Annual report of Georgia Department of Agriculture for 1923

ANNUAL REPORT
OF
GEORGIA
Department of Agriculture
FOR 1923
J. J. BROWN, Commissioner Chairman State Board of Entomology
INCLUDING REPORTS OF
STATE BUREAU OF MARKETS STATE CHEMIST CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR STATE VETERINARIAN DRUG INSPECTOR BOOKKEEPER STATE STATISTICIAN
SERIAL NUMBER 95
Quarterly Bulletin of the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
of 1924
First Quarter--January, February and March
Entered at Atlanta, Ga., as second-class matter, Oct. 7, 1900, under Act June 6, 1900. Accepted for mailing at a special rate of postage pro vided for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3,1917, authorized on June 29,1918.

ANNUAL REPORT
OF
GEORGIA
Department of Agriculture
FOR 1923
J. J. BROWN, Commissioner Chairman State Board of Entomology
INCLUDING REPORTS OF
STATE BUREAU OF MARKETS STATE CHEMIST CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR STATE VETERINARIAN DRUG INSPECTOR BOOKKEEPER STATE STATISTICIAN
SERIAL NUMBER 95
Quarterly Bulletin of the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
of 1924
First Quarter--January, February and March
Entered at Atlanta, Ga., as second-class matter, Oct. 7, 1900, under Act June 6,1900. Accepted for mailing at a special rate of postage pro vided for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3,1917, authorized on June 29,1918.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
First Floor, State Capitol, Atlanta.
Executive Staff
J. J. BROWN,
Commissioner of Agriculture
FRED T. BRIDGES
Assistant Commissioner
T. J. R. JOHNSON
Chief Clerk
J. W. SETZE
Bookkeeper
PETER V. RICE
Statistician
MARTIN V. CALVIN
Specialist Agriculture Economics
LEM B. JACKSON
Director Bureau of Markets
B. A. HANCOCK
Assistant Director
S. H. WILSON
State Chemist
L. W. BRADLEY
Assistant Chemist
PETER F. BAHNSEN
State Veterinarian
O. S. LEE
Chief Food Inspector

J. E. BODENHAMER
Assistant Chief Food Inspector
L. H. GLENN
General Oil Inspector
P. H. MELL
Assistant General Oil Inspector
T. A. CHEATHAM
Chief Drug Inspector
Laws administered or enforced by the Commissioner of Agri culture :
BUREAU OF MARKETS. FERTILIZER. OIL. PURE FOOD. CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFF. DRUGS.
Immigration (Ex-officio Commissioner of Immigration.) Commissioner of Agriculture is ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of State College of Agriculture, Chairman of State Board of Entomology, Chairman of Board of Directors of Georgia Experiment Station, member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station and member of State Board of Geology.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
To His Excellency, Hon. Clifford Walker, Governor of Georgia.
Sir: In compliance with an Act of the General Assembly I present
you this, my annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1923. In transmitting this report, allow me to commend to you the
sincere and earnest efforts and the valuable service of the officers and employees of the various Divisions constituting the Depart ment of Agriculture, as well as all individual members of the Boards with which I am officially connected, and to express, grate fully, my appreciation of the same.
Respectfully submitted, J. J. BROWN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
During the period covered by this report many new problems have been presented to the Department of Agriculture, and the work is steadily increasing and going forward from year to year. There are several very important problems that I would like to present in this Report for consideration.
' First, that the present maintenance appropriation of the De partment of Agriculture has not changed in quite a number of years. In fact, for fifteen years this appropriation has remained the same. At the same time the work of the Department has doubled and trebled. The office force has had to be increased; many new problems had to be worked out, the expense of which was paid out of this appropriation of $15,000.00. It has now reach ed the point where the Commissioner is not able to carry on this vast amount of work with the present appropriation with the same degree of efficiency as is expected and as has been in the past.
The question of marketing is still one of the most momentous questions of the day, although co-operative marketing has made wonderful strides in the State of Georgia during the past twelve months and only an economical distribution of farm products at stable prices and at such prices as will give the farmer a margin of profit above the cost of production will bring about in Georgia the results that the farmers deserve and expect. Yet the farmer does not expect more for his labor and his investment than is fair to the consuming world, but he deserves and is demanding a legitimate profit as a result of his labors.
It has been suggested by this Department and a bill was drawn last year and presented to the Legislature providing for a distilla tion test on gasoline. This bill was favorably reported by the com mittee in the House; was read a second time, but never came up for passage. It is our urgent recommendation that this bill be carried to a successful passage during the coming session of the Legislature.
In connection with the oil work, we will report that voluntarily and in the spirit of co-operation the Oil Department in the De partment of Agriculture is furnishing to the Comptroller General at the end of each month and quarter a detailed report showing the number of gallons of gasoline inspected by the forces of this

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Department, which are checked by the Local Inspectors and which is the most accurate method of obtaining the number of gallons of gasoline shipped into this State, and from these records the Comp troller is enabled to check against the voluntary reports made by the oil companies and determine if their reports are correct and if he is collecting the special gasoline tax on all the gasoline shipped into this State. It is with pleasure that we have co-operated with the Comptroller General's office in this way. Aside from this work we would state that we do not believe the oil companies would inten tionally substitute gasoline for kerosene, yet it has been found that even where a small portion of gasoline was mixed with a forty gallon tank of kerosene that this would very likely cause an explosion, and it is this service that is being rendered the consumers of kerosene in this State. Should this kerosene get to the consumer unpro tected by State Inspection an explosion would follow that would endanger the lives and the property of the citizens of our State. In fact, one life has been lost as a result of such intercurrence. How ever, this mixture took place after it reached the hands of the local merchant. The flash test on kerosene is recognized as a standard test and in connection with this we again recommend that the distillation test be added to the present method of inspection with provisions for enforcing the present law, and that such apparatus as would be necessary be furnished the laboratory to carry on this work.

FERTILIZER INSPECTION
The acute situation presented by the many boll weevil problems and a desire on the part of the farmers to know more about the kind of fertilizer they are using has had a tendency to steadily in crease the volume of fertilizer inspection work. It is becoming more necessary each year as new methods are employed and new plans of farming are inaugurated. Under the present law the farmer who desires an immediate report on his fertilizer makes a request for a special report. These are given preference and are run first through the laboratory ahead of the regular samples taken by the fertilizer inspectors. More special reports were requested during the past fertilizer season than during any previous year; more sam ples were taken than ordinarily had been the case. The fertilizer inspectors were urged to be ever on the alert to render the greatest

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service possible. As a result of the large number of fertilizer sam ples taken and the large number of specials and due to the very limited capacity of our laboratory force and apparatus it was quite late in the season before these reports could be finished and mailed out on the last samples taken.
Ordinarily during the early part of the season samples came in at the rate of from five hundred to one thousand per week, and by the middle of the season the laboratory was so swamped that they had over two months work on hand, and yet the samples continued to flow in. The laboratory force worked from twelve to fourteen hours per day and still the maximum number of samples that could be run was one thousand per month. So it can readily be seen that if a sample of fertilizer was taken under these conditions just prior to the first of May and a farmer wanted to settle his fertilizer bill on the first of May and pay cash, thereby receiving a cash discount, he would very likely want a report on his fertilizer before he made such settlement, but due to the condi tions over which we had no control it would be at least July be fore this farmer could have received a report. We do not consider that a report under these conditions was made within a reason able length of time as would ordinarily be expected, but we do con tend, under the conditions we were forced to operate and with the appropriation furnished, that we did exceptionally Well to get the reports out as early as we did. Not only were these inspectors required to take fertilizer samples, but it was their duty to take samples of calcium arsenate, which was sold in very large quan tities in the State of Georgia, and submit these as well to the labora tory for analysis.
In this connection I would desire to say that having placed upon the Department the responsibility of super vising this industry that the question of taking the samples is well cared for in that the fertilizer inspectors can render this service at a minimum cost along with their other work, but with the pro duct upon which the success or failure of the cotton crop largely depends, that is, a crop that amounted to $125,000,000.00 includ ing the cotton and the seed, certainly should have received an appropriation to take care of the laboratory work. No money was appropriated to take care of the laboratory work on the cal cium arsenate due probably to a mistake in drawing the bill, in that the word annum was omitted, automatically cutting off the appropriation which had been available for the previous year.

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The laboratory was already overtaxed with the fertilizer work and with this added burden it seemed almost impossible to get through the season, but the greatest possible service was rendered under the circumstances.
I would urgently recommend that an increased appropriation be made for the laboratory work and the fertilizer and insecticides departments. I would urgently recommend that this increase be made available as early as possible in the session of 1924 in order that we might expedite these matters more fully. It is of the most vital importance that the farmer who pays this fertilizer inspection tax should receive enough money to en able the laboratory to give him his report within a much shorter time than is now the case.
I feel that our work has been of such importance and of such good to the farmers of this State that it is not necessary here and now to call the attention of the various movements to abolish and do away with the fertilizer inspection work, the only protection that the farmer has against a spurious manufacturer of fertilizers. The legitimate fertilizer manufacturer approves and welcomes this inspection work. It is for the good of both the farmer and the in dustry that this work is so vital.
STATE BUREAU OF MARKETS
I would respectfully call your attention to the report of the State Bureau of Markets appearing elsewhere in this report headed "Then and Now." The State Bureau of Markets has continuously grown and expanded until it is today one of the most valuable assets that the farmers of Georgia have at their command. Their efforts in organizing local truck growers associations and poultry associations has been most valuable to the farmers of our State carrying on these endeavors. They have continued their co operation with the various organized co-operative marketing asso ciations of the State, included in which are the Georgia Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association, the Georgia Peanut Growers' Co-operative Association and the Georgia Cane Growers' Co operative Association. The results obtained from the work of these associations is credit enough for the efforts and labors put forward by this Department in their organization during 1921 and 1922. The splendid increase in their membership displays the confidence of the growers in the intelligent and conservative managernent of these wonderful organizations. I feel that too much cannot be

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said for the officers who have held well the trust and guided the destiny during the two years of these co-operative movements in Georgia.

The work of the Market Bulletin has continued to grow and ex pand and is getting more popular with each issue. It is going out to over 100,000 farmers each week, and if there is any farm product in Georgia that has not been sold, it is because such product has not been offered to the State Bureau of Markets for sale, and none know better than the farmers of our State the wonderful benefits that are being derived from the Bureau of Markets and the Market Bulletin.
GAS AND OIL INSPECTION
I would respectfully call your atention to the report of the State Oil Inspector, Mr. L. H. Glenn. I would also respectfully call your attention to that paragraph dealing with the oil inspection work and the report of the Commission, and I again earnestly recommend the careful and considerate attention of the General Assembly to the bill providing for the distillation test of gasoline and amend ments to the law providing for its operation.

STATE VETERINARIAN

I respectfully call your attention to the report of the State Veterinarian, Dr. Peter S. Bahnsen, which appears elsewhere in this report. Dr. Bahnsen has given in his report a detailed enumeration of his endeavors and even from a brief study of this report an idea can be obtained of the vast amount of work being done by this Department.

STATE CHEMIST
I have previously called attention to the work of the laboratory department which is in charge of Dr. S. H. Wilson, State Chemist, and I respectfully call your attention to his report which gives a detailed account of the work done in the laboratory analyzing food, feeds, drugs, fertilizers and calcium arsenate. Every Georg ian is extended a most hearty invitation to go through and inspect this particular branch of our work for from a pen portrayal you cannot obtain the slightest conception of the vast good that is re sulting from Dr. Wilson's endeavors and his force. Many thou sands of dollars are saved the people of Georgia as a result of the analytical work done in these laboratories. It is here that your

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food and feeds are inspected, the quality of drugs are determined, and the availability of fertilizer and the poisoning qualities of calcium arsenate are found out and the reports made to the citizens in the various parts of the State.
FOOD AND FEED STUFF
I would respectfully call your attention to the report of Mr. O. S. Lee, Chief Food Inspector. Mr. Lee is peculiarly fitted for this work on account of his long service in this connection. It is hard to estimate the value of any regulatory department by the amount of feed and fines they may collect and impose, and in the same manner that the valuation is placed upon the services of the police man, who patrols his beat to preserve the order and peace of the community, must the good of this Department be valued, in that it protects the consumers of food and live stock from feeds that have a spurious value, that are improperly branded to deceive the buying public or upon which misrepresentations are made, and in this police capacity many frauds are prevented from being per petuated upon the purchasers of these products.
DRUGS
The report of Dr. T. A. Cheatham, State Drug Inspector, which is submitted in compliance with the drug laws of our State, will give you some idea of the work done by this Department. It is his duty to inspect the various drug stores and pharmacies operating in the State of Georgia handling such articles as come under his jusisdiction, and I commend to you his report on this work.
PURE SEED LAW
Never before in the history of the State's agriculture has there been a more pressing need for a Pure Seed Law than during the past year. I have repeatedly called attention to the need of such a Law in the State of Georgia, and Bills to this effect have been in troduced in the Legislature, but up to the present time such a bill has not been enacted into law. Numerous complaints have been received by this Department about the impurities of seeds and their lack of coming up to expectations of the purchaser and claims being made in regard to their purity not being true. There being nothing in the laws of Georgia to penalize those who would per

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petuate such frauds, either by short weights and measures or ship ping impure seeds, we are unable to render them any assistance and can only refer them to the Georgia statutes relating to frauds in general. We again recommend to the General Assembly the enactment of a Pure Seed Law that will protect the farmers, as there is so much depending upon the seeding of their land with pure and unadulterated seed.

STATISTICAL DIVISION
I most respectfully call your attention to the report of our Statistician, Mr. Peter V. Rice, which appears in another section of this Report. A co-operative agreement has been worked out in co-operation with the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the Federal Department of Agriculture, State College of Agriculture and the State Department of Agriculture. Mr. Rice represents in this co-operative work the State Department of Agriculture in con nection with Mr. Z. R. Pettet, Statistician in Charge of the Fed eral work in Georgia. This Department is rendering a most valu able service, and the many questions that arise from time to time can be answered with the utmost care and correctness, and in my opinion the valuation placed upon this service cannot be too high.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
I would call your attention to the work of Hon. Martin V. Cal vin, who is doing a splendid work in the Department along re search lines. His many years of experience and his broad concep tion of practical problems makes him peculiarly fit for this im portant endeavor.

BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL
The State Board of Entomology, of which the Commissioner of Agriculture is Ex-officio Chairman of the Board, during the past year has rendered a most valuable service to the farmers of the State. Many new problems are continuously arising and confront ing the farmers of the State, and every increase in the number of crop pests presents almost daily new problems to be worked out for the protection of the interests of the farmers of the State. During the recent season, the State Board of Entomology has saved the far mers of this State thousands of dollars in their purchase of cal cium arsenate and re-sale to the farmers at cost.

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The bee culture in Georgia has grown to wonderful proportions during the past year, and the Board has rendered excellent service in carrying on this work and aiding this industry in its efforts to combat the diseases affecting this industry.
Georgia probably leads the South in the production of sweet potato plants. The sweet potato industry has grown to great proportions and has automatically increased the responsibilities of the Board. Beds and plants must be inspected both to protect the grower against diseases and to enforce quarantine regulations.
Many other diseases and pests have come about, such as the Mexician Bean Beetle, the control of the European Corn Borer, and work to prevent the advent of the Pink Boll Worm. All of these combined present many hard problems.
One of the most important works of the Board of Entomology is the nursery inspection, which is carried on at the growing and shipping points of nursery stock. This has proven very valuable to the fruit growers of this and other States. The Board is con tinuing its special work in co-operation with the Federal agents at Fort Valley in connection with the control of the peach diseases, at Cornelia for the protection of the apple growers, and the good of this work is being felt more and more each year.
The watermelon and cantaloupe industry has presented a very serious problem during the past year; new diseases to be com batted and methods of control to be worked out, and this work is progressing in a very satisfactory manner.
Again in connection with the calcium arsenate work, I will state that the indications are that greater efforts will be put forth than ever before during the coming season to protect the cotton crop against the ravages of the boll weevil, and the Board of Entomology is rendering valuable service in this work. But in connection with the law requiring the State Board of Entomology to buy calcium arsenate in large lots and sell to the farmers at cost, I would es pecially call the attention of the General Assembly to the fact that $10,000.00 as a revolving fund to be used as a regular ap propriation by the State Board of Entomology, is entirely inade quate for the handling of calcium arsenate, and I would recom mend that this revolving fund be made $100,000.00 or that the law be repealed requiring the State Board to buy and sell calcium

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arsenate. While it was no doubt necessary at the time this law was passed directing the State Board to buy and sell calcium arse nate, as jChairman of the Board, I feel that the work done by the State Board has thoroughly established the use of calcium arsenate as a boll weevil poison in the State of Georgia, and as a rule I do not favor the State establishing a precedent of going into a permanent business, but should the General Assembly insist, I desire to repeat that it is impossible to handle the volume of calcium arsenate for the State of Georgia through the State Board of Entomology with less than a $100,000.00 revolving fund.

FINANCIAL REPORT
At another place in this report you will find a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements of this Department for the year ending December 81, 1923. I would respectfully call your atten tion to one important thing namely, that the Department of Agricul ture does not receive one single penny from advalorem tax payers in the State of Georgia. The Department is maintained from special revenue tax for the support and maintenance of the Department.
The Department is doing strictly a regulatory and police work and the collection of fees from the various sources not only makes the Department of Agriculture self-sustaining, but there was turned into the State Treasury during the year covered by this Report an amount in excess of all monies used by this Department over a quarter of a million dollars. In my opinion it was the intent and purpose of those who framed the laws creating this Department that all monies collected by this Department should be used by this Department, yet the only increase in appropriations that we ask is that our laboratories be furnished an additional sum in order they may more effectively and efficiently do their work. And in view of these facts I am confident that no Georgia tax payer, who is familiar with the conditions governing the Department, will for one minute sanction or agree for the curtailment of the work of the Department of Agriculture. But on the other hand we are con fident that the small increase will be granted.
When it is taken into consideration that Georgia's Department of Agriculture is more than self-sustaining and is turning into the Treasury a net surplus above its expenditures and that some other Departments in other States receive far more money than does

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Georgia's Department of Agriculture then we feel that the many things that need to be done in the interest of Georgia's agriculture, and which can be worked out by this Department, will be allowed by our General Assembly.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture is putting forth an honest effort to render a real service and we are gratified at the progress we have made since our last report. We look to the future confident that our efforts will be rewarded and that we will be enabled to render as the seasons go by more service and more work for the people whom we are trying to serve. And it is with the hope that Georgia's agriculture will go forward and that before another report is submitted our agricultural situation will be much improved and in my opinion we are going through a very depressing period, yet I believe that we are entering upon the dawn of a new day. In this spirit we respectfully submit this re port for your consideration.

Respectfully submitted, J. J. BROWN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.

