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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1923
Page
4
The article encourages early holiday advertising and civic effort while urging support for industrial plants in Butts County. It notes Georgia’s timber potential, cooperative marketing gains for farmers, and rising butter production as Eastman and Fitzgerald expand creameries. It cites a large Butts County grain crop and its positive impact on next year’s cotton acreage.
An editorial urges Georgians to stop doom saying and embrace a positive outlook to spur bank deposits and commerce. It cites a Northern investor turned off by pessimism in rural Georgia and suggests practical measures like increased optimistic talk and even poultry aid to cotton farming, citing a Times-Union note and New Orleans Picayune commentary.
The Cairo Messenger notes Brooks county reduced from 30 to 9 schools in about two years while Grady county with fewer people has over forty. The Cordele Dispatch argues consolidation aims at saving expenses and delivering real school advantages, urging more rural districts to adopt consolidated schools.
A Florida Times-Union summary reports an Alabama farmer used chickens to boost cotton yields. In fourteen acres he kept 390 birds on eleven acres, leaving three for fertilizer and hay. The eleven acres yielded nearly a bale per acre while three acres were underproduced and eight acres with no chickens yielded little. A five acre tract near the house, heavily fertilized and stocked with chickens, produced more than a bale per acre despite a harsh season.
The Jackson Progress-Argus notes Georgians wish for a quick legislature, while the Columbus Enquirer-Sun questions whether lawmakers heed public desire. The exchange highlights public impatience and doubt about legislative responsiveness.
The Georgia Agricultural College found earnings rising with education from 240 dollars for no schooling to 1254 dollars for agricultural college graduates among 1,271 Georgia farmers. Kansas data from 1,237 reports show common schooling at 422 dollars, high school at 554, short course at 859, and college graduates at 1452 dollars.
The piece opens with a quotation on Public Opinion as the world’s most powerful force. It then notes Butts County’s progress in growing pimento peppers, praising the crop as a strong substitute for cotton. It argues Georgia should stop importing eggs and dairy from abroad and urges locals to shift to dairy and poultry farming to aid the state’s economy amid boll weevil challenges.
The article argues for diversified agriculture and manufacturing in Georgia, praising small businesses and payrolls. It notes Jackson should attract new industries, cites 119 cars of pimento peppers from Butts County, and supports a cow, sow and hen program plus peppers, peanuts, peaches to boost food, feed, and cotton production.
A dairyman recommends sowing oats with half a bushel of vetch per acre for an early, high quality hay. Cutting at grain dough stage yields a nutritious stock feed that boosts milk flow. October 15 sowing maximizes yield. hairy vetch offers higher tonnage but excess vetch can bundle and hinder handling.
A satirical medical note urges subscribers behind on payments to settle arrears. It jokes that late pay leads to death, reminding readers to check their label for November 1923 and promising continued delivery for another year if they renew.
Northwestern University pamphlet notes the U S spends over 1 billion dollars yearly on sickness and urges widespread preventive care. It cites three in a hundred ill daily and potential death reductions, naming pneumonia goiter tuberculosis heart disease Brights disease and cancer as remaining conquerable foes.
Butter consumption rose by 160 million pounds in the past year, reported by H. L. Russell of Wisconsin’s agricultural department. Production increased 100 million pounds annually to meet demand, while imports reached 60 million pounds despite an 8 cent per pound Fordney tariff.
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