The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02

tility, and no section grows better small
grain. raises better live stock. more poul-
Try or Is better adaptcd 10 small fruits
ttctet oiore Georgia has been "A cotton
growing state. but since cotton has
uroppped so low I'm price. farmers have
turned their attention 20 grains. fruits
ana live stock The year lS9t was marked
hy tho largest acreage OF corn ever grown
IN the state. and 1888 bids fair TO 20 be-
yond last years corn harvest. Many
more hogs and cattle are being raised than
usual, while the dairy business. small
irulI growing and the poultry industry.
are booming
Southern farmers have not vet learned
the value Of the hen as an economic adj
lunct 10 the farm. If a few fowls are
raised, the old woman and the gals" are
responsible for the work And these few
lows are usually scrubs. weighing from a
pound and half to two aud half pounds
when dressed. Some larger sized fowls
are marketed. of course. but they are eN-
tcptlois. last tennessee has long sup
Piled the entire south. east of the Mis-
slslppi river. with the larger portion of
the fowls used, and to-day East Tennes-
see sends the greater portion of the fowls
and eggs sold In the Atlanta market
II mas always been a puzzle to me that
East tennessee. separated from Georgia
ny only range of mountains, should
raise SO much poultry and send such phe-
nomenal qualities of eggs to the states
south, while the industry Jagged else
where and was only a minimum in the ag-
sfegate SO TAR as eggs and fowls are con-
OF course / knew that cotton-nothins-
but cotton-WaS the cause of this condi-
ton, nevertheless IL has seemed to me
that southern farmers ought long ago TO
have recognized the value of poultry
farming on more extended scale es-
pecially when the demand is STEADY fur
low Is and eggs. and prices are good most
OF the time. Instead of importing fowls
and eggs for home use. the south sha,uG
export several million dollars worth OF
poultry products annually, as most farm
ers could sell a hundred dollars worth
or more poultry products annually. II
they so desired, and not take their time
from other work, either Poultry can be
anywhere else, and if the farmers will
try IL they viii iird that the poultry will
be their best paying crop.
But new era is dawning. The OLD
south is sim here, hut II is the old south
with progressive ideas and progressive
methods. Progress is necessarily slow.
BUT, IN the iight of past events, the south
mas progressed wonderfully. What We
want is immigration-White American i'm
migrants. We want farmers who Will
farm by approved methods We want
TO see the one-mule style of breaking
land and farming generally. abolished.
We want intelligent farmers WAC will
start poultry plants. who will grow small
fruits, as well as hogs, sheep, cattle.
horses etc. We want more hay, corn,
oats, wheat, potatoes. we want a goncf al
system of diversified farming. aud the
farms made self-sustainng. No soil re-
spends quicker to good cultivation than
that Of Georgia, Tennessee and North
Ca. olina. Lands here are cheap. and all
the natural advantages Of good water,
good timber. plenty of marble, granite and
limestone abound. Poultry growing hers
is i'm its infancy, but II needs encourage
ment. That il will pay II right methods
are used, admits of no doubt.