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THE ATLANTA TKI-VVEEKLiY JOURNAL.
8,000,000 Acres of Land,
Undrained in Georgia,
Hold Enormous U 7 ealth
Reclamation of the eight million
acres of Georgia soil, by modern
drainage methods, will do more to
enhance the state’s riches, in mon
ey, health and population, than any
other single achievement, is ' the
opinion of Judge Newt A. Morris,
of Marietta, vice president of the
National Drainage congress, which
holds its annual meeting in Atlan
ta November 10-12.
Judge Morris has compiled a set
as statistics, from figures of the
I United States department of agri
culture and the geological survey
of Georgia, showing the number of
acrea in each county which may be
turned from non-productive waste
lands into fertile, valuable soil.
He says of the eight million
acres, seven and a half millions can
be reclaimed. He explained that a
half million acres were sea marshes,
and that it would, be impracticable
to build immense sea walls and re
claim this land, although, he says,
that by the construction of sea-walls
and proper drainage canals, this
land could also be turned into pro
ducing soil, rather than wasting
year after year.
Judge Morris has had much ex
perience in drainage work in Geor
gia, and he has also studied the
drainage statistics of Georgia and
other states in the union, declaring
that he has found the health, popu
lation and wealth of any state, has
always increased as a direct result
of drainage work.
\ Drainage and Health
“Draining of land. partly or
periodical! j’ flooded, has a wonder
ful effect on the health of the
community," the judge said. “I ex
amined the death records of Indiana,
lowa and Illinois, as of 1880, be
fore drainage work was commenced
in any of these states, and I found
that five per cent of the deaths were
due to malarial and typhoid fever.
“Then I examined them as of
twenty years later, after a number
of drainage projects had been put
through, and I found that the deaths
caused by malaria and typhoid fev
er had decreased to less than one
per cent.
“I took the statistics of South
Carolina. Georgia and Florida, as of
1880, when no drainage work had
been undertaken, and I found that
five per cent of all deaths in these
states had been caused by typhoid,
malarial and other forms of fever.
Twenty years later, the statistics of
these states, with still no drainage
projects undertaken, showed that
the death rate of people dying from
typhoid and malarial fever had in
creased to 6 per cent.
“From these comparisons, it is
readily shown that the health con
ditions are greatly bettered by
drainage work, and now that Geor
gia. Florida and South Carolina have
undertaken a number of drainage
projects, the rate of death caused
by malaria and typhoid fever will
undoubtedly show an annual de
crease.”
Judge Morris said that in clean
ing up land by drainage, mosquito
beds, snakes, lizards, and a multi
tude of other animal pests, which
do nothing but detriment to crops,
are automatically destroyed.
As to the enhancing in value of
land after it had been drained, the
judge said that the normal increase
had been anywhere from SIOO to
S2OO an -acre. He cited as a con
crete case of how land increases in'
value after it has been drained, an
accomplishment on a tract of land
he owned in Cobb county.
Big Profits in Drainage
"I bought the land for $10,000,”
the judge continued, “and it had
produced absolutely nothing of mar
ketable value in twenty-five years.
I organized a drainage district, and
at a cost of? 4,800, reclaimed that
land.
“The first season I produced on
the reclaimed land a total of $lO,-
000 worth of corn alone, and before
the second crop was harvested, I’
sold it for $37,200, a clear profit of
over thirty thousand dollars, in
three years.
“I had a hard time convincing
people owning adjoining tracts of
land that a drainage project could
be put through, but I succeeded,
and since it has been completed,
practically every acre of territory
in Cobb county, which has been
valueless for countle'ss years, has
been reclaimed, or is in the pro
cess of being drained, and is bring
ing in a golden return each year to
its owners.”
Judge Morris said that Georgia
was fastly becoming educated to
the importance of drainage work,
and that a number of counties were
organizing drainage districts, and
proceeding to clear land in their
county. He particularly stressed the
work which was being done in Cobb
and Walton counties. In Walton
county, he said, land owners of part
ly inundated land were having it
drained, and putting it to work,
bringing in thousands of dollars
more revenue each year.
