The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-02
SOME FACTS TOUCHING COTTON
PRODUCTION.
BY Martin ". Calvin.

on the farm, and to leaks also. Both
come to the front on every wisely
managed farm. To detect one or
both is to check and then to eradicate
them. There was a farmer who no.
ticed that the tide was turning
against him. So he thought. Like
the soldier out Of step, he knew there
was something wrong, but 1t never
occurred to him that he was a party
to the transaction. He became
nervous. fell sick, sent for the doc
tor The family physician prescribed
some simple remedies. Inasmuch as
he did not understand the case, that
was safe thing for the doctor to do.
In making three or four visits, he
naturally took observations of the
farm. He saw things. One day, maxi
ing visit at an early hour, he saw
unwonted but very noiseless activity
in his patients face. That morning,
he said to the sick man: "My pre-
scriptiOns do not seem to meet your
case. | think you require the water
treatment. Now, there is down in
your field bold spring of what many
believe to be mineral water When
| was boy, the water of that spring
was in high praise. I want you to
exert yourself tomorrow morning and
be at the spring considerably in ad-
vance of sunrise. The mornings are
delightful now. Go to the spring,
drink freely of the water, sit down,
look around you, take in the beauties
of the morning and other things that
may come under your eyes,
Bright and early the next morning.
the sick man was up and at the
spring. He had taken a quaff or two,
and was looking roundabout him.
Imagine his establishment when he
beheld two men with a two-horse
wagon enter his field and begin at
once to tear down the rail fence and
load the wagon with the same. He
knew that the men were not his serv-
ants-the hands were in the other
field. He kept quiet. Earlier the
next morning. the sick proprietor of
the farm went down to the spring.
He followed his physicians advice to
the letter. He heard a sound that
indicated the approach of a wagon.
Shortly thereafter, he saw the two
men of the previous day drive into
the field and begin to toss into the
wagon one cock after another of new
mown hay. The situation had an
awakening effect on the sick man.
What with early rising, the health
giving water of the spring and Civ
ing his eyes and ears full play. he
recovered his wonted strength and
fire. He yelled to the men, demand
ing to know who they were and what
they meant by coming into his field
and stealing his property. The men
fed. That experience worked a rev.
olution on that farm. Every leak
was stopped and waste reduced to
minimum.
There are drafts on every farm.
Large crops necessitate extra labor.
Cotton is an eXacting crop. It re-
quires labor in season and out of sea-
son, so to speak Cotton production
evolves many very interesting figures
as we'll as important facts.
We may find few facts in the
cotton crop of Georgia, 1909, that
will be instructive as we'll as inter
esting. I shall not enlarge upon the
facts but present them just as the
record authorizes.
In Georgia, in 1909, the area
planted to cotton was 4,763,OOO
acres. The area picked was 4,674,-
600 acres. The crop aggregated
100000 (50O-pound) bales. The
per centum of acres chopped and
picked by day hands is 60. The aver