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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
2
In a Friday special election, Miss Bess Fouche was elected without opposition to succeed the late J A Fouche as clerk of Henry County Superior Court. She had been named by county commissioners to fill the office temporarily after her father’s death.
The region tires of weather forecasts and laments a raw, unseasonable spell. Residents voice fatigue with repeated prognostications as conditions stay stubbornly unsettled.
Fair prices were obtained and the county dairy industry received a boost. The Kiwanis Club secured a prize bull as part of the event. Some owners were disused with the sale.
The Rowan County Co-Operative Guernsey Bull Association sale in Jackson drew buyers from Georgia despite rain. The top price was 300 dollars for Mrs. R. F. Burches’s purebred cow, with Kiwanis Club purchasing the top bull for 340 dollars. Nine grade cows and several purebred bulls and cows sold, many remaining in Butts County to improve native dairy stock.
Officials of the Rowan County Co Operative Guernsey Bull Association proved themselves to be splendid gentlemen and they made many friends in this section by reason of their visit and the successful auction. It is sincerely hoped that other cattle sales will be held and that Butts county will rapidly develop into a great dairy and livestock center.
Prominent agricultural leader H. G. Hastings urges farmers in the South to avoid expanding cotton acreage in 1923. He warns that high prices lure debt and bankruptcy, advocating instead to plant more food, grain, and forage crops for home use and to conserve cotton for market demand.
A call to support the Butts county fair urges timely orders from Farmers Union Warehouse Co to ensure cotton and crops are ready. The message stresses early weevil control and collective effort to make the fair a standout event.
The article stresses prioritizing abundant food and feed crops over money crops. It notes reduced emphasis on high freight costs and imported feed, urging crops that save on shipping and support local needs.
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