The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-14

soil At3arta sells 5000 barrels or lFlsI
4 DO. .toes but they do not come from Geor-
/ ga fields. I.sh potatoes viii grow as well
! upon Georgia soil as upOu the sol cI AaHaa
I chusetts. \ farmer in Cobb county Las ilsed
! his own seed potatoes. continuously Tor thirty
| years Atlanta stils JJ.VOc eese all pt i inaie
/ upon a foreign soil yet Col. Scott has demon
strated that We can do as we'll with clover III
Georgia as IN any state IN the union. ana We
/ have our Bermuda grass above them al heSe
are all possible resources from Georgia farms
| but they have NOT yet avaei. Georgia needs
| canning factories and fruit evapOrators TO save
millions Of waste. and supply al least our me
| markets. This industry IS Deglnni x. one lac
! tory has already put up 1900 cans or iTult-
Southern Georgia has gIgeu attention 10
vegetables and melons with large pTpht- Farin-
ers IN this section are maslng money under tle
changes they have ma ie In their crops. could
occupy the entire tune OF Inc morning Session
in making known to you the wonderful pos
sibilities developed IN this line. The business
for this season has not yet ended, and ITS re
suits can hardly Ds approached, further tnan
to give. officially, the amount thus far put upon
the market and TO say that sal have been
unusually satisfactory, and transportation
ample, safe and rapid By tae lines of the Cea-
tral system there had gone forward forty car
loads Of vegetables and 3lJ6 car loads OF melons
up 20 Aug. l.
The Georgia Southern and Florida forwarded
542 carloads Of melons,
regret tnat the report from the Savannah,
Florida and Western mas not yet reached me.
To give you an idea Of the wOr derful posi-
bllltIes Of this business ! submit tn results Oh
tanned by Mr.. James r. Sharp Of Clay county,
for the years SO and 1884,
In 1873 Mr.. sharp planted seventy acres IN
wat rmelOus This crOp was cultivated by two
mules. Mr.. Sharp ship, ed siXty-three carloads
of melons, conf aiming $50 10 1909 melons per
car. Many acres made carload each Five
measured acres made SIX AMI ree-fO Irths car
loads This crop sold for $3.50 in round mum
bers. Freights. commissions, fertilizers, cuti-
walton, etc, cost s., 800, leaving net profit Of
$1,000, or $1,000 to the mule and about so per
acre.
In 1887 Mr.. Sharp planted sixty acres in
melons and sold forty-four carloads for "a, 100
lie paid his entire expenses with $1,000, and
made clear money BOO, or Sl,7O0'to the pillow.
and about S57 to the acre.
Mr. George W. scott, the senior partner of a
large fertilizer factory. makes 10 me this SiEul-
ficant statement: Five years ago only five per
cent. of the farmers in Georgia paid casn for
their fertilizers; now twenty-five Ter cent. pay
cash out of their own money. Five years ago
nearly all the farmers gave c)tton option for
fertilizers. Now fifty per cent OF the farmers
give bank notes and pay them promptly, at ma.
turity, ike other business men" Farmers are
learning the value of our resources, and they
are beginning to handle them to advantage, as
their Improved financial condition indicates
We are upon the beginning of great future
for Georgia and the south.
| said, at the outset, that our success depends
upon the value, the availability and the man
agement Of our resources / think | nave dem
onstrat5d their abundance aud their richness
Farming is Just as much n business as bank
ing or merchandise. To be successful 1t must
be managed upon the same strict business
principles | will go further and say-any
farmer in Georgia, WHO improves his land
manages his crops intelllgently as TO selection
cultivation and sa!e; controls his labor as LABOR
IS controlled in a successful b Isiness house or
upon a railroad that declares regularly good
dividends on It's stock; guards economically
and JudiclouSly his expenses AMI properly in
H., = ,ft,r,
spite of the unjust burdens our people are
bearing under trusts aud hurtful national
legislation,
Mr. j. b. Hunnicut of Coweta county deter
mined some years ago to change his methods
He believed that his crop of twelve bushels of
corn to the &C & was dong its part to cause de
preston among farmers. He determined to
improve uponit The first year of his expert
mont he applied Sl2 worth of fertilizers TO the
acre, and gathered forty-tive bushels of corn
This crop was followed by oats the succeeding
fall, with UOD-dreS ing of 100 pounds of guano
to the acre, with yield of 66O bushels from six
acres. or ITO bushels TO the acr-. Following up
The improvement at an expense of ST. % in
m Inure and work to the acre, he gathered
seventy five bushels of corn per acre with an
expense of $40 per acre this season, he is ex.
pecting 100 bushels of corn, without disaster
All this from Georgia land that averages 81 Is
an acre.
