes for cotton and vegetables. Extension replies advise using acid phosphate and potash sources, caution against green cotton seed, and detail formula adjustments for soil nitrogen, potash, and rust considerations.
A rural Q and A compilation covers veterinary tips from January 3 including a case of a 12 month colt with a broken femur and guidance on immobilization, a horse with intestinal worms and treatment options, a founder mule with chronic lameness and pain relief methods, hog thumps and heart health, plus advice on Kudzu as forage and cane seed sourcing.
A reader asks how to treat a weak eight month old dog with hind leg paralysis after distemper. The answer: treat paralysis with spinal application of lunar caustic and water, and internal nux vomica tablets, cautioning against missed doses. Additional letters discuss a yearling with a shoulder blade fracture and a cow with phrenitis needing bloodletting, cold head applications, and specific tinctures.
Georgia fruit official predicts a bumper season with over 6000 carloads of peaches. Cold weather delayed blooming, plans for rapid shipping, and strong nationwide selling connections aim to prevent congestion. Manager Tienry Dr Marks notes preparations and disease controls, expecting a record year if warm weather arrives.
Wet weather hampers field farming but urban plots in Atlanta thrive. Citizens on Grant Street and Auguste Avenue grow vegetables in small yards, yielding enough for large families. A Grant Street gardener reports net profit after costs and notes health and aesthetics benefits. A seed firm plans a prize for best city garden around early June with inspections.
A long distance phone message from Durham reports a sensational note in which W. A. Erwin and G. M. B. Powe, leaders of Erwin Mills, were said to be the targets. A woman was seen on the Durham platform with two infants then later seen at the homes of Erwin and Powe. The babies were hospitalized and the search for the woman continues amid mystery.
New Orleans reports labor unrest and European strikes may dominate cotton market moves this week. Traders will watch English coal strike duration, U S planting season signals, and weather across Texas and the belt as planting begins and ginning data near March 20 influence sentiment.
Athens Ga March 3 Special Recently the county treated itself to a new bailiff a criminal bailiff for the courts with police authority R BE Sage formerly of the detective force of the city police The county agreed to pay him 900 en year The second day after his appointment he rounded up sixteen negro gamblers in a house near the State Normal Sctual property and in the
Trials in city court included fines totaling near sixty dollars less than the Special Officer's yearly salary. A blind tiger gambling case produced a warrant, a seventeenth suspect arrested, and the fine covered most of the balance due on another account. A Guardian of Application for Leave to Sell Land notices a Fulton County hearing on March 18 1912 to authorize sale of property at 180 Peachtree Street Atlanta for reinvestment.
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