Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

raising Of food products than ever before,
raising more wheat, more meat and more
corn than at any period since 1865, with
| the result that the west is no longer the
granary and smokehouse of Georgia
Monthly Talks.
One of the important works OF TINS
department has been its monthly talks
and advice to the farmers on agricultural
topics. containing general information OF
interest not only to the farmers but TO
the people of Georgia as whole. Dur
ing the fiscal years 1900 and 1901, the de-
partner thas sent cut to the people
through the weekly papers over 1900 col
umus of printed matter bearing on the
subjects above mentioned, and it is con-
servatively estimated that each issue has
reached not less than 10000 people In
! Georgia~In addition to this, the Depart
ment has issued and sent out to the peo-
ple of this state 10 900 bulletins treating
on such subjects as were beneficial to the
agricultural interests of the state.
! General information.
twenty-five thousand maps of Georgia,
showing the counties, towns, railroads and
mileage, the population of each county,
the principal creeks, rivers and islands.
the postoffices in Georgia, and the num-
Der of people living at each postofiice,
have also been sent out. and we believe
have been of great value to the people and
hlgniy appreciated Dy LHe1u
Georgia's Resources.
In this connection one of the works Of
the department in which we feel special
pride was the compilation and publication
! of the book entitled Georgia: Historical
and Industrial" giving full and accurate
| description of the Empire State OF the
| South from the time it was laid out up TO
! the present time, with sketches of all the
/ counties, and general and detailed inform
: alton concerning the resources and posi-
| bilities of each county, and Of the state as
! q whole. The object of this book was TO
better acquaint our own people with what
we have, and particularly to inform out
| sders of the great advantages which
| Georgia possesses, and to, induce capital
| lists and home-seekers to come among us
and share with us these blessings. These
books have been given the most system
attic and thorough circulation possible
copies have been placed In the Office Of
/ every commissioner of agriculture In the
United States. In every experimental sta
| ton, and in every public library in the
| United States, besides being judiciously
distributed among prospective home-seek-
ers and investors throughout this country,
and even in foreign countries, from which
numerous requests have been received. In
| addition to this, in order that our public
officials and public institutions might be
provided with ready and accurate inform
| alton whenever called upon, copies Of this
/ book have been placed in the office OF the
| ordinary of each county in Georgia, with
/ the commissioners of education of each
| county, and in the libraries and public in
/ stitutions of the state. AS a result of this
| gigantic undertaking, which has been car
| ried out without a dollar of extra ex-
pense to the state. we have already had
| the satisfaction of seeing investors
/ brought into our state, with numerous and
! earnest inquiries coming in every day,
| either to this department or to others in
terested in the development of Georgia.
INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS.
| One of the most important duties of the
department of agriculture is the inspee-
| ton of commercial fertilizers, and upon
the thorough, intelligent and honest dis
| charge of this duty depends, in a large
| measure the success of the farmers of
| this state. 1t is, therefore, of particular
| Importance that the people should know
| how this work has been carried on I'm
der the law, this department is charged
with the inspection of all fertilizers, man.
ufactured or shipped into the state. Dur
| ing the fiscal years 1900 and 1901 there were
! sold in Georgia S91 SOP tons of fertilizers,
all of which was given the most rigid and
careful inspection. To do this work il
cost the department $41.5S per thousand
| tons, as against 1927 per thousand tons
1
From this it will be seen that the decrease
in the cost of inspecting this amount of
| fertilizers under the present administra-
ton, as against the price paid by the pre-
| ceding administration, is I,641H. After
| paying the expenses of handling and in
| specting fertilizers for 1900 and 1901 the de-
partment turned into the treasury net $780,.
| 49, 5. for the years 1897 and 1898, under the
1 former administration, the department
| turned into the treasury net $46559.S7. a
difference of $13,S9S5S in favor of my ad-
ministratlon In connection with the sup
ervision of the sale of fertilizers, I refer
with special satisfaction to the fact that
under the system of bookkeeping adopted
| by my administration, an accurate record
! has been kept of every ton of fertilizer
/ manufactured or sold in this state, by
whom sold and to whom delivered, mani
| fest improvement over former methods,
and a protection to the farmer should fu-
ture trouble arise over goods purchased
by him.
Special Analyses.
In addition to this. the department has