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Farm Agents Column
EXTENSION SERVICE AND GERA
COOPERATE IN TERRACING
PLANS
A cooperative agreement has been
greed upon between the Georgia
tension service and the Emergency
Relief Administration whereby the
terracing program inaugurated
eral months ago by the county agents
will be broadened and extended to
additional counties in the state.
Twenty-one have purchased outfits
already for carrying on this work,
and the project is expanding rapidly
Under the new plans the relief
Administration will furnish a full
time assistant who will have gen
eral supervision of the terracing un
der the direction of the county agent.
The assistants will be trained by
agricultural engineering specialist^
of the state extension sei-'ice, and
their duties will cover promotion
work, general supervision of the pro
ject and the keeping of all neces
sary records in connection with the
units which are operating in the
county.
Relief labor will be provided to
assist farmers and the terracing out
fit in doing a complete and satis
factory job. Farmers will be expect
ed to furnish such materials as rocks,
logs and sod as may be necessary
in controlling erosion and check
dam construction, and they will al
so be expected to assist in filling
low places, using slip scoops and
mules.
The equipment unit and person
nel supplies by the county is to bo
furnished on a self-liquidating basis
and a charge by the county is tjr*
be made for work done on each'
property owner’s land. Collection of
these funds and responsibility for
them will be entirely in the hands
of the county and will be covered
by agreements signed by the coun
ty and each property owner prior
to the beginning of work on his
land.
In addition to the agreement from
the landowner, a release from liabil
ity shall be secured by the county
terracing assistant, and no work
will be started until it is obtained,
it was stated.
This project is expected to get
under way immediatetly.
1934 Cotton Program Payments Near
80 Million
With more than $32,000,000 of the
second rental payment already com
pleted, payments to producers co
operating in the 1934 cotton adjust
ment program totaled $75,969,192.46
as of November 22. the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration has an
nounced.
The cotton rental payments were
divided into two equal installments,
with the second payment being made
only after compliance with the acre
age adjustment contract had been
established. The firts rental pay
ment. which has virtually been com
pleted. totaled $43,499,757.02 on
November 22. and on the same date
had
the second rental payment
mounted to $32,519,435.42.
At this time Georgia had received
$3,766,290.95 on the first payment
and $2,772,521.41 on the second pay
ment making a total of $6,538,812.36
which had been paid to farmers of
the state in benefits.
In addition to these rental pay
ments. cotton producers also will
be paid a total of nproximately
$28,000,000 in ••parity’’ payments.
This payment will be calculated on
the basis of one cent a pound on
the estimated share of each farmer’s
average past production which ent
ers domestic consumption. It had
previously been planned to combine
this payment with the second in
stallment of the rental payment but
this has been abandoned in an ef
fort to complete the rental payments
' rapidly as posir.ble.
When all payments, including both
rental payments and the "parity” pay
ments have been completed, the total
of 1934 payments is expected to ap
proximate $117,^00,000 to all cotton
states.
Date for Vote on Bankhead Act
Announced by A. A. A.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad
justment Administration has an
nounced that the referendum on
whether the Bankhead Cotton Con
trol Act shall be continued into the
1935 season will be held through
out the Cotton Belt on Friday, Dec.
14. 1934.
The hours of voting, previously
announced as from 8 a. m. until 6 p.
m., have been changed to from 9
a. m. to 5 p. m. Printed ballots and
regulations governing the referen
dum are now being sent to the vot
ing areas.
The question which will be sub
mitted to eligible voters, defined in
the Act as those "persons who have
the legal or equitable right
tenant, share-cropper or other-
2 to produce cotton on any cot
ton farm, or part thereof, in the
United States for the crop year
1935-36", is as follows:
“Are you in favor of continuing
the Bankhead Act for next year
(June 1. 1935, to May 31, 1936)?”
A footnote to the question ex
plains that “continuance of the
Bankhead Act means that a tax will
continue to be levied on the ginning
of cotton in excess of the allotment
made to meet the probable market
requirements.”
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace, in a statement that will
be given each voter along with his
ballot, defines the Adjustment Ad
ministration’s impartial attitude in
the referendum. This statement
urges cotton farmers to "examine
caiefully all the facts and reach a
decision based upon considered
judgment as to whether the Bank-
lyad Act is needed to assure at
tainment of the objectives of the
I cotton adjustment program."
NEW LICENSE TAGS DELIVERED
More than 415.000 motor vehicle
license tags for Georgia automobile
and truck owners were delivered st
the State Capitol last week from
the factory at the State Prison
Farm. The 1935 tags, costing about
9 cents each to manufacture, will
cost motorists $3 each, as Governor
Talmadgc has indicated that he will
continue the $3 flat rate he put into
effect when he took office two years
ago. Next year’s tags have a color
scheme exactly the reverse of the
1934 tags, which was orange num
bers on a blue background. Next
year they will be blue numbers on
a flashy orange background, which
will make them more easily seen.
Application forms for the 1935 tags
will be ready after December 15. The
tags will be ready for distribution
January 2.
WANTED
250 Turkeys and 1250 Grown Chickens for
delivery on or before Dec. 15th. Best market
prices paid.
HOMER BIVINS
Business Manager,
Milledgeville State Hospital
NOTICE
Prices Effective Dec. 10,1934
Suits & Dresses
CLEANED & PRESSED
Cash and Carry DeLuxe
60c
DELIVERED 70c
ODORLESS CLEANERS
SNOW’S LAUNDRY
& Dry Cleaning Co.
THE
MERCHANTS 6 FARMERS
BANK
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
Deposits insured as Provided in
Banking Act of 1933
We have done our part for
ever thirty years in promoting
commerce, industry and agri
culture in this section.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
BUSINESS
Judge Bertie Stembridge, Ordi
nary of Baldwin County and one wu=
of the first women office holders in | tertaining
Miss Clara 'Jorris at G. S. C. W. on
Monday morning.
Judge Stembridge had as her sub
ject “Women in Polities.” Her ad
dress was both instructive and en-
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