The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-07
TOBACCO THE COMING CROP.
MIR. EGAN SAYS A FACTORY WILL
COME TO SAVANNAH IN TINE.

The Success of the Roads EndeavOr
TO Have the Farmers of the state
Experiment With Tobacco Culture
Indicates to His Mind That 1t VIII
Be But "a Matter of Time Before
Savannah VIII Have Factory.
Farmers who Have Tried the Ex-
pertinent Have Raised Fine
Patches of the Plant.
Mr.. John NJ. Esan, vice president of the
Central of Georgia Railway, says that an
industry is sprnging up in Georgia chat
wiz make its influence felt in Savannah
before long. That is the culture of tobacco.
Some months ago the Central Railroad
sent out many hundreds of pamphlets
bearing on the cultivation of tobacco. In
formation was given, showing the best
means 10 be followed in the production of
the weed and prospective planters were
warned against an the enemies of the plant
and weather and other conditions against
which they would have to guard. The pam
phlets were widely distributed, nearly
every farmer along the line of the Central
Railroad in those sections best calculated
TO produce good tobacco receiving one.
The pamphlets were not the only assist
ance furnished by the railroad 1t aided in
sending out a lot of seed for experiments
A firm in North Carolina went into the
thing with the Genital and it and the rail-
road shared the expense of sending out
packages of seed to all the farmers who
wrote for them. The seed were planted and
cultivated under the rules laid down in the
book of instructions. and 1T is said there
are many living along the line of the Cen
trail Railroad now who have fine patches of
tobacco.
Mr. Egan is well satisfied with the re-
suit of the endeavor of the railroad to
induce the people to undertake the culture
Of the plant in the country districts. He
expects to see it develop into an industry
Of great importance. His prophecy is that
The city will have a great mandatory
in course of time. Savannah is regarded
as the natural location for such a factory
for the conversion of the tobacco as gath
cred from the farms into the marketable
form. 1t would be a proper distributing
point, and Mr.. Egan believes it no more
ture being undertaken to any considerable
degree in Georgia for this to be the point
of all others selected for it's manufacture
Instances Of the successful cultivation
of the crop in Southwest Georgia have
come 10 the knowledge of Mr.. Egan He
has seen the plants growing at several
places, and finds the farmers are greatly
encouraged over what they think a pros
pect of adding a paying industry to those
IN which they are already engaged. Mr.
Egan believes the ridge that produces such
line tobacco in North Carolina and Vir-
ginia should also do it in Georgia, as it
extends throughout the state in a trans
verse direction.
Mr. +. H. Hinton, trafice manager of
the Central, thinks very highly of the soil
OF south Georgia for the production of
sugar cane. He has spent many years in
Louisiana and is familiar with the sugar
industry as it is followed in that state.
lie has found that the soil in Southwest
Georgia, section with which he is IA
miliar, his duties often demanding his
presence there, is very similar to that of
the richest parish in Louisiana, and that
in which the best cane is produced He
says the establishment of a sugar refinery
anywhere along the line of the Central
would be welcomed by the road, and that
the lowest possible rates would be given
to help it along.