The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1902-09-04
WHEAT CULTIVATION
Interesting Paper by Com
missioner Stevens.
VARIETY OF WHEAT TO USE.
Valuable Suggestions and Tinely Al.
vice which Every Entsrprising
Farmer in Georgia Shouts


The wheat crop for this year. owing
to several adverse causes well known
to all the wheat growers OF Georgia,
did not come up to the average. But
this partial failure should no more
cause a diminution IN the area devoted
to this valuable grain than an I'M
favorable season for corn or cotton
should cause falling off in the acre
age of those crops.
The same reasons which led to the
great revival of wheat growing in
Georgia in 1899 and 1900 still prevail.
One of the. chief arguments in favor
Of wheat growing, SO persistently
urged at the time, was that the negro
farmer by reason of his manner OF
life can make living for his family
at far less expense than is required
by the white man. and hence can
afford to sell his cotton at, a lower
price.
Therefore the competition between
the white and black planter would
prove disastrous to the former unless
he could be self-supporting and have
cotton for his surplus money crop
A farmers life should be one of
financial Independence; but, unless ne
can live in the main at home on the
fruits of his own industry and supply
the market with those products that
are ever in demand, he is in danger Of
becoming newer of wood and drawer
OF water to his more enterprising
neghbors. If he raises enough to live
upon, he can hold his cotton for good
prices.
An attractive looking home, a well
filled storehouse and ready cash for
himself and family are necessary, ii
he would bind the affections of his
wife and children to their country
home. Diversity of crops is an absJ
lutte necessity for successful farming
and no crop that can be raised adds
more to the comfort of a home than
wheat, which in it's -four gives that
bread which by most people is pre-
ferred to every other kind, and in its
bran supplies one of the most whols
some feeds for stock.
No good farmer in North or Middle
Georgia should fail to set apart por
ton of his land for wheat What il
there is an occasional short crop?
Can he raise anything that is not LA.
BILE to the same misfortune?
Those states of our Union and thosa
countries of the world are the richest,
whose farmers raise abundance of
wheat and oats, and grass for pas.
turage and for hay. Raise abundance
of these things for man and beast and
add to them plenty of corn. Then you
can have the best of poultry, hogs,
sheep, beef and dairy cattle and all
your cotton will be a money crop, with
which to purchase the comforts that
should be found in every home, and
to provide support for declining
years
The Variety Of Wheat 10 Use.
Knowing well the many conditions
affecting the yield of wheat, we would
again advise that you select varie "
most capable of withstanding the many
drawbacks attendant upon the cultiva.
ton of this grain. A kind having
strong, stiff stem and possessing the
greatest power of withstanding ex.
IRENE cold weather is the best. All
other things being equal. that which
has thin skin or bran is to be pre-.
ferred.
Soil For Wheat.
A soil, whose predominating charac.
teristics are loan and clay, and that