Poultry Marketing Co operatives Spread in Georgia Counties
In 1929 eighty five Georgia counties joined a cooperative poultry marketing program with the Georgia State College of Agriculture. They sold 9,846,159 pounds of live poultry valued around $000,000, with individual returns from $200 to $50. County committees, county agents, and marketing specialists coordinated surveys, bidding, grading, weighing, financing, and transport. Posters and circular letters aided farmer education, and seven northeast counties piloted the effort before wider rollout. County agents remained pivotal in demonstrating farmers bargaining power through coordinated selling.
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E. L. Acken
Georgia
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Georgia Extension Service
Georgia State Bureau of Markets
Federal Ofice of Dorpersttes
Washington
Visual Inste
Meee
Poultry Health Rules From Florida Expert
C H Magoon outlines disease causes in poultry, stressing low vitality and poor environment as main triggers. He urges thorough cleaning, lime treatment, fresh ground, disinfectants, and water sanitizers. Advice covers house sanitation, feeding adjustments, two ether doses of Epsom salts, and cod liver oil to boost resistance.
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C. H. Magoon
Florida
Cooperation boosts poultry prices in Georgia county report
Specialists of Georgia reported that cooperative marketing raised hen prices from 18 to 26 cents per pound, fryer prices from 26 to 30 cents to 86 cents, and rooster prices from 9 to 15 cents. In a county without cooperation, farmers earned less. Two weeks after starting group cooperation, 21 210 pounds of poultry sold, increasing revenue by 1509 dollars.
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Georgia
State College
Partiular County
Egg Market Shows Limited Signs Of Price Improvement
Egg market shows few signs of seasonal price gains as supply outstrips demand. Ice consumption is weak and storage movement is higher than last year, signaling a record egg stock for August 1. November deliveries in New York and Chicago rose modestly before easing, while pullet eggs, though small, are fresh and piling up against cold storage sales.
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New York
Chicago
Nematode Disease Of Georgia Wheat Reports
Specimens from Clermont Hall county Georgia reveal wheat heads distorted by hard galls containing Tylenchus fritici nematodes. Disease appears prevalent locally with losses estimated at 15 percent on three farms and possibly higher previously. Nematodes attack seedlings soon after emergence and endure in infected stubble and litter, spreading with threshing.
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Georgia Experiment Station
Clermont Hall County
Georgia
Tobacco grading service eyed for Georgia growers auction
Georgia AG expert C Westbrook outlines a new official tobacco grading service to be used at auction. Plan, developed by Athens Agricultural College and USDA, would have inspectors mark lots with United States Standard Grade before sale. Benefits cited include uniform grades, higher confidence in bidding, and fairer pricing for farmers across markets.
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Ee Parce
Hme
Son
C. Westbrook
Georgia College of Agriculture
Colkc Athens
United States of Agriculture
United States
Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Tobach
Lrae
Uie
Extension Workers Study Nine Members On Leave
Nine members of the extension service at the Georgia State College of Agriculture are on six weeks leave of absence. They will study in their home counties and then report back to the agricultural school. The counties listed include Troup, Berrien, Meriwether, Green, Pickens, Tatnall, Newton, Twigga, and Chatham, with named staff members Ida Bell, Merry Nell Davis, Elizabeth Proctor, Victoria Whatley, Besais, C H Jordan, Roberts, K well, and L B Chatham among those reported.
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Georgia State College of Azure
Agricultural School
Ida Bell
Troup
Merry Nell’ Davis
Berrien
Elizabeth Proctor
Meriwether
Victoria Whatley
Green
Besais
Gaines
Pickens
H. Jordan
Tatnall County
Tatnall County; Miss Roberts
Newton County
K. 3
Well
Twigga County
L. B
Chatham County
Intergat Treatment Boosts Georgia Citrus Trials Near Thomasville
Experimental groves near Thomasville in Grady County push forward a new cultivation practice. The project expands as multiple sites join the program to test 7 treat integration and yield effects.
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Georgia
Thomasville
Grady
diseased crop guidance for seed planting and nematode control
The bulletin from Georgia Experi ment Station advises careful handling of diseased seed and choosing wheat or rye to avoid spreading nematodes. If clean seed is unavailable, use infested seed with caution and apply recommended methods to prevent contamination across grain fields.
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Department Farmers’ Bulletin
Georiga H
Georgia
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