The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-09

+rv is today approximately $780,
oOO. 600. Ten years ago it was ST.
94O 100000. This is a gain of
$3.50. 100000, or approximately 80
per cent.
Authorative statistics show that
the 1909 wheat crop was S.3 bush
els per capita, against 1853 bushels
ner capita ten years ago; the oats
IRON from 1874 to Ill bushels per
canita: the hay crop from l ton to
81 of a ton per capita; and the num-
her of food animals, swine, cattle
and sheep, fell from 2.5 to LIS per
capita.
In the matter of meats the gov
ernment returns issued on the 25th
Of January show, under the head of
swine (hogs) that the total supplies
in 1909 of 100000 fell to 47,000,-
600 in 1910, decrease of nearly Is.
ner cent. Other cattle in 1909, 49,
00O. 600, fell to 100000 in 1910.
The number of cattle killed under
the inspection law in the United
States in 1907 was 7,621,717; in
1909 it had fallen to 7,325,337; dur
ing the same period there was an
increase in the number of calves
killed from 1,763,574 to 2,046,713.
The receipts of hogs at the markets
fell 1873 per cent. from 1908 to
1909. When the panic Of 1907 came
on many of the farmers in the west
sold their hogs because food was too
high to feed them, and these brood
ing herds have not been replaced.
In the matter of the production
of fruits the leader and standard
because it keeps longer) apples,
in the United States, have fallen
from 68,O00,0OO barrels in 1866 to
21,00O,000 barrels in 1909.
Here is money, per dollar, de-
creasing in its purchasing power be-
cause of a 80 per cent. increase in
volume. Here is an increasing de-
felt in the field food crops per capt.
ia. Here is a marked decrease in
hogs and cattle supply. Here is
decrease in the leader among all the
fruits (apples) of approximately 70
per cent.
On the top of all this is an aver
age tariff of 80 per cent, on all for
eign food stuffs.
AS a result of all these things
the increased supply of money the
decreased supply of all food stuffs,
and the tariff-the prices of beef,
pork and it's by-products, mutton,
chickens, eggs, butter and milk, and
all other food products-taken on an
average-have never been as high as
now, barring, of course, the war
prices of the SOS. Is not this the
southern farmers golden opportu-
nifty?
The Telegraph has shown in pre-
yious articles that in 1860, when
the population in Georgia was l.
057,286, there were in this state
2,036,11 hogs. In 1907, with pop
ulation of 100000, there were only
1899, 900 hogs. With the population
more than doubled, the number Of
hogs has been reduced nearly one
hall.
The Telegraph has shown that in
1860 there were 299,6SS mich
COWS. In 1907 3O8,O00, an increase
only of 1912. That in 1860 there
were oxen and other cattle 706,-
1914. In 1907 100000, a decrease
of 26,194. That in 1860 there were
512,613 sheep; in 1907 100000,
decrease of 243,613.
These figures are surprising, and
yet they are based on actual statis-
teal returns.
The Telegraph has shown that in
1890, when Georgia's population was
1,837,353, Georgia farmers owned
1,627,008 swine. In 1907, when the
population had increased to 2,700,-
600, the swine owned by Georgia
farmers decreased to 1889, 900,
loss of 28,008; that in 1890 the
sheep owned by Georgia farmers
numbered 411,S76. In 1907 they
had decreased to 100000, a loss of
approximately one-half. That in
1890 Georgia owned 354,618 milch
COWS. In 1907 the number fell to
100000, a loss of 46,618.
All of these figures are amazing,
but they are collected from the most
reliable sources. They call to the
farmer with irresistible eloquence
and force. They cry aloud to them
to plant less cotton and more grain;
to raise more cattle and hogs-not
as a patriotic thing, but as a profit