Boll Weevil Crisis Warns of Widespread Damage in 1921
Entomologist Prof A F Conradi warns the boll weevil will likely cover the entire South Carolina cotton belt by end of 1920 with only small free areas. 1921 expected to see greater destructive damage. Weather, especially wet months, and fall practices influence weevil survival, movement, and control. Farmers urged to keep cotton as a major crop option and to maintain good field hygiene to reduce winter and spring weevil numbers. The report links rubbish on farms to higher spring infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Conradi
Crop Pest Commission
South Carolina
Horrifying snakebite tales from a Georgia doctor
Georgia physician recounts fatal rattlesnake bites in Willacoochee and Coffee and Folkston areas. He lists cases from 1876 to 1918, noting rapid deaths and describes the bite as horrific, with vivid testimony of victims and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Georgia
Atlanta
Willacoochie
Wilcox
Jacob Vickers
John Vickers
Willacoochle
W. C. Ashley
Ocillo
Levi Guthrie
John M. Lott
Coffee County
Henry Paulk
John J. Jowers
Bushnell
Taylor
Appling
Jason Shirah
South Georgia, M. E. Conference
Miss Leigh
Folkston
J. B. O'Berry
Gertrude Martin
Ft. Valley
Altamaha
Miss Martin
Food Prices Continue High With Only Sugar and Flour Dropping
New York reports steadier declines for flour and sugar while most edibles stay costly. Consumers cut purchases to force price reductions. restaurants show profiteering as carry your own lunch gains traction. Sugar falls to 14 cents a pound after peak demand waned. lumber prices average a 28 percent drop with hardwood down 33 percent. apparel remains costly though some suits may dip to 50 dollars next season. Henry Ford cuts car prices by about 200 dollars prompting industry executives to meet and discuss further pricing.
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New York
L. R. Putnam
American Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
Jetc
Henry Ford
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Libby, McNeill & Libby
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Dixie House Company
Egton
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Human Supply Co
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