Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-20

reaIlzeo now much proximity 10 raw ma
terial meant to manufacturers. makers
of cotton mill machinery and people from
every section OF the country. The expo
sition was really an exhibit Of cotton mill
machinery. and that little episode OF the
governors evening clothes. picked. ginhed:
spun. cut and made into conventional
evening garments between sun up and sun
down. was the unanswerable: argument
1t marked the real beginning of the cotton
textile industry in the south.
1T started the building OF mills in the
cotton fields Of Georgia and the Caro-
linas. and the fact that Georgia now has
126 mills consuming $50 600 bales of cot
ton. and turning 1t into every character
Of mercantable dry goods and shipping
it to every part Of the civilized globe. at
Best Corn State.
THE corn crop Of Georgia is about 30. :
O0O.OOO bushels. valued at some So 10000 600.
1t is a notable fact that the farm value
Of this crop has increased in Georgia from
s.. 20 per acre in 1900 to $7.S per acre in
1907. and Is steadily rising. Georgia Is.
you know. conceded to. be the best corn
state in the Union. and 1t is a notable
fact that, notwithstanding the fact that
the middle west holds the championship.
acre. This record was made unoficially
several years ago by DR.. Hunnicutf OF
Clark county. for many years the editor
of the Southern Cultvator. the pioneer
agricultural newspaper of the country.
Agricultural methods are improving rap
idly. as much as 100 per cent having been
noted in the corn contests at the last
state fair. Hall coounty took first prize
for the best bushel of corn. exhibiting
ten ears from the farm of Mr.. James M.
WhelcheI. near Gainesville. who gathered
from his brag acre the record yield OF
hyIa nd
During the last fall not less than forty
eight experts attached to the United
States Department of Agriculture visited
the various sections of the state In the
upon various subjects connected with
seed selection and deep blowing. One of
the experts. himself from Illinois. the
great corn state. and who plants each
year several hundred acres In corn. hap
pened to stumble on the Whelchel patch.
Ga. made the statement that 1t con-
tanned the finest ears Of corn he had ever
seen anywhere. though he had Travelled
over the United States. and for the past
twelve years has made a special study of
corn and its improvement. This gentle
man also exhibited ears taken from his
Illinois farm. together with the Hall
county product. and demonstrated plainly
and clearly that Georgia. Is producing
finer corn than can be found anywhere
in the west
Natural Grass State.
Georgia is a natural grass state. and
it is, therefore. remarkable to note that
but 5000 acres are cultivated In hay
and forage crops. Most Of this acreage
Is in the section known as middle
Georgia. the finest portion, perhaps. OF
the United States. In Greensboro. the
seat OF Green county, alfalfa grows wild
in the streets. and where 1t has been
planted and cultivated the yields are phe-
Colorado and New Mexican farmer.
Augusta is the great market for native
hay and the river bottoms east of that
city present a picture never to be for
gotten during the haying season. Seventy
Thousand bales Of native hay from middle
Augusta. and the market would take more
If it. could be obtained
Albany, Dougherty county. is the GEN.
ter of the south Georgia hay culture.
ana Cruger & Pace are the large farm
ers Last season these gentlemen pro-
duced 5000 bales Of hay on 400 acres OF
liant. that had previously produced 1900
bushels OF rust-proof oats. This will give
an idea of the profits of Georgia farming
The oats brought 1925 per bushef in the
market and the hay sold at from $16
per ton in the early season to SO per
ton late in the year. The Cruger
Pace farm, about three miles out of AL
bany, is the largest oat and hay planta-
ton in the state. and the only one where
not a stalk of corn or hill of cotton is
produced.
THE Georgia oat crop is valued around
s.. 600 600: the wheat crop at something
crop at about 100000 The increase
in farm valuation of these products has
been notable