The cost of drainage work, and
the time it takes, is very small,
according to the judge. He also said
it was very simple, and that all
that was necessary was for the
Land to be properly surveyed, and
'he creek or stream drained
(t properly deepened and straight
■ned. He said that land which was
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GEORGIA EXPERT
GIVES' TIPS ON
BUYING TRACTOR
With the extreme shortage of la
bor affecting she farmers of the
south as elsewhere, our attention
must be directed more And more to
the use of improved farm machinery
and implements, wnich will allow
one mVn to cultivate a greater num
ber of acres. No doubt many farm
ers are seriously considering pur
chasing a tractor as a means of re
lieving this situation, and to these
the following suggestions based on
experiences with an 8-16 I. H. C.
tractor on the Georgia experiment
station farm may De of interest.
The value of a tractor lies in the
fact that with it one man can do
more work in a day than with a pair
of horess or mules. This allows
more land to be prepared within a
given time than would otherwise be
possible. The past season this would
have been of great value to many,
farmers, for we remember that out
little land was prepared until late
in the spring.
The tractor is not as well adapted
to conditions in the cotton belt as
it is to those of other sections of
the coutnry where me land is ex
tremely level and uinform. To do
its best work the field must be as
large as possible, fairly level, and
not cut up with numerous roads,
ditches, fences, hedges, or other ob
structions. For this reason tractors
cannot be profitably used on many
farms of this state. Owing to the
fact that most of the crops grown
in the cotton belt require intensive
cultivation, the greatest use to be
made of the tractor is in the prep
aration of the land. It is quite like
ly, that the small types could well
be* used in drawing cultivation ma
chinery through many small crops.
The value of the belt power to be
derived from a tractor should not be
overlooked, and especially Is this of
importance if there is no gas engine
on the farm. However, if consid
erable belt power is reqiured it will
probably be best to purcahse a small,
engine rather than to have this work
conflict with field operations. There
are numbers of other small jobs
such as 'pulling small stumps, draw
ing wagons from the fields, moving
heavy objects, etc., that will sug
gest themselves to the resourceful
farmer who owns a tractor.
Inasmuch as the initial cost of a
good tractor is considerable, it is
well for one who is contemplating
purchasing to give careful attention
to the conditions on his farm. In
order to give A fair return on the
money invested it must be used for
a number of days in the year, and
also replace some mules at present
required, for if the tractor will not
replace at least one or two of the
mules at present required it is very
doubtful if it will be an economic
expenditure of money for the aver
age farmer to purchase one.
‘ After it has been definitely de
cided to purchase, the size and make
must be considered. This will de
pend of course upon the size and
condition of the farm, as well as
the nature of work required. For
instance, if the tractor is to be used
for considerable b?lt work, this fea
ture must be given more attention
that if it is to be used wholly for
field work. There are numbers of
good tractors being offered for sale
at the present time, some of which
are better in some particular noint
than the others. The careful farm
ers will avoid purchasing a “freak
ish” tvne. or one for which it will
be difficult to obtain repair parts.
By all means purchase from a rep
utable concern who guarantee their
product, and who have a reputation
to stand behind their guarantee.
T. S. BUIE. Agronomist.
subjected to floods, or was nartially
covered by water, was valued at
ibont $5 an acre, while immediate
ly after being drained, and prepar
ed for cultivation, it rose in value
to $l5O to S2OO an acre.
VndraJnad Land Worthless
“Land which is not properly
drained is a liability. It is not pos
sible to produce anything in the
world upon ft- Cattle cannot use it
for grazing, not even hay can be
raised thereon,” the judge continued,
“but'after it is drained, a fair esti
mate of the number of bushels of
corn per acre it will yield, is from
seventy-five to one hundred, while
any other crop indigenous to the
section, can be raised on’ it in boun
tiful quantities. ,
“There are many millions of feet
of fine timber in Georgia, which is
rotting because it is impossible to
get to it. All of this land can be
drained, and this timber released for
the market, another item of value
drainage would bring the state.
“Drainage is very important. It is
one of the most vital projects in the
state today, and the faster we drain
our land and release it for agricul
tural purposes, the richer our state
will be. our citizens’ health will be
bettered, and the population increas
d in manifold numbers.”
Judge Morris is very enthusiastic
jver the approaching National
Irainage congress, which will be
'.eld in Atlanta November 10, 11 and
12, and he says that he hopes ev
ry county in Georgia will see to
t that some representative of \the
•ounty attends. He says that over
five thousand delegates from all
■sections of the United States will
attend the congress, and that it will
prove of inestimable benefit to ev
ery county to have a representative
attend.
