The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-05-15
THE GEORGIA ANIMAL
INDUSTRY CONVENTION

lUUUUINI UUHVlNIIUN
ATLANTA, May 12th,.-The 26th
of May is to be memorable day in
the history of South Georgia because
of the coming Georgia Animal Indus
try Convention which is being called
to meet at Quitman, Georgia, by the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce. At
the urgent request Of the Brooks
County Industrial Club, the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce called the
meeting to hold its sessions at Quit
man, and from present indications
it will be an occasion unequalled in
the history of South Georgia and the
cattle and hog industry of that sec
ton
A number of the leading authori-
ties on cattle and hog raising viii
address the meeting Among them
will be Hon. James f. Downing, of
the United States Department of Agri
culture and President of the Boys
Pig Clubs of Georgia, who will speak
on the subject pigs is Pigs" DR..
E. M. Nighbert, Chief of the Bureau
of Animal Industry of the United
States Government for the States If
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina;
DR. Peter r. Bahnsen, State Veter-
marian; DR.. A. NJ Soule, Presidenf
of the State College of Agriculture,
al reputation.
$40,000,000 THROWN AWAY.
In discussing the convention, Hon,
Charles ]. Haden, President of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce said
Georgia sends away every year
more than $40,0OO,O0O for meat and
one-tenth of the entire worlds an
nual gold output. 1t it equal to one
third of the entire cotton crop of
Georgia This flow of money never
GIBBS. Our shipments of products to
the Northwest are relatively incon-
siderable.
South Georgia has undertaken the
patriotic task of keeping this money
in Georgia. In response to the in
vitation of the Brooks County Indus
trial Club that a South Georgia-wide
Animal Industry Conference be held
to study and stimulate meat pro-
duction, the Georgia Chamber of
trade bodies and mayors urging
them to send delegates, not less than
seven from each town, to this con-
ference on May Goth.
1t has been demonstrated through
years of actual commercial hog-rais-
ing that Southwest Georgia can pro-
duce pork at three to five cents a
pound, considerably cheaper than it
can be produced in the Northwest
The Georgia grower has the advan-
tage of the home markets and the
freights thus saved. 1t pays better
than growing cotton 1t is the best
defense against the boil weevil, and
is the keynote of greater prosperity.
The meeting is not local, but state
wide. All Georgia is expected to en-
courage this great gathering and all
South Georgia will participate.
The vital facts regarding animal
industry brought to the attention OF
the public at this gathering will be
an enormous educative value and the
results felt throughout the state.
The interest that is being mani
tested in this convention all over the
state and the great number of letters
that are being received from those
who are making preparation to at
tend as delegates indicates that Soutt
Georgia especially is beginning one
of the greatest industrial revival.
that the country has ever known. L
is being freely predicted that throug!
this convention South Georgia will
come into prominence throughout the
nation as one of the leading mea
producing sections of America, aut
the industry will be given a tremen
dous stimulus as a result of the con
Vention.