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BAINBUIDGK* Al’KIL 2d, 1901
SEASON OF PROSPERITY
UKSI TIIK KAKMKItt OK (iEOR*
O.A HAVK KNOWN KOU
MANY 1 K Vlll.
FIGURES SPEAK PLAINLY
Lur|t Increa.p. In Various Cri p -State
btuuilt In l-ront Itnufe of Ail
blue* et industry.
The season of t89i) and 1900 was the
best that the farmers of Georgia havo
known In mauy years. Tuo cau*e of
this prosperity is known >OaiL A large
-percentage of ull supplies were raised at
home and the cuinpnraivoly sh r; crop
of oottou brought good piio's The
United States statistician estimate' the '
crops of Georgia for IOCO as follows:
Corn, 34,119,630 bnsbuls; wheat, 6,011,- '
133 bushels; oats, 7,010,010 bushels, and
hay, 190,£37 ions. The ootton crop was
something over 1,700,000 bales. The
average priori for theso crops were:
Corn, 67 couts a bushel; whom, 03 cunts;
coin. 49 cents, and hay. 119.76 % ton. |
The average price for the cotton was 9 i
cents a pound; bat this does not include j
the good proric made on cotton seed. It
U eiuceroly to be hoped that the acreage j
of eotton will uot be iuoreased, and that,
those who s^ek to run down the price of t
our great staple will be foiled in their
attempt. With a cotton crop not huger
than that of last year, and with good
seasons and a full crop of corn and the
aiuall grains, the prosperity which a
year ago began to dawn upon the agri
culturists of Georgia will mount still
higher toward the eenith. j
Maks Kvcrj- Acre Productive. '
The effort of the farmer should be to
make every acre under cultivation pro
ductive To (his oud he should plant
no more than he oau well oaltivate. By
just so muoh as the cost of production is
diminished, by so muoh Is the net gain
iuoreased.
Ii some men have by the best meth
ods produced SO or more bushels of
wheat to the nore, why oauuot others
with ns good laud be just as successful
Oar farmers are making wonderful pro
gress in the Improvement of their lauds
and the beautifying of their homes, and
they are doing uiuoh toward confirming
tim proud title “Empire State of the
South," conferred upon Georgia before
the civil war on aocount of her being
far lu the van of all the south in the
construction of rnlhvays and in the va
riety nuil exient of her Various manu
facturing enterprises, and still more de
served by the fnoc that even In the
gloomy period of “reooustruotlou" she
maintained over almost all her territo
ry white supremacy, and was among
the foremost lu throwing off the oppres
sor's yoso. :
l.urga Inercu-e of (he Hay Crop. |
Ouo of the most gratifying signs of
agricultural progro-s in Georgia ie the
fact that the tU),?C9 cons of hay harvest
ed in 1873 hud iuoreased to 103,937 tons
in IfltKl, vuiaad at #13 76 n ton, or (3,-
4-6.3Ji.73 for tbu cmiro. crop. This
g'ves promise of more and bettor breeds
of both dairy and beef outlie. There is
no reason why Georgia should uot rails
just as good boef, aud have just us rich
fflilk and cream and as delicious butter
as are furnished by the great grass
growing states of tire west and north
west. We have lands on which alfalfa,
. Timothy, clover and even blue grass
respond to the farmer's labors with
abundant harvost*. At the same time
there is no more nutritious food for cat
tle tbau that tarnished by our own na
tive grasses, crowfoot, crab and Berm a-
d.s, and that marvelous restorer of ex-
h-Kist -d soils, the peuvinu. A gentle-
tuau who spent hie youth iu Baldwin
Oouuty, often noticed on his father’s
farm that when sheep were turned iu to
gftae, the Timothy to which they hod
free booms remained untouched so long
as the Bermuda lasted. This is a strong
wnuess to the superiority of Georgia’s
favorite grass in flavor aud nutritious
power.
Increase your acreage for gra«s
and raise both beet and dairy cuttle,
but be careful to k.-ep the breeds dis
tinct.
Ilsyprod Being Counties Have ihe
Ue»t t-tofk.
While maintaining her high rank as
• cotton preduoing state, Georgia enu
Mid should press to the front > a the
glowing of grasses and all forn?t« plauts.
