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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1931
Page
5
The May Issue notes soybeans can yield well without inoculation on rich soil, stressing soil nitrogen from the oil supply and recommending commercial inoculants. It also details anthracnose disinfection for watermelons, boiling seed treatment with mercuric chloride, and guidelines to prevent coccidiosis in poultry through feeding, housing sanitation, and lime soil practices.
A fragment discusses mood and perseverance and notes Mrs. Lek who began college late, becoming a grandmother yet pursued higher education. The text reflects pessimism versus belief in personal progress and cites an elderly learner entering university at fifty.
Geo W Coleman, 1930 president of the Tift county board of trade, urges development of farm product distribution and market systems over Florida boom settlement. He stresses balanced agricultural growth, soil fertility, land use, and coordinated farm business policy to ensure proper utilization and outlets for region producers. He notes the need for cooperation between towns and countryside and continued progress in coordinated promotion and practice across Georgia.
A young man asks for farming guidance after a short course. The speaker outlines ten maxims: maintain a hopeful mindset, reject the idea of a single farm problem solution, distrust sole reliance on politics, recognize farming as a producer of industrial materials, embrace cooperative action, balance production and distribution issues, join and support cooperative movements, avoid narrow focus on one cooperative, and stay updated with latest field results while farmers must implement plans themselves.
Oglethorpe Echo reports farmers, urged by agricultural experts to diversify from cotton, fear profiteers. Peanuts and dairy were touted but prices collapsed, harming those who invested in equipment. Shifting to alternatives risks ruin without safeguards, as butter and cream prices remain unfairly low despite higher consumer costs.
Form the habit of planting every two weeks with collards for next winter and snap beans for a constant tender supply. Transplant spacing, interplant corn or peas, and sow New Zealand spinach and Swiss chard. Prune tomatoes, spray for corn ear worm and insect pests with arsenates, magnesium arsenate for bean beetle, and use Black Leaf 40 soap pyrethrum sprays to control melons and cucumbers.
Hog cholera remains the most prevalent and dangerous swine disease. Dr. A G Richardson of the Georgia State College of Agriculture warns swine raisers to stay vigilant as infection can persist anywhere in the state and spread easily to any community or age of hog.
A veterinary expert urges immediate vaccination of hogs against cholera, detailing the double serum and virus method. He notes no cure exists, vaccines are most effective at weaning age, and early vaccination reduces losses from outbreaks, advising farmers to arrange with their veterinarians now.
A historical critique traces tolls from old highway taxes to modern gas taxes, noting current rates climbing toward seven to ten cents and yearly tolls surpassing 500 million dollars. The piece highlights “Some of the Things That Put Georgia First,” listing extensive farm and community development achievements led by J. Phil Campbell and Georgia State College Extension, culminating with Robert W. Woodruff’s ascent from Atlantan salesman to Coca-Cola president and White Truck Company chair.
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