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About The Emerson news. (Emerson, Ga.) 1897-1??? | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1897)
THE EMERSON NEWS. EMERSON, GA. Published Weekly By EMERSON PUBLISHING CO. A NOTABLE MEETING. The meeting held last week by the farmers of Bartow county is the commencement of a movement that cannot fail of success. The objects to be attained a\e laudable and just ones. The sack ing of guano enters largely into the cost of farming in the South besides the wonderful economy in saving the wastage of the fertili zer before it reaches the furrow. It is nothing but right that the guano manufactories should pat ronize an industry from which they are made to flourish. The putting of guano in cotton sacks makes this much more demand for the raw material. And demand is what is needed to make better prices. Let the State Agricultural Com missioners throughout toe South take prompt action, and the news papers of the land could do no bet ter service to their constituency than by giving the matter prompi and aggressive agitation. Below The News reproduces the resolutions as adopted at the meeting : “We, the farmers of Bartow county, in mass meeting assembled, do hereby adopt the following resolutions, to wit: “1. Realizing the need of more ex tended markets and greater consumpt ion of our crop, we hereby call upon all fertilizer companies to co-operate with us in the use of cotton sacks in sacking their fertilizers. “2. We call upon all farmers and farmers’ organizations throughout the country to join with us in this effort for our mutual benefit, thereby increas ing the demand for our cotton and the sacks, being better, would cheapen handling and save a great loss from waste. “8. Further, that we purchase from companies using cotton bugs and de sire that said companies shall sack same in 1(17 pound sacks. •‘4. We extend our thanks to our county papers for the publication and notices of former on this subject and ask them and the press generally for their co-operation and aid in this and our future efforts to ob tain for ourselves and brother farmers this great benefit.” Talks on the subject were made by Messrs. G. A. Fink, M. L. Johnson, James Gilreath, W. II Lumpkin, W. H. Howard and Ed Strickland. The following amendments to the resolutions were made: “That we invite the guano agents to co operate with us on this subject. “That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Commissioner R. T. Nesbitt and ask him to publish a notice calling at tention of guano companies as well as farmers to the importance of this ac tion and ask them to co-operate with us. “That Mr. M. L. Johnson be request ed to confer with Mr. Nesbitt in this matter. That copy of the above resolutions be sent to the Constitution and South ern Cultivator.” The amendments and the original “*-lot»ted. On motion the meeting adjourned to meet al the call of the chairman. At a Jackson day diuuer in umcago W. J. Bryau declared that bolters could return to the Democratic ranks only after unconditional surrender to free coinage. Cardinal Rampolla declared in a let ter to Archbishop Ireland that the pope was deceived regarding Bishop Keane and his policy as rector of the Oatholio university. Private telegrams received at Madrid from Havana say it is possible that Maximo Gomez and other influential Cubans will surrender to the Spanish authorities. Boies Penrose has been nominated for United Stales senator by the Republi can legislative caucus of Pennsylvania, receiving 183 votes to 75 cast for John Wanamaker. It is said that Queen Victoria has de cided to commemorate the fact that she has enjoyed the longest reign in English history by abdicating in favor of the Prince of Wales. . EMERSON’S SHif- ABVANTAOESo Situated in the Best of the Future Eldorado, the South—Health, Happiness and All are Here- Its Mines are Many and Other Resources Too Numerous to Mention. Emerson Is situated in Bartow county, Ga., upon the Western & Atlantic Rail road, forty-three miles north of Atlanta and ninety-five miles south of Chattanooga, Tenn. Bartow County Lies in the northwestern part of the State, just north of the 84th parallel of latitude. It contains 500 square miles, or 320,000 acres. There are 91,325 acres of improved land, valued at .$2,162,212. The remaining - portion reems with trm erals, and is probably far more val uable than the improved acreage. The soil is varied as to the sur face, but almost in variably the subsoil is red or yellow ciay. The red or gray ridge lands, the mulat to uplands, and the deep alluvial of the croek and river bottoms aro all productive, and generously re spond to the skill and care of the cultivator. Cotton, corn, tobacco, all the cultivated grasses, wheat, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, Irish and sweet potatoes, in fact, all the products of the temperate zone, excep' seme varieties of the citrous family, find in Bartow county a congenial soil, and reach here their highest degree of perfection. The average yield per acre of cotton for the whole county is one-half bale; the average yield for the State is one-fifth bale. The average yield of corn for the State is 24,000,000 bushels. Of this county TITO EMERSON NEWS GRAPHITE MILL. produces about 400,000 bushels. There are 138 counties in the State, Bartow leads them all in the num ber of bushels of wheat raised, and all her farm products per acre will be found largely in excess of