Penalty Explanations in Peanut Marketing Case and Bid Award
The article reports that William Goode Construction of Macon won the bid for the Georgia Game and Fish Commission district headquarters and laboratory at $42,700. It also details civil penalties for peanut misidentification and excess marketing, citing a Taylor County example where a farmer could face penalties equal to his normal yield times excess acreage times the basic penalty, in addition to a $100 fine.
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Georgia Game and Fish Commission
State Capitol
Fulton Lovell
William Goode
Gotpane
Macon
H. A. Sealy
Taylor County
ASC
Sealy
Soybean Support Set At 1 80 In Georgia For 1960
The 1960 crop soybean price support in Georgia will be 1.80 per bushel matching the national average of 1.85. Loans and purchase agreements will run from harvest through January 31 1961 with loans maturing May 31 1961. Eligibility mirrors No 4 soybeans moisture cap 14 percent and requires 1960 production. J F Bradley ASC Administrative Officer announced.
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Georgia
J. F. Bradley
ASC
Chase
Inoculate Your Hogs Cholera Outbreak Threatens Industry
Georgia hog raisers face a severe cholera outbreak as farms neglect inoculation. J N McDuffie warns that careless practices, unsafe feeder hog purchases, and improper disposal of dead animals threaten entire herds. Immediate vaccination and strict sanitary measures are urged to curb spread.
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Georgia
J. N. McDuffie
State Department of Agriculture
South
Soil Conservation Key to County Farming Program
County Agent Vernon Reddish emphasizes soil conservation as essential to farm and forest land use. Practices include terracing contour plowing drainage ditches farm ponds soil testing lime and fertilizer use selective timber cutting and reforestation. He urges daily year round soil stewardship for better crop and livestock yields.
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County Program Development Committee
Vernon Reddish
Gifts of healing and giving in life’s sacred debt
Poem contemplates duty to share gifts and light. If endowed with strength, melody, or healing power, one must give selflessly to ease others. True wealth lies not in gold but in wounds healed and hearts touched, as gifts bloom only when shared.
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Fort Valley
Peanut Civil Tribune
Butler, Georgia
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