In the table of statistics prepared
by the judge, Bulloch county is
shown to have the largest number
of acres which need draining. There
are 522,810 acres in Bulloch, all of
which, the judge says, could be turn
ed from unprofitable land into pro
ducing soil.
Untlralned Area in Georgia
Following is the table, as prepar
ed by Judge Morris. showing the
number of acres in each county
needing drainage work:
Appling, 185,000; Baker, 73,100: Bald
win, 9,4)00: Banks. 8,745; Barrow. 2,690;
Ben Hill, 46,912; Berrien, 165,000: I’il.b,
30,180; Bleckley. 12.600; Brooks. 76,000;
Bryan. 68.000; Bullock, 178,776: Burke,
113,180; Butts. 8,160; Calhoun. 30,200;
famden. 277,000; Campbell, 7.605; Carroll.
21.100: Catoosa. 4,800: Charlton. 522,810;
Chatham. 176.621; Chattahoochee, 7.500;
Chattooga. 2,240: Cherokee. 8,080; Clarke.
3.302: Clay, 20.000: Clinch. 515,000; Clar
ion, 8.000; Cobh. 30,280; Coffee. 225,000;
Colquitt. 106.304; Columbia. 13.120; Coweta,
none: Crawford. 40,480: Crisp. 111,880;
Hade, 5.200>. Dawson. 3.800; Decatur, 43,-
500; DeKalb. 12,224; Dodge, 19,584; Dooly.
21,000; Dougherty, 55,440; Douglas, 3,215:
Early. 75,996; Echols. 170,000; ' Effingham,
34.890: Elbert. 9,860; Emanuel, 30,300: Fan
nin. 2.500; Fayette. 9,370; Floyd. 9,500:
Forsyth. 7.000; Franklin, 3.576; Fulton, 5,-
500; Gilmer, none; Glascock. 6,100; Glvnn,
207.500; Gordon. 32.960; Grady, 48.100:
Greene, 10,500; Gwinnett, 4,584); Haber
sham, 12.450: Hall. 17.030; Hancock.
15.104: Haralson. 5.550; Harris, 9,515-
Hart, 10,230” Heard. 10.490: Henry. 14.-
085; Houston. 24.670; Irwin, 63,480; Jack
son. 20.736: Jasper. 20,065; Jeff Davis,
80,384: Jefferson, 38,230: Jenkins. 80,900;
Johnson, 18.090; Jones. 15,488; Laurens,
100.700: Lee, 22,850: Liberty. 302,290; Lin
coln. 15.820; Lowndes, 157.640; Lumpkin.
6.000: McDuffie. 10.900': Mclntosh. 191.-
000; Macon, 20.710; Madison, 11,990; Mar
ion. 2.940; Meriwether, 36,000: Miller.
30.336; Milton. 3,335; Mitchell. 62,000;
Monroe. 14,970: Montgomery. 72.000: Mor
gan, 12.220; Murray. 16.500: Museogep, 4.-
330; Newton. 17,400: Oconee, 3.700; Ogle
•’lorpe, 20,725; Paulding. 10,535; Pickens,
2.610: Pierce. 205,000; Pike. 22,144; Polk,
, 7.000: Pulaski. 16.100; Putnam, 6,700;
Quitman, 10,900; Rabun. 5.000; Randolph.
22,400: Richmond, 9,640; Rockdale, 4,640;
ci’icy, 4,965; Screven, 98.740; Spalding,
0.055: Stephens. 4,260; Stewart, 41,408;
Sumter. 33.725; Talbot, 38.016; Taliaferro,
'.500; Taylor. 15,000; Tattnall, 158,660;
Telfair. 58,400; Terrell, 31.652; Thomas,
4.302; Tift. 39,232; Toombs. 11,500; Towns.
1,000; Troup, 26,176: Turner, 49,500;
"wiggs, 26.320: Union, 2.000: Upson,
1.435; Walker, 11,264; Walton. 6,330;
Vare. 346.600; Warren. 10.990; Washing
ton, 90,650; Wayne, 255.000; Webster,
16,900; White, none: Whitfield. 10,260;
, Wilcox, 49,120: Wilkes, 20,000; Wilkin
son, 35,940; Worth, 57,220.
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SACRAMENTO. Cal.—Two years
ago it was a lake.
Today it is California’s largest
farm of reclaimed land, approxi
mately 60,000 acres, with a $1,000,-
000 vegetable crop being harvested.