For some years Mr.. Hunnicut cultivated
about ll5 acres in cotton, making about forty
course, gave him no money He reduced his
area to thlrtY-hve acres, and he now makes
thirty five bales at cost of SIS to cents Der
pound.
Mr.. Alex Foster of CLAW county, fifteen years
ago, was not worth $1,000 He gave in his taS
last year for $4,000, all the legitimate income
from his farm.
Maj. w. II. Warren of Augusta deserves the
gratitude OF the people of the state for the
very large success he is making on a new line
for Georgia FIR )m farm of ninety-two acres
Maj. Warren has cut 400 tons of hay, weighed
after being well cured. The price for this hav
Maj. Warren tells me, RANGES from 5 0 to So
per ton. At the lowest figures it W Ii bring
$1,000. The cost OF production. labor, fart Ii
zers. ang, etc, 81, 500 or net profit of S. 5O(
or 500 per acre fro n grass, above all expenses
Stock raising is rapidly becoming one of the
valuable resources OF our farms. The next tau
years will make astonishing dAvel ,pmpnts In
this line. Recent experiments in cattle fee lin 9
have brought astonishing results in the use OF
cotton seed. Years ago We did not consider
cotton seed worth the handling for any D rp Sc
whatever. First we found the wers good for
manure Next we discovered they contained
valuable commercial product in their oil
This has hee1 wonderfully remuuerative L
has enriched those who have han lei the seed
Without destroying either of these vaua blt
elements, we now find that we can get from
cotton seed fine product in beef and mutton
and still preserve all the oil and almost every
particle OF fertilization. Sir J. B. Iawes i,
authority for saying that one ton of cotton
SEED meal fed to a steer will produce S3) wortl
OF manure.
have now made known to you some of tn,
main resources of a Georgia farm. valuable il
themselves and high so as compared to oil he
states, in view of the exceedingly low price q
our lands If these conditions are possible il
any and all sections of Georgia. then we hav
the second element of SuCCeSS-tha resources a
a Georgia farm can be made available as T.
products, and cur unusual conveniences 70
transportation make them available in market
The possibilities of our file ds are simply maj
velous. Their richest yields | have not deveI
op-d.
God is here. You hear it whispered in TIL
ruStling corn that stands marshsled in gree
uniform like soldiers for thu defense of the land
The orchards are bending to the earth Iade
with his love. The vines are tightening tn
grasp OF their tendrils to hold securely tn
purple clusters of accommodating wealth. TIL
land is ov -rwhelmed with gifts of his bounty
poured in prodigality at our feet The earth
full of gladness, while the fields clap their ha nd
in praise.
Shall we receive all this in cold ingratitude. O
turn with h"arts atlame to the Grand posSihili
ties of the future, restoring the waste place
God?
Yours is the mission to redeem the earth
Science and thought will now be harnessed l.
duty while nature unfolds the great truths o
! her ECONOMY in our advancing work
The alliance of farmers is an inspiration. No
to cut the wings of legitimate trade, not to dis
organize righteous business, not to set ma
| against man, brother against bro her or trad
/ against trade; but to fight greedy combines L
throttle error, TO ra So the fallen, to encourag
| the cherries, to strengthen the weak to elevat
| the masses aud to help the poor To stimulat
manly toll, constant industry, rugged honesty
| self denial, economy and fear OF debt
Without swords, this is the day of blooiIes
! war. Let the dead past bury its dead " In tn
light of the blessed present gather 81 renrth In,
courage and hope for the possibilities Of the fu
/ 0 81.