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About The weekly banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1900-1901 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1901)
SEASON OF PROSPERITY BB&T THE PAUMKlis OK GEOU* OJA HAVt KNOWN t OU many yeahs. VIQTJRES SPEAK PLAINLY Large Increases In Various Crops-Slate Stauds In Front Rank of All blnss of Industry. The season of 1899 and 1900 was the best that the farmers of Georgia have known iu many years. The cause of this prosperity is known toalL A large percentage of all supplies were raised at home and the comparatively short crop of oottou brought good p-ioes. Tho United States statistician estimates the wops of Georgia for 1300 as follows: Corn, 84,119,1180 bushels; wheat, 6,011,- 188 bushels; oats, 7.010.040 bushels, and hay, 190,287 tons. The oottou crop was something over 1,200,000 bales. The average prices for these crops were: Corn, Moeuts a bushel; wheat, 06 cents; oats, 46 cents, and hay, |12.76 a ton. The average price for the oottou was 9 oenta a pound; but this does not include the good profit made ou cotton seed. It is sincerely to bo hoped that the acreage Of cotton will not be increased, aud that those who seek to run down the price of •or great staple will be foiled in their attempt. With a cotton crop not larger than that of last year, and with good seasons and a full crop of corn aud the small grains, the prosperity which a year ago began to dawn upon the agri culturista of Georgia will mount still higher toward the zenith. Make Kverj’ Aero Productive. The effort of tho farmer should be to make every acre under cultivation pro¬ ductive. To this end he should plant no more than he can well cultivate. By just so much as the cost of production is diminished, by so much is the net gain increased. If some men have by the best meth¬ ods produced CO or more bushels of wheat to the acre, why cannot others with as good land bo just as successful? Our farmers are making wonderful pro¬ gress in the improvement of their lauds aud the beautifying of their homos, and they are doiug much toward confirming the proud title “Empire State of tho South,” conferred upon Georgia before tbo civil war 0:1 account of her being far iu the van of all tho south in the construction of railways and in the va¬ riety and extent of her various manu¬ facturing enterprises, and still more de¬ served by tho fact that even in tho gloomy period of “reeiinstruction” she maintained over almost all her territo¬ ry white supremacy, and was among the foremost iu throwing oil the oppres bor’s yoke. Barge Increase of the Hay Crop. One of tho most gratifying signs of t griculturul progress in Georgia is tho iaot that tho (19,7(10 tons of hay harvest¬ ed in 1890 had increased to 190,937 tons iu 1900, valued at $12.70 a ton, or $2,- 426,621.75 for tho entire crop. This gives promise of more aud bettor breeds of both dairy and beef cuttle. There is »io reason why Georgia should nut raise just us good beof, aud have just ns rich milk and cream and as delicious butter tis are furnished by the groat grass growing states of the west nud north svost. Wo have lauds ou which alfalfa, Timothy, clover and oven blue grass res[>ond to the farmer’s labors with libundant harvests. At the same time there is uo more nutritious food for eat tlo thau that furnished by our own ua five grasses, crowfoot, crab and Bermu¬ da, aud that marvelous restorer of ex¬ hausted soils, tho peaviue. A geutle