Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-05
EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS.
AGmcULIuRr N GEORGIA. rur suor-
NANEs's WIZ WITHOUT SHOES.

The trip throagh portions of the South
of which = hssty skeleton was given last
week. ~as In some respects disappolni-
Ing sgriculturally. A cold snap had
killed all the first aud tender vegetation
through much Of Tennessee and north
ern Gcorgta, so that many of the tres
we're obliged to throw out second set
of leaves, While many of the early crops
we're cut 90 the ground and great deal
~ territory had Ia be- replsnted. Thoagh
the Boston market Was well supplied
with an abundance of early vegetables
from the south when left home, did
not taste any ~ these ssasonsble prod
ucts during ten days Journey near the
seat 10 production including three days
stop In AtlAntA.
Atlanta l. very thrifty business place
full of the hustle and life II New Eng-
land city. II L. comparatively new and
the style 20 lie residences, the treatment
of the grounds and The architecture of
the bu.lnes- blocks Il not different from
what can BE- found Ina many portions of
the North: and vet II has no market aud
u hat fc~ supplies of nearby truck and
produce Il recelVc- arc brought In small
teams from the surrounding country and
p.idled from house Ia house. The negro
and mule ar, omnlprcsent aud are the
only things that give the city an unfs-
mlliar appearance.
4 pleasant call Was made al the Office
90 the commissioners ot agriculture. Mr.
Ne-bltt. and from conversation With hi.
deputics and others whom met should
Judge that one % the faults of Georgian
agriculture has been an excessive de,o.
tiOn "a raising some mouey crop Ia send
out % the state. while supplying the
people At home With What they would
consame has hcen Ignored. Cotton has
t.ecn an extremely profitable crop up to
within two or three years aud has ther,-
fore been the leading crop Ia the nesleci
Il almost everything else. Butduring uf
depression 10 prices the last few years
has paid little or IN profit and orough'
many planters almost a. bankruptcy.
Ia some sections atteation has teen
turned o. early vegetable. Tor the north
ern markets, particularly 20 the cultiNs-
tion % melons, and yet the large vel
equipped aud comfortable hotel nj NJ
hnta, whose rates run a. high as i've
dollars per day, served very fcs Negc-
tables and r~celycd It's supplies of butter
from New York.
Chattanooga, Tenn, has been one of
the hoom tosn. and l. nov suffering a
reaction on account of the depression
In business and it, population IA. fallen
oil several Thousands, many of The me
chanic. thrown out Of occupation, hsN-
ing gone To farming out % the city.
Much commercial fertilizer l. made
and consumed In the south, bat princi-
pally for growing larger crop. Of cot
ton-which has heretofore paid we'll
and not, a. With "a at the north, Tor a
diversity % crops. One geuilemsn ex-
plaine,l Ia M. that farming for profit
was a comparatively new Industry With
them AZ the south. a. before the VAR "a
man With q good sired plantation well
stocked with nlgg.rs" coad MAKE
enough from the natural Increase of the
colorrd people Ia have his oper,iion. net
from $500 Ia s>,UO year, even " IN"
actual production Of planted crop. paid
no profit.
Ia talking With another man about,
IA. growing Of corn and it, use he said
that some corn Was grown and that
after the ears we're plucked "th. fodier
wss pulled oif for the mules. The
stalk. 10 the corn are not considered as
'fodder," hut are left standing In th.
field after the fodder" has been pulled
of, a. ~ no value New England Farm