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BUREAU OF MARKETS--
THEN AND NOW
Looking backward to the year nineteen seventeen when the Georgia State Bureau of Markets was created by an Act of the General Assembly, we remember that the newspapers of the State were constantly editorially deploring the fact that Georgia's diversified farm products had no market and that for this reason we were tied to the one crop system. It was true that if a farmer grew something other than cotton and carried it to a nearby town to try and realize some cash he was doomed to bitter dissapointment. Realizing that something must be done to relieve our farm ers of this situation Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown, in his successful campaign of 1916, forcefully called the attention of the people of the State to this deplorable condition and pledged that if elected Commissioner of Agriculture he would use every means in his power to set up machinery within the Georgia De partment of Agriculture that would correct the wrongful condi tion, and provide a market for those diversified products that our farmers might grow. Commissioner Brown also drove home the fact that our principal crop--cotton--had been for years struggling under a system of marketing whereby the farmer had no voice or influence in the making of the price. So, when Commissioner Brown was elected and came into office in the Spring of 1917 he set about to carry out the reforms about which he had been speak ing to the people.
A modest beginning was made by the new-born babe, the State Bureau of Markets. One of the first acts of its existence has had a wonderful effect in the years that have since passed. This Bureau discovered that sweet potatoes had been left off the ration list for the Army and Navy. Gathering data showing the Superior food value of sweet potatoes the Bureau went to the Quartermaster General of the United States and pressed the claims of the Sweet Potato. But the Quartermaster General made the announcement that the ration list was closed and the sweet potato would not go on. Rallying our friends in Congress, the matter was carried to the President, and he recognized the unjust and unwise omission and ordered that sweet potatoes should go on the ration list. And so it came to pass that boys from the North who trained in southern camps came to know the merits of southern sweet potatoes and

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have been a wonderful help ever since in acquainting others with our potatoes. And so, only a few months old in the summer of 1917, we appealed to the General Assembly for legal creation and appropriation. They gave us our legal powers and a modest ap propriation. At once we put men in the field and at every small trading point in the State we sought to induce some one to become a buyer of diversified farm products. Our field men pledged to such a buyer that if he would buy these products from our farmers in small or large lots we would give such buyer all the assistance within our power to help him resell these products at a fair margin of profit.
We then commenced our weekly "Market Bulletin." Our first issue was on a mimeograph and only contained about a dozen items. But the thought was a winner. Pretty soon our Bulletin assumed such proportions that we had to abandon the mimeograph and use the multigraph. And a little later our increase in matter and readers was so great that we had to go to the Commercial Printing Press. So to-day our "Market Bulletin" is farm paper size, con taining some weeks sixteen pages and every word in it fresh for that week; near to a hundred thousand copies a week and every one that gets it say they would not be without it. The "Market "Bulletin" has become so interwoven in our farm life as to be in dispensable. The "Market Bulletin" is loved by every one, except a selfish group of profiteers and speculators who have been trying to destroy it ever since its birth. Cunning political tricks of every nature have been resorted to in their efforts to kill the "Market Bulletin." Perhaps a little later this story will be told in full in order that the farmers of the State may know how hard their organ, the "Market Bulletin", has had to fight for its existence. The selling power of the "Market Bulletin" is truly marvelous. Unless one has had experience with it you can hardly conceive the results you obtain by advertising your farm products in its columns. The Bulletin is free to every one who needs it. Its columns are free to every one who has a Georgia farm product that they wish to sell or buy. We regret to say that we have had to deny the use to some whose dealings with their fellow man proved unreliable. The Bureau of Markets and the "Market Bulletin" does not cost.
The advalorem tax payers of Georgia a penny. It is maintained all together from the fertilizer tax. The money that now maintains the State Bureau of Markets and the "Market Bulletin" prior

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to 1921 went into the pockets of the fertilizer companies. The law of 1921 corrected this and compelled the fertilizer companies to pay to the State of Georgia the same as they were paying other southeastern states, and provided that out of this money so re covered that the Bureau of Markets and the "Market Bulletin" should be maintained. Comparatively few citizens of the State know this astounding fact. The farmers of Georgia scarcely know the battle it took to get this service for them out of money that was rightfully for their service.
And so the work continued to broaden until it became an estab lished fact that the farmers had for themselves located in the State Capitol Building, at Atlanta, a mammoth clearing house for farm products; the lines extending from the office in the Capitol to every nook and corner of the State and to all the buyers of the Nation--North, East, South and West. A great big clearing house where every farmer feels perfectly at home no matter if he has only a dozen eggs or a car oad of products. Every man connected with the Bureau of Markets is picked for his peculiar fitness for the job he holds. Every man is instructed to constantly feel himself in the shoes of the farmer and to handle the farmers problem as if it was his own. Every man holds his hand outstretched to help the farmer with any marketing problem he may have. And as the work progressed we find our field men holding hog and poultry sales all over the State. The office force reaches out all over the land for the best price and then our experts are sent to grade the products.
Soon after the birth of this Bureau we undertook, under the leadership of Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown, a fight for a better price for cotton. We called the Commissioners of Agricul ture and Market Directors of the various cotton states into con ference at New Orleans, and there was organized the Cotton States Advisory Marketing Board, of which Commissioner Brown was made Chairman. The functions of this Board were purely advisory. From time to time the Board met and from data gath ered on the cotton situation gave out such statements as they be lieved would enlighten our cotton farmers on the cotton market. This is the Board that waged the successful battle against the Bills that were introduced in Congress by members from the North seeking to fix a price of fifteen cents a pound for our cotton, when it was then bringing over thirty-five cents. This is the

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Board that successfully resisted the effort that was made before the Food Administration to take our cotton seed for less than what they were worth.
The American Cotton Association having been organized the Board dissolved. The battle for better prices for cotton was kept up by the Association under the leadership of Mr. J. S. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, S. C. Then fell the unnecessary blow to Agriculture, which was struck by the Federal Reserve Bank. We consider this the greatest mistake of this generation. It was not necessary to kill farming and industry in order to bring about defla tion. It could have been accomplished by the Federal Reserve Board restricting loans for speculation in Wall Street. The Ameri can Cotton Association made a splendid effort to protect cotton, but the Federal Reserve Board was successful in sending the price to the bottom. At a meeting of the American Cotton Association held in Montgomery, Ala., Mr. Aaron Sapiro, the noted California marketing expert, was invited to speak. Such an impression did he make that he was invited to speak later in Georgia. And then steps were taken to organize the Georgia Cotton Growers' Coopera tive Association. The State Bureau of Markets, under the leader ship of Commissioner Brown, came out unequivocally for coopera tive marketing on the California plan. We are proud of our work in helping organize our present cotton cooperative association. And then came our efforts in behalf of the Cane Growers of South Georgia. And later we brought Mr. Sapiro back to the State for a speech at Albany, Ga., on February 9, 1923, and from this meeting sprang the Georgia Peanut Growers' Cooperative Association, in the organization of which our field forces materially assisted. Our cooperative marketing specialists are busy organizing local coopera tive marketing groups, that is, on products that have no state wide organization.
We are furnishing in cooperation with the United States De partment of Agriculture a market news service on peaches, water melons, etc., that is of great value to the growers of those products. Also in cooperation with the United States Department of Agricul ture we are maintaining a shipping point inspection service where by our inspectors will inspect and certify as to the car at loading point. The Peach Growers' Cooperative Association has already requested that this season we inspect every car of peaches they will ship.

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And so we might go on indefinitely, but the point we would espe cially stress is to call attention to the complete reversal of market ing conditions in this State now as compared to 1917. If any one to-day has a Georgia farm product in merchantable condition that he cannot sell, it is because he does not acquaint this Bureau with the fact. If he will let us know about it we will sell it for him and at as good a price as that product is bringing any where in the United States.
We want to get over to our citizens the fact that we are here for their use. No matter how large or how small we invite your market ing problems. Please look upon every man connected with the Bureau of Markets as your personal employe ready and anxious to serve you.
L. B. JACKSON,
Director.

January 18, 1924.
Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I beg to submit herewith a report of the work done in the labora tory of the State Chemist during the year, 1923. The purpose of this report is to outline briefly the specific work done and the results obtained during the year named above.
Seven thousand six hundred and ninety-two samples were analyzed, four thousand five hundred and fifty-four of which were fertilizers, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-six food, seven hundred and twenty-six feeds, four hundred and seventy-seven insecticides, one hundred and twelve drugs, and sixty-seven mis cellaneous. These samples were taken and the analytical work done in the enforcement of the following regulatory laws: Food, Drug, Feeding Stuff, Fertilizer, and Insecticide. For the char acter of the samples and the percentage of adulteration found, please refer to the tables, attached hereto.

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FERTILIZERS.

Six hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred and sixtyfive tons of commercial fertilizer were sold in Georgia during the sea son of 1923. Four thousand five hundred and fifty-four samples, representing a tonnage of fifty thousand two hundred and fortythree tons, or seven and four-tenths per cent of the total tonnage sold, were analyzed. Each sample, therefore, represented on an average eleven tons, making one sample taken and analyzed for every one hundred and forty-nine tons sold. This is considered an unusually close inspection. Other states with a total tonnage of

one-third that sold in Georgia make inspections which will average one sample to every one hundred and seventy tons sold.

In addition to the regular routine work, we carried on avail ability determinations to show the character and availability of the nitrogenous materials used during the season. Samples for this work were taken from every manufacturer in the State.

For detailed information concerning the work of the fertilizer laboratory for the season of 1923, I refer you to Bulletin 93 of the

Georgia Department of Agriculture entitled "Commercial Fertili zers." By referring to the table below you will find a summary of the work and the percentage of underruns found. You will note that 2113 samples met their guarantees in every way. 1720 sam ples contained the number of pounds of plant food claimed, but failed to meet their guarantees. These samples were not subject to the penalties prescribed by law. 721 samples did not meet their

guarantees and were either 3% below the commercial value guar

anteed or 10% low in one or more ingredients, or were subject to

both of these penalties.

Complete____________________________________________________ 3,148

Acid and Nitrogen__________________________________________ 136

Acid and Potash____________________________________________ 57

Plain Acid Phosphate________________________________________ 416

Potash Salts________________________________________________ 238

Nitrate and Potash_______________________

3

Tankage_______________

19

Nitrate of Soda___________________________

454

Cotton Seed Meal___________________________________________ 40

Bone Meal__________________________________________________ 2

Nitrate of Lime_____________________________________________ 5

Sulphate of Ammonia________________________________________ 35

Basic Slag_______________________________________

1

48.3% or 2,113 Samples met guarantees.

37.9% or 1,720 Samples did not meet guarantees, but contained the

number of pounds of plant food claimed.

15.9% or 721 Samples did not meet their guarantees and were sub

ject to the penalties prescribed by law.

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FOOD

We analyzed 1,756 samples of food the character of which you will note below. Four hundred and ninety-seven samples were analyzed in the food laboratory proper and 1,259 in the Bacter iological laboratory. The Food laboratory is now actively engaged in cleaning up one of the worst forms of adulteration found in a great many years, that of adding large quantities of cereal to ground meats, particularly sausage, for the purpose of marketing excessive amounts of water. You will note considerable adulteration and misbranding of food products in general during the season. This work has been published and for detailed information I refer you to monthly bulletin of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Food, Drugs and Feed Stuffs, Volume 10, Nos. 1 to 12, in clusive.

FOOD LABORATORY

Beverages_________________________________ 230

Vinegars__________________________________ 38

Canned Goods____________________________ 18

Syrup____________________________________ 17

Soda Fount Syrup___________________7_____ 13

Preserves and Jellies________________ i_____ 11

Flour_____________________________________ 34

Fruit Juice_______________________________ 1

Meats____________________________________ 33

(Nad) Salt_______________________________ 24

Extracts__________________________________ 13

Candy____________________________________ 1

Ground Pepper____________________________ 5

Tea and Coffee____________________________ 9

Spices____________

4

Condiment________________________________ 3

Sweeet Potatoes___________________________ 1

Butter____________________________________ 8

Lard________________________________

3

Baking Powder____________________________ 6

Miscellaneous____________________________ 25

Total_________________________________ 497
Misbranded_______________________________ 66 Adulterated______________________________ 28 Misbranded and adulterated_______________ 20 Salt (below standard fortable salt)__________ 8

Total.

122 or 25.4% of samples
contained irreg ularities.

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BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

Sweet MUk_____ ________

1,147

Ice Cream_______________________________ 84

Sweet Creams_____ _________

12

Miscellaneous___________________________

16

Total

1,259

High Bacteria_____________________________ Low Fat............ ............. Dirty________
High Temperature_________________________ Watered____ ______________________________

378 or 31% 150 or 12.3% 186 or 15.3%
243 or 20% 139 or 11.5%

FEED STUFFS

In this laboratory 726 samples were analyzed, 219 or 30% of which showed some irregularities. There was a tendency to run low in protein by leaving out the main protein producing materials, and to run high in fibre by adding materials of little feeding value. All this work has been reported to the proper authorities and printed in bulletin form, monthly bulletin of the Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture, Volume 10, Nos. 1 to 12, inclusive.

Horse and Mule Feed

227

Cotton Seed Meal___

123

Wheat Feed________

127

Dairy Feed________

105

Poultry Feed_______

84

Corn Feed_________

16

Rice Feed__________

8

Oat Feed__________

7

Beet Pulp__________

5

Velvet Bean Feed___

4

Peanut Feed_______

1

Miscellaneous Feed__

19

Total________________________________

726

219 Samples run low or 30%.

INSECTICIDES

Four hundred and seventy-seven samples comprise the work of this laboratory. The bulk of this work, you will see from the table below, was on calcium arsenate. Only 34.63% of these samples passed without criticism, 65.37% being out of line in some respect. The main trouble was with the density, it being above or below the standard required (80 to 100 cu. in. per pound). 227 samples showed densities that failed to meet this standard. There were only 35 samples with low total arsenic, and only 36 with high water soluble arsenic.

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Georgia is evidently using more calcium arsenate in her fight on the boll weevil than any other state. Note the following quota tion taken from the news edition of the journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. "Dr. B. R. Coad, Southern Field Agent, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agricul ture, and chairman of the arsenic committee, estimates the actual consumption of calcium arsenate at about 31,000,000 lbs. for the `Cotton Year' September 1, 1922, to September 1, 1923. The aver age quantity used per acre was 18.5 lbs. and the acreage treated was 1,674,000 out of a total of 38,287,000 acres in cotton or 4.4 per cent." Of this 31,000,000 lbs. Georgia used over 15,000,000 lbs., or half of the total amount if the above figures are correct.

We made one inspection for every 16.4 tons of arsenate sold in our state during the season. This work was published in bulletin Georgia Department of Agriculture, No. 94, Insecticides and Fungicides, Season 1923.

Calcium Arsenate____________________________________________ 419

Niagara Mixture__________

2

Arsenate of Lead____________________________________________ 6

Hill's Mixture____________________________________________

12

Boll-We-Go_______________ _________________________________ - 15

Weevil-Nip_________

4

Sulphur, Lime and Arsenate__________________________________ 2

Atomic Sulphur______________________________________________ 2

Slazum_________________

2

Unclassified Insecticides________________________________

13

Total_____ ______________________________________________ 477

Samples meeting requirements_______________________

34.63%

Samples below standard_____________________________ _____ 65.37%

NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA

The laboratory prepared and distributed to farmers during the year, 8,424 acres of nitrogen fixing bacteria for legumes. The num ber of acres sold this year practically doubled last year's output. The planting of legumes enables the farmer to obtain the most ex pensive element of plant food, nitrogen, while growing an other wise profitable crop. Nitrogen last year cost the farmer $5.50 per unit while phosphoric acid and potash cost 60 cents and 80 cents, respectively. You see nitrogen cost practically four times as much per unit as phosphoric acid and potash combined. Lower the cost of nitrogen to the farmer and you have rendered him a most valu able service. Any crop following a legume is able to utilize the

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nitrogen taken from the air and fixed in the soil through the agency of symbiotic bacteria growing in the root nodules of legumes. The laboratory is preparing bacteria for the various legumes at cost, or 30 cents per acre.

DRUGS

Tr. Iodine_________________________________________

16

Olive Oil____________________________________________________ 14

Spts. Camphor_______________________

33

Tr. Iron___________

2

Salicylic Acid_________________

4

Carholated Vaseline__________________________________________ 2

Chlor. Iron__________________________________________________ 6

Tr. Jamaica Ginger__________________________________________ 1

Sweet Spts. Nitre____________________________________________ 3

Tr. Benzoin Compound_______________________________________ 1

Essence Celery_______________________________________________ 1

Ex. Witch Hazel______________________________________________ 2

Tr. Lark Spur_______________________________________________ 1

Tr. Gentian Compound__________

2

Aspirin Tablets______________________________________________ 1

Spts. Ammonia______________________________________________ 3

Castor Oil____________________

12

Carbolic Acid________________________________________________ 4

Spts. Turpentine________________________________

3

Cream Tartar_____________________

3

Powd. Rhubarb______________________________________________ 1

Glycerine__________________________

2

Liq. Potassium Arsenite___________________________

1

Camphor Linement__________________________________________ 1

Camphorated Oil__________________

1

Balsam Copaiba________________

4

Soap Liniment_______________________________________________ 3

Boracic Acid________________________________________________ 1

Sodium Bicarbonate____________________

1

Chloroform Liniment_________________________________________ 2

Essence Peppermint__________________________________________ 1

Syrup Ferrous Iodide__________________________________

2

Syrup Tolu__________________________________________________ 1

Lime Water__________________________________________________ 1

Linseed Oil__________________________________________________ 1

Novadel Bleaching Agent_____________________________________ 1

Potassium Nitrate____________________________________________ 1

Sulphur and Cream of Tartar_________________________________ 1

Silver Nitrate -- Solution_____________________________________ 1

Magnesium Sulphate_________________________________________ 1

Total____________________________________________________ 112 13 samples below standard or 11.6?,.

MISCELLANEOUS

Stock Feed

1

Soils_______8_2_3_4_5_2_0_2_5__9_________________________________________ 2

Water_________________________________________________________ 2

Fertihzer____________________________________________________ 23

Nitrate of Soda________________________________________

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Goat Manure________________________________________________ 1

Limestone_________________________________________

Ore_________________________________________________________ 1

Spitfire________________________________________________

1

Kerosene______________________________________________

8

Oil._____ __________________________________

12

Gasoline________________________________

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF CHEMICAL FUND OF STATE CHEMIST, FROM JANUARY 1, 1923, TO
DECEMBER 31, 1923.

Debit
Balance, December 31, 1922_______________ ____ ___________ $ 329.06 Received from State Treasurer, 1923_______________________ 4,575.07

$4,904.13

Credit
By amount paid Salaries____________________ ____ $ 3,866.65 By amount paid General Expense________________ 778.77

$ 4,645.42 Balance, December 31, 1923_______________________ 258.71

$4,904.13 $4,904.13 Respectfully submitted,
S. H. WILSON, State Chemist.

Atlanta, Ga.,
December 31, 1923
Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriclture,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I beg to hand you herewith for your consideration my report as Chief Food Inspector for the State of Georgia, covering the scope of work done by your Food Inspectors from January 1st to De cember 31, 1923.
The records in the office of the Pure Food Division show that during the year 1923 your Food Inspectors visited 17,919 establish ments where food was being handled. In some instances they found

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food being offered for sale under unsanitary conditions, but in each instance the Inspector pointed out to the party in charge wherein he was violating the Sanitary Laws of Georgia, and in most in stances the dealers immediately put their establishments in a sanitary condition. However, where they did not, abatement notices were issued, allowing them a reasonable length of time in which to put their place in a sanitary condition. As a whole we find that the sanitary conditions where food is being handled has improved wonderfully during the past few years.
During the year 1923 the inspectors of this Division collected and forwarded to the Laboratory for analysis 497 samples of food, and all but 122 were found to be sold in accordance with the law. Some of this 122 were misbranded, and others not properly labeled, which were corrected by the manufacturers. Your Food Inspec tors also procured 726 samples of Feed-Stuffs for analysis, 219 of which were found to be sold in violation of law.
During the year 1923 this Division issued 358 withhold from sale notices covering various food and feed found being offered for sale in violation of law. These withholds covered various viola tions, such as misbranding, no inspection tax stamps, adulterations, etc., and in many instances the product was released as soon as the same had been made to meet the requirements of law. However, in some instances where the product could not be made to meet the requirements, it was either permitted to be dumped or shipped out of the State.
The Pure Food Division during the year 1923 collected 49 sam ples for the Federal Government from shipments of food and feed shipped in interstate commerce, and through co-operation with the Federal Government we are able to give the people of this State protection they could not receive otherwise.
Attached you will find an itemized statement of the various arti cles of food and feed found being offered for sale in violation of the Pure Food Laws, and the same being withheld from sale under that authority.
Allow me to express to you the sincere gratitude and apprecia tion of each member of your Food Division for the hearty co-opera tion and kindly consideration we have received at your hands in

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the past, and to assure you that our best efforts will continue to be extended toward the most efficient service we are able to render to you personally as Commissioner, as well as to the people of the

State.

Respectfully,

O. S. LEE,

Chief Food Inspector.

Apples, (Canned)___________________________________ 11 gallons

Barley, (Ground)_______

500 bags

Beet Pulp_____________________________________________ 1,062 bags

Beans, (Canned)______________________________________ .24 cans

Beef, (Roast).________________________________________ 200 cases

Blackberries, (Canned)________________________________ 504 cases

Candy_______________________________________________ 4,140 pounds

Cherries, (Canned)____________________________________ 139 cans

Chow Chow___________________________________________ 14 jars

Cotton Seed Meal_____________________________________ 1,715 bags

Cotton Seed Hulls-----------------

2 cars

Com Bran____________________________________________ 80 bags

Com Meal____________________________________________ 60 bags

Corn Gluten Feed_____________________________________ 22 bags

Corn Beef Hash____________________

20 cases

Eggs, (Shell)_________________________________________ 210 dozen

Fig Jam______________________________________________ 13 cases

Fish_____________________________ ____ _____________ 698 pounds

Fish_________________ ,_____________________________ 576 cases

Grape Fruit__________________________________________ 9 cases

Hominy_________

350 cases

Kraut_______________________________________________ 74 cases

Lard________________________

500 pounds

Meat Scraps___________________________________:------ 17 bags

Milk Chocolate______________________________________ 65 bottles

Mill Oats____________________________________________10,000 bushels

Mixed Feed___________________________________________ 7,130 bags

Oats, Ground________________________________________ 200 bags

Oat Feed_____________________________________________ 361 bags

Olives_________________________________________ ^___ 6 gallons

Oranges____________________________ _______________ 1,400 bushels

Oysters______________________________________________ 12 cases

Peaches_____________________________________________ 38 cases

Peanut Butter______________________________________ 10 pounds

Pork and Beans______________________________________ 2,269 cases

Potatoes, (Sweet)_____________________________________ 135 cans

Potatoes, (Irish)_______________________________ :___ 11,250 pounds

Preserves____________________________________________ 98 cases

Raisins______________________________________________ 3,800 cases

Rice Bran___________________________

807 bags

Rye Meal_____________________________________________ 290 bags

Sausage______________

13 cases

Soft Drinks_____________________________

51 cases

Syrup_______ ______________________________________ 1,175 gallons

Syrup_______________________________________________ 24 cases

Tomatoes____________________________________________ 1,216 cases

Vegetables, Miscellaneous, Canned_____________________ 192 cases

Vinegar_____________________________________________ 3 gallons

Wheat Feeds________________________________________ 5,674 bags

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February 22, 1924.

