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Farm Agent L R. Langley
Gives Explanation Cotton Loan
Here is the agricultural situation
summarised from facts supplied by
the Agricultural Extension Service
at the University of * n connevuun
a Is there explained that their facts D aymcnts are authorized for
^s«Sh,^n a ^ as' * bC " e -
^n^r.he C ~ 6 m ex 0 p r i^: | Expandin. domesric or foreign
tions may be found. markets.
The •' crctary of agriculture and Removal of surpluses.
vJ commodity Credit Corporation! Production under a domestic al-
first announced, with the approval lotment.
of the president, a cotton plan *«* <r —’ •
value of farm products is modified
somewhat by adding mortgage inter
est rates and tax rates as factors in
computing this price.
In connection with basic commo-
immetfiate operation on the 1935
crop which would assure cotton pro
ducers an everage return of not less
than 12 cents per pound.
Further study of the original plan
showed that certain nvfiificaticnh
will make it easier to understand
growe
Tax rates and tax procedure
spelled out in greater detail with 3
objects
Insuring flexibility so that rates
may be adjusted to fit market
di tions.
Smoother operation.
Specifying the procedure for re-
equitable to individual fund and recoverey of taxes,
i *ts general operation. 1 The Ewr-Normal Granary plan
making it clear to each producer fer storage of certain crops
when he markets his cotton the ex- farm, as insurance against shortages
act amount he wiU receive for it and violent price swings, is incor*
The new plan proposes a loan of Poratod in the farm program.
10 cents per pound rn 7-8 low mid- Prevision is made for control of
dling or better. Adjustment pay- competing import* when they jeop-
ments to make up any difference be- ardize the success of a program,
tween the average priee and 12 cents The procedure for marketing
up to two cents per pound, will al- arreements is spelled out in great
so be paid. If it shouid develop that detail, to clairfy and strengthen this
prices should drop below 10 cents, method. Notable under this head are:
a highly improbable contingency. Change from “licenses” to “orders”
producers would be expected tc put ns means for enforcing market-
their cotton in the loan and wait j n j» agreements among handlers,
for prices to recover. Provision for putting orders in te
It was first announced that ad- effect without consent of a majority
justment payments would be made cf handlers under certain carefully
on the basis cf four months' aver- defined circumstances,
age of the 10 spot markets. Instead. Legal sa.'eguards for handlers in
the payment will new be based on the form of petition and court re-
the daily average of the 10 markets, view.
In other words, the adjustment pay- Authority to examine books and
ment will bo made on the basis of records of handlers under certain
the 10 spot market average on the circumstances.
actual day the cotton is sold. ' Changes are made in certain pro-
These adjustment payments will visions for specific commodities: I
*je made through the cotton year tton —Amendments to the Bank- I
ip to August 1. 1936. As already an- head Act and to provisions of the
■jounced they will be made to these Agricultural Adjustment Act deal- |
producers who hove cooperated in in S with cotton option contracts and ■
ti’e adjustment program and who the cotton pool,
agree to participate in the 1930 crop Tobbaco—Amendments to Kerr- j
program. Loans and payments will Smith Act.
be restricted to actual production • Barley—tax rate specified,
not in excess cf the Bankhead allot-! Sugarboets and sugarcane—adjust- i
men t. j menu; in taxes and payments. |
The program will go Into effect I toe-Tax imposed Mid rate speei-|
as soon as it is physically possible, 1 .* . , , , . ..
for the necessary machinery to be 1 .*? ,he Prions for protection
* I of the consumer's interest, it is speci-
p ' fied that nothing in the Act shall be
Keep Sales Records | interpreted as authorizing mainten-
Farmers who wish to sell their 0 j above parity levels,
.cotton immediately and whose crop; provisions in the
is already being harvested and gin- , amendments cover the following
ned for sale should obtain and keep
sales slips from buyers, so as to be, j^uMement of producer co-
sure to have adequate sales records 1 0 „ r o Uves
on which the government will be, Xpproprtottao of funds for eleml-
»ble to make adjustment payments I Mtion ^ raUle .
under the new loan and payment of the ho* cholera
P lan * , serum industry under a marketing
The necessary forms upon which agreement,
payments of the difference between Appropriation of funds to carry |
the average price and 12 cents will \ out existing options for purchase of
be disbursed are being prepared. In; su bmarginal lands,
the interim producers who desire to, Appropriation of 30 percent of the
market their crop are advised to | annua i receipts from customs duties,
compile a careful record which will to stimulate agricultural exports and
include a description of the cotton domestic consumption and to finance
sold, the buyer to whom the cot^*-1 production adjustments.
was sold, the date of sale and the. _____
i,
who have an interest in the cotton j
sold. j
It is particularly important that
producers should obtain from the
buyer a memorandum of sale which
contains the date of sale and th<- — "
gross weight of the bale or bales. Twenty thousand children in
Adjustment Act Changed schools for the blind may be retum-
The following Is an outline eff the ed soon to the world of vision
Act of August 24. 1935, containing through the aid of a newly created
amendments to the Agricultural Ad- j “microvision” lens, Dr. William Fein-
justment Act. and related legislation., bloom, research fellow in optometry
The new act has been signed by the at Columbia University in New
president. (York, has announced.