any other county in Georgia. There are within the county, as we have stated, 9L325 acres of improved lands, valued at $2,i62,212, which produced in 1879 —census of 1880 —a crop valued at $908,588; or, in o’.her words, the land in one year produces nearly half its val up. Tffis needs no Sf ‘-.'or the sake of comparison let us ;ake Adams county, Illinois, where farms valued at $17.595,477 produced crops valued at $8,294,- 250, or about one-sixth of the value of the farms. These figures speak for themselves. Brftow is peculiarly adapted to the growth of all the grasses. Al though too far south for the fa mom h*je grass of Kentucky and Ten <ee, yet her farmers find an exce »it substitute in Orchard, Lespideza, Striata, and the native grasses which are succu lent and lasting. Clever finds in the red soils of the county a home w r here it reaches perfection. From one to two tons per acre are easily produced, and it soon becomes practically indigenous. Examples of Fertility. We now give a few of many ex amples of the fertility of our soil PUMPKIN VINE WATER POWER. and its productiveness. Each of these yields were reported to the county and State fairs and verified by the affidavits of disinterested parties. Mr. T. H. Moon produced on one acre 105 bushels i f corn,while his neighbor, Mr. Jeremiah Dan iel, produced 125 bushels. Mr, R. Peters, Jr., harvested from three acres of lucerne four years old i 4 tons and 200 pounds of hay, or 9.400 pounds per acre. Capt. C. W. Howard produced from one acre of unmanured land, which cost him 25 cents per acre, with one hoeing and ploughing, 108| bushels of Irish potatoes. Major Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp) produced from one acre 127 bushels of corn. Many other instances like the foregoing might be given, but we deem these sufficient to show the capacity and productiveness of the soil under proper cultivation. 4 Fruits* The fruits successfully grown here are the apple, cherry, pear, plum, in all its varieties, grape, peach, gooseberry, rn uMn ■■ blackberry and strawberry. Many oi the small fruits grow' wild all over the country in luxuriant pro fusion. Vegetables. Almost every variety of vegeta ble attains to greatest perfection and are raised in abundance with but trifling labor and care, Our markets are excellent, near by,and facilities for quick transportation are ample and unsurpassed. The truck gardener will find here a most remunerative field. Tiryiber Is abundant, and the variety is wonderful. Said a settler in writ ing upon this subject: “A few years ago one of my boys, who is a mechanical genius, made sixty four rulers of as many different vinds of wood found upon the Home place of one hundred acres in forest. There* were twelve of oak, three of hickory, three of ihb, three of elm, three of poplar, two of locust, two of pine, four of hawthorne, then there were beach and willow, and walnut and crab, and osage orange, and cherry nul apple aud peach, and plum and pear, and persimmon and elder, and redbud and sour wood, tnd blackberry and sour bark, and cedar and a number of others. He made one of a grape vine that measured eight inches in diameter, and split four rails to the cut.” This gives the stranger a fair idea of the extent and variety of our different woods. All land not in cultivation is beautifully and luxuriantly timbered. Water. An attractive feature of our country homes is the number of bold, gushing springs that give us pure water and supply the stock in almost every field. Running streams of purest water permeate the valleys in all directions, and such a state of affairs as we have lately heard of in the state of Texas never obtains in the county of Bartow. The Etowah river runs through the county from northeast to southwest. There are also numerous creeks that; in many instances would elsewhere be dignified with the name of rivers. In several portion* of tk© county fine mineral springs of alum, sul phur and chalybeate gush forth their offerings of health and strength to the invalid. When springs are not convenient a never failing supply of water, pure, cold and sparkling is obtained from wells at depths ranging from 25 to 50 feet. Climate. In many of the Northern and Northwestern States a most erro neous idea prevails in regard to the climate of Georgia. Because its winters are mild, and it is lo ti in the far south our Northern friends imagine that the summers must be extremely long, hot, and unhealthy. No greater mistake could possibly be made. Let U 6 consider our altitude. Emerson is about 1200 feet above the sea. Toledo, Ohio, and Detroit, Michi gan, are 700 feet. Saratoga, N. Y., is 1250. Mackinaw, Mich., is 800. And Waukesha, Wisconsin, 900. Now for the actual tempera ture for the mild winter months of TX'cemhei?, January and February, the mean temperature is 44.8 de grees ; for the midsummer months of June, July and August 78 de grees. The mean temperature for the entire year 61.9 degrees. Rain fall for the year 47.2 inches; for the months of June, July and August 10.18 inches. These fig ures are compiled from observa tions made from 1574 to 1884 un der tlie direction of the Commie* sioner of Agriculture. The North ern reader is invited to compare them with the temperature of fiis own locality. The climate is in ■ Ued delightful. The days, are mild and the nights cool and de lightfully refreshing. Outdoor work can be done the year round without fear of sunstroke in sum mer or blizzard in winter.
