Bulletin ~ Commissioner other Southeastern d ) Senate Report Calls For Vigilance, Action SITORS NOTE: Senator Richard Russell has taken steps to prevent the spread of a new cattle fever tick reak from Florida into Georgia erned over the outbreak and its pos- sible consequences Sen. Russell saw | to it that the two paragraphs quoted elow and directed at the U.S.D.A. were included in the appropriations mittee report concerning the sec- d supplemental appropriations The committee is concerned about ne recent serious outbreak of cattle fever icks in the Southeast. It believes that. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1960 ELL BACKS TICK W a AR NUMBER 3 states. Con-. every effort should be made by the De- partment through quarantine and control measures to protect against further spread of the ticks, as well as to eradicate them from infected areas and herds of cattle. The committee directs the Depart- ment to use every feasible means to ac- celerate this program and to use existing authority to transfer funds between ap- propriations if necessary to provide ade- quate funds for cattle tick eradication measures. Georgia's 1959 Cash Farm Income Dropped Cash farm income (including govern- ment payments) for Georgia amounted ord. $417 million. Sales from to $737,995,000 in 1959, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This ig | $34 million below the 1958 record of $772 million but exceeds all other years of rece Income from all crops totaled $332 million8 percent above 1958 but 16 per- cent below the record in 1951 of $396 million. Livestock and livestock products brought Georgia farmers $386 million~ $30 million less than the 1958 record of Government payments amounted to 20 million dollars, compared with 48 million dollars in 1958. commercial broilers ex- ceeded all other commodities with 153 million dollars, 96 million; tobacco, 64 million; cattle and calves, 64 million; hogs, 57 million; dairy products, 52 million; eggs, 50 million; and peanuts, 48 million dollars. followed by cotton with POULTRY FOR SALE Approx. 75 White Leghorn ms laying, at my home. J. 815 Constitution S.E., Atlanta, Ph. MA, 50 pullets, high production Asland Reds, 4 months vill lay soon, $1.50 ea, titers answered. Mrs. K, D. jams, Riverdale, Ph. GR 650 (Jonesboro). 2 choice hens, April hatch, oss N. H. Reds and B.