Hon. J. J. Brown,

Commissioner of Agriculture,

State Capitol,

Dear Sir:

Atlanta, Ga.

I beg to submit for your careful consideration this, my annual report as State Oil Inspector for the year 1923.

I herewith attach statement showing number of gallons of gas oline, and kerosene, that have been inspected each month during the year, and amount of money retained as fees by local inspectors, also the amount remitted by local inspectors to the State Treas urer for which I hold receipt.

From this statement you will see that there were a total of 106,178,548 gallons gasoline, and 23,708,999 gallons kerosene in spected during the year making grand total of 129,887,547 gallons being an increase over the year 1922 of 24,616,253 gallons.

This office holds State Treasurer's receipts for $534,238.17, being amount remitted by local inspectors net after deducting fees for their services of $110,599.90.

All reports received from each inspector during the year have been carefully checked on receipt of same, and will advise that all money due the State has been paid with few exceptions which are now being adjusted.
Business of this department is on the increase each year. By re ferring back to report of this office for 1916 you will see that only 39,164,225 gallons of gasoline, and kerosene were inspected during the year.

This office has been diligent at all times seeing that all com plaints were answered promptly and remedied.

I am continually on the go seeing that the gravity law and all other laws and instructions are being carried out by the Oil Com panies and the local inspectors.

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The books and records in this office as to keeping gasoline and kerosene have been somewhat kept together as to gallons as the one-half cent inspection fee applies on both products, but now there is a special law of three cents on gasoline which is collected through the Comptroller General's office, and this office is co operating as to number of gallons received so that the proper amount may be collected from each company doing business in the State. This matter has caused considerable additional work in this office.
Will advise that a new system of bookkeeping and new records are being kept showing in detail number of gallons inspected as to both gasoline and kerosene for each company doing business in the State each month and this information furnished the office of the Comptroller General that he may collect for the total gallons gasoline inspected.
There are at present VI companies doing car lot business in this State with several smaller concerns coming across the line in tanks which are being looked after through this office and local inspectors, who are located along the borders.
I respectfully ask that the books and records of this office be audited so as to correct any errors that may exist while the local inspectors are in the service and under bond.
Very truly,
L. H. GLENN,
State Oil Inspector.

Gasoline Kerosene

1923 Total

Salary Treasurer

January... February.. March____ April_____ May---------June_____ July______ August___ September. October__ November.. December..

8,138,535 ' 7,519,768
7,581,755 6,598,931 8,679,184 9,326,687 8,813,765 9,994,297 10,179,511 9,658,534 9,828,011 9,859,570

2,005,545 1,873,208 1,923,122 1,800,522 2,039,505 1,618,208 1,429,305 1,594,016 1,872,938 2,747,167 2,637,340 2,168,123

10,144,080 $ 9,392,976 9,504,877 8,399,453 10,718,689 10,944,895 10,243,070 11,588,313 12,052,449 12,405,701 12,465,351 12,027,693

8,827.11 $40,462.60 8,671.62 39,269.12 8,166.83 38,294.23 8,126.58 36,085.32 9,213.14 43,964.73 9,201.93 45,236.53 8,610.43 39,450.18 9,811.53 48,409.48 9,401.87 49,511.44 10,020.60 53,588.71 10,743.61 46,783.02 9,704.65 53,182.81

106,178,548 23,708,999 129,887,547 $ 110,499.90 $534,238.17

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STATISTICIAN'S REPORT Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

Dear Sir:
I am handing you herewith my annual report as Statistician of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, ending December 31, 1923. My services in this connection date from May 1st of the same year. Doubtless, you will recall that on this date the Georgia Co operative Crop Reporting Service, composed of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics, State Department of Agricul ture, and the State College of Agriculture began to function in gathering agricultural statistics for Georgia and, on release, dis seminating same to the general public. This co-operative service has proved to be a most valuable advantage to your division of statistics. Following are some of the vital reasons for this advan tage :
(1) All work of gathering statistics is coordinated and placed under the direction of Mr. Z. R. Pettet, United States Statistician in charge of the Bureau of Agricultural Econo mics for this State. Mr. Pettet is eminently qualified for this work, and I have found, since becoming a part of this co-operative service, that his statistical methods and con clusions are held in the highest esteem in Washington by the Board having direct control of this division of the United States Department of Agriculture.
(2) Including the director and his corps of co-workers, the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics has fur nished help for this work, when compared with that furnished by your department, about in the proportion of four to one. I would not disparage at all the help which you have given to this work for I know that you have gone to the limit of the small fund available for this division in your department.
(3) To the above combined force of workers, some help has been added from the State College of Agriculture. This help

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up-to-date has been limited, caused, I understand, from a lack of funds available for this specific purpose.

(4) Lastly, and of tremendous importance, by co-operat ing with the United States Department in gathering these statistics, we have had the advantage of receiving from time to time detailed information gathered by a large, reliable and conscientious list of agricultural reporters scattered over the entire State. This list is the result of long years of co-opera tion by the reporters in giving agricultural information to the United States Bureau entrusted with this work. Many of these reporters have served faithfully and well for twenty years and more.
The greater part of my time since engaging in this work has been given to the tabulation and consolidation of these reports, and I know that the reporters have done valuable, conscientious work, and I take this opportunity of commending them to you for their unselfish service. I feel quite sure that you will join me in express ing deepest appreciation for their contribution to the agricultural interests of Georgia.
All these combined forces, seeking the same end and operating as a unit, have made it possible even for the United States Bureau to issue better and more frequent agricultural reports. Also, the Co-operative Crop Reporting Service has been successful in its efforts to place in your hands material and statistics which will enable you to comply with the following provision in Georgia law relative to one of the many duties incumbent upon you as commis sioner of agriculture.

"II. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall annually collect and present in his report, statistics, accurate and full as possible, relating to agriculture in all of its branches as prac ticed in this State. The statistics thus collected shall show, by counties, the acreage, the total yield, and the average yield per acre of the crops grown in this State. Acts 1893, p. 136."
These county statistics are now being compiled and will be turned over to you in ample time for you to publish them in the second quarterly bulletin of 1924.

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After a close scrutiny of statistics issued by your department in the various bulletins during the time this law has been in force, I failed to find state and county statistics given as completely in any one bulletin for any previous year as will be given in the forth coming statistical bulletin referred to above. These statistics can be improved upon from year to year the longer they are successively gathered and consolidated. In the preparation of these statistics, we have encountered many difficulties which would have been more easily overcome if we had had county statistics for the year just preceding, or for a series of years just preceding 1923. Hence, you can readily see that the continuation of this work will with each succeeding year approach more nearly correct agricultural statistics. This work could never been done operating independent ly and alone with the limited funds available for this purpose. Consequently, the step which you took in becoming one of the co-operating agencies for the gathering of agricultural statistics has been more than justified by the results obtained. I trust that conditions will be such as to enable you not only to continue the service, but to undertake additional improvements during the year 1924.
During the crop growing and crop harvesting months quite a number of crop reports, as referred to above, were issued by this co-operative service, mostly as monthly, some, however, being for a shorter period of time and some for a longer period. A copy of each report was placed in your office as soon as issued and released.
Tobacco Warehouses
Georgia law requires you, through your department, to secure and publish at given intervals reports of all transactions in tobacco warehouses relative to sales and prices during the sales season, when such warehouses are offering directly, or indirectly, bulk leaf tobacco for sale on the floors of their respective warehouses.
Practically all of the bright leaf tobacco sold during the season of 1923 on the floors of Georgia's tobacco warehouses, was sold in the month of August. To be exact, some of the warehouses first opened on August 2nd, the last were closed September 4th. Eleven were operated during the 1923 season. Practically all the bright leaf tobacco grown in the southern part of our State was sold on the floors of the eleven warehouses operating in that section, which

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is becoming to be designated as the bright leaf tobacco section of Georgia.
During 1923, in addition to the tobacco cultivated in that par ticular section, we had a small acreage in three widely separated sections of north Georgia, namely, Hart County, Walton County, and Catoosa County. The tobacco in these three sections was not harvested and ready for market until after the warehouses in south Georgia had closed for the season. Consequently their yield of bright leaf tobacco was shipped out of the state (I am informed mostly to Winston-Salem, North Carolina). This tobacco being sold on the floors of warehouses outside of Georgia did not come under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Bright Leaf Tobacco Ware house Law, nor, of course, does the cigar tobacco of southwest Georgia.
The operators of the Georgia tobacco warehouses were quite courteous to me, both in person and in the transmisson of their reports. Only in a few instances were there any delays in receiving their weekly reports as the law provides; this delay, perhaps, was caused by unavoidable conditions,
Below I am giving you a consolidated report of the eleven tobacco warehouses for season 1923:
Farmers Warehouse, Cheatham & Parham Co., Proprietors, Blackshear, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season 1,382,564 Average price per pound.... ,.... .................................27-76/100c Pounds sold for dealers.................... .................. 64,324 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses___ 78,162
J. R. Hutchings & Co. Warehouses, J. R. Hutchings & Co., Pro prietors, Vidalia, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season....488,794 Average price per pound____ ____ ____________ 23-76/100c Pounds sold for dealers.................. ...................... 9,998 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses___ 45,196
The Big Tobacco Warehouse, Pegram & Hester, Proprietors, Doug las, Ga,: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season....484,812 Average price per pound________ ________ ,......... 24-89/100c

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Pounds sold for dealers_____ ______ __ ____ 32,754 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses .....96,490
Planters Warehouse, Tingen & Warren, Proprietors, Nashville, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season....843,944 Average price per pound....................... ................... .26-15/100c Pounds sold for dealers..................................... 193,420 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses.......59,530
Banner Warehouse, Tifton Investment Co., Proprietors, Tifton, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season....701,403 Average price per pound........ ................................. ..22-55/100c Pounds sold for dealers.......... ........ ........ ...... ...... 2,040 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses.......21,584
Fenner's Warehouse, Fenner & Smith, Proprietors, Hahira, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season 1,270,334 Average price per pound............................ ........... ....22-52/100c Pounds sold for dealers...___ ______ __ ____ ..45,942 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses ..............
Planters Warehouse, J. H. Warren & Sons, Proprietors, Hadehurst, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season... 350,968 Average price per pound......... .............. ..................24-33/100c Pounds sold for dealers.......... ........ .................. 41,306 Pounds sold for own or other warehouses____ 34,968
Farmers Warehouse, F. W. Brown, Proprietor, Nashville, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season....847,514 Average price per pound....... ....... .......................... 24-48/100c Pounds sold for dealers______ _______ ____ _...38,832 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses...... 52,212
Growers Warehouse, McLean & George, Proprietors, Douglas, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season....736,142 Average price per pound___ __ ____ __________ 25-29/100c Pounds sold for dealers..... .......... ........ ........ 57,918 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses__ 124,326
Morgan's Warehouse, E. L. Morgan & Co., Proprietors, Blackshear, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season 1,926,903 Average price per pound..... ........ ........................... . 28-64/100c Pounds sold for dealers.............. ....................... 24,214 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses.....131,312

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Brantley County Warehouse, D. A. Burwell, Proprietor, Hoboken, Ga.: Total pounds first-hand sales for the season.....70,179 Average price per pound...... ........ ......................... ...32-97/100c Pounds sold for dealers.......... ......... ....... ...... ..... .... . Pounds sold for own and other warehouses................
STATE OF GEORGIA FOR SALES SEASON OF 1923:
Total pounds first-hand sales for the season 9,101,343 Average price per pound.............................. ...... ..... -25-70/100c Pounds sold for dealers............. ..... ....... .......... 510,748 Pounds sold for own and other warehouses.....643,780
I wish to bring to your careful consideration the question of making an improvement in the laws governing and controlling the operation of Georgia tobacco warehouses conducting, or pro viding for, the sale or the re-sale of this raw product. The varia tion in the price paid for tobacco of equal quality, or practically so, in the different warehouses on the same day, as well as the varia tion in the price paid for tobacco of the same quality, or prac tically so, in the same warehouse on different days leads me to con clude that the preparation and publication of a daily sales report would be of great value to the tobacco producers of Georgia. This report of each day's sales should be distributed as widely as possible on or by the hour of opening of sales the following day. As proof that something is needed, I give below two incidents related to me by a producer during last season's sales.
(1) He had two piles of leaf tobacco identical in quality so far as he was able to discern, but they were in different rows on the floor, and were offered for sale within a few minutes of each other on the same day. One pile brought ten cents per pound more than the other.
(2) On another day for a different lot of tobacco he re fused to take the auction price of twenty-eight (28c) per pound, as it was knocked off for him, and carried it on the same day to another warehouse and had it knocked off for a price less than twenty-eight cents (28c) per pound, which he likewise refused to accept, and on the next day at the second warehouse took twenty-two cents (22c) per pound for this identical lot of tobacco.

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Evidently this producer lost more than he should have lost, as a consequence of his refusal to accept the price which he con sidered unequal to the market value of his tobacco on the day which he offered it for sale. It appears to me that complete daily reports well distributed to the producers in the various markets would correct these apparent evils to some extent, at least.
Should you concur with me in this opinion, the question would arise at once--Is it practical? I consider it so. The director of our co-operative service, a representative of the State College of Agri culture, and myself, discussed the functioning of such proposed law immediately after the close of last season; and later, as you will recall, Mr. Pettet and I discussed it with you in your office.
We are of the opinion that the owners and operators of the var ious tobacco warehouses themselves feel enough interest in the producers' side of this question to wire this information at the close of each day to your department for the preparation of a daily report. We can see no reason why any operator should object to the publication of these facts. However, in case that any operator should feel unable to get his report to your department in time to become an integral part of the daily report; it appears to us that some county agent interested in the agriculture of that section wherein this house was operated, would feel it in line with the duties incumbent on him as county agent to render his section valuable services by aiding in the compilation of this daily report, to the extent, at least, of seeing that the report was wired in to your de partment in time to appear in that day's report. And also would lend his services in the distribution of the consolidated daily report sent out from your department. This proposed co-operation on the part of the county agent met with the approval of the college representative who discussed this matter in the conference referred to above
All told, I consider that the expense incident to the operation of such a law would be quite small compared with the benefit and service the law would render. As the Tobacco Warehouse Law now stands, there is no appropriation made for carrying into effect its provisions; consequently, you have placed it in the division of statistics. In my opinion, a comparatively small addition to the funds appropriated for statistical purposes would cover all additional expense for carrying into effect such a law as I have out

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lined. Moreover a bill including such a law, and all provisions for its enforcement, could be introduced in the early days of the comcoming session of the Georgia legislature, and enacted in ample time to be operative during the coming season. If you should, after due consideration, agree with me as to the necessity of this law, and should take the necessary steps to have a measure prepared, looking forward to its enactment during the coming session of the Georgia legislature, I suggest that you include in it the provisions of the bill which was intended to improve our present tobacco warehouse law, and introduced at the last session of the Georgia legislature, but which failed to come up for final consideration on account of the rush of matters crowding the closing days of that session.
Incidentally permit me to say that the whole matter of the dis tribution of this daily report might be solved through the medium of radio, in case a broadcasting station was operated by your Market Bureau. I am reliably informed that such services are rendered by the agriculture department of some states, and I can see no good reason why the legislature of our great State should not authorize your department, through its Market Bureau by adequate approp riation, to maintain a Market News Service second to none in value and efficiency. However, this matter may be premature; but I think we are. justifiable in visualizing its consummation within the space of a few years.

Respectfully submitted, PETER V. RICE, Statistician

Georgia Department of Agriculture.

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Georgia Department of Agriculture.

January 10, 1924.

Hon. J. J. Brown,

Commissioner of Agriculture,

Atlanta, Ga.

Dear Sir:

I hand you herewith statements of Receipts and Disbursements of this Department for the year ending December 31, 1923.

Respectfully,

T. J. R. JOHNSON,

Cashier.

MAINTENANCE FUND
Receipts
From State Treasurer_______________________ ___________ $ 17,517.33

DISBURSEMENTS

Brought over from last year (Overdraft)______ $ Salaries____________________________________ Travel___________ Printing, Stationery and Office Supplies______ Telephone and Telegraph____________________ Postage____ _______________________________ Books, Newspapers and Publications_________ Autos, Insurance, Supplies and Repairs_______ Calculating Machine___________ Express and Drayage________________________ Garage Rent_____ __________________________ Miscellaneous_______________________________

48.58 9,492.54
735.68 1,746.37 2,120.05
250.00 650.00 1,610.08 500.00
3.51 172.50 188.02

$ 17,517.33 $ 17,517.33

FOOD AND DRUG FUND Receipts
Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________ $ 77.32 From State treasurer___________________________________ 12,264.23

Disbursements

Salaries____________________________________ $ 11,068.22

Travel________ Stationery and Printing______________________ Postage____________________________________

350.57 208.80 100.00

Laboratory Supplies and Equipment__________ Ice_________ Rent--Gas Stove____________________________

541.58 68.38 4.00

$ 12,341.55 $ 12,341.55

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STATISTICS FUND

Receipts

Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________$ From State Treasurer_________________________________

Disbursements

Salaries____________________________________ $ 2,363.75

Travel______________________________________

49.54

Stationery, Printing and Office Supplies______

36.85

14.77 2,435.37

$ 2,450.14 $ 2,450.14

INSECTICIDE FUND Receipts
Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________ $ Disbursements
Balance on hand December 31, 1923___________ $ 86.98

86.98

$ 86.98 $ 86.98

FERTILIZER INSPECTION FEES

Receipts

From Cotton Seed Meal Tag Sales________________________ $ 590.00

From Fertilizer Tag Sales________________________________ 202,760.95

From Bulk Tax on Fertilizer Materials------------------------------ 5,367.71

Refund on Advance for Expense_________________________ 1,103.60

Refund by Hightower Box & Tank Co., over-payment---------

36.75

Refund by Atlanta Paper Co-------------------------------------------

58.37

Insecticide_____________________________________________ 2,702.10

Disbursements
Salaries, Office and Inspectors----------------------- $ 28,857.30 General Expenses___________________________ 4,024.61 Inspectors Expenses_________________________ 17,082.65 Purchase of Tags___________________________ 4,680.00 Freight and Drayage________________________ 435.00

Total Expense paid by State Treasurer--------- $ 55,079.56 Net Income_______________________________ 157,539.92

$212,619.48 $212,619.48

FEED INSPECTION FEES Receipts
From Sale of Feed Inspection Stamps, Remitted to Treasurer ^ 62,535.77

Disbursements

Salaries____________________________________ S 26,504.15

Inspectors Expenses_________________________ 10,099.99

Stationery, Office Supplies and Equipment------ 1,565.51

Other Supplies____________________

113.19

Bostage____________________________________

30.00

Books, Publications_________________________

24.50

Water and Ice--------------

27.51

Express and Drayage-------------------------------------- 152.07

Autos, Insurance, Supplies and Repairs---------- 841.06

Bulletins___________________________________ 1> 666.00

Telephone__________________________________

17.10

Garage Rent_______________________________

24.00

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Refund on Stamps__________________________

6.31

Feed Stamps ___ ___________________________ 1,194.91

Total Expense_____________________________$ 42,266.30 Net Income_______________________________ 20,269.47

$ 62,535.77 $ 62,535.77

NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA FEES
Receipts
Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________$ 1,476.66 From Sale of Bacteria___________________________________ 2,529.60

Disbursements
Salaries____________________________________ Printing and Office Supplies________________ Other Supplies______________________________ Postage____________________________________ Express_____________________________________ Painting Rooms_____________________________ Balance on hand December 31, 1923___________

1,931.00 67.85 967.91 115.00 3.05
98.00 833.45

$ 4,006.26 $ 4,006.26

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF CATTLE FUND Receipts
Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________ $ 169.67 From State Treasurer___________________________________ 2,034.24

Disbursements
Salaries____________________________________ $ Travel of Veterinarians______________________ Printing and Office Supplies_________________ Books and Publications______________________ Veterinary Supplies and E quipment__________ Telephone and Telegraph____________________ Postage____________________________________ Miscellaneous_______________________________

1,125.00 570.88 124.50 51.60 91.77 204.39
30.00 5.77

$ 2,203.91 $ 2,203.91

TICK ERADICATION FUND

Receipts

Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________ $ 331.18

From State Treasurer___________________________________ 22,051.39

Refund Salary, K. A. Millette, July, 1922, Check unclaimed,.

