Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-15

are to be cultivated as our Sunbeam,
Cleveland's Big Boil Cooks Improved,
Russell's Big Boil, etc. In investiga-
lions here we have found 1t better to
leave two stalks in each place and
to thin to about Is inches apart in the
drill row. Planting cotton in hills is
a desirable practice as 1t reduces the
labor of chopping very considerably
Up to this time we have not been able
to find a machine which drops lotion
in hills satisfactorily. Several, of these
machines are now on the market how
ever, and ii is probable that one with
be evolved in the near future which will
do the work all right. Our best advice
to the average farmer, therefore, would
be to plant in rows and thin to two
plants in each place, the width of the
rows and distance apart in drill to be
determined by the factors already men,
toned.
WANTS INFORMATION! ABOUT DAI-
RYING.
r. N. c., North Granville, N. Y,
writes: Having read and heard of the
advantage in your state along dairy and
creamery lines, 1 have a great desire
to find out more and perhaps locate
there. What would be the outlook for
a factory for butter and cheese making,
and in what part of Georgia would you
advise one to locate, In your estima-
ton would it pay or is the dairy bust
ness good enough to warrant it at pres
emit? sS
very much doubt If the information
you have gathered in regard to the adj
vantages of dairying in Georgia has
been in any degree exaggerated. With
the exception of natural ice, Georgia
possesses all the advantages that are
associated with the dairy industry in
the north, and in addition we have in
this state cheaper land, a long growing
season, and a climate requiring less ex-
pensive stabling, better markets and an
abundant supply of cheap, concentrate
ed protein feed in the form of cotton
seed meal.
Our one great drawback in the pros
ecution Of the dairy business is the
presence of the cattle tick, the carrier
o fthe deadly Texas fever germ. In
the treatment of this pest eternal vigr
ilance is the price of liberty" and IN
every section of the state we find indi-
vidual dairymen who have cleaned their
premises of the tick and every dairy
man .can do likewise. BY this mean
that every man who owns a COW or a
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premises of the cattle tick and get rid
+ of the danger that its presence involves.
Every farmer can keep his farm ever
lastingly free and can do this independ-
emily of the campaign being successfully
carried out by the agents of the federal
and state governments in, cooperation
with the leading cattle men of different
counties that are working for tick ex-
inction. Nt,s
You asked in regard to the outlook
for creameries and cheese factories in
this state. My opinion, founded on per-
sonal acquaintance with the dairy situ-
alton in different ,parts7-of Georgia, is
that there is no opening at present for
this line OF work. Out of seven cream
cries established two or three years
since all except one are closed today
and will probably stay closed. The
first requirement for success for ssuch
an enterprise is an abundance of cheap
milk and no where in Georgia is milk
abundant and cheap. enough for sue
cessful creamery. ALL the conditions
are favorable for the production of milk
but the actual milk Is produced in such
small quantities that it is too valuable
to be used for making butter or cheese.
Milk sells wholesale for % cents and
upward per gallon, and when distance
prevents shipping milk to market the
cream can be sold at even a relatively
higher price than the milk.
] What Georgia needs II more pioneer