County Agent Report on Hog-Grazing Trial and Market Co-ops
A Georgia county agent summarizes Amos C. Murray’s 48 hogs grazing 5.2 acres of corn soybeans and peanuts, yielding 2,944 lb gain for 566 lb per acre with net value $18.64 per acre after mineral and protein costs. The piece also outlines cooperative marketing plans led by C. Garner and five Atlanta agents to move surplus farm products via county depots and warehouses across Georgia.
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Peach
C. B. Ingram
Taylor County
Amos C. Murray
Fort Valley
Mathis
Murray
Athens
Georgia
C. G. Garner
University of Georgia
Garner
Atlanta
Savannah
Augusta
Macon
Columbus
New Year Dairy Herd Averages Highlight Botted Farms
Col T L Huston on Butler Island reports purebred Holstein herd averaging 890 pounds milk per cow. Creamood Dairy Farm Smyrna Guernsey herd tops Dairy Herd Improvement with 32.88 pounds fat per cow. Alto State Tuberculosis Sanitorium herd leads with 685 pounds milk per cow. Despite adverse conditions, these herds show profitable production through detail, feeding, culling and records. County agents and Agricultural Extension Service support with improved grazing methods and practical teaching.
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Athens
Agricultural Extension Service
Georgia
Frank Fitch
Extension Service
Clarke County
Mr. Fitch
Frank W. Fitch
Extension Service Dairyman
J. C. Woolridge
Columbus
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Frank Flor
Demorest
Col
T. L. Huston
Butler Island
Guernsey
Creamood
Smyrna
Alto
Fitch
Macon fat stock show dates set for April 20 21
The Macon and Middle Georgia fat stock show featuring fat steers and hogs is scheduled for April 20 and 21. Premiums have been raised, with carload shipments anticipated and many exhibits from counties to attract bidders from stock yards. All animals shown will be sold at auction April 21 with packet buyers present.
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Macon and
Middle Georgia
Macon
Cultivating Happiness and Community Service
A compact essay urges daily happiness through harmonious thoughts, simple living, and service to others. It stresses the duty of happiness, the value of kindness, and using will for good, plus a spiritual call to do the will of God as central to true well being. The piece then shifts to a note on Florida’s avocado industry revival since 1927, tracing its shaky history from 1838 plantings to hurricane impacts and recent growth amid persistent growers.
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Moulttie Observer
Florida
Miami
Peru
Dalle County
Rightway Magazine Discusses Receivership
The Central of Georgia Rail magazine for January discusses the receivership and its impact on employees. It explains financial stress from declining traffic and heavy taxes, noting past borrowing limits and attempts to cut expenses. The piece suggests potential local reform and fairness in tax and regulatory practices for railroads.
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Central of Georgia Rail
Revere
H. D. Pollard
Lorings
Pollard
Thatmagazine
Iphwes
Rar
Georgia
Ean Partes
Central of Georgia
Snider’s Rainy January Forecast Puzzle
Prof Albert L. Snider predicts a rainy January with rain on 14 of 31 days and cold waves on January 16 and 24. He outlines a month of varied conditions from fair and cold to cloudy, with several days of rain and several of partly cloudy or fair weather.
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Albert L. Snider
Prof
Snider
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W. A. Lundy
Geo. H. Firor
Firor
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Anne Porter Johnson
Barrows
Greenville Kleiser
Rightway Magazine
Haarlem Il
Haarlem
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