Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-12

and the most Indifferent TO richness II
medieval days still prevailed in Europe
as they once did. we could make the
rarsomfng Of kings a speciality paylhs
the tribute out OF what we now "asto
annually and have q large surplus IeIC
Statistics are the most useful ana the
most unreliable data with Which We
have to deal; but IL is fact tnat IN
the last IL years the south has exported
900 0oO tons of cotton seed meal This
meal contained on a conservative est
mate. $50 100000 pounds Of nitrogen
worth at Is cents a pound. $l5S.SVS'eoo'
Isl. 200 pounds OF phosphorlc aclo'
worth at cents a pound SlO,Oo4'VVO'
and 81. 500, 600 pounds OF potash. worth
At 5 cents q pound. sl2,bs0.OOO. ms
represents a permanent removal rom
The soils OF America Of l.ssS.SOO.eoO
pounds OF plant food. worth at the low
figures utilized in the cultivation, slIl--
is. 1000. There Is not a man or corpor-
alton in the civilized world who would
undertake to return to our soils this
vast and inconceivable amount or plant
food for anything like the figure quoted
above. For this vast treasure OF plant
food we received for the sale price OF
cotton seed meal exported during the
last IL years. sIss.s7s.7so. Therefore
Il brought s3T.7T2.210 less than the
IL win be demonstrated In this paper
10 the complete satisfaction or any
reasonable person that cotton seed meal
in worth SIS q ton as a foodstun; that
IL outranks in feeding and fertilizing
value in it's pure state any other known
eoncentrate: and II this statement be
true. there was an additional loss OF
s15T, $4,000. which with the loss on Ter
tilizers, represents more than 100000
80 -
IN the last Is years from the expectation
OF cotton seed meal This Is part OF
the tribute we are paying for not uttliz-
ing the gifts OF nature as God Almighty
intended we should; for not developing
our agricultural colleges. stimulating
extension teaching, and thereby develop
ing the only permanent type OF az
rfcultural practice which our CIVILIZATION
knows. namely. live stock husbandry.
On account OF negiecting this great m
dustry we have reaped a harvest or
tares and thorns. and the landscape,
so beautifully carved by the hands or
the Creator. is being desecrated and de-
stroyed In O manner so wanton as 10
shock the sensibilities of the age In
which We live. re see in the old red
hfIis desolatsd by erosion and perma-
nentIy impoverished. the result Of neg
leetfng animal husbandry. The little old
log cabin, q fit home for the pioneer
but not for the aggressive farmer OF
today, is but added evidence Of the
truth OF this statement and the general
exhaustion o. our soils. due 20 the neg
lect OF this primal industry, IL bring
ing IN it's wake an tmpoverishment and
depression Of the people; and this IN a
territory favored with the most delight
full climate I'm the world and with op-
portunities unsurpassed elsewhere. Pes
statements have not been made TO dis
courage. but TO bring home the truth
In g direct and forceful manner that
we may all realize our responsibility
and assist in the reJuvenating process
which alone win make IL possible for
US TO reclaim our greatest ssset-the
soil. and through II build q permanent
and progressive civilization that VIII
stand unimpatrsd through all the ages
yet 10 come.
There are some who might suppose
effect and that they represent the on
" source Of loss. II is 10 be regretted
that they do not, for OF the 5,s12, s46
tons OF seed produced In 1907, only g.
s4sesI tons were crushed This repre-
scented less than two-thirds OF the crop
In other words. 2.06s. SIS tons were re-
tained on the farms TO be used as seed.
ed in this seed fully s37.2s5.sTo worth
OF oil that has no conceivable use IN
the nutrition Of plants. and makes the
stock: and can only be regarded there
fore IN the light OF an additional waste
II has been clearly established that 800
pounds Of high grade meal are eQuivR-
lent In fertihxtng value to one ton OF
seed. and since the seed retained on the
farms would have produced about s4o.-
on this basis the fertiltKfng equivalent
OF fact. the farmer can obtain from
the oil mills from LOO TO $500 pounds
Of meal IN exchange for a ton OF seed.
50 that IL would seem clearly TO his ad-
vantage. where .nese conditions prevail
to exchange the seed and turn into the
channels OF commerce the ss.0ss,s25 gal
Ions OF oil IN question. Besides, II the
farmer would take the meal and feed II.
there Is certainly every reason 20 believe
that IL would be worth 20 him as feed
and fertilizer approximately s42.044.s 500.
which would insure him. on the basis
Of an exchange Of one ton Of seed for
500 pounds OF meal. a price OF better
than $50 ton for his seed.
In some states statistics indicate that
only 30 per cent OF the seed is crushed.
There iH certainly something wrong, and
IL Is very evident that there In a need
Of cooperation between the farmer and
the crusher which does not see to ex-
ist in many instances at the present
time II would probably be difficult for
the layman to suggest a remedy for
these conditions. real or imag fnary, on
the part OF both farmer and crusher,
but why not form a co-paTtnership;
why not explain 10 the farmer what Is
IN the seed and what comes out OF IT,
We believe that II he understood the
situation he would be willing TO allow