A • tidy ttaero is a marked difference
fist ween the cattle. hogs .iu.i horses of
the bar producing counties or Georgia
i-aud those of other sv.-n.cis of the s ure!
Kentucky, whose farm, are covered
with a rich carpet of blue gnus, has
long been noted for her beaut I ffu horse!
and cattle. One of the friends of
this department who two summers ago
•peut several weeks In the far-famed
blue glass section of Kentucky tells uj
that while hit eyes were feasted' on
many sleek cattle, end horses marked
by beauty of form and grace of move
ment, he bad seen ju-t as fine animal!
on tome of the model farms aud also in
several Georgia cities and towns
More Her Means More end (letter
lied, Milk mid Duller.
Muoh bee already been accomplished
by our most progressive formers The
bay product of Georgia increased during
the poet decode almost three-told. If
during the next decade we could bavt a
ton-fold increase on this line, It wouKI
mean an almost inestimable advance in
prosperity. It would mean abundance
of the best beef on our farms and iu onr
towns at cheaper tate! than ever before,
milk and butter rivaling tiie best im
portations from northern dairies and
creameries, and an independence of for
eign food supplies that would mike the
farmers independent of the price of cot
ton, which would then bo a pure money
crop. No people havo been more richly
blessed by the bouuty of the Almighty.
The best way to show onr gratitude to
the giver of nil good is to improve the
opportunities presented with such lav
ish baud. j
.“Onwiirdf” Ii the Word.
When Georgia in her hour of need
summoned her sou3 to defend her fights
aud honor, the offering of property aud
life was spun raueous aud general. When
the heel of the oppressor was upon her,
her sous, amid appalling adversities,
wrought by the blessing of Qpd her re
demption. Will they prove -laggards
now, when fortune smiles aud points
the way to greatness and Wehlih? No.
Already the onward maroh has began,
and it will continue until Georgia
stands in the frout rank on all lines of
industry, inferior iu no particular to
any star of our' grand constellation of
sovereign states. j
Cotton.
So many of the farmers of Georgia
understand the cultivation of cotton,
(hot the priuoip.il thing to be said on
this subject is to givo a note of warning
against an increase of the acreage, with
a consequent increase of the supply
over the demaud aud the reduction of
tho price of the staple below the point
of reasonable profit to the planter.
Many of our most progressive farmers
have, by intelligent use of the best
methods, restored exhausted lauds and
caused them to show u production
almost equal to that of the original
virgin soil. In fact, such has bi-eu the
advance of Georgia on this line ns to
elicit, years' ago, from the compiler! of
tho United States census the cornpli
memary statement luat ‘’the nigh posi
tlon of Georgia is dan, not to natural
advantages, lint tc better cultivation of
the soil, the use of fertilizers, aud the
tbrlit of au industrious population.”
The ouo thing that the Georgia cot
ton growers need to learn is, how to
avoid overproduction with its accompa
nying low prices.
If, however, tuey will raisa such food
enpplios ns limy be counted among the
ueoes.-itios of life, ami thus make cotton
a surplus money crop, low priced will
never again be «s disastrous a» they
have been iu the past.
But if, iu spite of all warning and iu
defiance of all past experience iho farm
ers persist in an increase of tho acreage
in cotton, we may look for a crop much
larger than that of last year and'of ne
cessity a decrease iu the price. I
Wbilo at the sumo time the produc
tion of that crop will cost them more
than it has in rnauy years, ou aooouul
of the iuoreased cost of food supplies,
mules, fertilisers, labor and other
things
Coinblontlen to lieduee the Price.
There appears even now strong evi
dence of a combination among cotton
mills domestic and foreigu, cotton fac
tors and cotton manipulators, that will
prove disastrous to farmers iu ease of
too large a crop- For then the settiug
of the price of cotton will not be with
the farmer, as it was last year.
What, then, farmers of Georgia, is
our duty to ourselves oud at the same
time the protection of our great money
crop? It is more corn aud liens, more
sugar oaue aud potatoes, more food
supplies, more boef cattle and more
dairy products, and nfter these things
as muoh cotton as we can raise. Then
we c.ia still name the price of our sta
ple.
Tho war-nine has already been sound-
ed from Liverpool to New York nnd
from Now York to New Orleaus, from
largo buyers to small, chat they will not
auolher year pay the prices that have
rouged during this season. They say
this because they believe that the farm
ers will greatly increase the crop of this
year. O. B. Stevens,
Commissioner.
