The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-25
THE NATIONS FOOD.

The fact that the population of the
United States is Increasing more rap
idly, than Its production OF food is of
peculiar interest TO tine south, for it is
tn the fertile resourcea of this section
that the solution of the problem lies.
There is enough untitled land be-
tween Maryland and Texas to yield
crops OF vegetables ample for all the
American people through centuries to
come, lands ideally suited to truck
fnrmlng. There are enough idle acres
In the same territory to make up the
present shortage IN the country's
meat supply and also TO- relieve, in
large measure. the ever increasing de-
rland for grain. without touching
this vast reserve of soil. ,the farms Of
the south today, iifN conducted on
scientific lines, Gun do iuch. "a re-
pienish the dwindling TODD supply. : 4
SS. But the South. like the country (
large, has fallen short OF its oppos-
sliss l:sisst r. siitss sitsss F66ITdS The Aanuface
tnrers' Record interestingly notes that
sif flfLeen southern states Alabama,
Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky.
louisiana Maryland, sMissIsslppi.
Missouri. North Carolina. South caro-
lima, Tsnnsesee. Texas, Virginia, and
West VIrgiria-4in ALI hut two sc
T which cotton Is raised, were raising
8 as much corn in proportion to popu-
s;s.s.9.. ss.99a IS was raised Ia that area be-
fore tile war, the soGta's annual corn
4 crop would be q billion bushels in
I stead 90f; eight or nine hundred nil
lion, and Il pFoportionate production
ohtalneti as TO wheat It's annual wheat
I crJY, slsoall be one hundred and TWEEN
ty-three million bushels instead of
ninety or n hundred million" We are
told furthermore that In 1859 the
:outh raised 52 per cent. of the corn
etsf the country. but that In 1909 Il
raised only 20 per cent. of the total.
while the per capita production of the
lnttan yaar Ger 4a.e' @ s-:s y = t.:;.
ty-six huhdredths buehels compared
with thirty-Hye and fifty-four, hum
dredths bushels afty years before.
tits thus evident that In the. pro-
daStion of grain the south has not
even kept pace with its aute-beIlum
-;scord. Despite the far-reaching I'm
prov rnent in agricultural methods
ana The seat incentives which recent
years have brought. this section is
& cofana r,s,f tvaix, Lace J,,a.t,-. - - 4,
stuffa now thansit was half century
ago. This situation may be variously
accounted for, az the Manufacturers
Record suggests. 1t Is due In part, no
doubt. to .the attention that has been
given TO cotton growing. the Increase
1 in the cotton crop in the fifty years
having been at the rate of one hun
dred and forty-two and two-tenths
per cent" The sections rapid indus
Z trial growth is another factor that
must be considered. title number OF
wage ehrners 81 southern factories. !"
rs the Record shows, .".increased be-
tween 1900 ana 1909 Nat the rate of
nifty and eight-tenths pdr cent; the
nSaber oe.wage earnersln mining in
creased between 1909 ard 1909 at the
rate OF uinets eight ana seyenstenths
\ per cent; Nillss the Ia 6@rease 10, the
number Of pkfSohs operating farms
was onls siztsen per cent? Il .a0
sThe Important fact, hoEeyer, is that
our population has multiplied far
mere saniAly than aalr tced predac-
ton 10 @haseyer this. condition
may BE due 1t must be changed II the
soute e aaly 70 prosper and win ita
rtshtEal place tp the nations economic
asfairs More corn, moro wheat, more
os all the necessaries OF life, mus. be
raised I'he wondrous variety Of our
Agricultural reaourceS nlup. be turned
70 /, st5e1 account. Thus the south
wiz Leepine sle country tote-