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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
3
Farmers are urged to plant a still larger acreage in the Ural region as part of ongoing agricultural drives. Officials stress coordinated effort and potential yield improvements through expanded sowing and cultivation across the area.
Long report credits Georgia farmers for large wheat crops and argues for higher acreage. It highlights yields from Bridges in Spalding County and Cox in Washington County, plus White in Jones County, with detailed planting, fertilizing, and tillage methods. Rye barley oats are also recommended as rotations and winter pastures to improve soil and livestock feed.
An old agricultural notice urges farmers to plant oats for high yields and to enhance soil fertility through fall and winter manure. It discusses Bermuda grass on Greene county meadow land, recommending leaving sodded areas, clearing overgrowth, and possibly cropping the rest in corn while managing floods and timing for best hay yields. It cites authority from Rev. C. W. Howard.
A wheat farmer reports blight from an insect in stems, seeking help. Professor W M Scott confirms Hessian fly as the pest, noting it is too late to prevent damage to the current crop. The communication from the Agriculture official in Atlanta discusses extermination methods and expert inspection.
The State Department offers depth guidance from Moreau of Paris with experiments on 18 beds and 160 kernels. It also covers Bermuda grass rotation, fertilization, and advise on Hessian fly control including crop rotation burning stubble late sowing strategies and a strip planting method to reduce fly eggs.
The Georgia dairy industry faces a brighter year in 1900 with more confident producers at the helm. Enthusiastic leaders push for better milking methods and equipment as herds steadily improve, and Georgia ministers of butter claim top quality products, highlighted by a Griffin meeting where an exhibit won silver.
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