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0. B. STEVEITS LETTER
Commissioner of Agriculture
to Georgia Farmers.
COTTON AND CORN BACKWARD.
Lon# Continued Wet Weather Haa
Delayad Planting—Hopes Entertain
ed for More Propitious Seasons.
This has been an unusually back
ward season for our two staple crops.
The long, continued wet weather de
layed plant)ng, and in consequence
caused much despondency among gomft
of our farmer*. But Nature as a
general rale brings in a compensa
tion somewhere and somehow. The
backward season* will probably be
followed by such condition* that dur
ing the next two or three months, by
Intelligent, w«il directed labor, assist-
sd by (mprovsd modern machinery, all
disadvantages may b* overcome and
Georgia retain her high rank as a corn
dad cotton state.
The present .conditions are about as
follows:
In the counties of north Georgia cot
ton planting Is well advanced, and In
some of them about completed; la
some of U>* more southern counties
•f the northern belt the cotton Is
coming bp and doing fairly well, al
though in soma places the stands are
owing to continuous rains and
*>*1 weather. hi seme places the
early own has poor stands, In'others
•t Is detag fairly well.
Ia MM4I* Georgia there are In many
*toc** complaints that cotton is being
retarded by rain and cool nights and
want of eaasMne, which la true also
M com to seme extent. At the same
Mm# good Mauds of boto are reported
ia many places.
Southern Georgia reports In some
counties cotton and oorn both doing
well, others report ootton greatly re
tarded sad much of it replanted.
Oorn Is generally reported in good
condition, though in some localities
much damaged by bud and drill
worms. In both Middle and Southern
Georgia good' reports are made con-
oenrlng sugar cane. Looking over
the general field, oats are doing fairly
well, which is for the most part true of
wheat. Both of these crops, how
ever, are in some sections suffering
from rust.
The price of cotton in New York on
the 12th of May was 11% cents. The
November and December cotton sold
at 9 cents a pound, but now that it Is
out of the farmers’ hands, the price
has gbne up. If farmers Should now
have an opportunity to dispose of the
coming crop for future delivery at
9% cents, It would probably pay them
to sell at that price; for, although the
season is backward, there may yet
be a good crop, and, if a very large
one, prices may go down.
The Middle and South Georgia su
gar cane 1s for the most part doing
wall.
Fruits.
Ia North Georgia peaches are report-
ad as scarce; In Middle Georgia from
a slight crop to 50 per cent, while
apples are stated to be plentiful la
both sections.
Strawberries see of superior else
and flavor and our home markets are
full of than at 10 a quart, while many
truck farm* are sending thousands of
eraiee to the north and west.
Aa they are exhausted,' dewberries,
blackberries and raspberries will coma
In. Georgia, already renowned' for
peaches end melons, is coming to the
front among toe great berry state*.
The fact Is, all kinds of trucking
do well In Georgia and no one need
fear any danger of over production.
Do« Trucking Pay In Geerglaf
Thoee Who have gone about this
business in an Intelligent manner say
that It does.
Of course «* do not mean to say
that every farmer should give all his
attention to tracking, because some
have grown wealthy by so doing. Geor
gia Is admirably adapted to be just
what she has long been—s great corn
sad cotton state, and Is rapidly be
coming a great gram and hay
Stats aad though in seme
places truck farmiag is the best busi
ness that a man can enegaga in, we
would net he understood as advising
say assort of our two staple crops.
Sot every farmer who is in easy dis
tance of a shipping point on one of
the many great lines of railways that
traverse onr slat*, would do well to
devote a few acres to the raising of
eome one of the table products for
which there is such s gnat demand la
every part of the Dotted Stated.
On* who win tote the proper pains,
sen easily make from fid to $650 to
the acre on strawberries and raspber
ries, the latter of which mature
fast a* the strawberries ere exhausted.
These luscious fruits always have ■
great demead, not only in the large
ettle* of the north and west, but aleo
In tho cities of our own and neighbor
la* states. While the father aad old
or sons are cultivating the cotton,
emn and pans, the mother, the girl*
•nd seen ear ham eaa rale* berries-
the sale of which will greatly Increase
the ready money of the family.