CONCERNING CASSAVA
tfxo* titol* and-ncthods
CROWING SWEET POTATOES
Some Important Point* Ath>«t TUI*
10tb«.
THERE IS NO l)OCBr ABOUT ITS
ADAPTABILITY 1*0 ?-OiL OF
bOUl'H GEORGIA.
WOULD BE A PAYING CB0P
Starch Factories Would l#e Started
aid These Wou.d Pay Good
~ Prices Kor Product.
Cassava is another important-product
that cap be profitably raised in South
Georgia. Professor Stockbrldge .of the
Florida Experiment Station say% thal
this plant furnishes au oxcelldfit faed
for stock as well as for man. There are
two species of the plant—one known a*
the sie-ef, the other as the bit er cassava.
The former is the one so highly recom
mended by Professor Seockbridge. 1 '»
The sweet cassava, which is already
cultivated to a considerable extent in
Florida, has this supreme advantage
over the other species (the bitter): that
it can be fed to stock in its natural state
without risk of harm, but with great
Advantage. It is also a very palatable
table vegerab'.e. It has five-parted
leaves and longer roots, but generally
much lighter in weight than those of the
bitter cassava, which is such an impor
tant article of commerce in Brazil and
orhor South American countries.
The bitter ca-snva should never be
used for stock, because its sap contains
the highly poisonous hydrocyanic acid.
But this plant is also a very important
one iu South America. Heat dissipates
the poisonous principle, and the concen
trated juice is used at the basis of cas.-a-
v. ep and other sauces, while from tho
sliced and dried roots are produced sev
eral food preparations, as Brazilian ar
rowroot, tapioca, etc.
Let it be remembered that it is tho
street eaten ea that is so highly recom
mended for South Georgia. Mr. I- 0.
Wade oi the Southern Railway com
pany, who has been to considerable
pains lu investigating the adaptability
of this y-Lint to Sonrh Georgia soil, is sat
isfied that it will grow as well iu Geor
gia as in Florida. Iu oompunsou with
other starch vegetables one acre of South
Georgia laud will produce 4,031) pounds
of starch, while the best ooru or potato
laud iu Illinois or Michigan can produce
only 1,200 pounds of starch to the acre
from these vegetables.
Whenever a sufficient amount of
cassava has been piuuted, starch facto
ries will be started, and it has been esti
mated that these will pay five dollars a
ton loaded on the cars at any station
within 100 miles of their factory. Cas-
sara is easily propagated by cuttings of
the stem and is of rapid growth, attain
ing maturity in six mouths. The pi >
dnotiou is at least sixteen times that of
wneat.
Dr. Wiley’s l.ot'er.
Dr. Jons M. McOandless, State Chem
ist, Atlanta, Gtw:
D-:ar Doctor McCandi.e->s—I accord
yon. with pleasure, the permission to
publish tuy analysis of the Georgia
wheats iu any way you may sec fit.
Iu regard to the statement previously
made, iu some of our bulletins, that the
southern wheats were the pn irest iu the
United slates, I desire to say this state
ment had reference entirely to the con
tents of nitrogen uud gluten in such
wheats. Experience aua research have
shown that the longer a wheat grows
tho more toudeucy is sbowu to develop
starch at the expense of gluten.
It is well knowu that the apriug
wheats, which mature lu three or fottf
months, contaiu larger relative quanti
ties of glu eu than tho wiuter wheats
which grow seven or eight mouths. The
analyses which I havo made of itae
Georgia wheats certainly show that
there aro localities iu Georgia where the
glnten and nitrogen couteuts of the
Wheat, which I presume is wiuter wheat,
com pure favorably with similar wheats
grown muoh further north.
Therefore the statement previously
mado should 1» modified as indicated
above aud should uot I e made general of
all localities iu the Southern states
Yon aro also a; liberty to u~e this
statement iu the publication of tho ana
lyses Slucerely,
11 \Y Wiley, Ohomist.
will
by his
Valuable Crop. *ve neighbor. While he
a,
of which every farmer nntrokea, or to be broken w
good supply for hU family aud stock, ^ a^bor with Improved
for there is nothing grown Which Isa fand to them
more general favorite for the table, ^ then crushes the c
while hores, cows, hogs and chickens OT g ( wt wide each trip
can be fed on nothing more fattening or the same implement
more relished by them. An acre that ^ surface the weeds
acro*tj
will produce 80 bttshels of corn will allowing one to
readily afford *00 bushels of sweet po- i ^ erea j
tatoes. Yields of 600 bushels to the The oM role o« 1 acre a
acre ou some Georgia lauds have been
reported by the Experiment Station at
Griffin.
