The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

In Experience Meeting in At
Ianta Commissioners En-
phasize Fact That Farmers
and Business Men May Turn
Period of Calamity Into One
OF Lasting Benefit

Major W. A. Graham con
sioner of Agriculture for the S,oto
of North Carolina, returned from A.
lanta where he attended the meetins
OF the commissioners of Agriculture
Of all the Southern States. Major
traham brings back from that meet
ing a message of optimism. Raduc-
ton in the cotton acreage for ~
next year. h uragem or ~;
NerSlned crops, and common sense
BUSINESS IKE system of marketing
i"l!n were the big
'"pt,S emphasized at that meeting.
Attogetner according to Major
Graham it was an informal $50
en"e meeting of the commissioners-of
the several Southern States. All of
tHeil n same end. the ha+-
teffhent OF agricultural conditions IN
the south, these commissioners had
"och 10 offer each other in Tho W.,
OF SUCCESSFUL experiment and ass,rod
l'tt: Gathered around a able in
coileiehce fashion they exchanged
SNpeiiehces Ter the worth of them.
rs q message of the commissioners
OF the South to the Southern farnors
ana the southern business men who
are dependent upon farm conditions
LoF their business success the meat;no
ttanaea an address which signed nv
~. W. hoiner, of Virginia: !. d
rrIce of Georgia.; T. +. Peck. Of
~lehhessee; w. A. Graham, of North
SSaro,ina; n. j.. Watson, of South
lima r.. K. kone, Of Texas; II. +.
H.ahesiee, of Mississippi; L. @.
- . LOUISIANA; j. H. Page, of
Arkansas; w. A. McRae. of Florida.
y w. Newman. of Kentucky.
lew & the farmers of
we south were facing what seemed
=" De a prosperous period, but the
outbreak of the European war
winch brought disaster to the cotton
market. the principal crop of the
south. mas changed from what an
ptaleo prosperous conditions to a
condition of calamity, so far as the
present crop is concerned. But If the
farmers and the business men Of the
S"uth Will. they can do much to turn
ms condition of calamity into a last
..s oenent for h Southern farmer
ana business interests. Those in
tCharge Of the agricultural work have
peen urging the Importance of d.
strSlhcations of crops and to no
,"hge rely upon the one crop system.
eut n policy had become so
iamlliarly established by those ev-
- >AR'At thai II was nara FOR
system. " '"o
South has been buying its food
PRODUCTS largely from other sections
'ui country,-Sending money away
,hat could and should have remained
Al active local circulation. Climatic
'h1 sou conditions, in fact, everything
~ iaNoTable for the production Of the
Ups ina the south has been depend
20 upon other States supplying it's
people. 1t is apparent that we must
change from the one-crop system to q
S'"tehi that will produce at home the
toou SlufIS that have been coming to
=" rom other sections of the country.
: Vhe business men of the South will
rV"o thelr active cooperation to the
80 liners IN assisting them in providing
IVahS OF preparing the crops for mar
: ana cash markets for same, as
- nave been accustomed to with
- cotton crop, and the farmers will
"tNerslIy their crops, this calamity
perity. 0
In the sale of cotton the Southern
laIiher has had no competitor and no
matter what the condition of the bale
= 20 covering it was received upon
e"e market. This will not be the
Use when he enters with grain and
"er forage crops. and he must learn
~ put these products in q condition
nsti,h'iar TO that from other sections.
~ grain must be graded and come
- 20 the requirements of the law reg
'tddhs n sale of such products, or
80 the farmer of the South will suf-
81 unnecessarily very severe loss in
teiihs. He can not expect to receive
eHe price at which this grain is sold at
letall when he offers it in wholesale
~guahtities, but will only obtain the
fitce which the markets justify.
All n cotton States, with the ex-
e-btion of North Carolina and Ten
l'eSSee, from the best statistics we
In OBTAIN, import each year food
SUITS for man and heaS+ 10 an mount