75.00

Disbursements

Salaries, Office______________________________$ 1,140.00

Salaries, Inspectors.._______________________ 19,594.85

Travel of Inspectors_________________________ 153.96

Office Supplies and Equipment_______________

50.82

Printing____________________________________ 222.36

Water and Ice_______________________________

6.00

Attorneys Fees and Legal Expense___________ 1,079.80

Postage____________________________________

110.40

Miscellaneous_______________________________

99.38

$ 22,457.57 $ 22,457.57

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HOG CHOLERA SERUM FUND
Receipts
Balance on Land January 1, 1923_________________________ $ From State Treasurer________________________________ --Refund by Baylis Office Equipment Co. of overpayment-----

Disbursements
Salaries, Office______________________________$ Salaries, Veterinarians______________________ Travel, Veterinarians________________________ Office Supplies and Equipment_______________ Veterinarians Supplies and Equipment________ Telegraph and Teleplione-----------------------------Books and Publications______________________ Printing____________________________________ Postage____________________________________ Water and Ice________ Miscellaneous_______________________________

1,312.50 5,250.00 3,196.86
28.02 15.00 39.83 4.00 20.25 30.00 24.61 9.15

68.65 9,852.27
9.30

$ 9,930.22 $ 9,930.22

LABORATORY FUND
Receipts
Balance on hand January 1,1923-------------------------------------- $ 182.74 From State Treasurer_____ ____ _________________________ 10,105.27

Disbursements

Salaries_____________________________________S 8,470.00

Office Supplies and Equipment------------

3.20

Laboratory Supplies and Equipment__________ 1,762.30

Printing____________________________________

8.51

Insurance..________________________________

44.00

$ 10,288.01 $ 10,288.01

MARKET BUREAU

Receipts

Balance on hand January 1, 1923_________________________ $ 93.20

From State Treasurer_________________________________ 99,360.45

Refund by Mrs. Conklin (on salary account)--------------------- 104.15

Refund by Miss Riley____________________________________

45.00

Refund by B. A. Hancock (on travel advance)_____________

12.33

Disbursements

Salaries____________________________________ $ 42,668.29

Travel______________________________________ 11,908.58

Telephone and Telegraph_______ ,____________ 5,327.62

Electric Supplies____________________________

51.70

Automobile Supplies and Repairs_____________ 732.19

Newspaper Clipping and Newspaper Service___ 240.00

Stationery and Supplies_____________________

415.02

Austin Machinery___________________________

75.00

Bulletins.________________ 1________________ 31,130.90

Publications________________________________ 471.26

Postage-------------

2,686!73

Drayage________!------------------------------------------- 282.50

Multigraph and-Addressograph Supplies---------- 1,101.78

Membership Dues___________________________

72.00

Paper______________________________________

955.69

Tnsurance on Automobiles___________________

70.19

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Automobile License_________________________ Ice and Water_________________________________ Printing_______________________ ;___________ Port and Harbor____________________________ Labor and Wages____________________________ Car Fare____________________________________ Premium on Surety Bond____________________ Rug________________________________________ Miscellaneous_________________________________

22.50 114.36
155.76 201.00 629.89 55.82
12.50 18.50
215.35

$ 99,615.13 $ 99,615.13

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
By Martin V. Calvin,
Specialist in Agriculture and Economics
The splendid charter, under which the Department of Agricul ture has been so successfully conducted since its organization in 1874, covers the expansive field of agricultural effort as the dew nightly covers Mount Herman.
There is not a topic, which one would naturally expect to find provided for, that is not mentioned, and instructions given as to the same. More particularly, it opens the pastures of research and directs free but careful intellectual grazing therein. You see, in advance of the tiller of the soil, in advance of the man or woman who wishes to conduct experiments in gardening, orcharding, etc., the man or woman of research must come; if he or she should fail to come, then be called.
Agriculture and economics go hand in hand. If there be any vocation, profession, or calling to which a full knowledge and prac tice of economics are more absolutely necessary than to agricul ture, the writer declares he does not know it.
There is a scientific side to research--indispensable in a great majority of cases--but there is an all-important practical side. To that side, although not discarding the other, the writer has continously addressed himself since 1878 when his first experience as a farmer was acquired, and laid to heart.
One of the first important lessons he mastered was the fact that a crop of water-melons should not be followed by melons, the next year or the next; for the reason that wilt would destroy the crop --largely if not wholly. The old negro, who had planned all the

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work of the year and had been as successful as he was faithful, told me that my thought to plant melons on the same area the following year--because we had made so fine a crop--would not do. Why, he did not know, but he was cognizant of the gradgrind fact. "I took the papers," so to speak. Considerable time elapsed before it became known that the presence of fungi in the soil caused wilt. Scientists were ten years engaged on the problem ere it dawned upon them that wilt in melons, cotton, tomatoes and other plants was attributal to fungi, and that there is no remedy but to plant the infected area in corn or other grain.
I had remarked the fact that sweet potatoes--the delightful Spanish yam--when "grabbled" in August as a first crop on the waiting market, were tasteless and so dry that, in order to eat them, a free use of the best of butter and the freshest and coolest of sweet milk were necessary. I took hold of that subject. I studied it from every imaginable angle. I determined to produce sweeter sweet potatoes--potatoes that would be sweet and moist in August, and far sweeter in December. I studied the sugar beet. I gleaned here and yonder for information as to a process by which more sac charine matter could be developed in the tubers.
I determined on a formula that would supply the requisite plant food. I mixed a "ration" for pumpkin yams: 1,000 lbs. 16% acid phosphate, 600 lbs. cotton seed meal, and 400 lbs. nuriate of pot ash constituted the basis. I used 300 lbs, per acre. The tubers were fairly large, shapely and uniform in size--super-abundant in quantity. They met the situation. Good judges, having tested them at table in August and at mid-winter, pronounced them par excellence the, "best ever." To have changed the quantity of cotton meal would have destroyed the value of the formula. Bank ed in the open, and in old style, except that I made a chimney which provided against excess moisture and heat, the total loss the sea son was negligible.
I had planned in mind to tell you how I distanced the "pump kin bug," in the care of an acre in the Hubbard squash; how I pro tected, that is, guaranteed, Evergreen sweet corn against the bud worm and the ear worm; how an observant farmer, while picking cotton, noted the presence of a number of "sports" among his cotton plants; how he picked the cotton from the sports with great care--putting the seed cotton in a special sack; how he ginned

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that cotton separately; how he planted a quarter of an acre the first year, an acre the next year, and, just a bit later, picked 12 bales, 500 pounds each, on four acres. I had planned in mind to tell you how Blount produced his celebrated 8 ears to a stalk corn; how a near-by farmer, after patiently studying his crop of small bell peppers, resolved that the next year, and thereafter, he would grow larger, sweeter and better bell peppers that would put many dollars into his capacious pockets, and he did and they did, but space alloted me forbids.
It remains that the half has not been told of the possibilities of systematically planned and intelligently, as well as industrially pursued, research.

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Hon. J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.

April 8, 1924.

Dear Sir:
Obedient to Legislative requirements, I am tendering you here with my annual report, consisting of a brief synopsis of the many sided duties involving upon this branch of the Department of Agriculture.
Respectfully yours,
PETER F. BAHNSEN,
State Veterinarian.

TICK ERADICATION
For years there existed more or less trouble among the cattlemen in the extreme northeastern corner of the State, because the cattle from south of the Blue Ridge Mountain introduced a fatal disease that killed many of the native mountain cattle when, during late spring and summer, they drifted or were driven to the mountain ranges. The mountain people, through their senators, appealed to the General Assembly for relief.
During the session of 1899 two bills were introduced in the Senate, one by Mr. Johnson of Blue Ridge, who represented Pickens, Fannin and Gilmer Counties, a bill to protect cattle against splenetic fever and other contagious diseases; the other, by Mr. Greene of Clayton, who represented Union, Towns and Rabun Counties, a bill to prohibit driving cattle from south of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the mountain ranges. Both of these bills passed the Sentate, but the Agricultural Committee of the House of Representatives, to whom these bills were referred, consolidated the two bills and returned it to the Senate as amended. The Senate accepted the House amendments, and tick eradication in the State of Georgia was officially launched.
The original act made it the duty of the Commissioner of Agri culture to see that this law was enforced, to issue and maintain quarantine. Local inspectors were employed who were authorized

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and required to drift the cattle of Habersham, Stephens and other counties south of the Blue Ridge Mountains back to their native* heaths. These men were paid $25.00 a month and only gave so much of their time as they deemed worth while. Since no specific program was outlined in the law and because the Depeartment of Agriculture had no one connected with the Department trained in live stock sanitary control, conditions remained very unsatis factory.
In 1906 Congress passed an Act which launched systematic tick eradication on behalf of the federal government. The Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture ten dered the State Department of Agriculture its co-operation in the control and eradication of the cattle fever tick--the tender was accepted. The first year or two following this co-operation the work was largely educational. The official disinfectant, at that time, was a crude oil emulsion applied either with a spray pump or the animals were mopped with the solution.
Very few people believed in the feasibility of eradicating the cattle tick. Co-operation was poor and no worth-while progress was made. In 1909 the General Assembly passed a more com-' prehensive quarahtine law, aimed specifically at tick eradication', though it included the control of all infectious and contagious dis eases. Five thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars was appropriated for his work and County Commissioners were authorized to "appropriate for aiding in said work, such sum as the County Commissioners or Board of Roads and Revenues may deem adequate and necessary."
Failing to make proper progress and recognizing the necessity for eliminating tick eradication, as far as practical, from politics, the General Assembly of 1910 passed an act creating the office of State Veterinarian, placing him in charge of tick eradication in co-operation with the federal authorities. After a careful survey of the situation a definite plan was agreed on, and systematic tick eradication in co-operation with the government was put into effect, with the result that during 1911 several counties in the north eastern part of the State completed the work.
The General Assembly of 1912, impressed with the progress of the work, appropriated Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars for tick eradication and the General Assembly of 1914 increased this

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appropriation to Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars annu ally. In 1917 the General Assembly passed an act prohibiting the movement of tick infested cattle, horses or mules into, within or through the State of Georgia at any time or for any purpose. In 1918 the work had progressed to a point where the General Assem bly deemed it advisable to pass a Statewide Tick Eradication Act. This Act prohibits the movement of exposed or tick infested cattle, horses or mules; requires Ordinaries or County Commissioners to construct dipping vats, to provide proper chemicals and other ma terials necessary for systematic tick eradication and to employ and pay a necessary number of local inspectors or agents to assist in tick eradication. The State Veterinarian is charged with general sup ervision of the work and enforcement of this law. He is required to mandamus or institute other legal procedures against County Commissioners who fail to comply with the law to "compel such officials to comply with the provisions of this Act." The provisions of the Statewide Tick Eradication Law did not go into effect until December 31, 1919, though the Act itself was approved on August 17, 1918.
It will thus be seen that tick eradication and the present tick eradication laws and regulations are not the result of some fleeting legislative fad or poorly considered impulse, but that from the beginning and during the various phases of its development, it represented the advanced thoughts of the majority members of the General Assembly. From the beginning tick eradication had its objectors in the House of ^Representatives, in the Senate and among the people. But for the unquestioned merits of tick eradica tion as a basic necessity in the development of a profitable cattle industry none of the laws herein before referred to could possibly have passed.
The discovery that the cattle fever tick was the only natural carrier disseminating splenetic fever among cattle led to the discovery that many infectious diseases of the human family de pended on parasites for their propagation; as, for instance, malaria. The successful results in the control and eradication of the cattle fever tick have stimulated and encouraged active campaigns to control and ultimately eradicate malaria from the malaria ridden sections of the State. In all such community or state-wide under takings success depends on general and generous co-operation of the public.

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During the progress of the work many knotty problems presentd themselves. It required patience, perseverance and much careful consideration to solve local problems and ever changing local conditions. Unlike other public improvement work, the success of tick eradication depends on 100% co-operation. Every business man recognizes that it is difficult, at times, to do business with those who are inclined to do business because personal interests or con venience will lead to materially different viewpoints. To con duct successful business with those who are indifferent or even hos tile to a business proposition is, to express it mildly, very difficult; this was one of the outstanding difficulties of tick eradication. No cattle owner great or small, reasonable or unreasonable, interested in or hostile to the work could be exempted from co-operative assistance. Tick eradication is the first successful state-wide co operative undertaking requiring 100% co-operation. Its success reflects great credit upon the progressive and co-operative spirit exhibited by Georgia citizens in the development of her industries.

No other state has handled the tick eradication problem as economically or successfully as has the State of Georgia. Georgia regulations and Georgia methods have been copied, in part or as a whole, by many states. The successful management of tick erad ication under open range conditions through a system of paint marking and range riding was developed in Georgia, and is now practiced in every other state engaged in tick eradication. Given proper co-operation, this system enables every open range county to complete tick eradication in one season. Failure to receive co operation from all of the people naturally delays the completion of the work; it makes it expensive and exceedingly annoying to the good citizens who co-operate from the beginning.

The attitude of the courts toward law enforcement is plainly re flected in the length of time necessary to complete the work. Topo graphical difficulties have only minor influences on the progress of tick eradication. To illustrate: A special grand jury investigation was ordered in a South Georgia county to ascertain the reason why tick eradication in this county had not been completed. The investigation revealed that lax enforcement of the law was primarily responsible for the delay. The Grand Jury recommended that the work be continued and urged a rigid enforcement of the law.

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Another county in the same judicial circuit successfully evaded the enforcement of the law for several years and finally, during the session of 1922, sent a special delegation to Atlanta to either repeal or modify the State-wide Tick Eradication Law. These people claimed it impossible to round up and dip the cattle on account of topographical difficulties; they also claimed that there were more than 35,000 cattle in the county and that many of the cattle in the county were as wild as deer, and that it would be im possible to handle them. The General Assembly declined to amend or repeal the law. The county started active tick eradication and virtually completed the work in one season. Instead of finding 35,000 cattle in the county, it was found that the county had less than 13,000 cattle and while, as might be expected, some few cattle were found exceedingly wild, it was much less trouble to handle the cattle than had been anticipated, and but for the threatened reinfestation across the Florida border the work would be com pleted by this time.
The present attitude of the north Florida counties toward tick eradication is largely due to anti-tick eradication propaganda in dulged in by anti-tick eradicators in the border counties in Georgia. This is a regrettable condition of affairs, since it is calculated to maintain a strained relation among the people on the border, due to a strict enforcement of state and federal regulations necessary to prevent the reinfestation of the cleaned area, until the north Florida counties, in their turn, take up tick eradication and thus relieve the probability of reinfestation of South Georgia counties from the tick infested area in Florida.
It has been suggested to the Department that in order to offer relief to the border counties, these counties be exempted from the enforcement of the tick eradication act. If this suggestion was accepted we would simply create a new quarantine border entirely within the State, and the situation would be-in no wise relieved, except that the line would be changed to entirely within the State, thus compelling the federal government to again quarantine many of the counties now released from state and federal quarantine; These counties, now released from federal quarantine, would then' again have to do active tick eradication or the entire State would be threatened with reinfestation.'

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It has also been suggested to build a fence between the quaran tined area and the area in which tick eradication is completed. Fences have not proven safe barriers against the spread of tick infestation, because the principle factor responsible for reinfesta tion of cleaned areas is the intentional and unlawful movement of cattle, horses and mules from tick infested areas; against such movements fences, regardless as to their construction, offer no barrier. Even if fences were of service, it would be far better to place adequate and suitable fences on the state line rather than have such barriers within the State.
Only a few counties on or near the Florida border, and a few Islands on the Atlantic coast, remain in federal quarantine. In addition about fifteen additional counties still have some small degree of clean-up work left as a result of reinfestation growing out of unlawful movement of tick infested cattle, horses or mules from quarantined areas. Every indication points to a completion of the work by the end of 1925.
Georgia and Georgians may with pride point to this achievement. No one man or group of men could have accomplished the task. In each instance it was a community problem that called for a gen erous manifestation of unselfish, public spirited community in terest, and always the progressive community builders won. As might be expected some phases of the work has been arduous and disagreeable. But all worth while things in the development of civilization had to be paid for in service and, at times, inconven iences. The most prominent difficulties met with during the early part of 1923 were incorporated in my report for 1922; and pub lished on pages 45 to 68 of your 1922 report.

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, MONTH OF JANUARY, 1923.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

Camden Chailton__ Echols____________ SYSTEMATIC Atkinson Brantley. ________ Clinch........................ Lanier . Liberty _ ,, Long----------------------

Total . .

FINAL

Appling------------------

Bacon

Baker __ __

Baldwin . _ .

Ben Hill___________

Bibb______________

Brooks ____ _

Bryan

___

Calhoun___________

Candler.......................

Carroll____________

Chatham

Coffee _ .

Colquitt. _________

Columbia

Ccok____________

Dipped

H.
0 0 184
0 1 0 57 0 2
244

C.
0 0 2,919
0 6 0 1,293 0 4
4,222

1

152

20 166

25 1,231

16 221

0

0

195 2,083

67 814

0

0

9 231

0

0

59 141

199 1,530

0

0

7

92

1

50

83 544

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

0

0 Preli minary Work

0

0 Preli minary Work

1

12 Preli minary Work

45 J. J. Vara 12 G. W. Riley 27 J. C. Jeter

0

0

46 12,000

46

46 J. W. Hindsman

0

0

52 12,232

52

52 H. F. J. Arundel

0

0

27 7,500

27

49 C. S. Hess

0

0

18 3,255

0

32 T. H. Applewhite

0

0

57 12,949

57

57 W. P. Cox

0

0

38 9,600

38

38 J. P. Mack

1

12 238 57,536 220 358

0

0

2 150

0

60 J. H. Sweeney '

0

0

0

0

0

27 H. F. J. Arundel

0

0

24 824

7

28 J. B. Haywood

0

0

25

31

0

0 A. D. Moore

0

0

3

26

3

27 H. V. Porter

1

1

25 232

0

15 A. D. Moore

0

0

46 469

0

68 J. W. Woods

0

0

13 1,723

13

47 E. E. Peacock

0

0

8

74

6

27 J. B. Haywood

0

0

21 239

21

35 A. D. Moore

2

2

27

59

0

25 W. I. Holder

1

4

46 336

0

34 H. V. Porter

0

0

58 2,210

49

65 J. W. Hindsman

0

0

1

2

0

71 J. W. Woods

.0

0

1

50

0

0 W. D. Martin

0

0

5 180

0

40 R. B. Thompson

Crawford

Decatur

__

Dougherty-------------

Early. ____________

Evans. ... . .

Floyd

Glynn------ -- --------

Grady__________

Harris

Heard------------ ..

Irwin _____ ______

Jeff Davis ..

Jones ___________ .

Laurens________ __

Lowndes ...

McIntosh. _____ ..

Macon

Miller ... .

Monroe .

Muscogee__________

Pierce.

Putnam_______ ____

Richmond.. ------ .

Seminole..

Talbot

Tattnall . .. --------

Thomas .

Tift_______________

Troup. ___ .

Turner____ _______

Ware______________

Warren

Wayne__

Wilcox. ... _______

Total________ .

