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Georgia firm advises best way to fight boll weevil
A 1918 circular from G A Cardwell, agricultural agent for the Atlantic Coast Line, urges South Carolina farmers to diversify beyond cotton as the boll weevil threatens. The letter promotes tobacco, sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar cane, corn, velvet beans, hogs, beef cattle, and cooperative curing and marketing plans to stabilize incomes and build local processing, storage, and markets. It calls for prompt action and outlines cooperative investments to establish a tobacco warehouse and curing facilities, plus a path to a more resilient farm economy.
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South Carolina
A.P. Brantley Co
Carolna
Blackshear
Jertie
Ely
Weldo
Nichols
Douglas
Georgia
Billy Boll Weevil
G. A. Cardwell
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilmington
N. C