The Atlanta constitution., 1901-10-14

around which this market OF supply re-
! wolves Our people stand ignorant OF
4 their opportunities and losing the greatest
! chance for matchmaking ever vouch-
safed to any people"
| In Atlanta today the housekeeper has
| TO pay 10 to 20 cents "A pound for chickens.
| The measly little scratchers brought In
on the country wagons call for 20 Or 20
/ cents apiece the dearest food that can
he bought. Eggs cost from 70 to 30 cents
per dozen. Colonel Wight transacts his
business through special sources. and
commands cents dozen in advance OF
the market prices because his guarantee
places his goods on the top notch. A
barred Plymouth Rock weighs one pound
at 2 weeks and two pounds In II weeks.
When "a common chicken weighs four
pounds. the Plymouth raised by Its side
weighs eight. I'm one year. by crossing,
the chicken supply could be increased ~
per cent
The story Of "A Plymouth sold i'm Atlanta
tells of a wonderful result. IL was pur-
chased last March since which time 1t
has laid Is eggs. which We're set aside for
Matching. - of which proved fertile. OF
the brood - survived. Twelve were sold
for 500 and later three more for $50. The
balance have been sold at prices running
nm the six months product of the. original
hen to more than 5000. and she will con
tinue i'm business three years more. FOL
lowing up the cumulative output 1t can
he seen that in one year the hen ana
progeny can safely be put down as worth
Sl.O00.
But" said Colonel Wight, there are
other things to be looked at. The natural
combination with poultry is hogs, COWS
ard fruit trees. The trees afford shade,
and bring in profit. and when II does not'
II can be fed to the stock. The Berkshire
,ltta. fnr
gia. | have sold 5000 worth of Berk-
shires within a year. whereas If had
had common stock / could not have done
so. This was from eleven sows. at an
expense of $500. To test the relative value
placed a Berkshire and common hog
together. of the same age. and fed them
exactly alike When killed. the common
hog netted 163 pounds and the Berkshire
2S7 l have now fifteen breeding sows. of
which several are imported In my Jersey
herd there are twenty-five fine mixers, to
utilize the product of which have
creamery of the latest design
vt this point II would be proper to say
that by fai one of the most interesting
contributions to the Interstate fair now
in progress I'm Atlanta is 10 he found in
the Belmont herd of Jerseys. the Berk-
shire hogs and the poultry show. Last
year Colonel Wight met the Vanderbilt
display and won siS6.50 In prizes as
against Nanderbilt's SIG. Now the race is
on again and II will he safe to bet on the
Georgian. for he has as good as Wander
bits money could buy.
What the Farmers Can Do.
After all. the lesson sought is: What
can the average farmer do To improve
his condition? lie will contend that Colo
ncl Wight enjoys exceptional condi-
tions and that the lesson is probably
valueless TO him.
The backbone of what a farmer has 10
consume is meat. eggs and butter. lie
needs hogs. and the demonstration is
that the select breeds. on the same ex-
penditure yield almost double the result
i'm plain meat making. The expense of
poultry raising on a farm Is insignificant
and the market quotations for chickens
and eggs in Atlanta should tell the far
mer that there is money To be made there
every day in the year. Butter is needed
at home. If not for sale. The farmer
works all the year on cotton and lives in
differently. for which he ha~ TO let all his
cotton go when the bill is TO be paid If
he kept chickens. hogs and cows he would
have lived hotter. he could have sold
from s5 To sl0 worth OF produce every
day and at the end of the ysar he would
have money saved over and coaon would
have been his surplus.
Leaving the busy scenes Of Belmont,
Win It's nftltA presentation nl llfai IKE
at its best the thought came up as to
how Georgia could be improved If in every
county there could Dc established such an
object lesson. In clothing the world there
Is money. and the south is blessed in
having the monopoly Of the raw material
with which il il done She is blessed in
the prospect that this crop is to be quad
rupled in value 10y its manufacture in the
field.
But the man that moves the world is
the one that feeds H. All the money
made. from whatever source. is finally
resolved into meat and drink. Others
NAV grow rich on chance. but the man
OF bread and batter of eggs and cheese,
Of chickens and pork. is the one TO whom
the world must come when ii is hungry.
American exports are more than double
the imports today. because hunger is
gnawinE at the vitals Of England and
of Russia. of France and OF Germany.
They have developed the artisan and the
mechanic. but these men must bc fed
With Missouri's S1G00p.uo0 of receipts
for chickens and eggs, why should not
Georgia duplicate the figure? She can
do 50 by treating the poultry enterprise
as "A business. and ny investing in the
best stock. whether in chickens or In
cattle II is estimated that Georgia is
cap able of supporting la comfort popu-
lation of 40.ooo.G0o people.
That is-the 100000 people now here
have within their grasp the opportunities
intended for 4O0m.IU0