Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-10
The SOuth'S Poultry
animal Production.

To the thoughts evoked by the near approach
OF the celebration of Georgia Products day may be
added consideration of the fact that other states
also devoting attention to the question of pro-
ducing more food. for instance, Texas, where the
turkey-raising industry has already gained large
proportions and is steadily on the increase.
Commenting on this fact the Manufacturers
Recordtnotes that over a million Texas turkeys are
ready for the Thanksgiving trade Says the Record:
THE increasing importance of Texas a
turkey-producing State is indicated by the fact
that plans are now under way by the Texas
Poultry and Butter Shippers association for
the shipping of 1900, 200 turkeys out of Texas
to Northern and Eastern markets this fall.
I'm the few weeks preceding Thanksgiving
there are regular turkey trots' or 'round-ups
in several of the interior cities notably Temple
and Cuero at which time turkeys by the thou
sand are driven into town to be dressed and
shipped out in carload lots During that time
the turkey industry is the principal feature of
community activity, and the spectacle is one
which even attracts outsiders for the novelty
of the spectacle"
Such spectacles in Georgia would add to their
novelty the further interest that they would be
bringing the state millions of dollars of wealth from
heretofore unused sources. But as yet Georgia
stands low in the list of production of poultry AMI
mails in the Southern States. Texas tops this list
with annual total production OF 1o,oOO,VVV
try animals. Next come Oklahoma with S,50OOOO
and Tennessee with 100000. Virginia is fourth.
These figures are taken from recent bulletin of
the State Normal school by r. A Merrill and Geor-
gia evidently occupied low position in the scale
that no figures given for it.
But with this good showing for few South
ern States, it should be remembered that the South
does not yet raise enough poultry to supply its own
demands Mr.. Merrills bulletin referred to above
says:
In 1909 the South produced 7O,410,9S4
poultry animals. This figure includes all forms
of poultry such turkeys, guineas, ETC. If we
divide the number of poultry produced by the
number of inhabitants find that we are en-
titled to 20 animals per inhabtant per year.
This is an astonishing figure. If this poultry
included only chickens, we would be raising
in the South only enough to supply each one of
us with about three chickens per year. But
this total figure includes geese. guineas, ETC.,
and so we do not have even three chickens per
r wear per inhabitant. AS chicken meat forms
one of the staple articles of food for Southern
people and large quantities are consumed year
w. il. is easily seen that poultry bill from
the Northern States that supply our markets is
very large"
No Stare can prosper in the true of the word
that must send its money other States to buy
what it eats Out of the soil and upon the soil is
nroduced our bread and meat. What are all the
broad acres of Georgia for, if not to raise these
things? Never let pounding the doctrine of
diversified farming till we have it reality in its
broadest and most fruitful phases