This farm is that of the Sutter
Basin company, In the Sutter Basin
District of Northern California, on
land that was wrested from the
Sacramento river overflow, through
the construction of the Sutter by
pass.
For 22 miles it stretches north
from Knight’s Landing. Within its
borders are 200 miles of canals, 18
miles of railroads, 64 miles of
lihat a Wonder-State This
Would Be if Georgians
W<orked Like Californians!
BY J. K. SIMMONS
(President of the Georgia Press
Association.)
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 24.
In a previous letter to the newspapers
of Georgia I told you of having
come nearly 3,000 miles to Califor
nia to study her manner and meth
of of development and tell it to
the people of Georgia through the
Georgia newspapers, in order that
Georgia might become as well
known as California. You will re
member I told you in the opening
paragraph that the story could be
told dn one word—ADVERTISING.
I have now been in the state
about three weeks, and I am more
firmly convinced than ev,er that my
first estimate is correct. I have been
pretty well over the state, and I
can’t help but think what a wonder
state Georgia would be if she were
to put forth the same effort that
these California people put forth.
For, you must remember, Califor
nia is a sand desert until artificial
moisture is secured. Irrigation is
the only way they can raise any
thing out here.
Georgia farmers have no such ob
stacles to overcome. All they have
to do is to put a fence around their
acres, do a little preliminary clear
ing up and go to work. No bother
about water. Nature provides that.
The Californian will tell you, “with
.water everything is possible in
Without it nothing is
possible.”
California’s Climate
It was my first intention to draw
a comparison of Georgia and Cali
fornia, but there is no comparison.
Georgia is too far ahead in her
natural resources. There is only one
thing that California has that we
haven’t and that is her climate. And
come to think of it, I was talking
with, a young man a few days ago
who is not a native of this state.
When asked what he thought of
California, he replied very prompt
ly that “it was all right, except
the blooming climate is too monot
onous.”
I have been unablp to gather any
intelligent statistics on the tem
perature of the state, because it
varies so widely in different parts
of the state. But I take some data
gathered in Los Angeles, the most
favored part of the state from a
climatic standpoint. I learn that it
occasionally freezes that far south,
and that the thermometer some
times g.oes over 100, so it will be
seen that they do have hot and
cold weather out here sometimes.
But, as I have already said, we
are not going to try to compete
with California. What Georgia must
do is to wake up and take advan
tage of the wonderful natural op
portunities that confront us. WE
HAVE FIRST GOT TO SELL
GEORGIA TO GEORGIA PEOPLE,
and then the selling to outsiders
will be the easiest thing in the
world, just as it is for the Cali
fornia people to sell California to
outsiders.
Interested In Georgia
I have been much encouraged by
talks with some of the large farm
ers and truck growers out here. So
long as I talked with chamber of
commerce representatives and land
development agencies, I got only
the most glowing accounts of suc
cesses, but when I finally decided
to seek out the “sons of toil” I
then began to get down to rock bot
tom and get the unromantic sido
of California life. And I found these
farmers to be about as interested
in Georgia as we have been inter
ested in California. They, all, with
out exception, tell me that a Geor
gia farmer on his Georgia acre, can
make as much or more, on his
peaches, watermelons, cantaloupes,
cane, potatoes, peanuts and live
stock, as the California man does on
his acre. True, we can’t raise oranges
and lemons and other such like
crops, but we don’t have to. The
California people themselves admit
that a California peach will not
compare with a Georgia peach, and
when I mentioned Georgia water
melons to a man here a few days
ago, his face lighted up and he told
of having once been in Georgia and
how he enjoyed those delicious
Georgia watermelons. The largest I
have seen here would not weigh
over ten or twelve pounds and they
taste flat. I happened to be talking
one day with a prominent produce
man and mentioned something about
the delicious Georgia cane syrup.
That man said he had tried every
year to get a supply of Georgia
cane syrup, saying that he had nev
er in all his life eaten any syrup
to compare with it. I have his or
der for a supply in mj Docket right
now.
I was talking with a party of
California business men one day and
someone said something about po
tatoes. I suggested that what he
meant by potatoes was Irish pota
toes. He replied, “Oh, no, I meant
sweet potatoes, but I jim frank to
tell you that we cannot raise any
thing as delicious as your famous
Georgia yam. The only ones we get
out here are those that come can
ned and while they are better than,
ours, I happen to know they are
levees and 10) miles of company
built highways.
And two years ago it was a lake
for six months of the year and could
be traversed only by motor boat.
