The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-07-04

!; der. The w1rk done by the spreader is
| far better than that lone by hand
| Cnc"rni,g Sugar Cane.
In compilation of the com arative
value of field crops made by the Florida
| Experiment Station. Lake City. Florida,
it is shown that sugar cane Is by far the
most productive crop for that STATE. and
! that the next best paying crop is pea
nuts. Such also Is the case on such
| South Georgia lands as produce only
one bale of cotton TO three acres, nine
and a half bushels of corn and nine OF
oats TO the acre. But there are large
stretches of very fertile land i'll Middle
and South Georgia which produce a
bale of cotton to the acre, from twenty
five to thirty bushels of corn and oats to
the acre, aud 300 bushels of potatoes.
On lands of this sort there is not such
marked superiority of sugar cane over
other crops But with skillful manage.
ment 1t holds its own with the best OF
them. and is superior TO most of them.
Therefore we conclude that sugar cane
Is great wealth producing crop and
that it's cultivation will add greatly to
the prosperity of the farmers of South
ern Georgia as well as of our seaports,
Savannah and Brunswick These cities
will need large growth of the syrup
and sugar Industries to take the place
of the lumber and naval stores business
which must grow less in proportion as
the great pine forests are exhausted.
This may seem to many worn out
theme, but the Department of Agricul-
ture, realizing the supreme importance
of this great crop to the farmers OF all
South Georgia, feels that it will be ex-
cused for keeping this subject before the
minds of those most interested.
There are some very encouraging in
dlcatlons of growth i'll the syrup and
sugar Industries. One of these is the
fact mentioned by Colonel |. G. Wade,
land and industrial agent of the South.
ern railway, that III Appling county,
where two years ago only 100 acres were
planted In sugar cane, there are now
1000 acres devoted to it, Another is
that a company of Illinois capitalists,
believing that Georgia can produce as
good sugar as Louisiana, has purchased
over $4,000 acres of timber land in
Olinch county, intending to saw out the
lumber, and, after the land is sufficient
ly cleared, TO build large sugar mills
and plant thousands of acres in cane.
One Of the most interchangeable workers
in this cause is Captain d. G.. Purse of
Savannah, and his efforts are heartily
seconded by that liberal minded journal,
the Louisiana Planter and Sugar
Manufacturer, which gives encourage
msnt to every scheme for the upbuilding
of the entire South. We are glad to see
that other journals besides those OF
Georgia are taking an interest in what
so much pertains to the welfare of our
State.
The establishment of a sugar experi.
ment station i'll the cane belt which was
recommended by the Brunswick con-
vention has met with strong endorse.
ment by the Brunswick Board of Trade.
wpich offers to furnish 500 acres for
that purpose, and by the Macon Cham.
Der OF Commerce which also urges upon
the Georgia legislature the passage OF
law for preventing the adulteration OF
Georgia syrup.
This department is exceedingly anx.
lous TO see Georgia come TO the front in
the sugar industry, without relaxing
any of her zeal for the other crops THAI
have been worth so much TO her in the
past. Georgia already takes high rank
among her southern sisters in both ag.
rlculture and manufactures. We wish
to see her i'll the front rank in the
growth OF every product for which her
soil is adapted. Nature has literally
endowed her. and every true son of the
state desires that she SHOULD make the
best use of her opportunities.
Oats for r orage.
The value of well-cured oat hav for
all kinds Of farm stock, especially for
dairy cows and sheep, is well known
Some prefer TO cut the oats for hav iust
as they are beginning to bloom, while
with some @rieties it may be better to
begin little earlier, with Others little
later. 1t is better TO leave the stubbles
at least three or four inches long. The
treatment after cutting should be abous
the same as that for hay. Dat hay can
be stacked out of doors, but it should be
topped with some other grass. Tie crop is
safer, however. under shed or in a
barn. The only serious objection to
this feed is that rats and mice are apt
to damage it badly. A remedy against
these pests is to stack the oats on a fouu.
dation Of poles or scantlings, so tina,
cats and dogs can get under it and de.
stroy the rats o. B. STEVENS.
Commissioner.