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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE
A Gblden Opportunity
Athens, Ga., Dec. 18.—Out of
every period of adversity arises new
thoughts and ideas which result in
higher standards of efficiency and
more economic production.
There has been much talk about
the eighteen million bale cotton crop
and its disastrous effect upon the
South. There is a feeling among
some classes that if the South could
get away from cotton entirely, pros
| perity would reign and everybody
would be happy. Would this be the
case? The pastures fartherest away
look the greenest. Despite the low
price of cotton, there are Georgia
j farmers who are making as high as
| $75.00 net profit per acre for their
(cotton this year. They are doing it
| at a time when some of their neigh
bors are barely making enough to
pay for their fertilizer.
The cotton farmers who make a
profit every year are those who ob
tain large yields per acre. The cot
j ton farmers who just break even or
lose money most years are those who
have low yields of cotton per acre.
A very simple problem, isn’t it?
The average yield of cotton per
acre in 1925 was 153 pounds of lint.
The average cost of production was
about 19c per pound, which was close
to the average selling price. The
j farmer who obtained a bale per acre
produced it at a cost of 9c per pound
and made a net profit of $45.00 per
acre. The higher the yield per acre,
the lower the cost of production, and
the greater the margin of profit. The
cost of production for the 1926 crop
is only slightly less than the 1925
crop. The average yield for Georgia
this year will be approximately 175
pounds of lint cotton per acre. Com
pare the “average man” with the bale
per acre or m«re man and solution
for the problem is evident.
While production of large acre
yields involves all the practices inci
dent to good farming, there are cer
tain phases of the problem that
should receive special attention. They
are as follows.
1. Installation of a practical soil
building program.
2. Planting cotton only on the best
land.
3. Cutting out of marginal or low
producing lands which will not pro
duce profitable yields of cotton. Di
verting these lands to pasture, hay
and timber.
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4. Intelligent and liberal fertiliza-
{ tion.
5. Thorough preparation and till
age.
6. Liberal use of high quality seed.
7. Control of insect pests.
We will never solve our cotton
problems by running away from them,
i Unfortunately this has been the ten
dency in the past, not only on the part
of our farmers, but with our business
men and bankers as well.
It has been the custom during years
of over-production of cotton and low
prices for the farmer, for the business
man and banker to say, “don’t talk to
me about cotton,” “I don’t want to
hear about it.” “Cotton is the curse
of the South,” etc. etc.
Do you suppose the dairymen would
learn to be a better dairyman if when
visited by adversity he should go into
the hog business and refuse to discuss
dairying? Certainly not. The only
way to solve dairy problems is by
thinking in terms of dairying. Why
shouldn’t this same principal be ap
plied to cotton? We will never be
able to make cotton yield prosperity
to the South that it should until we
can get our people to thinking cotton
to appreciate instead of abusing, the
heritage that God has given us. Why
shdidd we assume this attitude? In
order to grow more cotton? No. It
would mean the production of less
cotton. It would mean putting cot
ton production on an economic basis
—a profitable basis. It would mean
large economic yields per acre. In
order to make the most money out
of cotton, it must be produced at a
low cost, and in order to produce at
a low cost, large yields per acre are
essential.
To bring about high yield per acre
and low cost of production will neces
sitate concentrating on small acre
ages. It will mean cutting out a large
part of our cotton acreage that has
been producing cotton at a loss and
helping to bring about over-product
ion. It would leave us land enough
to produce an abundance of food and
feed as well as other cash crops. It
will enable us to enlarge and improve
our pastures, thereby giving us a bet
ter chance to succeed with livestock.
It would cause us to return some of
our land to timber, where it should
go. It will make it possible to install
a practical soil building program.
Best of all, it will give the southern
farmer a bank account sufficient for
him to supply his family with luxuries
and educational advantages which he
desires so much to have them enjoy.
The bankers and business men have
shown a wonderful spirit of coopera
tion in meeting the present over-pro
duction situation. Their efforts have
kept cotton at a higher price level
than would have been possible other
wise The bankers and business men
as well as other agencies have a won
derful opportunity at the present
time to help prevent a repetition of
the present situation. The farmers
realize that they have produced too
much cottoh, that they lose money
with the policy in vogue. There is
a shortage of labor in some sections,
production per acre is low and pro
duction costs are high. The psychol
ogical moment has come. It is time
to strike. Will we lose the oppor
tunity?
The Georgia State College of Ag
riculture is doing all it can to stimu
late interest in larger yields of cot
ton on fewer acres. The college is
Conducting a “More and Better Cot
ton per Acre” contest this year, not
to produce more cotton, but to pro
duce more cotton per acre on fewer
acres. There are about 800 farmers
enrolled in the contest. They will
be graded 60 per cent on total yield
and 40 per cent on net profit, on five
acres of cotton. The fertilizer manu
facturers of Georgia contributed
SIOOO.OO for state prizes and county
prizes have been contributed to the
value of $5000.00. While results of
the contest have not been tabulated,
many creditable yields will be made
and despite the low price of cotton
some large profits per acre will be
seen.
In 1927, this Five Acre Cotton
Contest will be staged on a much
bigger scale. Announcement of the
details-of the contest will be made at
a later date. Bankers, business men,
fertilizer companies and other agen
cies could accomplish no greater ser
vice for themselves and for their
communities than to make a determ
ined effort to crystalize sentiment in
favor of concentrating on small acre
ages of cotton and large economic
yields per acre. It is the basis that
we are gradually being forced to.
the prosperity that will result from
it. One of two agencies can’t do
the job alone, but with everybodv
working and pulling together we can
do the job. Will we do it?
E. C. Westbrook, Cotton Specialist
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Athens, Georgia