Grand Total____

7 115

118 982

11 174

85 1,496

2 175

32 121

1 133

6

54

19 131

1

1

24 497

24 347

44 433

23 329

543 6,754

2 986

14

47

393 5,731

60 772

10

61

9

85

60 396

1

23

65 1,087

9 190

16 317

94 1,418

9

90

12

86

34 197

42 692

4

4

0

0

0

0

2,456 31,179

2,700 35,401

0

0

8

76

2

36 F. P. Wynn

0

0

40 794

40

67 D. D. Pearce

0

0

11 174

0

23 W. D. Martin

0

0

26 689

9

55 J. B. Haywood

0

0

2 175

0

36 W. P. Cox

0

0

13

56

0

69 W. I. Holder

0

0

6 367

5

44 J. J. Vara

0

0

5

54

0

70 D. D. Pearce

0

0

28 202

12

36 B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

1

1

0

33 W. I. Holder

0

0

0

0

0

39 H. V. Porter

0

0

21 354

8

33 J. W. Hindsman

0

0

6 128

0

46 A. D. Moore

0

0

21 313

1

86 A. D. Moore

0

0 235 2,860

0

77 R. B. Thompson

0

0

3 1,002

1

31 J. J. Vara

1

1

1

21

0

48 W. D. Martin

0

0

28 1,270

17

27 J. B. Haywood

1

1

42 453

1

36 F. P. Wynn

0

0

4

65

0

31 B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

0

0

0

42 H. F. J. Arundel

0

0

17

88

0

1 A. D. Moore

0

0

1

23

0

2 W. D. Martin

1

1

13 481

8

27 J. B. Haywood

0

0

9 280

0

46 B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

16 317

0

70 W. P. Cox

1

12

27 264

6

62 D. D. Pearce

0

0

3

20

0

43 H. V. Porter

0

0

6

62

0

58 W. I. Holder

0

0

9

51

0

38 H. V. Porter

0

0

61 1,382

0

62 J. H. Yoder

0

0

1

2

0

32 W. D. Martin

0

0

52 13,332

0

52 J. H. Sweeney

0

0

13

24

7

41 H. V. Porter

8

22 1,034 31,986 221 2,068

9

34 1,272 89,522 441 2,426

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA,
or
MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1923.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

Camden___________

Charlton

_ ..

Echols

SYSTEMATIC.

Atkinson

__ _

B:antley

Clinch .

Lanier. _

..

Liberty____________

Long

Total..............

FINAL COUNTIES. Appling----------------Baker _ Baldwin___________ Ben Hill___________ Bibb______________ Brooks. .. _ . Bryan Calhbun . .... Candler ____ _ Carroll .. Chatham _____ Coffee .
Colquitt_____ ... Columbia _____ Cook. _

Dipped

H.
0 0 307
0 0 141
27
0 0
475

C.
0 0 4,408
0 0 3,572 560 0 0
8,540

0

0

24 333

28 387

0

0

130 2,054

14 188

0

0

20 338

0

0

56 155

275 1,386

67 1,379

15 421

1

50

57 402

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

0

0 Preli minary Work

0

0 Preli minary Work

1

2 Preli minary Work

0

0

46 12,000

46

0

0

52 12,232

52

74 1,879

27 7,500

0

1

1

17 3,250

0

0

0

57 12,949

57

0

0

38 9,600

38

76 1,882 237 57,531 193

No. Vats Supervising Inspector
47 Dr. J. J. Vara 10 Dr. G. W. Riley 45 Mr. J. C. Jeter 46 Mr. T. J. Taylor 52 Di. H. F. J. Arundel 54 Dr. C. S. Hess 32 Mr. R. B. Thompson 57 Dr. W. P. Cox 38 Dr. J. P. Mack 381

0

0

2 150

0

60 Dr. J. H. Sweeney

0

0

24 824

6

28 Mr. J. B. Hawyood

2

3

6

41

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

3

26

3

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0

25 255

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

46 469

34

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

0

13 1,725

13

47 Dr. E. E. Peacock

0

0

9

87

0

27 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0

21 239

21

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

1

1

27

'64

7

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

2

2

47 330

2

34 Dr. H. V. Porter

1

6

59 2,210

5

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

0

*2

47

0

71 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

0

1

50

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

0

5 109

0

40 Mr. R. B. Thompson

DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE

Crawford

34 340

0

0

8

65

6

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

Decatur------------ ---

177 1,866

0

0

40 794

38

68 Mr. D. D. Pearce

Dougherty_______

17 333

0

0

8 172

0

23 Dr. W. D. Martin

Early _____________

99 1,569

0

0

26 689

5

55 Mr. J. B. Haywood

Evans_

_ .-

2

117

0

0

2 175

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

Floyd - --- - --

21

97

0

0

16

64

0

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

Glynn_-_ -------- --

0

0

0

0

6 367

6

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

Grady_______ ____

5

10

1

5

4

54

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

Harris.- --

-- -

20 122

0

0

28 202

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

Heard _ -

1

1

0

0

1

1

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

Jeff Davis -------------

27 385

0

0

21 353

0

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

Jones.. _ ...------

84 678

0

0

7 174

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

Laurens . ..

43 746

0

0

22 295

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

Lowndes. _. ----------- 1,378 15,307

0

0 154 3,136

0

77 Mr. R. B. Thompson

McIntosh__________

33 986

0

0

3 1,002

3

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

Macon------ -------------

58 480

1

1

2

22

0

48 Dr. W. D. Martin

Miller----------- ------

132 3,296

1

2

27 1,225

2

32 Mr. J. B. Haywood

Monroe

21 163

0

0

43 440

16

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

Muscogee ....

5

36

0

0

4

65

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

Putnam

. ...

32 162

0

0

18

80

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

Richmond___ _____

1

23

0

0

3

23

1

2 Dr. W. D. Martin

Seminole .

27 200

10

50

13 134

5

27 Mr. D. D. Pearce

Talbot ................ ...

9 226

0

0

9 280

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

Tattnall ... ... .

16 332

0

0

15 317

0

70 Dr. W. P. Cox

Thomas . _ . .

181 1,860

0

0

24 220

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

Tift_______________

6

40

0

0

3

20

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

Troup..

10

69

0

0

6

56

0

56 Mr. W. I. Holder

Turner.

17

98

0

0

8

49

0

38 Dr. H. V. Porter

Ware. -------- -------

0

0

0

0

61 *135

61

62 Dr. J. H. Yoder

Warren. . .. .

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

Wayne.. ---- ----------

4 170

0

0

52 **13,332

52

52 Dr. J. H. Sweeney

Wilcox .

5

21

0

0

3

23

1

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

Total

. . 3,152 36,826

19

70 928 30,592 288 1,967

Grand Total. ... 3,627 45,366

95 1,962 1,165 88,123 481 2,348

`Herds in Appling and Colquitt Counties held on account of exposure. "Vats quarantined in Ware and Wayne Counties. Number Herds not determined.
SIM. J. HORNE, Inspector in Charge.

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA,

w

MONTH OF MARCH. 1923.

05

ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE

COUNTY
SYSTEMATIC. Atkinson_______ Brantley. _______ Camden.______ Charlton___ _______ Clinch____ _______ Echols___________ _ Lanier. ____ ____ Liberty____________ Long---------------------
Total____ ______
FINAL. Appling-----------------`Bacon.. __________ Baker.. _ ________ Baldwin. _ _ _____ Ben Hill___________ Bibb______________ Brooks.. ___ ______ Bryan___ _____ _ _ Calhoun._ ___ ____ Candler.. ____ _ _ Carroll .. _ . __ Chatham. ... ____ Coffee ________ Colquitt_____ ____ Columbia. _______ Cook__________ ___

Dipped

H.

C.

33 375 1,382 34 1,632 640 488 1,004 372

636 10,414 19,224
451 36,062 12,848 11,317
9,126 6,940

5,960 107,018

145 149
0 29 5 59 1,683 19 110 165 57 315 1,035 13 3 136

2,773 2,771
0 322 49 488 13,041
533 629 1,488 122 1,925 16,804 632 249 922

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

2 18 1,381 23
825 274 121
17 60

7 24 18,905 291
19,501 7,231 1,164
135 835

2,721 48,093

46 11,711 47 11,967 51 14,554 18 12,000 61 25,000 45 13,000 17 4,600 57 9,297 40 9,000 382 111,129

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

52 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

51 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

18 Dr. G. W. Eiley

0

61 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

45 Mr. J. C. Jeter

0

33 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

40 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 403

0

0

2 150

0

60 Dr. J. H. Sweeney

0

0

0

0

0

30 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

0

24 884

24

28 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0

6

39

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

4

27

2

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0

25 228

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

57 381

86 1,217

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

2

11

2 198

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

1

2

9

87

0

27 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0

2

83

0

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

26

67

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

1

1

47 335

0

38 Dr. W. P. Cox

18

49

61 2,277

0

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

0

2

47

0

71 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

0

0

0

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

1

1

5 233

0

40 Mr. E. B. Thompson

Crawford_______ .

Decatur. _________

Dougherty_____ _

Early______________

Evans__ ____ ..

Floyd. _ ______ ____

Glynn______... ...

Grady__ _ ... .. .

Harris__ .... ..

Heard__ ...... .

Irwin___ .....

Jeff Davis .. .

Jones___ ____ .

Laurens__ _____

Lowndes .. .. ___

McIntosh ______ _

Macon..

.

Miller. .. ______ _

Monroe___ ___ _ ..

Muscogee.. . _____

Pierce ___ _ ____

Putnam___ . . ..

Richmond___ ____

Seminole .. ______

Talbot

...............

Tattnall____ .. ..

Thomas ..................

Tift

--

Troup

Turner. ...

Wa.rfi

. .. ..

^Varren ..................

Wayne.. _ .. ._ .

Wilcox--------------------

Total________ .

Grand Total------

10 207 15
2 88 35 1,102 3 32 1
25 204 68 47 3,380 841 41
87 65 14 13 43 2 147 11 160 355 8 19 28 978
6 1,183
12

154 1,815
324 42 1,818 92
9,705 24 184 1 319
3,513 494 617
35,255 8,126
327 1,936
955 101 181 210 54 1,300 231 1,805 3,198 54 141
167 16,377
6 18,148
38

13,155 150,460

19,115 257,478

1

2

1

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

4

9

3

9

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

9

16

5

5

0

0

6

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

3

22

0

0

2

2

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

4

0

0

1

3

1

1

125 541

2,846 48,634

8

89

40 794

3

84

26 689

2 263

15

61

4 404

4

54

28 188

1

1

0

0

23 359

9 116

30 136

126 5,566

3 568

3

86

30 1,247

44 426

4

58

0

0

17

76

1

27

21 134

7 254

15 2,486

0 231

5

34

6

58

8

52

5 343

1

2

4

73

7

26

821 20,857

1,203 131,986

1

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

40

71 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

23 Dr. W. D. Martin

26

55 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

3

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

48 Dr. W. D. Martin

12

55 Mr. J. B. Haywood

7

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

42 Dr. H. F. Arundel

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

2 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

27 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

56 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

38 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

61 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

52 Dr. J. H. Sweeney

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

115 2,105

115 2,500

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA,

MONTH OF APRIL, 1923.

Cn 00

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

SYSTEMATIC WORK. Atkinson^ Brantley._______ _ Camden
Charlton Clinch Echols __ ________ _ Lanier Liberty. tong----------------------

Total . ______

FINAL COUNTIES.

Applets -----------------

Bacon

_ .. _

Baker

Baldwin

Ben Hill___________

Bibb______________

Brooks. _ _ ______

Bryan

Calhoun. ______ ...

Candler. _. _ _____

Carroll. . .

Chatham

Coffee.. .

Colquitt_____ ___ .

Columbia.

Cook.. ______

Dipped

H.

C.

960
1,493 2,036
87 1,382
789 432 2,364 951

15,544
26,366 32,354 2,061 44,177 21,681 11,435 26,467 21,431

10,494 201,516

391 592
1,688 24
11 57 1,885 140 103 103 27 319 1,764 2 2 129

6,757 9,882 16,654
219
145 462 15,019 3,020 456 966 138 1,836 29,466 933 74 798

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

20 14 1,055
58 399 61
3 8 46

434
140 15,080 1,658 13,495
824 6 15
274

1,664 31,926

46 12,943 48 13,293 54 16,335 9 12,000 61 22,187 46 13,000 17 5,441 57 13,248 38 10,725 *376 119,172

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

52 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

24 Dr. G. W. Riley

0

61 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

46 Mr. J, C. Jeter

0

33 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 411

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

16

26

36 846

0

0

6

46

3

15

7

47

0

0

24 240

1

1

83 1,253

0

0

2 241

0

0

9

90

0

0

2

81

0

0

26

61

1

1

47 361

1

2

61 2,813

0

0

2

48

0

0

1

7

0

0

5 162

0

60 Dr. J. H. Sweeney

0

28 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

25 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

1

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

38 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

70 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

40 Mr. R. B. Thompson

Crawford _ ^ _

18 194

2

9

10 199

Decatur. ...

1,622 13,585

6

36

41 1,185

Dougherty_________

6 168

0

0

3

84

Early______________ 2,454 21,989

26

70

48 826

Evans

85 1,751

0

0

2 252

Floyd ____________

9 109

1

10

13

74

Glynn_____________ 1,562 16,364

0

0

4 418

Grady_____________

198 1,490

0

0

4 133

Harris__ . . ..

73 518

1

1

28 176

Heard

..

1

2

0

0

1

1

Irwin

17 185

0

0

0

0

Jeff Davis---------------

292 4,756

0

0

23 392

Jones..

43 509

1

2

10 116

Laurens___________

72 721

0

0

38 369

Lowndes

2,160 21,505

0

0 102 5,636

McIntosh__________ 1,162 14,120

0

0

3 970

Macon ..

48 301

0

0

5

94

Miller.

2,088 26,487

23

32

45 1,427

Monroe . . . ..

64 552

2

2

42 415

Muscogee .. . -

10 216

0

0

4

29

Pierce _ _. . .. 1,965 30,475

0

0

0

0

Putnam___________

108 502

0

0

17 117

Richmond . ____

3 196

0

0

2 169

Seminole.

889 6,384

6

18

32 791

Talbot. .. . .

10 357

0

0

3 100

Tattnall _ . .

682 8,403

0

0

13 273

Thomas___________

216 1,698

0

0

20 229

Tift_______________

15 119

0

0

5

30

Troup

26 156

0

0

6

34

Turner

..

16 104

0

0

8

52

Ware. ____________ 2,429 42,358

0

0

5 473

Warren____________

2

2

0

0

1

2

Wayne____________ 3,004 40,684

0

0

4

71

Wilcox

. ..

16

52

0

0

8

26

Total

28,604 343,837

90 225 861 21,459

Grand Total------ 39,097 545,353 1,754 32,151 1,237 140,631 Tats instead of herds quarantined in systematic counties.

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

71 Mr. D. D. Pierce

0

23 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

52 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

1

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce.

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

48 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

30 Mr. J. B. Haywood

2

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

42 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

2 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

26 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

56 Mr. W. L. Holder

0

38 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

61 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

52 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

4 2,070

4 2,481

DEPABTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, MONTH OF MAY, 1923._________________________________

COUNTY

Dipped

H.

C.

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined Not No.

H.

C. Insp. Vats

Supervising Inspector

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

SYSTEMATIC: Atkinson Brantley _____ Camden______ ___ Charlton___ ____ Clinch ... .. Echols_____________ Lanier.................... Liberty.. _________ Long---------------------
Total........ ............ FINAL. `Appling___________ Bacon. . ______ _ .
Baker.... ... ............... Baldwin_______ . . Ben Hill. . ...____ Bibb______________ Brooks. . Bryan__ _ ... . _ Calhoun___________ Candler . . ____ Carroll____ ...---Chatham . . .. Chattahoochee . _ . Coffee . . . . Colquitt _________ Columbia. _____ _ . Cook____ . .. Crawford_____ Decatur............... . Dougherty____ ____

1,507 1,669 2,386
518
1,459 654 498
2,595 1,333

26,698 30,109 38,879 11,489 50,556 19,605 12,974 30,737 25,252

12,619 246,299

173 1,301 2,352
40 233 65 1,305 204 61 35 86 360
4 3,597
203 10 128 228
1,772 6

3,059 21,439 25,511
362 1,455
552 11,625 5,060
301 705 276 2,497 32 52,051 2,506 88 875 1,957
21,451 172

2

2

3

7

26 204

167 3,071

17 143

11

93

0

0

4

4

6

43

236 3,567

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

18

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

20

2

10

1

1

6

21

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

46 13,963 48 13,929 54 16,706 20 5,247 61 23,424 47 12,500 17 5,639 57 13,483 38 11,120

388 116,011

0

0

0

0

36 843

6

45

5

44

21 194

75 1,144

1 179

10 146

2

81

26

62

49 498

4

32

65 2,890

5

60

1

34

5 162

11 216

31 902

3

86

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

52 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

26 Dr. G. W. Riley

0

61 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

46 Mi. R. B. Thompson

0

33 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 413

0

60 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

28 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

25 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

2

27 Dr. H. V. Poiter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

38 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

70 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

1 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

40 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

23 Dr. W. D. Martin

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Early_____ ________ Evans____ _____ _ Floyd __ __ ___ Glynn___ _ _____ Grady.. __ ----------Harris__________ Heard_________ __ Irwin Jeff Davis. ___ _ . Jones. _ __________ Laurens________ __ Lowndes__________ McIntosh____ _____ Macon. _ ______ ____ Marion ___________ Miller_____________ Monroe _ _ ____ _ Muscogee... ____ . Pierce------- ------Putnam _ ___ Richmond.. ___ Seminole. Talbot... _ ........... . Tattnall __________ Thomas______ __
Tift_______________ Troup.. ________ . Turner._. ... ------Ware__ __________ Warren. _______ ._ Wayne. ___._ . ... Wilcox. _ __________ Wilkinson_________

2,971 119 32
1,707 186 52 14 73 314 105 109
3,382 1,277
40 29 2,655 91 3 2,156 94 3 1,472 32 755 128 15 62 16 2,099 1 2,448 15 8

26,914 2,560
82 19,745 1,289
355 64 800 5,295 1,044
717 32,926 17,255
271 121 33,686 993 36 33,646 653 190 15,056 238 9,732 1,420 128 294 108 43,224
1 40,183
64 109

0

0

48 841

0

52 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0

2 276

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

0

13

54

*3

69 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

3 432

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

0

4

52

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

4

8

30 201

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

1

1

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

0

0

0

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0

23 392

0

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

1

6

11 313

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

41 286

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0 103 5,305

0

78 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin

0

0

2 970

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

0

5

95

0

48 Dr. W. D. Martin

5

32

13 130

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

1

1

46 1,575

0

32 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0

32 297

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

0

2

26

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

0

0

0

42 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

0

14 127

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

2 181

0

1 Dr. W. D. Martin

1

2

32 729

0

26 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

0

3

97

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

10 145

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

2

3

15 150

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

0

4

26

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0

6

32

0

56 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

0

8

53

0

38 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0

5 386

0

61 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

0

1

1

0

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

1

1

5

74

0

53 Mr. O. L. Harris

0

0

7

24

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

2

2

12 101

0

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

Total_______ _ 34,656 441,273

36 126 859 20,998

5 2,209

Grand Total

47,275 887,572 272i 3,693 1,247 137,009

5 2,622

#Her<is inspected, from shipments.



Counties inspected on account of exposure.

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, MONTH OF JUNE, 1923.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

SYSTEMATIC.

Atkinson

Brantley

Camden

Charlton

Clinch____________

Echols _ _________

Lanier ...

Liberty .

..

Long___________

Total _________

FINAL.

Appling-----------------

Bacon

.. . . .

Baker _

Baldwin. ____ ____

Ben Hill

Bibb______________

Brooks.

Bryan

Calhoun. .. _

Candler . . .

Carroll

Chatham

Chattahoochee..

Coffee

Colquitt___________

Columbia.

Cook

..

Crawford

Dipped

H.

C.

