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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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Mr. Jere B. Willis of Bibb county disputes Commissioner Stevens' view on fertilizer tags indicating more cotton acreage, attributing high sales to using guano for corn instead of cotton seed, amid plans for reduced cotton planting despite high prices.
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Mr. Jere B. Willis, one of Bibb county's leading farmers, takes issue with Commissioner Stevens on the fertilizer question, and does not believe that the increased sale of tags means an increased acreage in cotton this year. He says that cotton seed were nearly all sold because of the rise in the price from 12½ to 24 cents a bushel, and instead of cotton seed being used as fertilizer for corn this year, guano will be used, and this, in his opinion, explains the large number of fertilizer tags that have been sold. He says the farmers have made their arrangements to plant less cotton and they cannot change their plans on short notice; therefore, they cannot plant very much more cotton this year, though the high price should tempt them.