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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
3
Vienna defeated Ashburn 15 to 4 in a recent match. A Vienna cotton ginnery stock company formed with three fourths sold. Cotton Oil Co took shares. Local notes mention Egleston McDonald Trowell Co preparing, Daily Constitution delivery attempts, and M E Rushin promoting Mutual Benefit life insurance amid ongoing praise from locals.
Long wet spell delays planting across Georgia. Officials urge farmers to diversify into trucking of berries and vegetables, with profits cited from strawberries and raspberries. Department bulletin notes Norfolk to Florida coast as premier trucking belt and details fertilizer costs per acre for key crops.
The 1902 cotton ginner reports show 11,078,882 running bales ginned, about 728,688 more than four-year average, with value near 502 million dollars. Despite Texas crop failures, gains in Arkansas Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi offset losses. Exports top 290.6 million, export price down about one cent per pound from 1901, urging careful production planning and market diversification.
In Georgia sugar cane thrives and Department of Agriculture stations in four sections study dairy issues. The inquiry discusses mottled butter, its uneven color, and that white specks come from dry curd. Experts debate causes with salt distribution and milking handling as possible factors, advising careful salting and proper butter working to reduce mottling.
Fragmentary OCR notes praise progress and advancement in agriculture and national progress, referencing a department of agriculture. The readable words hint at a patriotic or promotional excerpt urging readers to acknowledge agricultural development and the nation’s standing in the world. Further specifics are unclear due to the damaged text.
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