Vocational Training Course Teaches Cooperative Spirit
State Director Paul W. Chapman outlines a program with the Georgia State Board for Vocational Education and the Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. Agricultural students join as individual members, handling notes and purchases to learn financing, cooperation, and practical farm management while in school.
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Paul W. Chapman
Georgia State Board For Vocational Education
Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Georgia
Georgia Cotton Growers Operative Association
Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Growers Supply Company
Boyis
Cotton’ Growers Cooperative Association
Status of Georgia Agriculture Survey Summary
A Bureau of Agricultural Economics report notes Georgia crops show uneven progress. Overall, the state’s farms are better fortified with cash crops than a year ago, with southern Georgia in the best shape due to diverse cash crops and good yields, while central regions lag except peach growers.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Georgia
Geneta
State Veterinarian Plans Eradication of Poultry ills
Dr J M Sutton Georgia state veterinarian says poultry raising now valued at 40 million dollars in state is fastest growing agricultural industry. He notes rapid growth with a new eradication program to combat poultry diseases and stresses constant care for flocks to stay profitable. He cites last year 15 million in poultry products consumed in Georgia and 7 million dollars worth of chickens and eggs imported, signaling substantial growth potential. Diseases listed as most disastrous include white diarrhea or B W D coccidiosis and external and internal parasites.
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Georgia
J. M Sutton
Dr. Sutton
Agronomists Tour Georgia Experiments and Yields
More than 60 agronomists toured the Georgia State College of Agriculture at Athens the Griffin Experiment Station and the Coastal Plain Station at Tifton. They heard talks by local directors and studied the five acre corn and cotton contests results showed high yields profitable per acre and fertilizer use. Grand prize winner McLeod Brothers achieved 180.79 bushels per acre at 32.1 cents per bushel. The discussion highlighted soil improvement, high yielding varieties and cost per bushel.
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GUSM
OENM
Georgia
South
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Athens
Georgia Experiment Station
Griffin
Coastal Plain
Tifton
South Carolina
State College of Agriculture
E. D. Alexander
Alexander
McLeod Brothers
Lowndes County
Fertilizer Experiments Show Varying Cotton Yields and Lint Content
Measurements from Griffin station trials compare 4-8-4 and higher applications on boll counts and lint weight. At 400 pounds per acre lint reached 86.6 percent while 1200 pounds fell to 34.9 percent. Coastal Plain tests in Tifton compare 6-10-0 0-8-3 and 2-8-6 analyses, with 2-8-6 yielding 1020 pounds across two pickings. Standard cotton fertilizer recommendation cited as 3-9-5.
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Whatley
Griffin
Coastal Plain
Tifton
Triangle
Sandard
Big Tobacco Crop Looms in South Georgia 1930 Estimate
Reports from seed sales fertilizer contracts and new barns indicate the 1930 South Georgia tobacco crop may reach about 125 million pounds, up from 90 million last year. In Colquitt County the western area from Moultrie toward the county line shows 101 new tobacco barns either completed or under construction, with similar increases noted in nearby sections.
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South Georgia
Colquitt County
Moultrie
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Status OF Georgia Agriculture
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Savannah
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St. Louis
Missouri
Arthur M. Hyde
United States
America
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New York Curb Exchange
George M. Forman & Company, Inc
Broadway
New York
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