Berries do not constitute by say
means the only paying crop raised by
truck farmers. While one man can
do best with th<*-b, his no'-*-* —
hapa, can make more money on pots-'
toss or some other garden product,
auch as asparagus, lettuce, cabbages
or celery. Another finds watermel
ons and canteloupes Ms moqt profit
able crop. Bach farmer must study
the nature of Me land and' decide in
telligently as to what crop will beat
repay his thought and toll.
The United States Department of
Agriculture in Bulletin No. 31,
on "Kates of Charge for Transporting
Garden Truck, with Notes on the
Growth of the Industry,” Includes
what it properly styles the justly re
nowned Georgia peaches. There is
no limit to the growth of the trucking
business, aad its profits are bound to
Increase from year to year. Although
the westers end of Long Island Is so
occupied by this Industry as to have
tbs appearance of a great truck Caim,
yet nearly all its products are con
sumed by fhe millions of people with
in the radius of a few miles. The
Great cities of New York aad Phila
delphia not only furaleh markets for
the truck farms in their vtelalty, hut
else purchase largely from the market
gardens of the south. Ia (Set, New
York city te probably, says the--bul
letin, the greatest market la the Unit
ed States tor the trucking districts ot
Gm south.
A proper fertilisation of the soil is
ana of the meet sossatlal conditions
tor succaaa la truck gardening. Lands
an rich aa to require no fertilisation
are rarely found. Gome crops re
quire a great deal more fertlliantioa
than other*. According to the bul
letin from which wo have already
quoted, the coat'of fertiliser per acre
tor leading varieties of vegetables in
the Savannah 1 trucking district, which
embraces the entire coast oountry of
Georgia, is as follows: Asparagus,
$86; beets, $16; string beans, $8; cab-
bagi^ $22; cucumbers, $10; kale, $22;
watermelons, $8; peas, $12; Irish pota
toes, $36; sweet potatoes, $1&; spin-
nach, $16; tomatoes, $20.
Wo have the authority of the United
States Department of Agriculture for
the statement' that ‘’probably the flu-
est trucking country In the wrold Is
located 1 on the Atlantic coast from
Norflok, Va., to southern Florida,"
embracing the entire Georgia coast.
The best soil for trucking Is one In
which there is snore sand than clay,
because this kind ot soil retains less
water, warms up more rapidly and
promotes a quick growth ot the crop
during winter and spring.
Many of our farms have more or less
land of this type, which will bring Its
largest profit when devoted to truck
gardening.
O. B. STEVENS.
Commissioner.
rue soutnera tanner can congratu
late himself that be has 1 ncottoa one
of the greatest money crops In the
world; and the Georgia farmer haa ad
ditional reason to be happy in the fact
that his home is In one of the fore
most states of the great south—now
the most progressive and rapidly ad
vancing section of the greatest nation
ot the earth!
STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE.
COTTON PRODUCTION
As Obtained fram Ginnere* Reports.
One of the most reliable sources of
Information for to* Units* States esc-
sus office c oncer nisi tbs production
of ootton is found in to# reports ot tho
ootton glhnen.
Many will be surprised to learn that
the eotton ginned from the growth of
1903, exclusive of llators, amounted
to 11,578,883 running bales, equivalent
to 10, 020,946 bales of 600-pound stand
ard, or counting round hales, $10,648,-
264.
Hie average crop, exclusive of Hat
ers, for the pest four years has been
9,902,277 bales of 600 pounds and the
excess over toss* .figures of the crop
of 1943, is 731,09$ bales. The great
falling off In production west of the
Mississippi owing to erdp failures in
Texas, was more than oCeet by the
inoreas* la other states, both asst and
west of tost river. The states Show
ing the most notable increase were
Arkansas, Georgia, Louptalaaa aad
Mississippi-
The value of the entire crop of 1909
is estimated at $601,397,354, making
It the seoond crop of the United
State* in value, with corn first and
wheat third'. Hie value of raw ootton
exports for toe same time la $290,651,-
111, giving that article toe first rank
among American exports. Now here Is
a fact that our farmers should heed.
The export price for 1902 was about
on* cent per pound lees than, that of
19Q1. This shows to* Importsarm
of guarding carefully against over-pro
duction, or, at least the a eases Ity of
tmvhrg some other paying crop to
come to toe rescue, if toe price el
cotton should, by reason of an un
usually large crop, fall below the point
of profit.
