Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-16
HOW TO MAKE GEORGIA AND
THE WHOLE SOUTH GROW

little labor. Nothing will pay a laTg-
er per cent of profit than hogs will
/ saw an incident the past season
tha0 certainly did make an impression
on me. A small two-horse farmer,
whom I was we'll acquainted with, kill
ed four hogs that netted him over 1.600
pounds. He could have sold these hogs
for about $4,000 He produced these
hogs from one SOW. There were nira
pigs in the litter and he sold five or
them at weeks old for IS each. He
had two good cows and these four were
practically kept on the milk and BIZ
products on his place with a good, pas
ture and were sold to the butcher at
about Is months old. The small amount
of corn they ate was scarcely missed
and was produced on his place. I have
often thought if one-tenth of the farms
in the state of Georgia could have had
four hogs like these to market every
year (Which they could very easily
have) how this country would prosper.-
1t would give them cash that would pay
their taxes and furnish nearly all the
money necessary to enable them to hold
their cotton and demand a fair price,
Our cotton crop does not bring anything
like what / believe it is actually WORTH
as the minute it is ready for market it is
dumped on the market and given to the
buyer at his own price IF we would
only hold our products that will keep
like cotton does and let the purchases
come to the farm and buy it, I honestly
believe it would soon bring 20 cents per
pound These opportunities come and
present themselves to us every day in
life great many of our young farm
err boys are beginning to realize this
and I believe in our younger generation
we have great future before US. The
agricultural train that has just toured
the state of Georgia recently has dclne
more to enlighten and awaken the farm
ing interests than any one thing, I sup
pose, mat has ever been for this statel
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.
Last, but not least, / will mention
the great poultry industry. This is
something we certainly ought to pay
more attention to in the south, and in
stead of sending twice as much money
away from Georgia as we produce, we
should send twice as many products
away from here as we are now buyiags
The little town of Morristown, Tenu.
during the past season shipped over 200
carloads of poultry and 100 carloads of
eggs. They were produced in the sur
rounding country and the farmers got
the benefit of their money. as 1t was.
money that was brought from the large
cities of the east. where these products
were mostly sold. OF course the farm
ers could not but be prosperous with
this enormous amount of money handed
to them on a silver waiter as a by
product-an outside issue from their
regular farm crops. Every negro ten
ant and every small farmer. as well as
the larger ones. could just as easily as
not carry to town half bushel basket
of eggs and nice coop of frying size
chickens or dressed hens every Satlr-
day. These would buy the little neces-
stiles that the family would ordinarily
have to have and would keep them from
going in debt for these articles. If they
would only make an effort It would
soon be easy for them toS>Tork their
was into this by-product of the farm
that would eventually bring them many
dollars and keep their time occupied
during rainy days and in the winter
months. There is not family in the
state OF Georgia either in the city or on
the farm who, if they had a yardful Of
frying size chickens and plenty of eg;gs
in the house. could not get up a good
meal on short notice.
The above suggestions are observa-
tons that have come under my own eye
and I have noticed so often these con-
ditions that I feel it is my duty TO mem
ton these facts as it may be the cause
of helping some one to make an extra
dollar or improve our conditions here.
Yours very truly,
LORING BROWN.