The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
EFORCIA BUYING MOST
PRODUCE OUT UPSTATE
,mrREsTING DATA PREPARED
sTATE MARKET AGENT
J. A. MONTGOMERY.
TAFT OPPORTUNITY PICTURED

.. 1mnorted 325 of S13 Cars of
rroot Potatoes and $S4O,2OO
Worth of Eggs Were Laid in Other
stotes. Same True of Poultry.
,rANTA.-An interesting idea
,ho extent to which Georgians buy
:, consume products grown in 9TH
.totas may be had from a report
/ made TO Commissioner of Agri-
,.nro Price by State Market Agent
Montgomery, attached to the
40 rtment as the result of inquiries
F41o nv him among the brokers,
,,o,osa1e dealers and commission
sccrchant5 Of Atlanta.
Tho inquiry was instituted for the
nrnose of finding out the approx
,otp quantity OF staple food products
Iondlnd annually through the ATTAIN
4 market, and what proportion OF
80 PRODUCTS are grown within and
kitbont Georgia. 1t will be a reVela-
inn even to Atlantians to know that
nav consume so little Georgia grown
Atlanta dealers handled last year
~ 600 bushels of corn, which
r. 6 ner cent came from other states.
9fost of it was admittedly inferior
II the Georgia product. Atlanta took
s ZOO 600 bushels of wheat last year,
syerv bushel of which came from 9TH
T. states. although Atlanta consumers
$ay Georgia wheat is good and they
would be glad to use it if they could
ket it in sufficient quantities prop
Brly graded and cleaned.
Atlanta bought outside of Georgia
asst wear 99.7 per cent of $500
BAR loads of hay, and 1921 per cent
IN 1883 carloads of oats and then
turned right around and sold lot
hi them to the Georgia farmer who
had been sticking to cotton. The At
@anta markets also brought in from
Dther states during the year 4,oOO
Barrels of flour.
Rutabagas will grow almost wild
{ Georgia soil; but last year At
8anta bought 1877 carloads of them
from other states, and not a home
crown rutabaga in the lot. Atlanta
distributed 1000 bushels of white
beas, 1873 per cent of which came
arom other states; 23,200 cases OF
Banned sweet potatoes, IS per cent
NJ which were shipped in, and 265,-
BOO cases of canned tomatoes, not
8ne of which was canned in Georgia
n little better than 25 per cent OF
Die new Irish potatoes in the Atlanta
market are Georgia grown, while At
anita sold 1908 carloads of winter
stock potatoes, everyone of which
pas shipped in.
Of the cabbages sold here 1854
per cent of 544 carloads was foreign
Grown, and all the lima beans, pea
Outs and onions sold in this market
game from elsewhere.
Georgia does a little better on
mixed feedstuffs, nearly half the At
ANITA requirements being made in the
state. Atlanta imported 325 out OF
Bl3 carloads of sweet potatoes, and
#76 per cent of $340,200 worth oil
Pegs were lad in other states. The
Same is true as to poultry, of which
p per cent of $475,000 worth came
Hrom outside. Georgia makes about
spO per cent of the canned syrup sold
IN Atlanta, and could easily make al
Spt it.
Among other interesting facts con
Ralned in Mr.. Montgomery's report il
sne statement that Georgia aspara
gus, grown around Marshallville, anC
georgia apples from Habersham and
sRaOun, are favorites in the Atlanta
Rlarkets. About the only celery pro-
Spuced in Georgia is raised in Fulton
county; Georgia gets most of her eel
&Fy from Florida, California, Colora'
II and Michigan. The freight on
Nar OF celery from California is $500
EApple vinegar is in good demand
#'ut Very little is made in Georgia.
continuing Mr.. Montgomery says;
n Country hams are in good demand
~ the market calls for greater vari
ILL., IN sizes. Most of them are toe
n There is no Georgia canned corr