The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-12-05

ter their present condition!
How can they secure a better crop
price for their cotton crop and how
utilize the resources which arc at their
hards 10 the best advantage:
The house committee Of the Georgia
Legislature on general agriculture has
been discussing these questions. which
came to them through the introduction
of q series of resolutions or rather of
memorial in that shape which came
from certain farmers of Putnam Coun-
".
Chairman Brown. of the committee.
Yesterday submitted the report, which
was in the nature of a substitute set of
resolutions and which will be found of
interest. not only to the farmers of
Georgia and of the other States of the
South, but TO the merchants. the busi-
ness men. IN fact everybody
Theresolutions We're drawn by Chair
man Brown. who is one Of Pulaski's s
representatives and one OF the most
successful farmers OF Georgia. They
contain his ideas and those Of other
members Of the committee andare wor
thv of serious consideration by the
people of the State The report of the
committee is as follows:
Recognizing and deploring the de-
pressed condition of agriculture in this
State and deSirous of alleviating the
same we offer the following remedy as
the sense of this committee:
We will waste no time in discussing
the cause The disease is upon us. be-
ing felt in every farmhouse in Georgia,
soon 10 reach the center CT every town.
Our expense account has been greater
than our income. We must cut down
expenses or increase the revenue, or
meet bankruptcy surely and swiftly.
Looking to cotton as our source of reve-
rue. it IS impossible TO increase the in
come by increased production, when a
big crop will bring less than small
one. Therefore we would advise the
sowing of oats. wheat and rye, in abun-
dance. at least ten acres to the plow. be-
fore Christmas, if possible, il not the
FIRST thing in January. Prepare well
and SOW on good land, with view to
pasturing the same or Of cutting hay
after removing grain. Then prepare
three fourths of your land for corn,
greundpeas and fieldpeas; keep cotton
seed and manure corn. It will not
pay to sell them at present prices. Plant
vegetables. sugarcane. potatoes, etc.
Do noC plant over ten acres of cotton
to the plow.
Do not use any commercial fertiliz-
ers: clean out the fence corners; haul
litter in COW lots and horse lots, etc.
We have used 800, 900 tons of guano
this year. costing about $4,000, 900,
taking one. third of the cotton crop of
the State to pay for it. We recognize
that it willincrease the crop, but abun-
dance now means poverty to the pro-
ducer. Why we can't understand,
VIC simply deal with facts. At fixed
price Of S cents we would advise the
use of guano, but when increased pro-
duction reduces the price TO 5 cents,
then it is suicidal to use it. If all cot
ton-growing States would unite with
US (and we hereby implore them) and
refuse to use guano next year, we
would reduce the crop in our judg-
ment from nine to six million bales,
and obtain more for six millions than
for nine million bales, besides saving
the guano bill. 1t is not profitable to
buy guano and pay for it with scent
cotton, even with good crop; with a
poor crop it would simply mean de-
struction. Buy no wagons, no buggles,
no mules, nor horses unless you are
ont Of debit and can nav cash: econo-
n2lZe IN every way.
The above plan will bring more hogs,
more beef, more milk and better, more
chickens and eggs, more colts; would
require less labor. less expense, less
anxiety, less risk. II will bring more
money, pay back debts, bring peace,
continuous prosperity and lndepend-
ence to the farmers of Georgia and the
South.
We would ask our fellow citizens of
every calling to aid Us IN our honest
efforts for relief. We would ask mer-
chants and bankers to be as lenient
as possible. The cotton has come and
gone, the bales were there but the
price was lacking, though through no
fault of merchant Or farmer, we there
fore would counsel forbearance from
creditor to debtor. for the farmers of
Georgia are an honest debt paying
people, and while many are now un.
able to pay, it is not due to a lack of
disposition. We would ask our towns
people to buy all their supplies posi-
bic from their customers. In many
sections we have bread, meat beef.
lard. corn. hay and provisions of all
kinds-enough for country and town
and We would ask our merchants to
encourage farmers to produce these
things by buying from them instead of
importing the same. In other words
let our people live amongst them
selves as much as possible. We have
made the money. bat sent 1t away
from home. never to return until we
change our methods.
On this line We would say that our
cotton should be spun at home. Our
wagons made. buggies, shoes, furni-
ture. etc. so that money produced IN
Georgia would stay in Georgia. We
would also advocate any policy on the
part OF our State that would lend to
the upbuilding and support of factories
of all kinds IN our midst Their en-
olovees would furnish consumers of
our products and add value to every
acre of farm land in Georgia. We be-
lieve that packing houses established
IN our largest cities would pay. Let
them be established and we will fur
nish the beef and pork.
BY following the above suggestions
we believe that we can escape from
tie slough OF despond and the clutches
of poverty. and ere long stand upon
the high ground Of contentment and
prosperity.