gnan who spent his youth in Baldwin •onuty,. often noticed on his father’s flfcrui that when sheep were turned in to jraze, tho Timothy to which they had free access remained untouched so long as tho Bermuda lasted. This is a strong "Witness to the superiority of Georgia’s tuvorito grass iu flavor aud nutritious power. Increase your acreage for grass and raise both beei and dairy cattle, but be careful to keep the breeds dis¬ tinct. lBtypioducimr Counties Have tho Hest Stock. While maintaining her high rank as * cotton producing state, Georgia can and should press to the front in the growing of grasses and all forage plants. Already there is a marked difference between the cattle, hogs aud horses of the hay producing counties of Georgia, • ad those of other sections of the state. 1 Kentucky, whose farms arc covered N-. ,ui u rich carpet of blue grass, long been noted for her beautiful hoise# ami cattle. One of tho friends of this department who two summers ago •pent several weeks in the far-famed tlu. glass section of Kentucky tells u dtiar while his eyes were feasted 0,1 many si ek cattle, and horses marked by beauty of form and grace of move ment, ire had seen just as flue animals O I me of the model farms and also in •ev. rat Georgia cities aud towns. <®io:c Utty Nlcana More aud Hotter Reef, Nilik and JTulter. Mcc has already been accomplished by cur most progressive formers. The buy product of Georgia inertased during kl’-c past -’.ide almost three fold. If du:i’ig tii Yj cade we coaid haVe a ■ten-fold i on tnis line, it would ■ieu: u CHin ■I -nestuuable advance in prosperity. It would Hi -an abundance of toe best beef ou our farms and in our towns at cheaper rates than ever before, milk and batter rivaling the best im¬ portations from northern dairies and creameries, and an independence of for¬ eign food supplies that would make the farmers independent of the price of cot ton, whic h would then be a pure money crop. No people have been more richly blessed by the bounty of the Almighty. The best way to show our gratitude to the giver of all good is to improve the opportunities presented with such lav ish hand. “Onward!” Is the Word. When Georgia in her hour of need her sons to defend her rights alld honorj lne offering of property and jjf e was spon .aueous and genera.. When tile beel of tafc gp pr( .. 9; cr v as upon her, her S0nSi atuid appalling adversities, wrougbt b y the blessing of God i:er re d( , mpUon . Will they prove laggards no\y ( whan fortune aiuLes and points tbe way to fatness and wehlth? No. Already the onward march has begun, ^ w jfi continue until Georgia -taudll in the frout rank on a u lines of indQStry( i u uo particular to any star of our grand constellation of sovereign states. Cotton. So many of the farmers of Georgia understand the cultivation of cotton, tbat tbe pr i nc i pil i thing to be said ou tbis 8 ab j ect j 3 t0 give a note of warning a g a j nst ao increase of the acreage, with a consequent increase of the supply over the demand aud the reduction of ^ price o£ the staple below the point of reasonable profit to the planter, Many of our most progressive farmers ^ave, by i ute ni geut use of the best methods, restored exhausted lands and caused them to show a production almost equal to that of tho original virgin soil. Iu fact, such has beeu the advance of Georgia 011 this line as to elicit, years ago, from the compilers of the United States census the. compli¬ mentary statement