The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-04-18
AS to Living at Home.


gis when barrel OF turkeys is worth
more than bale Of cotton" In
proof Of its assertion The Constitution
declares that "just two days ago"
produce firm "sold 300.pouud barrel
of turkeys, wholesale, for s75." At
present prices this amount is almost
equal to the value Of bale and half
Of cotton, certainly as much IS bale
and third would bring. AS the
profits between the Wholesale produce
merchant and the farmer is not large,
the enterprising Georgia producer
must have received not much less |
than the s75 for his barrel Of turkeys. !
There can be no exaggeratiou to ssy
tthat, 10 the farmer himself, G barrel
OF turkeys is worth as much as bale |!
Of cotson. That is q thought that ie
worth pondering. /
Our Georgia contemporary gees on
TO say thst "up to three or four years
ego Atlanta received almost her ertire
supply Of. poultry from Tennessee.
But since that sine Georgia farmers
and poultry growers have realized the
profits to be derived from the raising
Of poultry and this businsaa has
jumped with leaps and bounds" Aud
sgain:.
: IA few years ego the eggs aud
chickens. were left to the women folks
sor pin money, but the Georgia far
mer, aud his wife as we'll, has lately
realized the tremendous industry aud
the big revenue which can be deri; d
from paying the same careful atten-
ton to poultry that is devoted to COT
ton aud other crops and the result is
that the sums Of money which come
in from these SOURCES are almost dou.
bling every year."
In conclusion, The Constitution
adds:
Those in q position to know, af-
firm that the time is not far distan:
when Atlanta and other Georgia cities
will stop importing eggs and poultry
from Tennessee and will begin export
ing to other States aud finally play ON
important part il the tremendous ex.
port trade to Great Britain aud other
countries which cold storage has made
possible" -.. g.. -,
We wonder if South Carolina is do.
ing as we'll as hes sister State in this
direction. We are sffaid not. Char
lesion, Columbia and the other larger
cities in this State will have to de-
pend, We believe, TO large extent,
upon Tennessee for their supply Of
poultry and upon the West for their
beef. Tens Of thousands Of dollars
are each year ssnt out oil. the State for
che purchase of food commodities that
might es well be produced here. The
failure is< not aloze a6 to poultry end
beef but it is true of other things.
South Carolina farmers still persist
in the :wasteful aud unnecessary prac.
tioe:o Of depending upon Kentucky and
other Southwestern States for horses
and mules. The South Carolina farm
er that! produces all the corn and pork
that be needs is the exception and not
the rule. ... ~ *. .-. -
It will be great day for this State
when each farmer in South Caroline
is actively awaKensd to the necessity
of being more: nearly self-sufioisnt.
Even IT, our farmers were to do NO
more tnan 10 produce oil the corn,
hogs and live stock that they need,
the State would be the gamer by mil
lions Of dollars. So, too, IL they
would set;sbout,th task Of providing
poultry and eggs for the home mar.
kets, Thousands more would be saved
and = e i Is ssEas th4s
progressis being made in this direo.
tion. The .'oottontot'' 10 not 90 mn.
nerous . tribe 90 once IT, was. The
.'one.orop"'; farmer is beginning to be
regarded with the suspicion that he
deserves. It :;7as ID this way that the
evilof 5:eent cotton, some years ago.
lxas nos all 20 evil Il made the Some
crop fellow break away from bic
sanseless infatuation. The tdiversif.
eationi idea s. last gained . strong fol-
lowing, .sf# !. 81 # :: y; 81. ' 'E i y:
Let the good work go on. From
what orr Georgia contemporary says,
lit :is% evident shat we are moi yet
abreast Of that State Id the: p7odue-
|tionE of i homo supplies. The South
Carolina cities still haYs ! to ) send their
money ons os the State for poultry,
Eesgs, beef and pork. 4 Even corn and
peas md other grains are imported.
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