The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-02-10
THE GEORGIA FEVER
Kentucky Farmers Are Coming from the
Blue Grass Section.
INTEND TO SETTLE HERE
They Say That the Bermuda Grass
Section Suits Them and They
viii Cultivate It

The extent OF thr immigration movement
from the west 10 Georgia Is not halt feai-
izaI Nv the public. Winnie great tee OF
, settlers has rCcn pouring into IRWIN couh-
" durin- the last three months. there mas
, been another stream Of homeSees'ers now
ing into Georgia, but scattering out over
every part.
srbe Atlanta and West Point. tho Gcor-
ria the GEORGIA Southern aud Florida ana
the Georgia and Alabama probaoly proHt-
"a the most from this influx OF se'tletS'
President Smith. Of The Atlanta ana West
Point railroad said yesterday that Irodp
,.,,,-.- &c getting quite a number Of i'm
migrants from the northwestern states
Richmond county has attracted num-
her and al through the central part OF
Georaia people are coming in daily.
one OF tho most remarkable features or
This movement 10 Georgia is that the fever
has struck tho hear, of the bluegrass
section OF Kentucky. II is easily under
stood why the Iowa, Dakota. Nebraska
Kansas and Missouri farmers are anxious
TO move away. but the keutucNla1s are
generally supposed 70 imagine tndt they
arc situated in the chosen land. But re
Gently a movement has started rom
around Lexington and those who have
come have bought land and written others
to hurry uV and move down to Georgia
The first thing a kentucky farmer looks
for. 81 course, Is grass land. Many
Geo-r'a planter viii smile 10 read that
nothing In an this state has 50 pleased
the eve of the BLUEGRASS farmers as the
acres covered with bermuda grass sod.
Hundreds and hundreds OF Georgia far
rffers nave cursed bermuda grass as q pest
AID have devoted mUch labor 10 destroy
fng g. These kentDciiars say that b. is
just what they want. Air. ". ". Nor
ton. who recently moved from Lexington
- n ] e.
county. saws shat re never saw anything
Ike tho grass crous which some of his
netghbo~s make For instance. Major w.
II. Warren, OF Augusta. Richmond county,
Geor,il. has demonstrated THAI there is
GREAT nroft SO De made from tho raising Of
grass. From ninety-t~o acres ne mas cut
go tons OF hay. weighed after cured The
rrlc. obtained ranged from sen 70 SIS per
ton realizing sStn. The expense or at
tention. cuttiu-. balirg. etc. was $3.50,
leavirl, a profit Of 500. or SO clear proit
10 the acre The past year he has raised
80 tons of hay on -. ncres ON fort
eight acres. this year. he raised also. 2.435
bushels o. cats. and. after harvesting the
oats. cut two crops OF grass from the
same land.
sir y. 4 Copeland. OF Greensboro. in
the bermuda grass section, realized S53
clear prof- from enc acre OF berIrud1-
Ex-senator Felix Corrupt OF Floyd
a CROP of clover. "A crop q Johnson grass
and a crcn az MIXED hay. getting total
OF seven and q haif tons and netting so
OF thc ore acre.
The NJ Morton alluded TO above has
boon followed bv others from his old
neiunbr-tocd and thore is regular fever
among the farmers un There 70 come 10
tfeorr 70. Ther say that IL is too cold for
thorn even in Kentucky II they can get as
good grass land in "a m'ldCr climate.
"fTnd Won ever th0r-ht THAT Georgia
would become a great hay. mu'c and heet
PRODUCING siatee' asked Ex-Governor >pr-
then Yesterday. I'VE are steadily aH-
uroachin~ that goal in agriculture. In
stead of Ecutu alsy mules we win have cur
ho-le-rtisea mules. instead o. Kentucky
cattle we win have the finest Coorsi1 cat
tie AMI instead ~ buying western href We
s.il have an Armour I'm the south Why
NOT oar eel viii crow more grass and
r docs not cost near SO much 10 keep cate
ile through the winter here as IL does in
tho western states. where the cllTatc is
50 bitterly cold and whore tho farmers
hlvr 20 feed their stock for seven months
90 fh- wear
..I have h.s a hobby ccr fourteen wears
ara 80 has been bermuda grass. AZ FIRST
mas uei-hhors scof.oa az the idea Of util-
izla- f. -fo.t OF them considered il
nuisance anl q common question ire the
agricultural 0rs and among the meme
which D was -idetf. was what Is the
best method or destroying bermuda grass?
..I e,.utrifneutct e-ith bermuda and
clover sowing them together. AND made
nro crops cf hay. ''v the0r. was that MS
rue clover had "a IONS taprout which went
down .uto fHe ground and tha -mC las
reats erre8l out ke met under The
surface tae- would NOT interfere wish
e..n other And they did DO wen TO-
rcthcr
several years ago Colonel Wallace
Howard. ~ Walker county. published
manual or fEr crosses or Georgia In
which De quoted some % the best farmers
IN tho eoatl ON bermuda grass. Colonel
s. j Lane. of Hancock county. Colonel 7.
r.. Howard. formerly secretary ~ arrcui-
turc Tor Gsa~l and Dr. S. julien
I Baveucl 81 Charleston. all testified 10 The
-r.at N.iuc %. b,-t1u38 -rass. Their
opinion Was rhat bermuda was q fine re-
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