Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-04-08


as to the acreage and yield In other
cotton growing States, but co-operat-
ing in every practical movement tnat
looked to the upholding of the price,
and protecting in every possible way
the farmer from inferior fertilizers,
and giving him the benefit OF all the
scientific and technical knowledge
which the State has provided.
Food Products.
It is matter for congratulation
that the farmers of Geogia have Win
in the past few years paid more az
tention to the raising Of food prod
ucts than ever before, raising more
wheat. more meat and more corn tnan
at any period since 1865, with the re-
suit that the West is no longer the
granary and smokehouse OF Georsla
Monthly Talks.
One of the important works ol
this Department has beer, its montn
talks and advice to tbs afarfAeFs on ag-
ricultural topics containing general
information of interest not only to the
farmers but to the people Of Georgia
asa whole. During the fiscal years
1900 and 1901 the Department has
sent out to the people through the
weekly papers over $4,000 columns of
printed matter bearing on the subjects
above mentioned, and it is conserva-
lively estimated that each issue has
reached not less than 10000 people
IN n II, tn {C a
Department has issued and sent out
to the people of this State 10000 bulle.
tins treating on such subjects as were
beneficial to the agricultural interests
of the State.
General Information.
Twenty-Five thousand maps Of c.
gia, showing the counties, towns, rail.
roads and mileage, the population OF
each county, principal creeks, rivers
and islands, the post-offices in Georgia,
and the number of people living at
each post-off1ce, have also been sent
out, and, we believe, have been of
great value to the people, and highly
appreciated by them.
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 "Geor-
gia: Historical and Industrial" Civ !
ing a full and accurate description of
the Empire State of the South from
the time it was laid out up to the pres
ent day, with sketches of all the
counties. and general and detailed in.
formation concerning the resources
and possibilities of each county, and of
the State as a whole. The object of
this book was to better acquaint our
own people with what we have, and
particularly to inform outsiders Of the
great advantages which Georgia pos
sesses, and to induce capitalists and
home-seekers to come among us and
share with us these blessings. These
books have been given the most sys-
tematic and thorough circulation pos
sible; copies have been placed in the
office Of every Commissioner of Ag.
riculture in the United States, in ev-
cry experimental station, and in ev-
cry library in the United States beside. :
being judiciously distributed among
prospective home-seekers and invest
ors throughout this country, and even
in foreign countries from which nu.
merous requests have been received.
In addition to this, in order that our
public officials and public institutions
might be provided with ready and &C.
curate information whenever called
upon, copies of this book IN been
placed in the office of the lary
of each county in Georgia, VIII the
commissioners of education of each
county, and in the libraries and public
institutions of the State. AS result
Of this gigantic undertaking, which
has been cari9Sd- 5usS without q -
of extra expense to fthe State, we have
already had the satisfaction of seeing
investors broughG into our State with
numerous and earnest inquiries com.
ing in every day either to this Depart.
ment or to others interested In the
development of Georgia.
Inspection a Commercial Fertilizers.
One Of the most important duties OF
the Department of Agriculture Is the
inspection of commercial fertilizers.
and upon the thorough intelligent and
honest discharge of this duty depends
In large measure, the success Of the
farmers of this State. It is, therefore
OF particular Importance that the peo
pie should know how this work has
been carried on. Under the law this
Department is charged with the In
spection of all fertilizers manufact
ured or shipped into the. STATE Stare ~ ~
ing the fiscal years 1900 and 1eo1l
there were sold in Georgia S91. .602 TONS
of fertilizers, all of which was ejvenl
the most rigid and careful inspection
To do this work it cost the Department
$41.53 per thousand tons, as against
$43.27 per thousand tons paid by m,
predecessor for the same work. From
this it viii be seen that the decrease
in the cost of inspecting this amount
of fertilizers under the present ad-
ministration, as against the price
paid by the preceding administration,
is Sl,64I21. After paying the expenses
of handling and inspecting fertilizers
for 1900 and 1901, the Department
turned into the treasury net $50, ,458.45.
For the years 1897 and 1898, under the
former administration, the Department
turned into the Treasury net S46,-
56187, a difference of $13,S76.5S IN
favor of my administering. anaz.asstli
nection with supervision or the
sale of fertilizers, | refer with special
satisfaction to the fact that under the
system Of bookkeeping adopted by
my administration, an accurate rec
ord has been kept of every ton of fer
tilizer manufactured or sold in this
State, by whom sold and to whom de-