Broadly shaking, the Act of Au- | Dr. Feinbloom. creator of the lens,
gust 24. 1935. has two purposes: I. told of the research, development
Constitutionality. ; and results of the aid to vision at
To insure the constitutionality of the fourteenth Annual meeting of
the A rricultural Adjustment Act in • the .American Academy of Optom-
the light of Supreme Qpurt decis- i etry*
Ions. " The miracle of restored, or partly
To strengthen, clarify, and correct | restored, sight may become the
the legislation authorizing the farm j perience not only of the sightless
program in the light of the expert-1 school children, but of 120,000 other
enco gained since its inception. .blind persons in American institu*
To inrure the constitutionality of i tions through availability of the nev
the Agricultural Adjustment Act;lens. Dr. Feinbloom said,
three things are done: The first lenses. Dr. Feinbloom
The authority of the Secretary of I said, will be made available to the
Agriculture is defined and limited school children. After
in great detail, so that it shall be
unmistakable that Congress is not
delegating to an administrative
officer powers vested only in the
legislative branch of the Govern
ment.
The operation of the Act is rigid-
ly limited to interstate commerce,
and the interstate commerce clause
is redefined to bring it in line with
language previously used by the Su
preme Court in decisions on this
question. At the same time, definite
provision is made for cooperation of
AFTER LONG BLINDNESS
by Cdoibb UilwnHy Dactar.
readjustment during which they
will conform their mental processes
to the added faculty of vision they
will be able to lead the everyday
lives of normrl school children.
Dr. fFelnbloom brought onto the
platform fiur former “patients”, who
told of having spent from six years
to decades of their lives knowing
the world only through sound
touch.
They could perceive only a vague
difference between brilliant light
and jet darkness.
the 'Federal Government and the j With the microvision lenses, which
State governments where this is ad- Ur* Feinbloom made for them, they
visable to make a program effective. I sat down and read newspapers.
All previous and existing taxes. ] ——
benefit payments, contracts, institut- BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1STH—
ed prior to the adoption of the Miss Florence Barnett will teach
Plain Cotton Talk for
Cotton Farmers ^
Br ON E OF THEIR LARGEST CUSTOMERS
[To an restorer, • tire to • srediaa for tewitog
loot the bumps ud mtTtanea of roods and high-
; ways. To n former, though, o tire to largely the
I product of the ooiL Cotton and robber, too prin
cipal materials of which tires ore mode, are grown
by Natare.
-’Firestone burs the finest quality cotton and in
the Firestone Factories, the most efficient in the
world, they prod see the highest quality tires nt
[the lowest prison, no that yoo may ns* Oiese tires
to operate yoor farm more profitably. To the fine
iqoaUty Sonihem-grown cotton. Firestone adds an
extra process that makes the cotton cords ■
er, more flexible, and five* tires greater blowoot
protect!-:-:! and longer life.
This process to Gam-Dipping and to patented,
this process Urn cotton cords are cooked In I*
robber. Eight extra pounds of robber an
sorbed by every hondred pounds of cotton i
This extra robber Mods the tiny fibres together,
gives the cords a tacky boas to insore
More perfect onion cf colds to rubber,
prevents friction and heat by giving
each fibre a protective keat-restotlag
rubber jacket.
Ail of ibis adds extra cost to making
a tire, bot not to yoo. In fact, It ■
Tirestonc
MASSEY SERVICE STATION
Cor. Hancock and LibertyStreets, Milledgeville, Ga.
Phone 426
PRESIDENT MAY BEE
TREE-LINED ROAD
TO WARM SPRINGS
(By G. N. 8.)
Warm Springs, Ga.—When Presi
dent Roosevelt comes to Georgia for
his vacation, the roadways which he
travels will be beautified, if the
Warm Springs Woman’s Civic Club
has its way.
A committee on highway beautifi
cation has been named to carry out
an extensive program of planting
along the picturesque roads in this
section. Trees to be used are the
dogwood and crape myrtle.
The program is part of a plan of
a district organization of the Geor
gia Federation of Women’s Clubs to
plant 1,000,000 dogwood trees in
Georgia during a five year period.
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amendments, are legalized and rati
fied by Congress. II. Strengthening
and Clarifying the Act.
Changes made in the Act in order
both day and evening classes la
Stenography. Typewriting, Busi
ness. English and Spelling, first
to strengthen, clarify, and correct the C,M ® mre * *• *"• ,n ****
The parity price of fair exchange matlon.
CHRYSLER - PACKARD
PLYMOUTH
SALES AND SEKVICE
nut Ml-L
W. E. Rohmasa, Jr.
. Phase 4M-J. Mu. T.
Try CAIIDUI Foe
Functional Monthly Pains
Women from the teen ago
to the change of life have
found Cardul genuinely help
ful for the relief of functional
monthly pains due to lack
of just the right strength from the
food they cat. Mrs. Crit Haynes, of
Essex, lfo., writes: *1 used Cardul
when a girl for cramps and found
It very beneficial. I have recently
token Cardul during the change of
life. I was very nervous, had head
and back pains and was In a gen
erally nm-down condition. Cardul
has helped me greatly.”
Thousands of women testify Cartful boat-
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NOW!
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$19 to $35
Cadet and Citizens Suit?
Altered to fit.
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$3.00 per Bale
BAGGING, TIES AND GINNING
Highest Market Price
For Seed
You Get Best Semple, Quickest Service* and Fair Treatment
al! The Time.
C. E„ SMITH
At the Oil Mil!
Club
Mo