1,656 1,658 2,157
575 1,425
710 522 2,435 1,237

26,100 28,600 38,253 12,852 47,008 18,934 13,212 29,568 22,632

12,375 237,159

134 215 1,274 22 452 83 1,182 147 39 78 94
407 8
3,232 315 2 113 151

1,537 3,660
10,431 69
2,162
688 9,942 2,728
693 951 309 2,802 52 48,627 3,700 50 711 1,314

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not No. Insp. Vats

Supervising Inspector

2

3

5 148

15

20

100 1,816

23 101

17

25

9

15

11

16

6

17

188 2,161

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

5

14

7

25

1

3

1

18

0

0

0

0

1

7

4

27

1

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

46 140,267 49 13,302 54 16,818 21 12,000 61 22,679 46 12,500 21 6,573 57 13,959 38 11,068

393 249,226

0

0

0

0

36 848

8

53

6

48

18 244

83 1,260

1 262

12 146

2

86

26

56

49 475

4

27

62 2,678

9 134

1

8

1

45

10 214

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

53 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

30 Dr. G. W. Riley

0

61 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin

0

46 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

33 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 418

0

60 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

28 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

25 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

1

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

70 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

40 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

Decatur, DoUgherty____ _ __ Early - _ _ _________ Evans, Floyd, -___________ Glynn.,, ---- : -----Grady Harris . Heard _ Irwin. , Jeff Davis___ ______ Jones Laurens., Lowndes McIntosh _
Macon. . . Marion . Miller
Monroe, ________ _ Muscogee .... Pierce . . . Putnam Richmond Seminole__
Talbot. ... Tattnall.,_____ ___ Thomas___________ Tift,,,-,___________ Troup i.---, Turner, s. _. _ ____ Ware,, _ ______ _ Warren . .... Wayne. __ ________ Wilcox . _____ _ Wilkinson . _

1,282 3
1,891 108 49
1,646 80 33 13 86 350 69 95
3,075 966 23 41
2,321 85 2 158 107 2 689 15 316 302 12 31 24 303 1 192 13 37

11,196 86
16,797 2,782
207
19,161 605 234 60
1,112 5,596
952 554 33,684 13,801 245 264 29,934 1,034 32 2,447 733 218 7,530 97 4,192 3,695 116 119 159 10,971
1 4,125
42 336

Total----- _

22,368 263,563

Grand Total . '34,7d3 500,722

0

0

30 375

0

0

0

0

0

0

41 841

2

2

4 339

0

0

13

56

0

0

2 326

1

3

5

88

2

7

32 206

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

23 392

0

0

10 199

0

0

35 205

1

1

23 2,443

0

0

1

0

0

0

5

94

4

21

22 218

1

2

42 1,511

0

0

30 343

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

32

0

0

2 229

1

1

33 1,032

1

1

4 104

0

0

9 154

0

0

15 166

0

0

4

26

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5 380

0

0

0

0

2

2

6 157

0

0

6

20

12

40

23 160

50 178 759 16,679

238 2,339 1,152 265,905

0

69 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

23 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

52 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

48 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

28 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn.

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

42 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

1 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

26 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

46 Di. B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

56 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

38 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

62 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

53 Mr. O. L. Harris

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

5 2,205

5 2,623

63

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, MONTH OF JULY, 1923.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY
SYSTEMATIC. Atkinson____ Brantley____ Camden. Charlton___ Clinch_____ Echols____ Lanier.Liberty_____ _ Long..
Total.. ________ FINAL.
Apphng-----------------Bacon. ___ Baker___ ____ Baldwin__ Ben Hill.- .. Berrien .. Bibb_____ Brooks______ Bryan__ __________ Calhoun____ ____ Candler_______ Carroll____ Chatham Chattahoochee.. _ Coffee ______ Colquitt-.. _____ _ Columbia__________

Dipped

H.

C.

1,570 1,615 2,259
550 1,368
946 676 2,466 1,113

24,979 28,848 35,440 11,541 43,557 24,978 16,559 28,637 21,463

12,563 236,002

57 132 966
23 15 646 42 1,492 179 72 122 112 316 8 1,891 296 3

675 2,474 8,578
102 101 7,686 459 10,903 1,457 700 1,168 395 2,068 54 32,195 3,469 22

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quaranlned

H.

C.

Not No. Insp. Vats

Supervising Inspector

1

1

0

0

1

1

25 341

28

54

8

9

7

17

5

7

6

17

46 13,969 49 13,340 54 16,643 22 12,000 62 22,206 48 12,500 32 8,290 57 13,821 38 10,903

81 447 408 123,672

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22 208

0

0

8

48

0

0

6

48

7

7

11 20,000

0

0

10 151

4

7

85 2,337

1

5

1 250

0

0

13 174

0

0

2

88

1

2

26

63

2

12

48 391

0

0

4

27

0

0

62 2,723

5

24

15 271

0

0

1

7

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

53 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

29 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

62 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin

0

48 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

33 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 420

0

60 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

28 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

23 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

79 Mr. J. C. Jeter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

70 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

Cook

Crawford

Decatur

Early

Evans

Floyd_________ ____

Glynn. ______ ___

Grady.__ _________

Harris. _ __________

Heard . _ . _

Irwin.

..

Jeff Davis

Jones .

__

Laurens

Lowndes

_ __

McIntosh

Macon

Marion.

___

Miller .

...

Monroe

Muscogee.

Pierce.

Putnam.

Richmond. _ ______

Seminole.

Talbot . ...

Tattnall

Thomas. .. . _

Tift_______________

Ware________ _____

Warren. ______ ._

Wayne ----------- ------

Wilcox.. .. _. .

Wilkinson

Worth _ ._ ______

Total.. ____ _

4 35 426 1,185 119 49 407 125 42 27 67 222 65 76 622 299
17 61 2,038
81 1 111 22 2 412 2
168 214
9 275
0 185 13 72 312

102 842 4,198 11,144 2,673 238 5,934
925 296 142
955 3,981
671 370 7,914 3,315 226 430 25,545 829 24 2,057 163 210 3,747 14 2,383 2,162 60 9,581
0 3,427
32 350
2,153

14,137 169,849

One premise--no herd.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

13

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

32

40 334

1

45

10 218

25 370

32 554

3 160

13

40

2 325

5

39

14

94

3

7

0

0

8 179

7 114

10

91

22 2,091

1

0

5 102

19 220

39 1,227

27 220

1

24

0

0

4

27

2 229

38 982

1

7

3

61

9 142

4

25

5 337

*1

0

6 149

6

20

41 294

44 388

75 459 725 35,567

0

40 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

51 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

4

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

48 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

28 Mr. J. B. Haywood

1

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

42 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

.1 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

1 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

26 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

62 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

53 Mr. O. L. Harris

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Dr. H. V. Porter

5 2,251

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, MONTH OF AUGUST, 1923.

aa>

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

SYSTEMATIC. AtkinsonBrantley. . ______
Camden Clinch. ___________ Charlton, __
Echols________ ____ Lanier_____________ Liberty.-. _____ Long---------------------

Total____ ______

FINAL.

Appling------------------

Bacon

.

Baker. _______

Baldwin

Ben Hill___________

Berrien..

Bibb______________

Brooks .

Bryan. _______ __

Calhoun._ ________

Candler _ _____

Carroll____________

Chatham _ ____ .

Chattahoochee

Coffee

_ ..

Colquitt___________

Columbia__________

Dipped

H.

C.

1,693 1,669 2,339 2,184
568 933 813 2,556
1,251

29,453 30,527 37,495 41,067 13,135 25,358 19,060 30,151 23,213

13,106 249,459

17 172 392 25 16 2,563 24 2,652 206 34 148 92 384
8
1,889 215 1

337 3,051 4,061
202 155 33,558 294 18,421 2,736 370 1,270 508 2,643 50 31,765 2 910
12

Amt. Inf.

H.

c.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

1

1

1

1

3

3

39

60

83 2,572

3

4

0

0

2

2

2

2

134 2,645

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

22

0

0

23

39

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

5

7

0

0

15 3,263 49 13,340 54 16,362 62 22,206 25 12,000 49 25,350 31 8,357 57 13,605
38 10,618

380 125,101

0

0

0

0

21 195

4

19

4

16

24 239

3

53

108 1,450

1 223

6

131

0

0

4

13

48 356

4

29

54 2,556

18 349

1

7

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

49 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

62 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin

0

31 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

49 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

32 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 418

0

60 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

28 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

23 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

79 Mr. J. C. Jeter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

35 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

65 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

75 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

Cook____ Crawford. Decatur.. Early____
Evans____ Floyd____ Glynn___ Grady .. Harris___ Heard___ Irwin____ Jeff Davis. Jones____ Laurens..
Lowndes.. McIntosh.
Macon___ Marion__ Miller____ Monroe__ Muscogee.
Pierce___ Putnam... Richmond Seminole..
Talbot___ Tattnall. . Thomas _.. Tift_____ Ware____ Warren__ Wayne___ Wilcox___ WilkinsonWorth___

2

44

0

0

0

0

0

40 Mr. R. B. Thompson

85 713

0

0

8

89

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

390 2,621

0

0

16 258

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

1 025 8,783

0

0

31 537

0

51 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

111 1,924

0

0

3 160

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

48 243

0

0

6

38

0

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

468 5,822

0

0

1 325

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

337 2,176

2

42

8

134

0

70 Mr. D. D. Pearce

23 316

1

3

12

148

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

13

69

0

0

2

6

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

71 957

0

0

0

0

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

118 2,486

0

0

8 179

0

33 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

OW

41 297

0

0

7

53

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

>

108 419

21

44

44 208

0

86 Dr. A. D. Moore

Sd

662 8,864

1

3

23 2,318

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

560 5,473

0

0

1

0

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

16 279

1

3

5 104

0

48 Mr. F. P. Wynn

s:

43 472

0

0

15 198

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

1,973 20,197

0

0

27 646

0

28 Mr. J. B. Haywood

o

71 718

2

20

11

182

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

69 1,371

0

0

1

26

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

79 1,519

0

0

0

0

0

42 Dr. J. H. Yoder

o

14

89

0

0

4

27

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

4 214

0

0

0

0

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

619 5,841

0

0

37 947

0

26 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

3

14

0

0

1

7 .0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

SQaf

96 1,271

0

0

3

66

391 4,312

10

19

13 146

8

50

0

0

2

14

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Mr. D. D. Pearce

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

d
B

316 10,661

0

0

5 232

0

62 Dr. J. H. Yoder

27 187

0

0

0

0

0

32 Dr. W. D. Martin

205 3,275

0

0

6

153

0

53 Mr. J. B. Harris

11

40

0

0

6

20

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

65 589

2

10

39 322

0

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

577 4,266

23

64

84 611

0

86 Mr. C. N. Adams

Total.

17,487 198,915 102 277 729 13,789

0 2,255

o

Grand .Total.

30,593 448,374 236 2,922 1,109 138,390

0 2,673

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1923.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

Dipped

COUNTY

H.

C.

SYSTEMATIC. Atkinson_________ Brantley Camden Charlton
Clinch_____________ Echols __ _ Lanier_____________ Liberty _ . Long

290 1,582 2,160
634
1,235 694 695
2,088 1,208

4,958 26,724 33,829 15,541 37,871 18,769 15,504 24,234
20,752

Total______ ___ 10,586 198,182

FINAL.

Bacon_ __

Baker____ ____

Baldwin_______ __

Ben IU11___________

Berrien

Bibb______________

Brooks ___ ______

Bryan _

..

Calhoun _

Carroll

Chatham^

Chattahoochee _

Coffee

Colquitt . _

Columbia^. _______

134 589
9 8 492 7
2,755 177 13
16 271
8 1,177
158 2

2,469 6,094
53 108 7,333 102 20,696 1,252 332
93 1,375
49 18,984 2,862
16

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

0

0

0

0

2

2

23 272

12

28

1

1

0

0

3

4

0

0

15 3,461

0

49 13,210

0

54 15,907 * 0

25 7,946

0

62 21,136

0

49 25,358

0

28 7,702

0

32 7,419

0

38 9,985

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor 49 Dr. J. H. Yoder 54 Dr. J. J. Vara 34 Dr. C. S. Hess 62 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin 49 Mr. R. B. Thompson 32 Mr. H. J. Murphy 57 Dr. W. P. Cox 38 Dr. J. P. Mack

41 307 352 112,124

0 421

0

0

0

0

22

46

42 648

0

0

2

14

0

0

3

15

0

0

19 520

0

0

3

49

6

12 114 905

0

0

1

15

0

0

5 114

0

0

1 5

1

12

35 149

0

0

4

25

0

0

7 1,006

0

0

18 348

0

0

0

0

0

28 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

23 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

79 Mr. J. C. Jeter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

25 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

39 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

1

65 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

75 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0 Dr. W. D. Martin

Cook____ Crawford. Decatur. _ Early____ Evans___ Floyd____ Glynn___ Grady___ Harris___ Heard___ Houston Irwin____ Jeff Davis Jones___ Laurens. _ Lowndes.McIntosll_ Macon___ Marion__ Miller___ Monroe. -Muscogee_ Pierce___ Putnam.. Seminole.. Talbot___ Tattnall.. Thomas. _ Tift_____ Ware____ Wayne___ Wilcox___ Wilkinson. Worth___
Total
Grand Total.

1,299 25 526 975 65 51 669 581 16 14 10 39 11 113
105 850 400
8 45 1,641
89 2 64 11
557 2 85
888 6
183 1,200
18 57 429

11,550 352
3,541 8,673 1,334
301 8,378 4,082
268 44 380 324 2,248 514 522 10,712 4,742 152 399 17,089 682 52 1,436 57 4,654
10 1,210 5,883
38 6,003 8,840
56 490 3,494

16,849 170,228

27,435J 368,410

17

79

3

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

49 223

0

0

0

0

4 204

0

0

0

0

12

17

11

18

5

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

96

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

10

3

3

154 741

194 1,048

17 402

11 125

6 109

30 527

3 160

2

24

37 569

53 317

10 126

2

6

5 301

0

0

0

0

19 138

40 210

8 1,210

0

0

5 103

15 189

27 704

9 102

1

26

0

0

0

0

37 835

1

7

3

68

35 380

2

14

5 517

7 163

6

18

38 323

95 715

783 12,201

134 124,325

0

40 Mr. J. C. Jeter

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

71 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

51 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

69 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

70 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

33 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

33 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

87 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

1

48 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

30 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

48 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

1 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

26 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

63 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

53 Mr. O. L. Harris

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Mr. C. N. Adams

2 2,172

2 2,593

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA,

MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1923.

o

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

SYSTEMATIC.

Atkinson . ______

Brantley__ __ _

Camden __

Charlton____ ______

Clinch

Echols ... . .

Lanier,

Liberty

__

Long---------------------

Total__________

FINAL.

Appling-----------------

Baker

Baldwin, ________

Ben Hill___________

Berrien, __________

Bibb______________

Brooks , ,, __

Bryan

Calhoun___________

Carroll

_.

Chatham

Chattahoochee

Coffee,, _ __

Colquitt _ , _ ,

Cook _____________

Dipped

H.

C.

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

330 1,584 2,160
683 1,293
377 751 1,494
1,262

5,718 26,925 34,149 18,667 41,507
7,736 15,386i 13,692
21,136

9,934 184,918

0

0

1

2

0

0

41 1,045

8

9

0

0

0

0

1|

1

1

2

52 1,059

15 3,698 37 10,761 54 15,476 28 8,312 62 20,912 49 22,219 28 7,345 28 5,580 38 10,353
339 104,656

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

49 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

35 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

62 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin

0

49 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

32 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

57 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0 422

85 1,250
3
23 649 12 1,753 426
16 37 225 8 792 261 532

1,513 14,054
18 526 9,268 128 12,782 2,437 269 145 949 50 5,799 3,505
2,867

14 208

14 208

12

14

54 1,013

0

0

0

0

3 167

10 202

0

0

18 632

1

1

4

71

1

1

111

831

0

0

1

15

0

0

5

86

0

0

li

4

1

5

34 131

0

0

4

25

0

0

7 1,009

4

28

21 413

2

2

16 493

0

60 Dr. Murray King

0

23 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

0 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

27 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

79 Mr. J. C. Jeter

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

27 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

25 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

39 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

65 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

76 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

40 Mr. J. C. Jeter

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Crawford. __ ___ Decatur Early Evans Floyd Glynn _ . Grady Harris . Heard Houston __________ Irwin Jones Laurens Lowndes. __ -----McIntosh Macon . ... ... Marion __ ... . Miller Mitchell___________ Monroe . .. . . Muscogee _ _ . Pierce. Seminole Talbot Tattnall . _ Thomas Tift . ___________ Ware Wayne. ------- .. Wilcox . . .. Wilkinson__ _.---Worth. __ -------------
Total.
Grand Total____

65 629 878
7 48 143 1,296 10 11 71 63 172 363 1,326 93 5 36 1,486 166 64
5 180 626
6 141 312
4 204 194
6 68 429

623 5,356 7,768
355 232 1,932
8,819 114 42 946 849 778
1,781
14,238 1,492
41
467 14,494 1,044
598 88 23,585 6,526 23 1,488 2,093 26 5,424 2,741
18 599 2,983

15,180 161,873

25,114 346,791

0

0

4

20

9

56

9

56

1

1

33 653

0

0

3 164

1

3

3

11

0

0

36 244

96

411

142 1,304

0

0

10 114

0

0

2

6

3

4

9 322

2

3

2

8

13

19

36 233

31 148

79 387

5

8

18 1,298

0

0

0

0

1

1

2

14

0

0

15 169

2

4

2 471

1

8

3

21

2

2

6

40

3

25

4

62

28 395

29 395

17

61

30 639

3

5

4

14

1

1

4 105

1

9

36 380

0

0

2

13

0

0

5 829

0

0

7 163

0

0

0

0

7

75

48 361

1

4

93 710

266 1,669 976 14,389

318 2,728 1,315 119,045

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

71 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

51 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

69 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

70 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

39 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

87 Mr. O. L. Harris

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

48 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

30 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0

69 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

48 Dr. Murray King

0

26 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

62 Dr. J. E. Woods

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

62 Dr. J. R. Wirthlin

0

53 Dr. Murray King

0

41 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

86 Mr. C. N. Adams

0 2,239

0 2,661

Note: Quarantined herds in Jones County not inspected, due to condition of vats. 3 herds not inspected.

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA,

MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1923.

to

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

SYSTEMATIC.
Atkinson.-_ _______ Brantley Camden Charlton. Clinch. ___________ Echols Lanier Liberty ... Long---------------------

Total

FINAL.

Appling-----------------

Baker ____________

Ben Hill___________

Berrien ... _ . .

Bibb______________

Brooks

. ..

Bryan___ ________

Calhoun __ _ _

Carroll. __________

Chatham

Chattachoochee .

Coffee _ _

Colquitt

Cook.

Crawford

Decatur . _ . .

Dipped

H.

C.

310 1,216 1,965
663 1,303
875 678 1,182 341

4,779 19,378 30,354 11,424 38,401 22,624 14,619 10,472 3,985

8,533 156,036

136 373
25 589 12
1,815 251 6 1 195 4 261 114 407 4
443

2,429 3,306
478 9,594
240
11,911 1,063
99
5 685 24 5,169 1,995 2,258 13
2,338

Amt. Inf.

H.

C.

Quarantined

H.

C.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

0

0

0

0

0

0

29 159

4

6

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

10 1,819 47 1,249 54 15,004 29 9,000 62 18,519 50 8,104 22 5,413 28 5,362 5 1,015

35 169 307 65,485

0

46 T. J. Taylor

0

49 J. H. Yoder

0

54 J. J. Vara

0

35 C. S. Hess

0

62 J. R. Wirthlin

47 R. B. Thompson

0

32 H. J. Murphy

0

57 W. P. Cox

0

38 J. P. Mack

0 420

0

0

14 1,011

0

0

34 832

0

0

11 226

4

4

22 567

1

2

4 123

3

6

75 724

0

0

1

15

1

14

5

59

0

0

1

5

0

0

6

37

0

0

4

7

0

0

2 1,085

0

0

21 410

0

0

15 431

0

0

3

13

0

0

0

0

0

60 Murray King

0

22 J. B. Haywood

0

27 H. V. Porter

0

79 J. C. Jeter

0

15 A. D. Moore

0

68 J. W. Woods

0

47 W. P. Cox

0

27 J. B. Haywood

0

25 B. N. Lauderdale

0

39 W. P. Cox

0

30 B. N. Lauderdale

0

65 T. J. Taylor

0

76 H. V. Porter

0

40 J. C. Jeter

0

36 F. P. Wynn

0

71 J. W. Hindsman

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Early______________

Evans_____________

Floyd_____________

Glynn___________ _

Grady_____________

Harris _

Heard_____________

Houston _ _

Irwin __ _

Jones

Laurens

Lowndes

_

McIntosh__________

Macon __

Marion

__

Miller

Mitchell _

Monroe .. _ _

Montgomery_______

Muscogee _ _ _

Pierce _

Seminole __

Talbot _ ^

Tattnall ..

..

Thomas

Tift_______________

Ware _ _

.

Wayne. _ _ __ _ _

Wheeler _

_

Wilkinson. _

Worth.