Plants for sotting out may be pur
chased from those who keep them for
sale or they may be grown ior that pur-
po-e. The beds should be prepared by
putting stable manure at the bottom to
the depth of 3 or 3 inches and then cov
ering it over with 9 or 8 inches of sand.
After the. seed potatoes have fceeu cut
length wife they should be placed lu the
soil with the cut side down, aud having
beeb laid close to each other without
touching should bo covered to the depth
of 9 ft 3 luohes. While they should be
kept reasonably warm aud moist, care
must be.taken to avoid any excess of
-either Treat or moistuta.
When the sprouts have attained n
height of .four or five inches, they may
be carefully Separated from the tubers,
one at a time, with the thumb and fin
ger, so as not to disturb the potato, for
if this be uninjured, it will in a short
time send up other shoots.
, s-vli-ct l arefulty.
No diseased tubers should bo selected
for planting, 'for if thrifty slips are se
cured, they will grow very rapidly.
If wef ds spring up. it is better to re
move them by hand, siuoe the use of the
hoe m&y injure such 1 ’ labors as lie near
the surface. The cultivator oau be used
do fbr these progressive
times that much can be done br]
toothed instrument made tot i
pose.—State Agricultural Den
Two million toils of sugar t
ly imported for the sweet
America.
Porto Rico is a country of
per cent of them worked by t
era.
Root* f or ucorgtn rurnuJ
We note some good suggests
late bulletin issued from
ment station Manhattan, Kacs
horse, cow or she -p will do
thrive ou good pasture in sp
summer alone. But if this ,
cut aud cured into good hay,
alone to the animals they y,j
their appetites tu a short time ,
come thinner and will cease \
well. Cause? The hay is a <
the grass is a succulent feed,
dy: Grow some succulent fe w '||
wiuter.
After corn silage, we would i
roots as perhaps the next best s«
feed for wi- ter use. One of the)]
root feeds Is the mangel warzdi
gar beets hare been grown su
by only a few Georgia
os we know. Mangels can
profitably lu our climate,
between the rows to exterminate the j ® ood rich soil, with P' ent y °f 1
weeds, which should he kept out of the is select ^ Pre jf re “ <
you would a garden* ana drop#
The tendency of the vines, as soon as ' “ ** P ,ftnt £ rden boets ' 1
they are two or three feet long, to tako j inches a P ftrt ® x P° n ^‘ s 0,a
root at many of the joints and thus 1 **«* air * d /?? an ac t re ' , Tho
propagate new tubers ds well known. ‘ j“ 3U 8 e l nt 1 * B '
rr, V ij i _ j . ,, keeper. The golden tankard i
This should he prevented by carefully nm £j une . Cultivate as von t
loosening these vines from the soil ( Thiu wich a hoe t0 oue p ; aut t ,„
either by hand or with a wide fork. j uc u e s in the row.
