Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-02-22

kinds Of crops; feeding formulas; also
complete list of the quantity of cotton
| ginned from crops grown in Georgia
during the past five years by counties.
| as taken from the United States Gin
ners' Report for this year We have
also issued bulletin prepared by the
State OIL Inspector, Dr. w. c. Bryant,
containing the laws regulating the
sale of Illuminating oils and other
| matters of interest to the inspectors.
oil dealers and to the general public.
We have also distributed several thou.
sand copies of bulletin on the Sc.
lection and preparation of Seed Corn,
by Prof Charles w. Davis, OF the
North Georgia Agricultural College,
Dahlonega, Ga. Many other small
pamphlets and bulletins have also
been issued by this Department.
All OF the above bulletins can be
found on the desk of our Secretary.
B. W. Kilgore.
The fruit industry is now assuming
large proportions. We estimate that
Georgia has more than $1,000 000
peach trees bearing fruit and many
more young trees coming on Much
attention is now being given to the
apple, especially in North Georgia. In
few years many large apple orchards
viii be yielding as fine fruit as can
be found in any State, unless we ex.
cept famous Virginia For the past
year much attention has also been
given to trucking and the smaller
fruits.
More and better farm machinery of
all kinds are now being used than
formerly. This partially fills the gap
caused by the gradually growing
scarcity of labor
In spite of the reduction of com.
mercial fertilizers used under cotton
and the decrease in acreage the past
season, our State will make, at least.
an average crop of cotton.
We viii make a good corn crop, but
our small grain and field pea crops
are far below an average Our hay
and forage have yielded abundant
crops, which were saved in fine con
dition.
Sweet potatoes, sorghum and cane
arc all good.
Our live stock are in fine condition.
Hence we have much for which to be
thankful.
Our Dairymans' Association is do,
ing a good work in our State, to which
it gives us pleasure to bear test.
mony.
The sale of fertilizer tags for the
past season was about the same as
the previous season.
Fertilizer Fund.-After paying all
the expenses incurred on account of
the analyses of fertilizers used in our
State, which includes salary account
of inspectors, tag account, Office ex-
penses, etc, the Department of Agri.
culture paid into the State Treasury
s65,S11.57, net.
Illuminating Oil Fund.-After pay.
ing the expenses incurred on account
of inspection of Illuminating oils, our
Department turned into the State
Treasury $10,5932S, net.
1t is my judgment that the farmers
Of Georgia plant too many acres in
cotton. I do not mean that they are
making too much cotton, but that in.
stead of planting % or 80 acres to
produce ten bales, they should by care.
full selection of seed and by thorough
and scientific preparation, fertilization
and cultivation make ten acres pro.
duce ten or even more bales. There
are men in Georgia who have done
this, and why cannot hundreds of 9th
ers on just as good land do the same?
1t will cost no more to make one acre
produce one bale of cotton than to
cultivate two, three or four acres and
get only one bale.
Our Georgia farmers suffer more
from scarcity of labor than from any.
thing else that l know of. Since 1t
II
crop OF cotton, 1T is necessary to find
a plan which will produce a crop with
the least labor possible, and the plan
suggested above will do 1t. Although
the negro continues to increase in
numbers, labor is getting scarcer
This statement may sound strange
but 1t is explained by the fact, that
the negro is generally his own boss
and works when and how he pleases.
Ii he can be made to work and be
directed in his work by skillful mas
ter, he will make our best farm la.
borer.
We have in Georgia an organiza.
ton composed entirely Of farmers
The Farmers Union" Such an or.
ganization is of great benefit to the
cotton growers of our State and every
farmer should be member of it.
have in the past encouraged In
every possible way the farmers of nv
State to join the Southern Cotton AS.
ISOLATION, and expect to continue this
policy.
A great work is being done by
Farmers Institutes in Georgia under
the able and efficient management OF
Hon. Harvie Jordan.
/ expect to use my influence, as did
my predecessor, to impress upon our
farmers the Importance of educating
their children, not for the so-called
learned professions, but for the farm. |
Let them teach their boys scientific
farming and make their homes beau.
tiful and attractive. A country home
can be made so beautiful, that to the T
farmers children it will be the love.
Hest spot on earth and help to bind