that “the high posi¬ tion of Georgia is due, not to natural advantages, but to better cultivation of the soil, tho use of fertilizers, and the thrift of an industrious population.” The one thing that tho Georgia cot¬ ton growers need to learn is, how to avoid overproduction with its accompa¬ nying low prices. If, however, tney will raise such food supplies as may be counted among the necessities of life, and thus make cotton a surplus money crop, low prices will never again bo as disastrous as tney have been in t he But if, in spite of all warning and in defiiUK-of ‘ ‘ nliiiiv 1 '* cv.-tUnc, ' ‘ th- farm- ' er> p isist 111 nil men.’. - ot . th-- acreage in cotton, wc may look for a crop much larger than that of last year and of nc cessity a decrease in the price. While at the same time the produc tion of that crop will cost them more thau , it . has , . account 111 many years, on of the increased cost of food supplies, mules, fertilizers, labor aud other things. Combination to Reduce the l'rice. There appears even now strong ovi dence of a combination among cotton mills, domestic aud foreign, cotton fac tors nud cotton manipulators, that will prove disastrous to farmers iu case of too large a crop. For then tho setting of tho price of cotton will not be with the farmer, as it was last year. What, then, farmers of Georgia, it our duty to ourselves aud at the same time the protection of our great money crop? It is more corn and pea-, more sugar cane and potatoes, nioiv* food supplies, more beef cattle and more dairy products, nud after these things' as much cottou as wo can raise. Thou we can still u:uno the price of our sta pic. The warning has already been sound ed from Liverpool to New York and from New York to New Orleans, from large buyers to small, that they will not another year pay the prices that have rangod 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. should Use Improved Nletliods. Proper preparation and cultivation of soil are impossible with the anti qua ted tools used by our grandfathers. Improved plows, rollors, harrows, plant ers, weeders and cultivators arc* abso lute essentials of success iu these days. The man who persists in the use of old time tools aud methods will soon be left behind in the race by his more progros sive neighbor. While he finds the old fashioned tools unfitted for proper pul verizing of his soil, leaving many clod, unbroken, or to be broken one at-a time, his neighbor with improved implements plows the laud to the necessary depth, an d then crushes tho clods ( 0 f g feet wide each trip across the field, With the same implement that fines the surface the weeds mav be killed without allowing one to reach a height G f eV on 1 inch. • The phi-rule of 1 acre a May will not do for these progressive times. Ten times that much can be done bv a many toothed instrument made for the pur pose. —State Agricultural Dejiartment Two million tons of sugar arc annual lv imported for the America. Porto 55 i s is a coa tarns, 93 P® 1 ’ cca * C : them their awn * rs - BET7EK THAN THE AVERAGE Food Value of Georgia \\ neat Shown by Analysis. Hox. O. B. Stevexs, Commissioner of JSBxiZZS'ZSE Georgi. wheat, giving their rood value as compared with other American wheats of the best quality as exhibited As you may remember, the Georgia wheats compared very favorably with these wheats, in fact, the average of the Georgia wheat analyzed by this depart ment showed a somewhat better aualy sis than the average of the American wheats of the best quality exhibited at Chicago. For the purpose of comparison and refreshing your memory I repeat below tha table of analyses then reported tc you: Chemical of Wheat, NAME OF unowma. ,. ' 1 VAIuMY. .. ‘1.ure]m1>m M ~0 i 1" nm‘ Amt?