The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-25
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Cotton Crop is One Of the Largest on
Record.

- W - JIG Vt ult Largest on
Record.
DuFlng the last spring aud summer
tbs condition and prospects Of tia cot.
ton crop were far from being encour-
aging; but the bright, sunny days Of
late fall came TO the rescHe and
deorsis in common with the whois
South. re lotcss in one among the larg.
est cotton crops on record.
! Many reports OF surprising yields on
ordinary land have come into this OF.
fee, and there is gratifying evidence
Gf improved cultivation. More farm.
ers than ever before in the history Of
our State are using the best methods
and Improved machinery.
Never sIHce the war has the fusn.
cial condition of cur farmers been in
such good shape. More OF them than
at any previous period are in sucb
state of independence that they can
soil or hold their cotton. as their inter.
ass may demand
In some sections cotton picking was
delayed by the scarcity OF labor But
a new hope has arisen that at no distant
day this difficulty viii be surmounted
The new cotton picker, though fal
from, perfect, gives assurance that ere
very long. when it shall have passed
its crude beginning and grown into a
drst-class machine, the labor problem
Of the Gotten planter will be solved.
OF ons thinS the Southern planter
can lie siire In his cotton If wisely
managed, he possesses a reliable and
safe money crop. But. as We have
repeatedly urged. let nothing TEN pt
him 10 make it his sole reliance
His wheat. corn, vegetables and hay
and abundance OF every kind OF stock
feed should be raised at nome, so as
to make him the independent man
that every farmer ought TO be- Lei
him. by diversity Of crops careful fer.
tiliBation aud diligent cultivation OF
the sell seek the fsvor Of Nature. who
viii not fail TO amply regard his we'll
directed efforts We aOte with jleas
ore the iuGIinatOn OF oar farmers to
DO this very thing, and the tact that
they are accepting The idea OF ineTeas
ing their cotton production on the
same acreage by Fotstion better fertil
zAtton and improved cultivation while
a. the same time raising sufficient
home supplies for man and beast
On account et> long continued dry
weather COW peas will be scarce and
high next season Re sure, therefore,
to save enough to put upon your land
at the proper time No up-to-dats
farmer wiH long run field in cotton
without applying to it this great rsn-
oyator and panacea foe the ills that AZ
fiiet the soil
We fear that On account Of the ary
fuii s..ysS.y FARMERS hsse fsllaa IL sow
heat II so those w0h can possibly
DO it, should SOW it now 50 as TO get IL
up by Christmas Those living in sec
t:ons where Il is too late to do this
and even those who can sow the wheat
aud yet have land enough would do
well al the first good season in Feb
rusry to put in oats on good ground
Ter manured and prepared. They will
then have a good prospect Of a fineI
supply Of spring oat crop,
no those who have not yet turned
their fields We would say, do SO this
month Let this he done thoroughly
and well, and as deep as possible. 50
that freezes and winter rains may add
fertility to our fields
Again wa are gratifisd at the fact
that the sugar-caue growers and sirup
manufacturers Of Georgia are making
progress toward increasing their indi
yidual wealth as well as that Of ths
State by improved cultivation, the in
PRODUCTION Of new and better mschiu
cry for sugar and srup-msking and
the wise use of remedies both new and
old for rhe prevention Of fermentation
Of cane sirups.
Once more we desire to congratulate
the farmers Of our great ana growing
State on the fact that they are keep
ing pace in the march OF progress with
all The other great Industries that are
adding TO the wealth and influence Of
Georgia
o. y. STEVENS.
Commissioner Of Agriculture