333 6 4
106 1,602
12 2
153 25 134 676 468 9 4 28 1,019 34 50 2 12 516 396 8 14 1,160 2 185 127 51 71 309

3,175 228 14 803
10,928 158 6
1,002 179 698
3,783 5,386
236 31 319 9,282 361 306 29 124 3,280 4,112 36
125 7,407
13
4,687 1,458
308 1,001 2,071

0

0

3 188

0

0

3 164

0

0

3

7

0

0

52 341

22

55 163 1,427

0

0

10

78

0

0

2

6

2

4

39 412

0

0

2

8

12

28

44 268

2

2

73 486

0

0

13 883

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

16

0

0

14 158

0

0

17 323

0

0

3

21

0

0

6

56

1

7

2

29

0

0

4

65

5

12

36 1,064

1

2

19 571

0

0

4

14

0

0

2

53

16 101

59 994

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

24 235

5

8

5 308

2

5

56 294

0

0

73 631

0

51 W. I. Holder

0

36 W. P. Cox

0

69 B. N. Lauderdale

0

44 J. J. Vara

0

70 J. W. Hindsman

0

36 B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 B. N. Lauderdale

0

33 A. D. Moore

0

39 H. V. Porter

0

46 A. D. Moore

0

87 O. L. Harris

0

78 R. B. Thompson

0

31 J. J. Vara

0

48 F. P. Wynn

0

57 B. N. Lauderdale

0

30 J. B. Haywood

0

69 J. W. Hindsman

0

36 E. P. Wynn

0

41 Murray King

0

30 B. N. Lauderdale

0

48 Murray King

0

26 W. I. Holder

0

46 B. N. Lauderdale

0

70 J. P. Mack

0

62 H. F. J. Arundel

0

43 H. V. Porter

0

63 J. H. Yoder

0

53 Murray King

0

33 Murray King

0

50 A. D. Moore

0

86 C. N. Adams

Total__________ 12,154 104,153

77 250 951 14,645

0 2,271

Grand Total

20,687 260,189 112 419 1,258 80,130

0 2,691

Five quarantined herds in Wilkinson County not inspected. Ticky mules moved from Florida into Georgia as follows: Brooks County, 3 herds, 6 mules; Grady County, 1 herd, 1 horse; Seminole County 1 herd, 2 mules, Thomas

County, 4 herds, 8 mules; Echols County, 2 herds, 4 mules.

MONTHLY REPORT SHOWING PROGRESS OF TICK ERADICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA,

MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1923.

-3

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

COUNTY

SYSTEMATIC.

Charlton

Clinch____________

Echols

. _ __ _

Lanier _

_ __

Total__________

FINAL.

Appling-----------------

Atkinson. _ _

Baker __

Ben Hill___________

Berrien __

Bibb______________

Brantley__________

Brooks. ________ .

Bryan

_ __ _

Calhoun_____ ___

Camden___________

Carroll. _ _______ _

Chatham

Chattahoochee

Coffee. .

Colquitt___________

Cook

_ ____

Crawford __ _ _

Decatur___________

Early. _ ___________

Evans .

_

Dipped

H.

C.

0

0

63 1,701

383 10,661

505 6,057

951 18,419

73 319
7 11 540 8 159 1,068 1
10 6 3
21 3 39
81 309
4 260
2 3

1,118 4,869
45 228 7,394 168 2,511 7,476
15
110 138 15 143
6 772 1,632 2,006 24 1,549 102 164

Amt. Inf.

H.

c.

Quarantined

H.

c.

Not Insp.

No. Vats

Supervising Inspector

0

0

29 9,000

29

35 Dr. C. S. Hess

0

0

62 18,519

0

62 Dr. J. R. WirthUn

0

0

38 8,000

0

50 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

0

22 5,413

0

32 Mr. H. J. Murphy

0

0 151 40,932

29 179

0

0

14 1,011

0

60 Dr. Murray King

0

0

10 1,829

0

46 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

0

34 832

34

21 Mr. R. H. Tabb

0

0

11 228

0

27 Dr. W. D. Martin

0

0

22 569

0

79 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

0

4 105

0

15 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

0

47 1,249

0

49 Dr. J. H. Yoder

H

1

41 362

0

68 Dr. J. W. Woods

0

0

1

15

0

47 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

0

1

0

0

27 Mr. R. H. Tabb

0

0

9 181

1

54 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

0

1

4

0

25 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

6

37

0

39 Dr. W. P. Cox

0

0

0

0

0

30 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

0

0

0

0

65 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

0

12 371

1

76 Dr. M. D. Martin

0

0

19 733

0

40 Mr. T. J. Taylor

0

0

3

12

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

0

0

0

0

71 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

0

2 188

1

51 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

0

3 164

0

36 Dr. W. P. Cox

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Floyd______ _____

5

12

0

Glynn_____________

68 510

0

Grady_____________ 1,499 9,978

0

Harris

4

42

0

Heard________ ____

0

0

0

Houston___________

108 713

0

Irwin

_

7

44

0

Jones

123 512

1

Laurens.. ________

295 2,180

0

Liberty____________

141 980

0

Long---------------------

31 349

0

Lowndes__________

283 3,241

0

McIntosh _ _ _ _ _

77 942

0

Macon._ ________ .

5

35

0

Marion_______ _____

12 150

0

Miller. .. __

222 2,060

0

Mitchell.

13 105

0

Monroe . ...

23 265

1

Montgomery_____

3

46

0

Muscogee _ .

9

69

0

Pierce __ ..

0

0

0

Seminole.

326 3,439

1

Talbot _ . .. ..

2

12

0

Tattnall ... .

2

18

0

Thomas__

948 6,882

*3

Tift_______________

8

17

0

Ware . .... __

8

78

0

Wayne . ___

22 225

0

Wheeler..

._

189 1,339

2

Wilkinson .

40 373

0

Worth

... .

239 1,695

0

0

3

7

0

69 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

51 344

0

44 Dr. J. J. Vara

0 163 1,427

0

70 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

0

3

7

0

36 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

2

6

2

33 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

41 396

0

33 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

2

8

0

39 Dr. W. D. Martin

1

48 286

1

46 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

93 734

0

87 Mr. J. B. Haywood

0 t28 5,362

0

58 Dr. W. P. Cox

0 f38 10,353

0

38 Dr. J. P. Mack

0

13 723

0

78 Mr. R. B. Thompson

0

0

0

0

31 Dr. J. J. Vara

0

2

18

0

48 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

1

0

0

57 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

2

0

0

30 Mr. R. H. Tabb

0

3

23

0

69 Mr. J. W. Hindsman

1

8

60

0

36 Mr. F. P. Wynn

0

2

28

0

41 Dr. J. W. Casey

0

4

60

0

31 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

36 1,064

36

48 Dr. Murray King

3

20 608

0

26 Mr. W. I. Holder

0

3

1

0

46 Dr. B. N. Lauderdale

0

1

9

0

70 Dr. J. P. Mack

7

56 873

0

62 Dr. H. F. J. Arundel

0

8

13

0

43 Dr. H. V. Porter

0

0

0

0

63 Dr. J. H. Yoder

0

1

11

0

53 Dr. Murray King

2 126 969

0

33 Dr. J. W. Casey

0

56 258

1

50 Dr. A. D. Moore

0

93 613

0

86 Mr. C. N. Adams

Total_________ 7,639 66,765

9

15 1,147 32,151

77 2,516

Grand Total

8,590 85,184

9

15 1,298 73,083 106 2,695

*Ticky mules and cows moved from Florida into Georgia: Brooks County, 1 herd, 1 mule; Thomas County, 2 herds, 2 mules, 1 herd, 5 cows. fVats reported instead of quarantined herds.

76

ANNUAL REPORT OE THE

HOG CHOLERA
The year of 1923 was remarkably free from the ravages of hog cholera. Unfortunately the pendulum of pork production also reached the lowest mark for many years. Throughout the year all kinds of farm grown feeds were high and scarce and the price of market hogs, by comparison, was low. This condition naturally led to the sale and slaughter of much breeding stock, and I believe that the coming fall and winter will see a brisk demand for market hogs and pork products.
Pork production in the State of Georgia is far below the actual demand of our markets. But, if we are to supply our markets, market hogs must be grown on an economically sound basis. The three outstanding essentials of profitable production of market hogs is healthy herds, prolific sows and plenty of feed.
Healthy herds does not simply imply the purchase of healthy stock to begin with, but it also demands maintaining the herd at all times in a thrifty, healthy condition.
No single tendency of the past has probably been more deterimental to economic pork production than relegating the herds to low, poorly drained pastures or keeping them in filthy, undrained lots.
While hog cholera, hemorrhagic septicemia and necro-bacillosis frequently exact a heavy toll of hog breeders, I believe the greatest single factor of most profitless herds is parasitic infestation. Pigs and growing shoats suffer especially from parasitic infestation.
Successful control of parasitic infestation largely depends on proper precautionery sanitary measures. No single administration of vermifuges should be expected to give profitable and permanent protection against reinfestation. The experienced hog growers recognize the necessity of proper drainage and frequent change of pastures. When this all-important factor is given proper considera tion periodic administration of simple remedies are efficient.
The following formula has been popular for many years and should be given in slops. Not more than six hogs should be fed out of one trough so as to prevent some getting too much and others too little.
3 ounces carbonate of iron, 2 ounces of turpentine, Water sufficient to make 1 quart.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

77

Give one tablespoonful in slops for each 100 pounds of hog, twice

a week.

Where worm infestation is not too extensive good results are ob tained by putting a tablespoonful of kerosene per 100 pounds weight of hog in the slops once a week.

Where hogs run on pastures the following mixture kept constantly before them in covered troughs or self-feeders has proven valuable.
One bushel of charcoal, one bushel of hardwood ashes, thirty pounds of table salt and make a mixture. Then take one-half gallon of boiling water, dissolve in it six pounds of copperas (sulphate of iron); dissolve thoroughly and pour the mixture over the charcoal, ashes and table salt.

The following is a summary, by counties, of hogs inoculated by veterinarians of this department. In many instances investigations proved that other conditions than hog cholera prevailed in the herd. In such events hogs were not inoculated, but proper remedies and herd management suggested.

Number of
Counties.

Number of
Farms.

Appling. _ _ _____ 9

Atkinson.._____ 3

Baker _ ._____ 28

Bullock ..._____ 29

Berrien.. .____ , 4

Bryan .. ._____ 15

Bleckley. ._____ 24

Bibb_____ _____ 5

Ben Hill.. _ _____ 5

Baldwin ._____ 2

Clay_____ _____ 1

Campbell. ______ 2

Cobb

-------, 2

Clayton . _____ 2

Cook . ______ 6

Crawford.._____ 4

Candler.. _____ 7

Catoosa _____ 3

Chatham.. ____ 7

Chatooga.._____ 4

Decatur. ____ 25

Dodge . ._____ 70

DeKalb___ ____ 3

Early_____ ____ 34

Evans _____ 36

Elbert _.._____ 11

Fulton___ _____ 16

Floyd____ _____ 8

Grady ___ ____ 2

Glynn _ _ _ ____ 3 Houston... ____ 38

Number of hogs treated.
239 273 1,118 530 123 341 1,706 96 283 476 52
6 16 17 341 154 99 9 373 649 622 930 153 443 714 13 309 463 153 116 1,139

Number

Number

of Counties.

Of Farms.

Harris. ____ ___ 10 Jones. ... ___ 1 Jeff Davis. ___ 74 Long _ _ ___ 21 Laurens . _ ___ 16 Liberty ... ___ 8 Lee ... ___ 1 Miller . _. ___ 80

Marion

___ 8

Mitchell ___ 12

Monroe

___ 3

Montgomery ___ 18

McDuffie . ___ 32

McIntosh. ___ 10

Macon .. . ___ 9

Madison.. ___ 1

Polk_______ ___ 2

Pulaski_____ .... 9

Rabun____ .___ 2

Screven ._ ___ 1

Sumter

___ 2

Spalding____ .... 2

Tattnall.. ....... 230

Toombs. . . ___ 69

Treutlen. .... 7

Telfair______ .... 119

Twiggs---------

6

Thomas .. .... 13

Troup______ . ._ 2

Total____...1,541

Number of hogs treated.
241 32 1,461 442 223 36 119 1,735 275 496 62 476 704 239 314 84 15 426 58 858 102 196 4,392 1,791 145 2,423 301 501 83
37.931

MONTHLY STATEMENT OF MEATS, MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SHIPPED INTO THE STATE OF GEORGIA DURING 1923.

Dressed Cattle

Dressed Hogs

Dressed Sheep

Dressed

Smoked

Smoked Dried and

Calves Meats--S. C. Meats--D. S. Cured Beef

ANNUAL REPORT OE THE

January_____

February ___

March,- _ _ _

April__________

May___________

June______ ____

July___________

August-

-

September_____

October________

November. .

December. _ _

Totals. .

972,319 1,017,972 1,295,581 1,383,284 1,003,885 1,067,455 1,478,205
778,645 882,820 996,810 605,535 863,890 12,346,401

25,830 14,119 14,104 10,866 14,126 5,288 83,462 76,020 44,590 702,334 307,051 578,930 1,876,720

126,949 119,059 134,351 134,212 115,338 78,704 137,962 52,447 75,540 85,500 86,828 83,959 1,230,859

125,473 71,051 81,571 272,981 92,666 78,520 145,739 108,356 110,021 144,643 90,940 102,502 1,424,463

334,613 364,983 422,563 350,790 486,890 477,324 613,112 477,128 449,044 433,227 211,803 235,290 4,856,767

394,200 487,521 365,058 264,110 265,985 219,842 317,927 476,530 255,749 518,878 262,940 370,163 4,198,903

58,199 3,315 5,392 2,959 1,274 77,285 2,980 3,905 7,014 2,662 1,480 1,475 167,940

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MONTHLY STATEMENT OF MEATS, MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SHIPPED INTO THE STATE OF GEORGIA DURING 1923.

Barreled Pork

Boiled Hams

Dry Salt

Fresh

Pork Meats Sausage

Dry Sausage

Beef Cuts Pork Outs

January _ _ February______ March ___ April _ May . _ __ June July___________ August _ __ September^ _ October November. December _ ..
Totals

19,497 24,792 51,556 52,577 98,133 104,133 45,776 46,432 63,392 149,401 40,232 27,436 723,357

37,418 42,976 47,595 49,111 45,659 63,445 64,927 102,173 46,728 38,058 38,221 39,180 615,491

2,557,044 1,697,588 2,732,612 2,689,993 2,339,042 3,468,714 3,560,907 3,243,976 2,523,994 2,629,410 2,721,766 2,039,999 32,204,845

98,522 109,444 149,372 169,951 130,138 138,233 155,199 116,433 105,547 173,157 137,091 149,313 1,632,400

40,497 39,013 65,226 36,061 113,208 49,716 46,505 18,959 25,849 49,982 62,758 33,058 580,832

111,144 91,105 106,347 155,201 65,081 50,542 101,918 57,859 105,605 102,831 90,467 91,084 1,129,184

264,112 574,577 726,839 890,878 752,495 668,882 488,797 545,985 603,675 806,360 764,607 791,719 7,878,926

CO

MONTHLY STATEMENT OF MEATS, MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS SHIPPED INTO THE STATE OF GEORGIA DURING 1923.

Canned Meats

Lard

Other Pack ing House Products

Oleo.

Butterine

Butter

Cheese

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

January February. March April_____ ____ May___________ June. ----July___________ August________ September. _____ October November______ December . _
Totals______

194,218 217,448 230,340 402,587 190,128 250,074 244,272 317,029 344,694 440,103 264,737 273,891 3,369,521

1,080,468 769,261 944,246
1,153,451 1,068,369 1,065,529 1,279,129 1,151,864 1,172,516 1,324,380 1,391,219
864,427 13,264,859

1,074,645 973,170 783,062 756,593 738,658
1,113,073 986,505 737,688 760,866
1,112,885 1,115,728 1,000,987 11,153,860

6,444 14,929 89,952 22,840 96,913 47,323 166,079 114,568 135,753 47,098 152,426 65,804 960,129

17,399 15,935 18,730 15,705 13,521 11,991 17,826 60,330 6,449 9,186 10,840 20,357 218,269

50,020 51,725 61,325 75,498 46,815 69,038 99,960 35,742 37,101 43,173 38,671 110,815 719,883

165,716 159,721 208,775 2,045,111 151,919 199,398 264,277 134,736 138,273 223,304 174,569 210,640 4,076,439

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

MEATS AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS SHIPPED INTO GEORGIA DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

Dressed Cattle

_

. ..

Dressed Hogs____________ _____

Dressed Sheep, .

.. . .

Dressed Calves____ ____________

Smoked Meats, S. C.

Smoked Meats, D. S__________ ___

Dried and Cured Beef,

_ __ _

Barreled Pork________ ____ ______

Boiled Hams ,

_

Dry Salt Pork Meats,, ____ _____

Fresh Sausage ,

Dry Sausage____________ ______

Smoked Sausage, ,

, ,,

Sausage in "Brine

,,

.

Sausage in Oil,

Beef Cuts . _ ___ _____ ____

Pork Cuts

, _ _ _, ,

Pickled Pork ___ _

Canned Meats.,

Lard & Lard Compound,, ______

Other P. H. Products____________

18,608,076 363,332
1,315,339 1,287,823 9,253,594 7,820,835
185,140 430,313 602,932 20,859,337 5,296,825 **927,654 ** **
2,130,508 4**,109,149
2,167,481 8,981,266 15,230,735
99,570,339

14,843,321 275,360
2,139,221 1,545,364 5,099,650 8,058,910
155,796 64,081 615,893 22,014,258 2,663,438 1,506,987 62,396 **622,659
1,235,578 3,951,988
640,712 3,605,787 10,046,467 9,389,907
88,537,713

15,719,348 465,398
1,292,721 1,612,851 5,871,744 3,767,796
148,016 376,163 753,873 34,341,005 2,802,131 632,013 50,074
698 266,553 1,369,467 6,844,174 455,856 3,778,345 14,124,330 11,246,373
105,918,909

13,668,373 354,489
1,420,331 1,544,698 5,096,194 4,533,331
66,759 824,537 536,120 32,915,150 1,518,131 **470,496 ** **
1,227,668 5**,859,802
3,062,059
*18,028,015
99,426,465

11,421,272 618,364
1,105,609 950,936
3,786,009 2,878,934
385,512 567,912 490,610 30,285,572 1,485,131 **587,989 ** **
1,187,467 5,7*7*7,031
2,816,750 10,109,350 11,071,060
85,525,511

'`-Included in other Items. `-Lard and Lard Compound included.

00

82

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

TUBERCULOSIS
In co-operation with the Federal Government we continued co operative tuberculosis eradication work during the year of 1923.
In all 22,084 head of cattle were tested in 892 different herds, in 53 different counties. Out of the cattle tested 471 were found to be reactors to the tuberculin test, a percentage of 2.13.
Although we have made a heroic effort, with the small funds available, to eradicate, as far as possible, tuberculosis from the general milk supply furnished the cities, we have by no means made that degree of progress which the urgency of the situation de mands. This Department should have funds enough available to, at least, eradicate tuberculosis among the dairy cattle of the State. We should, at all times, be mindful of the fact that no small degree of human tuberculosis is traceable to bovine tuberculosis, trans mitted to man through the milk supply. I hope that the General Assembly at the next session will give this matter such degree of earnest consideration as public health and welfare demands.
Tuberculosis milk and beef are enough to condemn the tuber culous cow, but those losses do not represent all. Where swine are kept on the same farm with tuberculous cattle, sooner or later, the swine become infected with the disease. Commonly the infection occurs through allowing the swine to run in the same pasture with the cattle, or through feeding the swine tuberculous skim milk or whey.
That this infection means loss in pork is shown by the figures of federal meat inspection establishments. In 1923 about 35,000,000 swine were slaughtered in those establishments. Of that number nearly 3,500,000, or 10%, wTere retained as showing traces of tuberculosis. On final examination, in approximately 60,000 of them, the disease was so far advanced that the entire carcass was condemned. The remainder passed for food after the diseased parts had been removed. In locally killed, uninspected meats diseased carcasses, or parts of carcasses, are frequently passed on to the unsuspecting consumer.
Production of meats unfit for food represents a money loss of great magnitude. The only reasonably sure way to eliminate its loss is the destruction of the tubercular cow.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

83

The impelling motive, however, for eradicating tuberculosis in cattle is the fact that bovine tuberculosis causes tuberculosis in children. According to observations by Dr. Park of New York City 40% of all abdominal and joint tuberculosis, and 10% of all deaths among children under five years of age, are due to an in fected milk supply from untested cattle.
The responsibility of tuberculosis eradication lies primarily with the General Assembly. Without adequate laws and sufficient appropriations to enforce the law, progress will necessarily be slow.
The first attached tabulated list shows the number of cattle tested in each county during 1923. This data is followed by a list of the present active state and federal eccredited tuberculosis free herds.
The public appreciates this service. The Federal Government appropriated for the year 1924 nearly $3,000,000 to carry on this work; but, unless the State provides suitable appropriation to match federal funds available, Georgia will not get her quota of these funds to carry on and expand on this highly important public welfare service.