- S. 2:33;: Ether ' .1111. . ldvtnonfi ra :13. SgarchlGlumn‘Glntzn 1'11- ‘ M 1 ms. ‘ ’t D r . cm“: ~~w.1.-.~_..._.m_-__m-191n- ; 1 incl'd mm} - ' 3 WWW 1 . F. act, Adairsvmn. . . . ..1P1110mtm' (weevil (\whm). 9.45 9.45 11.50 :3. (18 1.82 711.113 731.05 211.113 115.811 10.46 7.81 E. '1‘. me, 11'1nyd vmwty. Fulannter . . 13.48 2.121 1 114 J. '1‘. Lewis, Gordon (munsyu . lfizlcustm‘ (wem'fl vrunn). 11.95 11,117 333 1 39 71.01; 211.511 7.35 M. Was. Jnamor commit. 811m Stem ... . . . . . . . . . . .. 0.97 11.25 “3.21) 1.57 75.01 32.811 8.1.5 B. R.Wm,I-1urm\~'cnlm y. Fulgmtor.................. 0.115 12.68 2.11 1.45 74 '71 24.133 9.53 l. ED111301: 11a111~-111,.m........ 11913111111110. .. W111“ 01mm. . . 103!) 141511 1.95 1.77 10.112 3.1.11.3 16.44 . . . A. '1‘. Damn. (3001'ng mm mm. 10 6? 12.75 1.77 1 111 2:1 1:1 211 :11 11.17 E. H. Damon. Lon'nugo...... m11mtu-1burank)...... 13.55 1:137 2112 1.112 1311.114 31 11 1 12.51 A. T. Dams. 1.111%1'1111116. Dollu' Whig” Lsr Whihv... .. 11.50 H.411 1 LN? 1'56 72.1111 L“: 11."; 9.214 . . . . . .. Goo. K. Bobmtaon. LnGrtmga. Lame 11.75 1:175 I LN) 1.110 71,10 23,11; 11 30 Geo. W. L.Y1>ung Veach. Adnm-lelonuuu Trgnn‘jrmztoryuaoOI )1 mt. 13115015112111...“ 12.95; 11.311 13.1311 1.14:1 1 T.‘ 1.291 u: 1 1.16 1‘18 «711111 712.71) 1 25-37 :3? ll) 11.08 10 81 Geo. N. C. Vouch. Nuplor. Aduiravilh‘. WMkvx‘ county" . . . OMNNStW. Mimmfi Large W1111:u.. .. . . .... .‘ 11.11) 11.50 11.31 11.101 1,911 1.118 1.111 1.~1‘ll 7-1 7:: 215‘ 11 1 1 2411? 31.1111 1 $1.80 5.72 1 1.512, i 1? 78 . 0. Napim. Wulln‘y vuunty.. E.T.Pn1r‘nstor....., ... 11 85 14.37 1.79 70.45 2:2 ”42.43 .31 1 8 83 Geo. Vemeh. Adairsvfllo... va Mansfiem........ .. 11.02 12.00 1 1):) 1. 82 121.24 1 1 . 1 10 41 (-100. Vemah,A1111irsvjlke........ Wheat No. 1..... 11.023 13.12 1 1.31 1 1.1161 :51 1 7:1. 11 25.52 Geo. Veoch. Adnirs\'111v........1No. ‘2 (weevileatou). . 111.7111 111.91 11.55 11.371 - 1.84 1 1'“ 2:1 1 32.71) 12.93 Goo.Vendyéilgirsvlim...”...11Co.8.....- 1.110 1x11 74m 1 291': 11.72 . Typ Avagfiefinrxdawmwtm. Amor am Wheat 01' t1qumnty......... . .. ............‘11).ST§ . 1111.51» 12.5111 11:; l 1.95 1.75 11.671 1.75 723.1111 711.111 1 ' 20151 211.50 1111,45 . 17.215 tplhVrui^s °tt£ WOTW’s^&tea for Wrtainlng Expos: n at Chicago, the average ma V'ri.-" ; ah- woul'.lSav- been n.*,.d at 108.64 I,, thes« mV.--, the moist glnten and dry giuu-i. a- a-: i-.iu.-air.ut- a.pai-t of thu 103 per SVo-^Cw th-'.’jiwmy ’of'‘thi- 1 'Siou?‘ bread maker. Goatiuuiu" this investigation, I ob turned from Mr. T. C. Martm samples of the wheat exhibited at the last State Fair, held iu Atlanta. The pressure of the > ’ and various causes Btate 3 wor K conspired to delay work ou this lot of samples so that I am only now ready ta report After analysing the samples aud finding that tho Georgia wheats still compared very favorably with those from other parts of the union, I decided to send on portions of the samples to Dr. H. "W 'iley, chief chemist of the United States Department of Agricul turc f or analysis, inasmuch as in one ot the publications of his department on the cereals, it was stated “that the As°the R rS of my analy¬ sis had proved to me that this statement was too sweeping, at least for the upper half of Georgia, I wiote to Dr. Wiley, who kindly consented to analyze the samples of wheat I had on hand. The sam ples of wheat were forwarded to him, with the names of the growers and tho place where grown. In due time I received n report from him which I ap¬ pend iu the table given below: 5 1 NA ME AND RESIDENCE ‘ I g 4mg- I Emm- Cam, ‘ L I mm Dry . ‘ “0‘9 ymrigndfiJ Extrac’t Ash. hydrates. 