It to to be hoped that the marvelous
growth of the eettoa factorise aad
cotton seed all mills of the south wtH
by their steadily increaeiag demand
for the raw product of our fields pre
vent any pose this recurrence la the
future of the ruinous low pit eaa that
one* prevailed.
The quantity of short eettoa saved
to the commercial world hr to* regia-
slag of cotton seed tor ell extraettea
Sugar Cane.
Already In a burg* area of Southern
Georgia sugar cane Is the moat profit
able crop and the making of Georgia
cane alrup la In some counties a large
and well paying business.
The areas, which the, naval stores
men are rapidly denuding of their for
ests, art splendidly adapted to sugar
cane growing, and, when thalr advan
tages are thoroughly known, will
doubtless toow a marvelous Increase
In population aad wealth.
The Department of Agriculture fads
always taken a lively Interest In the
promotion at this grant industry and
is glad to acts that good work la be
ta* done at the four sections organised
under epproprlattane b the United
States Department ot, Agriculture,
these stations being located at Guy
ton, Waycrom, Quitman and Oaten.
00*40IT ION OF THE REACH CROP.
Reports from Varfeua itatsa 't
The report* apes to* peach crop
oaadMoas given betow have bees re-
w&trjxrssxsz
show the oosdteloa* that existed about
to* middle of April. Frees dispatch
es iadtoato that to# mate reseat fract
ion weather haa changed the condi
tions in same seettona aad that the
general praepecta era much more dis
couraging than formerly.
These report* may be summarised
a* follows:
California, April 9$.—Poach crop In
tola state In a normal condition, with
promise of on average crop, taking
too peach districts aa a whole. The
iadtoatlona are that all early fruit
will be unauslly lata lu ripening and
Will reach the market eome two or
three weeks tetter than normal.
Delaware, April 18.—From present
Indication* lesa than half a crop will
be produced and extremely unfavor
able weather prevails.
Illinois, April 17.—There will be no
peaches in central and northern Illi
nois this year, and but part of a crop
la expected In the southern portion ot
too state.
Massachusetts, April 18.—According
to beat information hardly a peach
will be harvested throughout the atste.
The sudden and Intense cold In tho
first week of December following tho
almost summer temperature ot No
vember not only killed all poach buds
but doubtless damaged the trees aa
well.
Missouri, April 11.—Th# prospects
generally not good and in many sec
tions even the most hardy varieties
are killed. However, In to* southern
counties where to* bulk of th* peach
es are grown, 25 to 60 per cent of
a crop la Indicated. Taking to* state
aa a whole, not mote than 10 per coal
of a crop will be produced.
New J<sraey, April 16.—Qeassal re
ports Indicate 96 to 15 per sent of
an average crop, although at that data
ft was too early to determine to* ex
tent of damage.
North CteroUna, April 15.—No defl
ate* information at hand, hat gsnsral
reports tbtfv something like 60 per
oeet <* *GTOp. ’ '
Ohio, April 17.—Report* made by
township oorraepoadento on April 1st
showed the poach crop ia Ohio to b*
about 77 per seat of aa average.
■* Texas, April 17.—A lata frees* dam
aged to* fruit materially and only
half a crop 1s Indicated.
Virginia, April IT.—Report* coming
ia at this date were coafltotiag, hut
nothing like a full crop will be pro
duced.
West Virginia, April 19.—Not more
' than 16 par cent of th* usual crop ia
expected aad th* tetdtonttoae are that
all other fruits have been greatly
damaged fay to* oeid mm,
Georgia—At' praeeat to* crop la this
•tote Is mors promising than waa In-,
dicated by reports received some few
weeks ago. Ia toe northern part of
the state to* yield will he very light,
although some individual ore bars la
tola section are quite well fruited.
About 21 per oeat of a normal crop
may bo expected from to# Middle aad
Southern sections. Although to* per
centage of a crop wlH be s stall, a
large -quantity *4 fruit win bs produc
ed, owing to the enormous number of
tree* In bearing.
W. M. BOOTT,
. State Entomologist tor Department of
Agriculture of Georgia.
Bervfble Tkeagkt.
Town*—I suppose you've heard about
Kadley, that awful cynic, losing Ms
! mind?
Browne—No? My. that’s terrible!
Town*—Oh. I don’t know. 1 haven’t
any sympathy—
Browne—Whet! Suppose some decent
fellow should find tti-CsthoMc :
ard and Time*.