CATTLE TUBERCULIN TESTED BY THE VETERINARY DIVISION, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL TURE IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE U. S. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, DURING THE YEAR 1923.

County

Number Passed PB. Grade Total

Number Reacted PB. Grade Total

Number Suspects

Total! Number Tested

PB. Grade Total PB. Grade Total

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

Bartow____ _________

18

18

Barrow..........................

6

17

23

19

9

28

Bibb_______________

37 2,426 2,463

Brooks. _______ . _

19

51

70

Burke. . . ._ _ _

50 345 395

Butts___ ______ . __

15 142 157

1

1

Camden v . ...

26

26

Campbell.. _______ _

3

5

8

Carroll . _

40

4

44

Catoosa .. _

44

44

1

1

Chatham_____ ... __

52 2,894 2,946

27

27

Chattooga.. .

40

39

79

1

1

Cherokee .

98

42 140

1

1

2

Clarke. .....

146

51 197

1

1

Clayton. ___

152 152

1

1

Cobb

40

78 118

7

4

11

Colquitt .. . _

206 206

Coweta _ .............

2

17

19

Dade.

163 163

DeKalb______________

54 2,976 3,030

9

9

Dodge ...

22

22

Floyd. _____ _____

46 645 691

2

2

Fulton__ _____ _ ___

13 2,402 2,415

20

20

Grady. _______ ___

11

15

26

Greene. .

53

83 136

Hall_________________

168 168

Henry.. . _

6 182 188

4

4

18 18

25 26 51

37 2,426 2,463

19 51 70

50 345 395

3

3 15 146 161

26 26

358

40 4 44

45 45

52 2,921 2,973

40 40 80 ,

99 43 142

146 52 198

153 153

47 82 129

206 206

1

1 2 18 20

163 163

54 2,985 3,039

22 22

46 647 693

13 2,422 2,435

11 15 26

53 83 136

168 168

1

1 6 187 193

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

CATTLE TUBERCULIN TESTED BY THE VETERINARY DIVISION, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL TURE IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE U. S. BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, DURING THE YEAR 1923.

County

Number Passed PB. Grade Total

Number Reacted PB. Grade Total

Number Suspects

Total Number Tested

PB. Grade Total PB. Grade Total

Jackson^

11

159

170

11 159 170

Jenkins

50

50

50 50

Jones

__. _

35

35

35 35

Lamar _

7

40

47

7 40 47

Laurens________ ____

258 258

258 258

Lowndes

60 373 433

60 373 433

Mitchell.

4 431 435

11

11

4 442 446

Newton

98

1

99

98 1 99

Oglethorpe. _. ____

40 246 286

21

17

38

61 263 324

Putnam.

21

32

53

21 32 53

Screven. _

.. .

2,808 2,808

292 292

3,100 3,100

Schley___ ___ _____

26

26

26

26

Spalding

39

6

45

2

1

3 41 7 48

Sumter. ________ .

42 276 318

1

5

6

43 281 324

Talbot_______ _____

2

2

2

2

44

Telfair.

2

58

60

2 58 60

Thomas

489

55 544

489 55 544

Troup_______________

26

20

46

14

14

40 20 60

Twiggs____________

16

16

16 16

Walker______________

8 515 523

515 523

Washington

158 346 504

158 346 504

Ware

7 627 634

1

1 8 627 635

White_______________

243

25 268

243 25 268

Total

2,012 19,592 21,604

63 408 471

3

6

9 2,078 20,006 22,084

0C0n

86

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

HERDS OF CATTLE IN GEORGIA, ACCREDITED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AS BEING TUBER CULOSIS FREE.--1923.

Owner

Address

Breed

Number of Pure Cattle
Bred Grade

Andrew, Garnett-_

Rossville

67

Berry School

Rome

Jersey

31 113

Cochran, C. W.

Thomasville Jersey _ _ 22

Colley, C. C._- ___

Valdosta

9

Cummings, P. S. & Sons Lela

Hereford

171

15

Daniel Brothers

Hogansville Jersey

121

86

Demosthenis Brothers- Savannah.

67

Derenne, W. W.

Savannah

45

Doming, M. C. _

Dublin

96

Edwards, William

Valdosta

27

Ga. State College of Agr.-_ Athens-- __ All Breeds__ 119

2

Hardeman, L. G.

Nacoochee Jersey

75

Harvey, Mrs. K. H.

Thomasville Jersey

38

Holloway, T. W.

Savannah Jersey

33

Harms, j. W. - __ _ Savannah

99

Hooks, J. H.- _

Warthen Jersey ____ 65 135

Hill, L. B________________ Gough

100

Hunt, B. W. -

Eatonton Jersey

20

Hunt, J. 0___ _ -

Valdosta Jersey __

38

Jenkins, E. E. _

Savannah

64

Lane, I. T. _

Valdosta

31

Lane, W. C. _ _ _____ Valdosta

15

Lunsford, Evans

Oovfnptnn Poll Hereford 99

McPherson, William _ - . Athens

Jersey, . _ 24

7

Mack, E. E. & Son

Thomasville Hereford . . 189

41

Neel Brothers __

Thomasville Jersey

164

Nixon & Nixon _

Rome,

63

Powell, Justin B. _ _ Macon

53

Rawlings, Dr. Wm.

Sandersville Guernsey___ 75 169

Rice, Capt. W. B.

Dublin

Jersey____ -

18 144

Rouse, Dr. W. E.

Valdosta

54

South Georgia State Nor-

mal School - _

Valdosta

27

Thomasville L. S. Company Thomasville Jersey

58

Williams, Felix _

Villa Rica Jersey _____ 40

4

Williamson, F. H._

Commerce

38

Vallotton, J. E._

Valdosta -

33

Walz, Mrs. L.

Savannah

26

Total- __

1386 1630

Grand Total -

3016

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CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
The success of all breeding operations depends largely on the normal delivery and development of the offspring. A beef herd that fails to produce a normal, healthy calf crop is doomed to extinc tion. The same thing is true of the dairy herd and, in addition, dairy cattle making premature deliveries rarely ever attain a normal milk flow. Therefore, the loss from abortion in a dairy herd is even greater than in a beef herd.
Of course, not all abortions are due to an infectious organism, but where abortion occurs in large numbers it is almost invariably the result of a specific infection.
A careful investigation of the cattle industry in the State re vealed the fact that contagious abortion was far more prevalent in the State than we had originally anticipated. It also revealed the fact that not a few of these centers of contagious abortion had spread from infected animals shipped into Georgia from other States.
In order to reduce, as far as possible, the introduction of addi tional animals affected with contagious abortion, we promulgated, after a conference with leading cattle breeders of Georgia, Special Order No. 52, which reads as follows:
"SPECIAL ORDER NO. 52
To be known as Regulation No. 21-B, effective on and after Septem ber 1, 1923.
Paragraph 1. All breeding cattle, including calves, six months or more old, shall pass a negative blood test for contagious abortion (agglutination or complement fixation), made by a Federal, State or competent commerciallaboratory, not more than three weeks prior to shipment into the State of Georgia.
Paragraph 2. Each animal shall be ear tagged or otherwise perman ently marked for indentification and the health certificate must show the date of the test and the name of the laboratory making the test. The original report from the testing laboratory must be attached to the copy of the health certificate sent to the State Veterinarian of Georgia, by the veterinarian who issues the health certificate.
Paragraph 3. Cattle moving in violation of these requirements will be quarantined and tested at the owners expense, and any reactors will be tagged or branded for indentification and quarantined upon the owners premises. Violations of quarantine will be prosecuted for a misdemeanor."
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tory for the purpose of making blood tests for contagious abortion. No doubt, there is as yet considerable data to be accumulated in order to perfect an economical, workable system for the control of contagious abortion, but the subject is of sufficient importance to justify any reasonable measure and expense in order to eliminate the disease from the herds and to prevent the further introduction of the disease into the State.
MEATS
As usual, we have depended, to a large extent, for our meat supply on packing house products. A detailed statement of meat and meat food products shipped into the State accompanies this report.
I have selected the side meats shipped into the State to illus trate the enormous opportunity which Georgia farmers overlook in producing "side meats" necessary to feed the State of Georgia. 30,164,846 pounds of dry salt meat, 5,015,667 pounds of sugar cured smoked meat and 4,128,740 pounds of dry salt smoked meats, or a total of 39,309,263 pounds of "side meats" were shipped into the State. Converted into 150 pound hogs, and assuming the "side meat" to average 12% of each hog, it required 2,183,848 hogs, weighing 150 pounds each, to supply this part of our meat bill. It would require each of our 160 counties in Georgia to pro duce an additional 13,649 hogs in order to put Georgia on a selfsustaining basis for "side meats" alone.
It may be interesting to figure out the expense of transporting these hogs to market. Estimated on the basis of eighty hogs per car, it required 27,298 cars to haul these hogs to the packing houses. Calculated on a basis of twenty cars to a train load, it required 1,365 solid train loads of hogs to supply the "side meat" for Geor gia' meat bill for 1923.
In the face of these facts, it seems useless for Georgia farmers to complain that there is no market for their hogs, since a very large percentage of the dry salt meats are consumed in rural com munities. And yet, in spite of this fact, there are fewer hogs on Georgia farms today than there have been for many years. In my judgment, our meat bill for 1924 will be materially larger than at any previous year in our experience.

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I don't think anyone would question the desirability of produc ing pork products enough to supply the demands of the State of Georgia. If we do so, however, pork production must be put on an economically sound basis. The prime necessities for economic pork production are healthy herds, composed of well bred, thrifty individuals, liberally fed on home grown feeds and supplied with an abundance of pure water. This formula, within itself, is sim ple, but, apparently, few people succeed in maintaining the com bination called for.
In my judgment, it was a mistake when locally established pack ing plants were sold to the combined interests of the big packers. On the other hand, even the few packing houses now operating within the State are inadequately supplied with animals for slaugh ter that are raised in the State of Georgia. Stimulating meat pro duction in the State of Georgia is not only a problem for the farm ers; it is a business problem in which the bankers and every con sumer in cities and towns, as well as the country, is vitally in terested. Several million dollars are annually transferred to the Central and Northwestern states for these products, when, by pro per organization, we could easily and profitably produce these products at home, thus adding to the wealth of the State through the development of what I consider one of her most wonderful opportunities
In this connection, I have made an effort to ascertain, as far as practical, the number of animals slaughtered in local abattoirs and slaughter houses within the state and find that at all slaughter houses and packing companies, including the Swift plant at Moultrie, the Savannah City Abattoir, White Provision Company and fourteen other slaughter houses within the State, a total of 237,611 hogs were killed during the year. Also 80,814 cattle, 36,582 calves, 3,385 sheep and 1,414 goats. These animals were by no means all raised in the State of Georgia, since many of the animals slaughtered at the White Provision Company, at Swift & Company and at the Augusta and Columbus plants are shipped in from adjoining states. Georgia should export--not import-- meats and meat food products.

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April 3, 1923.
Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen
State Veterinarian,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
During the latter part of 1922 a good many complaints were made to me about the quality of the milk being sold in the City of Atlanta, especially that sold at soda fountains, drug stores, cafes, etc. Mr. W. Y. Nelms, of this Department, took during the month of December 115 samples from these retail places. 52 of these sam ples, as shown by the analysis handed me by the State Chemist, were very high in bacterial count, the count running from 500,000 to 10,000,000 per c. c. 12 of these samples were marked dirty, not counting those that had a trace or slight dirt in them. Nine of these were watered, six of them were skimmed, that is, the cream was taken off, consequently the customer did not get whole milk. Out of 175 samples of whole milk taken from this same class of milk dealers during January and the first few days in Feb ruary, according to the report handed me by the State Chemist, 89 of these samples run from 500,000 to 12,000,000 bacteria per c. c. 18 of these samples were marked "skimmed milk;" 24 were marked "dirty;" 12 were marked "watered."
Mr. Nelms continued his activity, and from February 15th until the last of March 200 samples were taken from the places above mentioned and from wholesale dealers who supplied these retail dealers with milk. In some respects, this report shows improve ment. There were 52 samples running from 500,000 to 12,000,000 bacteria per c. c. 15 of them were marked "dirty;" 3 were marked "watered" and 3 were marked "skimmed." As the warm weather approaches it seems to me that this condition will grow more dan gerous day by day.
Very truly,
HENRY F. BRANHAM,
State Dairy Inspector.

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MILK
Production
The year of 1923 showed, in some counties, marked increase in milk production. Whether this enthusiasm will last and the progress made will be improved upon, will depend entirely on our cost of production of both market milk and milk or cream sold to creameries.
If we are to remain, even in a small way, a factor in milk and cream production, we must so arrange our dairy interest as to enable us to produce milk on a competitive basis at a profit. That means that we must grow all roughage and even some con centrates on the farm, and it also means that we must feed this roughage and concentrates to cows capable of producing not less than 350 pounds of fat per year, or, in terms of market milk, not less than seven thousand pounds per annum.
Each farmer could for himself determine the amount produced by each cow on his farm. But very few, if any, do this, even though they are capable of weighing the milk and testing for butter fat. Experience has shown that profitable dairy communi ties develop cow testing associations in order to bring up the in dividual production per cow and the collective production per herd.
By far the greatest handicap to the development of a dairy indus try is the lack of feed production in Georgia. Unless we grow feed in sufficient quantity to more than support local demands for feeds of all kinds, we are not likely to be a very important factor in the dairy industry.
Much has been said about growing alfalfa in Georgia. Though I do not for a moment contend that alfalfa fields are essential to a profitable dairy industry when pea vines can be grown on unlimited acreage with reasonable assurance of a profitable crop, yet alfalfa, is the king of dairy feeds. Can we grow it? Sure!
In this connection I am reminded of a statement recently made to me by a Virginia farmer when I asked whether they had to ino culate their alfalfa fields and lime them. His reply was: "Before we went in the dairy business we had to do both, but now--after liberally scattering lot manure on our fields for five or six years--

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we do neither and we have the best stands of alfalfa that we have ever had, even on fields not previously sown to alfalfa." I be lieve there is much common sense in the observation of this Virginia farmer.

DISTRIBUTION
The marketing of cream at creameries is, comparatively speak ing, very simple. So far few complaints have reached this office with regard to the cream test at the creameries and butter fat prices are reasonably well stabilized through active buyers com petition.
This cannot be said of market milk. The price of market milk is exceedingly unstable and to the producer, on most occasions, unsatisfactory. This is unfortunate.
No man can go into the dairy business without incurring con siderable expense for equipment, and after buying into the busi ness it is extremely difficult to sell out except at a material loss.
If the slogan of "Cost plus 10%" is applied to market milk pro duction, there would be need of an extensive upward revision of the wholesale price of market milk. While I do not sponsor unbusiness like production that would tend to unnecessarily increase the over head production, yet I make bold to say that if anyone deserves cost plus for production it is the dairy farmer.
It is the one business that calls for 365 days service in the year. It calls for longer hours than any other business--farming in cluded. It is the only business that I know of that is, and should be, conducted under strict regulations and inspection. Dairymen have frequently told me that it is a business that is over-inspected and underpaid.
Inspection of dairies producing market milk is essential from a public health viewpoint. This inspection calls for special effort at cleanliness in production and proper refrigeration of the milk to avoid bacterial multiplication from before the cow is milked until it reaches the consumer. All of this means labor and ex pense, and it is only fair that the business forced to incur this necessary expense of supervision and preservation of Nature's most valuable food product, should be reimbursed for their effort, labor and expense incurred in supplying the public with a whole some product.

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The development of the Georgia dairy industry depends, to no small degree, on a just and satisfactory answer to these problems.
In your monthly bulletins you have published, from time to time, the analysis of samples of milk taken by the inspectors in the field. The taking of samples, in my judgment, is only a small part of the service rendered by the inspectors. The periodic inspection of dairies by the inspectors and the tuberculosis testing of cattle by the veterinarians, are of even far greater service to the public at large.

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Mr. J. J. Brown, Com'r., Atlanta, Georgia.

Dear Sir:
Herewith I submit my annual report as State Drug Inspector covering the period from January 1st, to December 31, 1923. I find a disposition on the part of the greater majority of the druggists and general merchants of Georgia to obey the law, as they understand it. Unfortunately, our Drug laws are wholly unsuited to control drug conditions as they exist in Georgia to day. Our laws are "obsolete." They were drafted and passed fifty-one years ago, and have never, with slight exceptions, been changed. Conditions since then have materially changed and laws that were suited and met conditions existing then, are wholly inadequate to control conditions existing now. I would suggest that at the next meeting of the Board of Pharmacy, that you re quest a conference with them looking to the enactment of an entire ly new set of laws. The Board of Pharmacy is composed of wise, intelligent, conservative, capable men. Men well qualified to fill the responsible positions to which they are appointed, and men who will back you to the limit in the enforcement of the drug laws of Georgia. They ask cooperation on your part, will give you hearty cooperation on their part. I wish to thank you for your hearty cooperation with me in the enforcement of the Drug laws with which I am charged. I also wish to thank you for the con fidence that you have placed in me in their enforcement. I have never betrayed your confidence, and never will. While Georgia is one of the best drug governed states in the South, (and I say this without fear of successful contradiction) yet we can make many improvements under a better and a more wholesome set of Drug laws. Assuring you that I will give to the duties of my office during the present year the same earnest consideration, the same prompt attention, and the same untiring energy that has characterized my efforts in the past, and with kind regards and best wishes, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
T. A. CHEATHAM,
State Drug Inspector.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF T. A. CHEATHAM, STATE DRUG INSPECTOR FOR 1923.

Number of Cities, Towns, Villages and Rural Routes Visited- -- 365

Number of Retail Drug Stores visited, and License inspected-.1165

Number of Wholesale Drug Stores inspected______ ________ 25

Number of Drug Stores found to be legally conducted______ 1025

Number of Drug Stores found not conducted by licensed

Druggists_______

140

Number of Drug Stores' not required to have a Licensed

Druggist___________________

140

Number of Druggists who had their Incense recorded with

the Ordinary__ ________ __ ___________ ___ __ __ -.1155

Number of Licensed Druggists who had not had their License

recorded ..._________ __ ____ ________ ____ ______ 10

Number of Druggists who have since had their license re

corded____________ ___ _____ __ ________ ________ 10

Number of Drug Stores found keeping Poison Registers___ 1010

Number of Drug Stores who have since been keeping Poison

Registers______________

15

Number of Drug Stores found not keeping Poison Registers.. 140

Number of Drug Stores not required to keep Poison Registers 140

Number of Retail Druggists reported for violating the law.-- 3

Number of Druggists since being reported now complying

with law_____ ____ __ _____________ ___ ___ ______ 3

Number of Unlicensed Druggists found selling Poisons, Nar

cotics, &c___ ________

10

Number of Unlicensed Druggists who ceased violating the

law on notice......... ........... ...... ...... ....... ...............--..... ...... 10

Number of Retail Grocers visited and Stocks inspected........... 175

Number of Retail Grocers found handling Patent Medicines,

Bi-Chloride of Mercury Tablets, Tinct. of Iodine, and

other Poisons........................... ........................... ......... ........ 3

Number of Retail Grocers found handling Narcotic Remedies

in violation of Law.... .................................... --.... --..... . 5

Number of Wholesale Grocers visited and stocks inspected..... 67

Number of Wholesale Grocers found selling Patent Medicines

in violation of law.

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Number of General Dealers visited and stocks inspected...... 585 Number of General Dealers found selling Patent Medicines,
in violation of the Pure Food and Drug Laws, Veterinary remedies in violation of the Narcotic Laws, Tinct of Iodine, Fly-Killer, Powdered Nux-Vomica, Calomel and Soda Tablets, Aspirin Tablets, C. C. Pills, &c from bulk packages in violation of the License Laws_____________ 26 Number of General Dealers found selling Salicylic Acid, Chloroform Liniment, &c in violation of the Pure Food and Drug Laws______ ...__________________________ 5 Number of General Dealers, found selling Bug-Death, Tinct of Iodine, Carbolic Acid, Pow'd Nux-Vomica, Strychnia Tablets, in violation of the Poison Law..__ _______ __ 5 Number of Wholesale Grocers found selling Tinct of Iodine, Rat Poisons, Veterinary Remedies in violation of law___ 3 Total number of inspections made in 1923__________ .. __ 2017 Number of Samples taken________________________ ____ 150
Respectfully submitted,
T. A. CHEATHAM,
State Drug Inspector

For recommendations, see letter accompanying this report.
I procured quite a number of samples of the various Drugs, Medi cines, Chemicals, etc., sold in the various Drug Stores of the State and submitted them to the State Chemist for analysis and with just two or three exceptions, they complied fully with the de mands of the law.