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Farmers urged to plant peanuts as boll weevil threat grows
A Georgia farmer advisory urges Butts County to shift at least 20 percent of the money crop from cotton to peanuts. The note warns boll weevil damage is rising, notes idle oil mills and predicts a poor cotton crop, urging early action and contact for shelling plants in the area.
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