The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-05-08

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,-onriation for the National Depart
mont of Agriculture, carries this year
t1e 500, 900 and the provisions for
expending this vast sum mean much
n the State of Georgia. The bill
will be passed by the Senate in a few
days.
Senator Hoke Smith, who is a
member of the Committee on Agri-
culture, is greatly pleased with those
features of the bill which will be Of
special benefit to the State. He has
spent much time and labor on meas
pres for the betterment Of farm life
in the way of development of the
Parcel Post, road improvement, farm
demonstration work, ETC., and is
thoroughly familiar with the pur-
poses of the appropriation just made
for agriculture, amounting to nearly
twenty million dollars.
The Bill Explained.
Commenting on the bill and it's
bearing on Georgia Senator Smith
explained it's provisions today as fol-
lows:
at is conservative to say that
Georgia's agriculture and industries
will benefit directly from nearly one
fourth of the total appropriation, or
nearly 100000, which will be ex-
pended for the advancement of the
Middle and South Atlantic and the
Southern States. The reason for this
is that Georgia's wide range of eli
mate and elevation makes her a pos
sible producer of all crops grown in
this wide regior with the exception
of those calling for actual tropical
conditions or peculiarities of soil
such as are needed to raise cranber-
ries or hops or similar highly local
lied crops.
"On the southeast, especially in
the sheltered islands and coast coun-
try, Georgia has almost an orange
climate, and from this we pass
through the coastal plain and the
Piedmont plateau up into the noun
famous northeastern section where
conditions similar to those in the
apple and tree-fruit regions of New
York and the Lake District prevail.
Practically all money expended for
the promotion of general crops
throughout tliis region, therefore,
yield to Georgia at least a by-product
for the advancement of her own agri-
cultural interests.
Georgia's Specific Benefits:
However, even if this were not
the case, Georgia apparently has
been generously treated through the
insertion of specific projects in the
act which will deal with actual con-
dltlons in this State. Some of inc
more important work to be done in
and for Georgia during the next fis-
cal year l will explain
Ten thousand dollars has been
set aside for Investigations and ex-
perlments in producing cane syrup
IN Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
ms problem is to be attacked from
three different points.
The Bureau of Plant Industry
VIII investigate varieties of cane and
cultivation methods that will yield
cane specially suited to produce
standard grade of cane syrup that
VIII keep well without crystalliz-
ing
The Bureau of Chemistry will
give attention to methods of MANN
featuring this syrup so as to make it
Uniform in quality and free from
cIyStalllzation. The Bureau of Mar
Nets viii consider the ways and
means OF marketing such a syrup
satisfactorily. The endeavor will be
10 enable the Georgia cane growers
ana the mills to produce syrup Of
definite quality that will compete
IoF table popularity with the maple
syrup Of the North.
cotton and Boil WeeviI:
The work of developing wilt-re-
ISSUING varieties of cotton, which has
already resulted in the Dixie" and
DlIIon, will be carried on with
me view to developing varieties that
Will resist wilt and at the same time
nave desirable fiber and mature early
% as to be less subject to boil wee
VII rayages.
Inc demonstration work in meth
JUS OF combating the boil weevil bv
cultural methods to induce earlier
maturity will be extended. This work
particularly important because
Georgia is now the boll-weevil from
uer. At the same time, in connection
win this work efforts will be made
SNOW the value of diversification