Cotton Grower Glad for Milk Checks Now That Boll Weevil Is Attacking, July 19, 1923

This comes from a Union county farmer. “I formerly used muscle and made 12 bales of cotton on 23 acres of land. Now I use brain and muscle and make 12 bales on 12 acres and am getting the value of 12 bales from my cows. My milk checks are now $200 per month.” County Agent T.J.W. Broom says that the boll weevil isn’t disturbing this man.

From the front page of The Alamance Gleaner, Thursday, July 19, 1923