Taylor County pig club reports 160 pigs on farm
The Taylor County agricultural page notes 23 new spring litters totaling about 160 pigs, all double treated against cholera. County Agent reports rapid livestock development, Jersey cattle plans, and active 4-H Club efforts with trips to Washington.
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Pig Club
F. W. Bitch
State College of Agriculture
Taylor County
Messrs
Dock Byrd
W. Allen Jarrell
Iowa
Broadcloth
Nighthawk
Calvin Jarrell
No More Loan Applications Considered in This Section
Government Field Inspector J W Nelson says no more crop production loan applications will be considered from Taylor Muscogee Talbot and Harris counties as the filing deadline expired April 30. Checks for second installments go only to borrowers who filed report cards. many farmers did not return them, affecting second installment payments and future loan policy.
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J. W. Nelson
Taylor, Muscogee
Talbot
Harris
Washington
Crop Production Loans Office
Washington, D. C
Crop Production Loan Office
Government
Nelson
Hereford cattle trade boosts Georgia stock farms
Georgia buyers inquire for grade cattle while a Whigham man buys 20 Hereford heifers and Bainbridge’s J M Simmons purchases 21 registered Hereford bulls and seven heifers for a large stock farm. An Aberdeen Angus cooperative auction near Ocala, Florida on May 7 sold a good bunch at reasonable prices, aiding local herds.
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Leo
Max- Well
Whigham
J. M. Simmons
Bainbridge
Ocala
Fla
Cochran Field Day Highlights Farm Demonstrations and Sale
On May 19 a field day on Col. E. B. Weatherly’s farm ten miles northwest of Cochran featured a barbecue, inspections of improved pastures and forage crops, and a purebred Aberdeen Angus herd. Highlights included cutting grain with a combine and hillside terracing, with a dairy meeting held earlier at Louis Thompson’s farm. Attendees from Taylor County included R. A. Hinton and others.
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Col. E. B. Weatherly
Cochran
Aberdeen
Hampshire
Louis Thompson
Col. Weatherly
Taylor County
R. A. Hinton
T. J. Fountain
H. K. Sealy
J. H. Whatley
What Farmers in Georgia Think of Trench Silos
W. F. Ward reports on trench silos built in Georgia last year. Cost per ton ranged from 20 cents to 60 cents depending on soil and rock. Most silos used existing labor and farm teams, with no cash outlay. Silage kept well and silos were 100 percent satisfactory. 77 percent would enlarge or add another silo this year. No roofs were built. some farmers pulled silage back with a slip scraper and team.
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D. M. Lamb
Str .Charles
C. S. Colley
Grantville
Fang
Extension Department
College of Agriculture
W. F. Ward
Georgia
Stephenson for Comptroller General in Georgia Primary
Mell M Stephenson of Athens Georgia announces his candidacy for Comptroller General In the 1982 state primary He highlights thirty years residency in Athens twenty years as a public accountant auditing statewide work and leadership in the first complete state audit under Gov Nat Harris He backed tax reform favoring abolition of real estate tax and a more equitable tax burden and criticized current state salary practices affecting teachers and other state workers.
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Stephenson
Athens
Georgia
Carroll County
James M. Stephenson
University of Georgia
University Law School
Nat Harris
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Jersey
Elliston Brothers
Rupert
Austin
Albert Guinn
Thomas Byrd
Wilkes County
Georgia Jersey Cattle Club
Macon
Agricultural Board
L. R. Adams
J.T. Cochran
Althe
Hinton
State Highway Department
Perry
Reynolds
Butler
Howard
Highway Board
A. S. Bussey
D. C
Abe
Thompson
Columbia
Raleigh
Richmond
Shenandoah’ Valley
Bridge
Abbeville
Neil's Gap
Atlanta
Trench
O. K
F. B
Banks
W. B
Hutchinson
Albany
Batchelor
Eastman
Carroll Land Co
Carrollton
J. C. Booth
Newnan
J. Reeves
Lorane
W. J. Boyett
Cuthbert, Ga
Georgia Livestock. News
W. FY Ward
Cochran Field Day
Mell M. Stephenson
Office of Comptroller-General
Weevils
Jacksonville
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Miami
Havana
Cube
Florida
Central of Georgia Railway
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