The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-09
HOW FARMING PAYS
mn. ]. G. INGALLS, OBSERVATIONS
FROM EXPERIENCE.
RAISE SUPPLIES AT HOME.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS OF
BROOKS COUNTY FARMERS.

one Half the County Raises Its own
Meat and Bread and Some to Sell
and Puts Money in Bank Which
the Bankers Lend to the other
Half Which Raises COttOn-The
Brooks County People Believe
Their Splendid Exhibit to Be a
Prize winner, but Barlow, Cobb,
sumter and spaIding Will Contest
This Honor.
The question of which county is to
carry off the prize of $1,000 offered by
the Savannah Fair Association for the
hest county exhibit is arousing consid-
cradle interest among the visitors to
the State Fair and particularly among
the exhibitors themselves, who now
have time to compare exhibits and
make calculations as to their chances
There are five counties which con-
sde- their exhibits eligible for the
first prize and who feel they are in JUS
tice entitled to it. These are Barlow
Brooks, Cobb. Sumter and Spalding.
All have magnificent exhibits. 1t is no
favoritisn to say that if the award
were left to a vote of the visitors to
the Fair just now, Brooks county
would get the prize. This is due to the
double reason that Brooks is South
Georgia county and that its display is
more ornate and more artistically ar
ranged than any of the others. 1t is
understood, however, that decorations
and artistic display do not count TO
any great extent in the award of the
prizes. 1t is upon the character,
quality and variety of products dis
played that the award is to be based
and upon these Brooks is content to
rest her claim. Her exhibit is as varied
as it is artistic and the quality of the
products exhibited is unquestioned
A Morning News reporter met Dr.
j.. G. Mccall, a well known citizen of
Brooks, and a prominent South Geor-
gian, yesterday. The DIR. is thorough
believer in his own county, and his
observations upon conditions there are
worth quoting. For many years he
was in the banking business at Quit
man, but retired to give his latter days
to farming.
Brooks county" he said, lis a great
county for raising something to eat
There is a very peculiar fact about the
county. Screven street. which runs east
and west through the town of Quit
man, divides the town and the county.
In the entire section south of Screven
street the people make their own corr
and meat and something to eat gener-
ally. North of this line they raise cot
ten. AS president of a bank at Quit
man for many years l observed that
80 per cent. of the deposits were from
south of the line where the people rails
ed their own supplies, and the same
money was lent out to the people north
Of the line who raised cotton
The moral of DR.. McCalrs observa-
ton is obvious and needs no comment.
Brooks COunty's Exhibit.
Mr.. E. G. Young is in charge of the
Brooks exhibit and understands it
thoroughly. The exhibit is divided in
to sections. First is a little reception
room neatly palisaded about with
stalks of sugar cane. In the next Sec
ton the centerpiece is a fine display
of preserved goods in glass; evidently
Of a very fine quality. Hanging over
head and around the sides are fine
hams and bacon, while sacks of grain
of several kinds surround the base
There are shelves filed with walnuts,
hickory nuts and pecans. Several va
rieties of peanuts, or pinders, as the
Brooks people call them, are shown
the popularity of one variety being
that it has three kernels to every she'll
The original goober pea, a curious
looking groundnut, is shown.
1T is with these COOLERS and the
chufas that we make our meat" said
Mr.. Young.
Almost everything that grows in
dirt is grown in Brooks county," said
Mr.. Young 1--WE have here fifteen
varieties of sweet potatoes. We have
eleven varieties of short cotton and
four of sea island. Here are five va
rieties of oats. four of peanuts,
and two varieties of rice, up
land and lowland. We have on exhi-
bition five kinds of sugar cane, the red
cane. red ribbon, green, green ribbon
and third party"
Mr.. Young explained that the third
party or populist cane was so called
because it was grown in large quanti-
ties by a well known Populist If
Brooks, who has been very successful
in raising it.
Seventy-three varieties of hard
woods, all taken from one farm in
Books, are shown. 1.-THE glass goods
include over 100 different products of
the housewives art, a number of do
nestle wines being on the list.
Seeing that the exhibit was artis-
tically decorated with segments of corn
ears and cobs, Mr.. Young was asked
about the corn production or BROOKS.
I'VE claim to beat the world on corn"
was his reply 1--WE have here thirty
seven varieties on exhibition, five Of
garden corn, two of popcorn and twen-
tyseven field corn. OF hay we have
eleven varieties. The rule of our farm
ing is hogs first, hay next and cotton
third. We have several farmers who
kill over 200 head of hogs annually,
and large quantities of good home
raised meat are sold in Quitman. Cas-
sava we find to be very fine for cattle
and hogs Mixed with cotton seed
meal and hulls. it makes a very good
feed"
Mr.. Young has a typewriter list
covering several pages, enumerating
the many articles of the Brooks county
exhibit.
BartOwis Fine showing.
Barlow county's exhibit is situated
just opposite Brooks on the north side
Of the building. 1t has a splendid solid
looking appearance, with long tables
piled with the finest kinds of corn and
bulwarks of hay along its entire front.
Nh III j. Mccormick is in charge and
he is satisfied that Barlow will get the
first prize. One of the features Of the
exhibit is the quantities Of tremen-
deus sweet potatoes which exceed in
size those of any other exhibit.
Something not seen to any extent in
other exhibits are the many baskets of
apples of numerous varieties. The on
ions. turnips and other vegetables ex-
hibitei are particularly large and fine.
In all the grains wheat, oats, rye and