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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1932
Page
5
Yow advises planting Fulghum oats at least six packs per acre and to complete sowing by October end. A Coastal Plains Experiment Station report shows nine year average yields for Fulghum oats sown Oct 15 at 20.8 bushels per acre, Nov 1 at 29.8, Nov 15 at 24.4, and Dec 1 at 16.0. Earliness in seeding is crucial for maximum yields.
The article stresses oat seed treatment with wet formaldehyde to control smut, detailing 87 to 40 percent formaldehyde mixed with water, dipping sacks, and drying seeds before sowing. It also covers hog slaughter timing, equipment, humane methods, and meat curing with salt, sugar, and saltpeter, plus notes on bacterial activity and cold storage.
Opinion piece arguing tax reform and state finance updates for Georgia. It critiques current levies, proposes shifting burdens, calls for abolition of highway tag disparities, and advocates state funded schools and roads. It emphasizes education, economy, and civic responsibility with a call to endure through uncertainty.
In print sermons, the Wiregrass Farmer notes the need for a spiritual revival influencing England's 18th century renewal. Ashburn residents face October revival services with the Baptist church finishing a successful meeting and the Methodist church mid two weeks of revival, drawing strong interest.
The Crop Production Loan Division of the Department of Agriculture began moving cotton taken in during the season to Cotton Cooperative Warehouses in Macon and Atlanta. About 100 bales shipped last week with more than 200 bales to go. The transfer follows an order requiring all cotton on this year's loans to be stored in bonded warehouses, not affecting prior-year stocks. Farmers face delayed loan bills, with November 1 as due date for many. The temporary 9.12 cent per pound relief helped sedikitly, but Southern farmers still need moratorium relief.
The Georgia Power Company is Georgia's largest taxpayer, paying over $2,000,000 in taxes in 1981, with more than $500,000 supporting public schools. It employs about 4,000 people with a $6,000,000 payroll, all paid to Georgians. The firm spends about $2,000,000 on new construction this year, with annual construction exceeding that in normal years. Purchases from Georgia merchants will top $3,000,000, making it a major customer for many products and the largest electric power producer. Over 8,800 Georgians own the company’s $6 preferred stock, totaling more than $20,000,000 invested locally. Every Georgian benefits financially from the company’s activity and spending.
A reflective essay by Dr Bascom Anthony in the Macon Telegraph argues that wealth cannot buy happiness or virtue. It contrasts worldly riches with inner meekness, urging listeners to seek spiritual wealth through humility, service, and connections with all people.
A brief devotional poem about choosing a pure upright Christian life. It stresses that decisions shape physical mental moral social and spiritual welfare, warning that wrong choices bring defeat while right choices lead to happiness, good influence, and Heaven.
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