Protected by levees, it is irrigat
ed by six 42-inch pumps from the
Tisdale By-pass. Three pumps are
being operated at present and are
pouring 150,000 gallons of water in
to the 200-mile system of irriga
tion canals.
Last year for the first time the
land had been operated for th*
entire twelve months. Grain and
barley were exclusively grown. This
year, besides the mammoth vegeta
ble crop, 22,000 acres of barley were
harvested, giving as high as 40
sacks an acre. In- five ’ company
houses scattered about the ranch
•not as good as they are before they
are canned.”
Georgia as Known Afar
That’s the way those Who know
Georgia out here look upon our
products. I have had, California
fruit men tell me that there is no
peach as good as the Georgia peach.
They all frankly admit that Geor
gia is the pecan section and that
this- one crop ajone would make
Georgia world-famous if we would
only go after it like they are go- x
ing after development out here. I
was talking with one of the Califor
nia live wires a day or so ago, and
When I told him that Georgia ap
ples had taken five international pre
miums he couldn’t believe it. He
frankly said he did not know we
could grow apples in our section of
the country. Truth is, the great ma
jority of people out here, those who
have only a general knowledge of
the south, thinli. that Georgia is a
corn and cotton state and that we
. raise nothing else. One man I met
I who is a stock man, said Jae was
;in Georgia about twenty years ago
i and he remembered Georgia as ' a
state that made cotton almost ■ ex
clusively and bought her meat and
bread in the .middle west. In fact,
he started out’ to give me some ad
vice and advised that I go back to
Georgia and tell the Georgia people
to go to making their own meat and
bread. You should have seen how
surprised he was when I told him
We were already doing that.
They have told me of the won
derful Sacramento valley out here
and what it will produce. One of
the crops they boast of in the Sac
ramento valley is tobacco. They
were very much surprised when I
told them that in Georgia we had
the largest tobacco plantation in
the country, 25,000 acres with 3,-
500 employes. They have been boast
ing to me ever since I came out
here that California’s rice crop last
season amounted to $72,000,000. It
may interest you Georgia people to
know that ’he by-products alone
from one Georgia cotton crop
brought more’ than $72,000,000. Re
member, by-products only.
Some Failures in California
.They tell you only of their suc
cesses out here. That is why their
descriptions are so glowing. I have
gotten some of the less romantic
side of California, howeve/. I have
talked with hard-headed bankers—
men who are not accustomed to ro
mancing—and their information has
always been that there is a “seamy”
side—that there are failures as well
as successes. One real estate man
was boasting to me of how a
friend of his had sold his crop of
grapes this year for S3OO an acre,
and the buyer is to do the picking.
That sounds fine, but that land is
worth SI,OOO an acre. Considering
the investment, the cost to produce
and don’t forget, it certainly costs
something to look after a grape
vineyard—together with now and
then a failure, do you think that
is such a large yield? I told him
of one Rabun county farmer who
sold $1,400 w.orth of celery front one
acre in 1913. He was surprised of
course, because they didn’t think we
could raise celery in Georgia. Most
Georgia people don’t know it either,
but you can if you prepare for it
like they do out here and in Florida.
One Dougherty county farmer has
produced as high as 756 bushels of
sweet potatoes to the acre, and you
know what they are now worth. A
Lowndes county man produced a
watermelon that weighed 147
pounds. I have been told that one
Georgia farmer made around $4,-
000 on one intensively cultivated
acre. I don’t propose to vouch for
that, but I just give you this to
show that we make some claims as
well as California. I do know this,
that from S3OO to SSOO an acre prof
its are common in Georgia, accord
ing to agricultural reports in my
hands.
Georgia’s Mining Opportunities
They are very proud of the fact
out here that California is only
sixth front an agricultural and hor
ticultural standpoint, but did you
know that Georgia is only fourth.
Georgia is first in peaches. She is
second only to Texas in cotton, and
if it were not for the area of Tex
as she would be first. Georgia is
third in meat production. While
Georgia is largely an agricultural
state, her mining opportunities are
wonderful. I paid a visit to the Cal
ifornia state fair this week and had
a rather interesting talk with the
man in charge of the mining ex
hibits. He took a great .deal of
pride in showing me an exhibit of
asbestos. Georgia laid claim for a
long while to the only asbestos mine
in the world, witth the exception of
Wyoming. Georgia has the largest
deposit of kaolin. She has 142 square
miles of coal; 175 square miles of
iron; besides her deposits of gold
and other minerals.