10 Gluten. ture. 0“ "0' I Fat. principally , Fibre. Gluten. 0F memvER. I fan. . I or 3mm” ’ . r I X .’ Ii, l *___n,_~__;. . ”'f'—?_m7‘7‘ffluwmw _. V ___. ”-..... Frank J.M.Oogbnrn. Vmgf. Dump)... Mnmm‘.“ 93;} , , ."'""""" .....u‘ . 111.335 815.5 5 ‘ £3.15; 1.10;)? 1 "'0" Hi; I “2; 23.6? M49 r4 1 3 2 2(1): .3 l 29.15 27.13 l 10,47 12.31 9.00 §Wm F‘. Brown, Bamy km. (7;; ..... .. . 1.»: 15,131 . TR: ‘ 2 1.”)! 0" (30-81 .' 5, 2.29 3489 Juo. H McOornnnflx, \kn'tnruvflle. Ga. 10.7}; (1. . 2'“ 2“” 7.90 ?M. H. Conixw, Riv¢:r1«m.< ‘ru . .. . . . . . . . 10.9: If? 5 3 1.1.”; 18“ 55:) 63 l ‘3 11! 22.70 8.35 fags; 19.1% Mfi-Rggc. qlrzulumigiu .. . . , . . . . . . .. :33 117W; 1! _) 3:1 1.“? ; ‘ (F77 3 23.60 26.97 9"” ‘ ,. ......... ..: 5.“.1 {mi «3'71»; 1' 2m :gm 3’97? i 1 v .P H K1371???” '1 ..{'............ 11.?! . ‘ ...l. : ... . . {W'm- FY» . a Mezks;\pry,rl_..uu :lfsle'Y, By. . .. . . . .. . . .l 13.3}; . 3.12% fig; 677% 1 I 2%; 2' 1.230 ,f‘ . 2 H. Nally. Vxnu r-‘Ju'x.(.13......................‘ Fez; ii'a'a } 0.0.“ 1.5'9' 68.8!) 2%.“, 10‘0” 1M. F. Wise. GURKQIFVJM, Ga. ., ...... . . . .1 9-1; 8.19 { 5.0“ 1.369 70..” . 2.48 21.26 7.68 .3011258. Em. Helms. B. Robinson.1:311t1;_u:1,-. Benmnuv‘ m... N O.....-....-...: 31).}, 3.3-"; 0. . - . 3.!”“ 2 i “51,2 1 2,70 26.82 16.82 0‘“ 9'91 A. .. , V . .. . .. .‘ 1-..; ! ”W l 217 1183 mm l ‘ 211 {’11. V i323“: J. Ms-Uivrmigk. Mnifie,‘ . J yrs, Si:.z.».»b'r»rpl, 20%; dry go, (rue. km .. . n. . . .. . . . . . 133:1; ..u l R“: ..- 5 l 1250 : l , 88‘ ($9359 .. 2 0:21 .. 2:7 i 2“” 25.50 9‘2" 9.72 Marietta, Ga. . . . . . .. '. . . . .. .... 9.16 11.75, SJ) 2.09 , 70.02 2.39 . $.31 8 ’ w . Ir will be seen from the above thal the Qcorgir wheats show uo well. In addition c.i ■ e rhe following kind letter from Dr. V iley, rhe effect of which should be very helpful to the Georgia Wheat growers. 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I arrive cl in the city vl dar and have opened a ni Vvatoh and‘ Jewell} rent shop in portion of G. i A ’ cas s'o ? ■ u:e. nen i-.i : jftii-’V U’t 1 CROWING SWEET potato. some linportaut Points ‘ .\j, Valuable < ro; ^ %£££%%%£** aa « for there is nothing grown Wfllch J wore general favorite i 0 r the tai& while hores, cows, hogs oan be fed ou nothing more 1 'attan‘m ^ 1 more will produce. relished - 3d by. bushels them. An ^ J 5 of con readily afford *00 bushels of tacocj. Yields'of 500 bushels acre on some Georgia lauds Static^ have riposted by the Experiment Griffin. Plants for setting cut may lxj«. chased from those who keep thenifi sale or they may be grown for th ^ pose. The beds should be put putting stable prepared! manure at tho botto the depth of 8 or 3 inches and then eriug it over with 3 or 3 Inches of faj| lengthwise After the seed potatoes have been". they should be pk,oed h i soir with the cut side down, and rati u< - m lal,J °* os « to each other withoi tonchln S should be covered to thedep of f or 3 inches. While they should | kept reasonably warm and moist,® mus-t be taken to avoid any excesj either heat or moistute. When tiie sprout have attained height of four or five inche:-, they J ^ carefully separated from tue mtij] t B y one at a time, witu the thumb S e? > so ae not to disturb the potato, s'j id if this be uui,1 i ure ‘ i » ' b wU1 w a w “ 6 *° d No diseased tubers should be selecij for planting, for if thrifty ' slips * are« , ,, ... * Tepidly. 