Wallace Approves Florida Cane Production Adjustment Plan
Secretary Henry A. Wallace approves a sugar production adjustment program for Florida for 1934-35 and 1935-36, with potential extension to 1936-37. Base allotment is 39,800 short tons, plus payments of 1.25 and 1.15 per ton in 1934-35, and 0.50 per ton in 1935-36, aiming to reach 1935 parity price. Labor provisions match other contracts and may adjust if extension occurs.
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Henry A. Wallace
Florida
Agricultural Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Trapping Salamanders to Protect Sweet Potatoes
State Agricultural Experiment Station workers say salamanders are a serious pest to sweet potatoes. Open the fresh burrows and place small steel traps in the openings while shielding with shingles on the sides and top to prevent sand from caving in.
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State Agricultural Experiment Station
Lake County Growers Plant Large Acreages of Quality Tomatoes
Tom Bates near Groveland cultivates 68 acres of tomatoes after watermelons, using master marglobe seed planted January with 600 lb acre AAC 4-8-8 and subsequent top dresses of nitrate salts. First harvest April 20 with three picks completed and four more planned to June 10. Shipments go to eastern markets. prices around 2.00 per bushel fob Grove land.
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Lake County
Groveland
Higland
Groveland Realty & Investment Company
C. B. Ledbetter
David R. Seymour
Bates
Florida Farmers Markets to Rise on PWA Funds
State agricultural marketing board aims to replicate the Sanford wholesale market statewide. Officials led by Governor Shultz and Nathan Mayo plan new markets with PWA loan support after the Sanford venture generated over 50 000 dollars weekly and more than 200 000 dollars in March.
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Florida
Sanford
State Agricultural Marketing Board
Shultz
Nathan Mayo
L. M. Rhodes
State Farmers Market
W. H
Billy) Wilson
State Chamber of Commerce
PWA
Senate
House
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Sec. Wallace
Tom Bates
West
Collier County
Christian & Bates
Acre
Christian
Thomas L. Bates
Silver King
Hutchinson Tractor Equipment CO
W. Central Ave
Orlando
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