The thing that impresses you
most out here is the bigness of the
undertakings. These people out here
are accustomed to thinking in big
figures. They think in millions when
they undertake a project of any
kind. They have to do this to get
anywhere, because they , have to
spend millions and millions of dol
lars getting their land so it will
produce. They have faith in them-
zurfURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1020.
500,000 sacks of grain were stored!
Os the present 400 men working
for the company, not one is an Ori
ental. “We . can get plenty of
‘Americans’ to work for us if we
give them decent living conditions,”
says Joe. Gresham, office manager
ot the company.
The lowest wage paid laborers on
the ranch is $3.5) a day and board.
This year 400 acres of cantaloupes
are ready for picking, the crop be
ing valued at $250,000.
Asparagus, onions, celery po
tatoes, beans, and rice are being
harvested now. There are 600 acres
in potatoes and 400 acres are plant
ed in onions.
Some day—and within a few
years, says Sutter B»sin of
ficials—2s,ooo people will live in
the Sutter Basin district where so
short a time ago the fishes swam.
Here’s a List of New
Publications Issued
By Federal Department
The following publications were
issued by the United States depart
ment of agriculture during the week
ended September 11
Home Laundering. Farmers’ Bulle
tin 1099.
Alfalfa. Department Circular 127.
Fall-sown Oats. Farmers’ Bulletin
1119.
Aphids Injurious to Orchard
Fruits, etc. Farmers’ Bulletin 1128.
Spillways for Reservoirs and Ca
nals. (Professional Paper.) Depart
ment Bulletin 831.
Organization of Co-operative Grain
Elevator Companies. Department
Bulletin- 860.
Castor-oil lindustry. (Professional
Paper.) Department Bulletin 867.
The Flow of Water in Drain Tile.
(Professional paper.) Department
Bulletin 854.
Mountain Outings on the Rainier
National Forest. Department Cir
cular 103. •
Fishing, Hunting and Camping on
the Cascade National Forest. De
partment Circular 104,
Directory of Game Officials, 1920.
Department Circular 131.
United States Grades for Milled
Rice. Department Circular 133.
Value of Government Crops Re
ports. Department Circular 152.
Copies of these publications may
bb obtained on application to the di
vision of publications, United States
department of agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C. In order to aid the de
partment in giving prompt attention,
make your request definite by sped
fying* the distinct class and number
of publication desired. For example-
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1099; Depart
ment Bulletin 831; Department Cir
cular 103.
selves and' in their state. That is
very clearly shown by the irriga
tion 'projects and other reclamation
schemes. I have been shown on<
tract of 65,000 acres that were for
merly overflowed lands. It is now
one of the finest farming sections
in California.
Land Settlement
There is a project on here in
California just now that I want to
bring to the attention of Georgia
people later, and that is a land set
tlement project. California now has
a law making it possible for the
tenant farmer to become a land
owner easily. It is too big a story
to go into here. But I want
to call to your attention this one
thing. In 1910 two-thirds of Geor
gia’s farm lands were cultivated bv
tenant farmers? Think of that! How
much more valuable these 190,000
farmers would be to Georgia if they
were land-owners. The California
bureau of land settlement is in po
sition to give their new settler ev
ery kind of assistance and informa
tion that he may need. That is
very important. One of the chief
sources of failure on the part of
people going into a new section of
the country is the fact that they
do not know the soil and understand
farming conditions. Georgia must
provide a means that her two-thirds
farming population can own their
own homes and have a bureau to ad
vise and co-operate with the new
comer. We have a land area suffi
cient to take care of 10,000,000
people and we must get them.
Georgia has a wonderful opportu
nity to develop and grow in pros
perity in the next ten years. Ti>
possibilities of our agricultural and
mineral resources are beyond calcu
lation. In south Georgia we have
oil lands and vast areas of farming
lands to develop, our ports to build
up, and in north Georgia they hav
the minerals and water powers,
fruits and a hundred industries to
foster.
Georgia Spirit Ne«ded
We ail know about the world-fa
mous American spirit. We •know of
the California spirit. We want a
Georgia spirit. We want every man,
woman and child a Georgia boost
er. We want to sell Georgia to
■Georgians so that when a visitor
comes to our state he will become
a Georgia booster just as they be
come a California booster when they
come to California.
