The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-02
GEORGIA CHAMBER To
HELP CATTLE RAISERS

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 29.-(Spe-
! cal.)-With Milton P. Jarnagin
head of the Department of Animal
Industry, State College of Agricul-
ture, as chairman and including 9th
er prominent public officials and men
! well known in livestock circles. Pres
ident Haden has announced the ap-
pointment of the following Livestock
committee for the Georgia Cham
Der Commerce:
DR.. E. NJ. Nighbert, Federal rem
resentative, Bureau of Animal In
dustry, for Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida; DR.. Peter F. Bahnsen,
State veterinarian; T. G. Chastain,
Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany; G. Fred Hunnicutt, Hapeville;
Capt c. w. Parker, Elberton; b.
H. Grower, Reidsville; Evans Luns-
ford, Covington; DR.. l.. G. Hardman,
Commerce, and c. w. Fowler, Mari
eta.
A meeting of this committee will
be held in Athens, January 20, to
formally organize working plans.
DR.. Jarnagin is enthusiastic ov
the possibilities of the aid which the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce can
render to is Official committee in the
educational campaign for tick eradi-
cation, as well as pushing forward
the formation of cooperative organ
izatins of farmers in all counties
for the purpose of introducing regis
tered sres and systematically build
ing up the livestock department of
the farming industry
DR.. Jarnagin is strong advocate
OF beginning at home to develop
Georgia's resources and increasing
the prosperity, first of the rural dis
tricts. THE towns and cities will
prosper if we will but bring the
farmers and business men together
in the mutual issue of building up
the earning power of the average
Georgia farm" said DR.. Jarnagin.
THE farmers and business men are
not working close enough together
for the best profit to each and both
of them. l think this accounts for
the Indifference they are both guilty
of in connection with the important
work of eradicating the tick, the
worst obstacle of all to the building
up of Georgia's livestock industry,
and generally placing the whole
farm operations upon more profita-
Bile basis. Good farming, and mean
by good that kind of farming which
is most profitable to the farmer him
self, demands that we deposit some
thing back into the soil every twelve
months, as we'll as take wealth ont
of it each year.
1--WE hear much nowadays" con-
tinued DR.. Jarnagin, about the high |
cost of living and the price of por-
terhouse. The population of the |
United States has increased per |
cent in thel asst ten years, while the
livestock per capita has decreased 20 !
per cent. Is it any wonder that |
meat is getting higher all the time? |
We also hear talk of shipping beef |
cattle into the United States from
This country to which |
we are looking for partial salvation |
on the meat question, has not al
lowed it's livestock to run down. 1t |
has just as much livestock per CAP |
tia today as it had ten years ago.
What we need to do in the Unite !
States is to quit seeking outside for |
a temporary relief from the high /
price of porterhouse and scarcity OF |
beef cattle and go to work and use
some of our boasted common sense in |
building up our own livestock indus |
try. Five years of close co-opera-
ton between the business men and
farmers of Georgia building up their
livestock wealth-and there is
practical plan whereby it can be
done-will bring us more millions
than we can get from any outside
source"