But iu doing this every precaution j The mangels are good to aid l|
should be used to avoid bruising the teuiug your hogs; make your I
vines.—State Agricultural Department, give rich milk, help the czitJ
through the wiuter and spring. T
acre. . Should be planted :roiu tlj
ABOUT CORN CULTIVATION ^ of March to the lOth of A P
Some Valuable Practical Hints to3he later.—State Agricultural Dtia
Planter. | '*'»s Dreton Peaannt,
Corn is the special crop for this Match '
If there Is a country where t
, tlon of hatred of “the Kugli
and April. The rich, loamy soils, espe- us a hereditary enemy still I
cially along the creeks aud river bot- In Catholic Brittany. la the <
toms, are best adapted for this crop, far f {rr ‘i' on peasants and £sb«-
corn needs a moisture retaining soil, so ,s }** ^ ^
. . ., . , ’ , they have fought battles cm! will
that it may be better able to withstand, them again,
tfdrouth at theoretical period of tasseling That Is to say. the nngiUS
aud silking. After the soil has been stands for the typical sailor of al
deeply broken and thoroughly pulver* of-war or torpedo boat, whoa |
ized with harrow and roller, furrows will fight when the time
3 to 5 feet apart, according to richness attack, but no one thinks c
of soil, should be upeued with a «oooter ®s a man. The enemy Is n uni. o
or shovel and .ha grain dropped into the fooethlngoutsldo ordinary h ft]
„ _ . ... 1 ^ ... lug In uniform whom It Is gta
well prepared soil. Then on each side k ,f,. He „ .. th * e enemy" -«
of the grams not over them—should *.i,t cl) wIII do great mischief to f
bo placed the amount of compost or if one does not take care, (oni
br.ruyard manure deemed necessary, if "which must be much more terrli
such is us-d. Then cover them over dangerous than thpy can imth ifl
with a double foot planter. If, how- al * Ihe men of France lose -I
evtr, the regular commercial fertilizer T p!irs their youth lu learning^
is nse.1, we would prefer to disribnto it tb * 3 eventual adversary,
ail along the furrow and then follow i, 1 A
with a ploA.so that it may betlior- kill people like themselves: If cv«
ong'uly mixed with the soil before drop- soldier becomes capable of lon|
ping the grain. j what the shock of two armlM 1
Lest Time For i’fantlng. , by what complicated series of It
When we consider all sections of *“triguer peoples are brought I
Georgia, the best average time for P«'at of killing each other, tire w
planting corn is about March 10 or 16; a p . eart ' ' °, u peases will e .
little earlier iu the southern counties. I ■'“PM'd-Contcmporary W
little later in the extreme northern sec-
RmIIM na n Care,
tiou, iu some part* as late as April 5 or . The practice of reading aloud I
6. As far a* we can co ftrol such mat- ular Intervals Is of great keiifC 1 *
ters, we should secure the most favor. on< * affected with a chest cciaq
able condition
germination i
am secure the most favor. oni * affected with a cam >-;-n
ou possible for rhe quick lu aH ‘ , ° SPS nf h,ns trnul,le ” IS J
of the seed, aud for the tnnt t0 lnda,ge ,n ,Uosc
1 riiniii . which the chest is In part Ih'f'H
vigorous and rapid development of the u "d of aFr.Tnd fading aloud.
. . ... and whistling are three of th
The corn must be rapidly worked, and else*.
Haste Nut to ISet It'eh.
Let our fanners ehnn caro’ullv the
mad baste to get rich, which h :s seta -d
upon so many people of all olnssT*.
Careful atteutiou t) legitimate business
methods will uot perhaps build up im-
fortuues in a snort time, but it wiU
hriug competence aud peace of miud,
aud ihe iarmer who has built up pro,-
perous esr:»re« for his old age un.i Mr
ins heirs, iviug in the fear or Guo.
iu oi> decliuihg years ei:j iy his .
with dignity,'' while with u loi.-iu -
min i he calmly waits for the ineviii.b.
sun :et ot life.—State Agricultural L,
partuieut.
every effort must be made to prevent There are many who cauuotj
the springing up of grass or weeds, and we do not expect the fa*
whioh, if they do appear iu spite of the t histle, but reading nioud ran “
best eude&vors of the farmers, must not l> y all. Care must I e
be allowed to remain for any length of >- ° ovp,do '*• < ‘ oursP ' nnd , J
time. The cultivation of oora lik. -bou.d be In mob a position at >»«
hat of other crop^ should be largely » ! 1
oue . ore p an mg, and, af.er the first to what we are doing, "dil n< M
plowing, shallow surface cultivation be beneficial from the stanfipjl
only should be used, aud for this pur- health, hut will also have the fa
pose improved harrows or onltivators making us better speakers by ,f *
are needed.—State Agricultural Depart- Rs Proper modulations of the vo»
ment. by Increasing our knowledge. '
This Is where It has the aih
'll fiiil (l« inipre’ved Methods.
Prop r preparation and cultivation
f <> 1 arc impossible with the anti-
•0)1-u-ed by our grandfathers.
hi 1 ni ".vs, rol'ers, harrows, plant-
and cultivators are abso-
n : .',sof success in tkesf.,days.
over whist'ing and singing.
Wholesale tea p'auting on
of laud near Charleston has l*t°1
by a coon any that expeers
to , nr 3.0.000 piusuj O- lea a
t :c ai .r-os.