The casual tourist in California
gets caught. He comes for a few
days or weeks and they show him
the glories. They tell him the ro
mantic side and he is sold. I was
very much impressed with the
beauty of southern California, be
cause it is indeed pretty. I mar
velled at the transformation of that
desert country into *a beautiful,
blooming flower garden and orchard,
and my first impression was how
wonderful is California. Mrs. Sim
mons brought me to my senses
when she casually remarked that
we too might have things as pret
ty if we took as much care and
spent as much money trying to have
these beautiful gardens. That is the
secret of the whole ■ thing. They
try. And they keep on trying. The?
are not content with anything les
than success. How this trip has in
spired me! I am more a Georgi
booster now than ever. Since com
ing here I have come to realiz
more than ever Georgia's greatnes
and her wonderful opportunities.
There is only one thing for Geor
gia to do, sell Georgia to Geor
gians. We must advertise just as
California does. She spends millions
and millions at it. We spend noth
ing, or haven’t so far. .
BALE TO AN ACRE
DESPITE WEEVIL
AT BAXLEY, GA.
BAXLEY, Ga., Sept. 28.—That cot
ton can be grown under boll weevil
conditions and unfavorable weather
conditions, to yield a bale to the acre,
is being shown on the county dem
onstration farm near Baxley.
.Fourteen acres of cotton on the
demonstration will yield thir
teen of cotton. This result
was obtained by the use of calcium
arsenate. One block or acre was
grown without the. use of the poison
to show the difference between
blocks poisoned and those where cal
cium arsenate were not used. Be
tween the blocks poisoned and those
where no poison was used, there was
a difference in yield from 200 to 300
pounds per acre, after the “top crop.’"
This difference will be even greater
after the second and third pickings.
The yield from the picking the first
time averaged 1,418 pounds per acre.
Four applications of the calcium
arsenate were made on the crop. The
cost of material and applying is only
a few dollars per acre. For the
dusting experiments Louis 63 was
used.
While the purpose of the work on
this farm this year is not for making
variety tests or fertilizer tests, but
to show the farmers how to combat
the weevil, and to overcome unfavor
able weather conditions, fourteen va
riety tests have been made. These
varieties are the best adapted for
southern Georgia soil and climate.
Fertilizer tests have been made,
which will further aid the Appling
county farmer in producing cotton,
if he will take advantage of the op
portunity to learn at the demonstra
tion farm.
Mr. Gaddis, demonstration farmer,
declares that the seasons have been
more unfavorable to the production
of cotton than ever before in his long
experience, but that the yields are
greater.
The farmers of this and the sur
rounding ySunties are urged to visit
the demonstration farm before the
last picking, in order that they may
observe the splendid results obtained
by the use of calcium arsenate.
Seeds will be distributed among the
farmers of the county, the farm re
serving the right to place them in
the hands of those farmers who will
give the closest attention to grow
ing cotton under boll weevil condi
tions.
Two-Mule Outfits
Show Results
. Than One-Mule System
Cultivation cost is largely reduced
by using adequate power harnessed
to modern cultivating machinery.
Figures compiled by the United
States department of agriculture in
farm management studies conducted
upon southern farms show that the
two-mule team hitched to a two
mule implement saves time and mon
ey over the usual one-mule outfit. In
Texas, where the farms are com
paratively large, the two or four
mule hitch Is generally used, ‘but the
farmers in the southeastern states
•are inclined to depend upon the sin
gle rig -to do their plowing, planting
and cultivating, even where their
acreage is large. In preparing the
land for cultivating crops the south
eastern farmer with his one mule
makes five trips across his field to
the Texas farmer's one. The Texas
man cultivates both sides of the row
and the middle at a single trip, but
a one-niule hitch must make two or
Vnree trips to accomplish as much.
Moreover, the single-mule farmer
uses twice as much man labor as
does the chap who drives a team.
In some cases the one-mule farmers
get around this difficulty by ex
changing mule labor and working
two-mule teams.
An Alabama farm study furnishes
a dollars-and-cents accounting of the
two methods. “When the rows were
laid out with the contour of the land
and cultivated only one way, the
cost of cultivation was $1.38 an acre
and the hoeing cost 70 cents an acre.
When the corn was check-rowed and
cultivated both ways, the cost of cul
tivation was reduced to sl.lO an
acre and the hoeing cost was only 21
cents an acre.” Such treatment is
only possible with adequate machin
ery.
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