0iue * wu grow ver J’ If weeds spring up, it is better tos by iiand, v the ; move cliem Since use ol ti “ u_„ oe mov may in-inra ln 3 ule enoli sucn mi, tu >-»» - a &» ... lie na the surface. The cultivator can be K‘ ” between the rows to exterminate tin which should be kept out of * I - field. T he tendency of the vines, assooui they ara two or three test ion* totai p Jl, ropa gate * new tubers is well kuon J j This should ,, . be prevented . . by careii] . ^loosening these vines from the si ' either by hand or with a wide fJ I But in doiug this every precaon B-wu.d . ,, be , user, .0 avoid bruising th vines.—State Agricultural Department ABOUT CORN CULTfVATIO feome Valuable Practical Hints to tin Planter. Corn is the special crop for . thisMarcl ,. „ " * A rr ^ i! The rich loamv «oils ciaily along the creeks and river to toms, are best adapted for this crop, fotj corn needs a moisture retaining soil, a that it may be better able to withstaii a drouth at the critical period of tasseluj and silking. After the soil has M deeply broKen and thoroughly pultd iSril with‘harrbvv and roller, fffiB 3 to 6 feet apart, according to rictoi of soil> s h ou id be opened with a scoM 0 r shovel and tLa grain 'droppedintoi well prepared soil. Then oh eachai 01 til0 grains—not over them sm be placed the amount of compost 1 barnyard manure deemed necessary, such is used. Then cover them 01 with a double foot planter. If, ^ ever, the regular commercial fevtiiii ts used, we would prefer to disribute! all along the furrow and then follow! with a plow, so that it may betka ou ghly mixed with the soil before dns ping the grain. ltest Time For Planting. When we consider • all sections Georgia, the best average time :« planting corn is about March countiftj 10 o r 15 j little earlier in the southern little later in the extreme northern * tion, in setae parts as late as April 53 6. As far as we can control such n® t ws, we should secure the most W able condition possible for the < 1 ® germination of the seed, aud for# vigorous and rapid development ol 0 stalk. The effort corn must must be be rapidly made worsen,^ to P r ' v * every ^ the springing up of giwss or which, if they do appear in spite of best endeavors of the formers, - be allowed to cultivation remain for of any corn, tea.? ^ # time. The - hat of other should be ir « 6 crops, aftevfitf , done before planting; and, n rrr;acc .-aith*" sho’-ld be'u-'- -i ai id for culti«« r pose improved harrows or T)r -* are needed.—State Agricultural ment. Haste Not to net Rich shun ca- fully a Let our farmers M mad haste fo get r ah which h^ upon so many people of all c.*j Careful etr-ution cc-1- ri : methods will nor perh.rp build a ? ■si fortunes iu a snort time, biff 1 bring competence and peace »»nd the farmer who has baut peroas estates for his old. a y*, ^ his heirs, living in the fear enjoy o. a t*^' 1 deciimhg years - in bis with diguijv,” while with nu mind he calmly waits for the a sunset of life.— State Agric--““ partment. Wholesale tea planting on of land near Charlostoa ha by a company that expei Vr> to put 300,000 pounds of tea a - tae market
