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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
7
The Georgia Experiment Station reports removing twenty year old Elberta peach trees from Cecil clay loam due to labor shortages. An 8-16 tractor pulled stumps three to four feet high after limb removal, with trenches dug to sever surface roots and a log chain attached near the stump top to guide root extraction.
The report notes tractors pull stumps quickly by dragging with a chain after cutting and digging where needed. Six stumps take about twenty minutes, averaging three and a third minutes per stump, promising major time savings over manual labor for young trees or more extensive root systems.
The Georgia Educational Association and the County School Officials of Georgia meet in Macon for a three day session. Prominent educators from Georgia and the South attend. Topics include progress against illiteracy and joint sessions with shared programs. A banquet is planned at the Hotel Dempsey Thursday night.
Fair Price Committee chaired by John A. Manget sets a 14 ounce loaf at 10 cents to meet demand. The change lowers the standard from 16 to 14 ounces, fixes wholesale at 8 cents and restricts retailers to at most 10 cents. Manget also limits gross profit on menswear to 35 percent.
Trill Bros announces a new paint room at their automotive service with a guarantee of top quality painting and invites customers to compare their work to any shop.
A farmer writer laments the looming boll weevil risk as Monroe and Butts counties show dramatic cotton losses from 1918 to 1919 while northern counties gain. He notes capitalists plan to build potato houses and peanut plants to cope, urging farmers to act.
An old classified note notes school related prices at Peng and water at 1.75 and a water man at 2.50, attributed to Carmichael Drug Store.
Georgia estimates about 400000 in oil inspection revenue if current business volumes hold, with 357503.76 earned last year from fees on 938,208,672 gallons of gasoline and kerosene. February receipts were about 32000, offsetting a 21629.64 figure in February 1919. funds support district agricultural schools.
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