The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-15
BROWN URGES FARMERS
TO GROW MORE CORN
FORMER GOVERNOR TELLS OF
HIS DIFFICULTY IN GETTING
GEORGIA PRODUCTS.

GEORGIA PRODUCES.
A strong argument for crop diver
sification and the cultivation of more
corn and wheat is seen in the letter
just received by the Georgia Cham
Der of Commerce from former Gov
ernor Jos. NJ. Brown, in which refer
ence is made to the difficulty he is
experiencing in getting corn. He adds
that it will be necessary for him to
go out of the state for the product,
although he much prefers Georgia
corn and wheat
This states product is declared to
be better than that of other states
for the manufacture of meal and
flour, and the author of the letter
would welcome the opportunity to
make all of his purchases in the state
of Georgia, so that the meal and -four
going from his mill might be really
Georgia products.
An idea of the extensive operations
being conducted at the Cherokee
mills, in Cherokee county, is con-
tanned in the letter of Mr. Brown,
which explains the precautions which
he is taking to turn out meal and
-four which will reflect credit on the
state and create a wide demand for
the Cherokee output.
The matter is one in which the
state chamber of commerce is vitality
interested in that it realizes the i'm
portance of diversified crops with
much land devoted to corn and
wheat.
Governor Browns Letter.
Canton, Ga.-Mr. Chas. j. Haden.
President Georgia Chamber of Com
merce, Atlanta, Ga.-My Dear Mr..
Haden: Referring to our cOnVersa-
ton on the train some weeks ago,
will state that | now have the Chero-
kee mills in operation.
At the school on Little river, about
one mile above where it empties into
the Etowah, where there have been
Hills SIICG dDOuJ 1000, L nave a uctII
1877 feet from shore to shore and II
feet high. The water power is stated
to be more than 800 horsepower per
day
The mill house is "a feet by 81
feet, and is two stories high. In this
house | have mills for grinding corn
and wheat. The mills are driven by
a turbine wheel of 125 horsepower.
There is also a turbine wheel of 80
horsepower which drives the cleo
trical machinery which operates the
gins and furnishes lights for the
buildings and for the grounds ad-
joining.
We make whole wheat flour and
first-grade underground meal.
| have just installed a corn scOur-
err" which thoroughly cleanses the
corn before it goes into the hopper to
be ground. The corn, when cleaned,
looks beautifully clear and shines as
if polished, and there S a striking
contrast when one looks at the
husks, silks, fragments of cobs and
real dirt which has been taken off of
it. | have been startled to note how
much dirt goes into the ordinary
meal that We eat. / did not realize
it until I saw the work of the corn
sCOurer.
| am sending you today one "a
pound sack of flour and one 24-pOund
sack of meal. I trust that you will
use the flour and meal from the "a
pound sacks for your own table, u.s.
ing the smaller ones as you wish.
You doubtless remember that you
suggested to me that | put up the
flour and meal in small sacks. / have
found this a splendid suggestion, for
all we ship to Atlanta is
wanted in 12-pOund sacks.
Georgia Product.
will remark that the -four and
meal | have sent you are made OF
Georgia grain, ground at a Georgia
water mill. | anticipate, however,
to my regret, that | will soon have
to buy both wheat and corn in Ten
nessee. | do not wish to go north
of Tennessee. for, certainly, corn,
since the farther north we go the
softer we find the grain of the corn
to be. If | could get it in sufficient
quantities l would use only Georgia
corn. inasmuch as our seasons for
growing it are longer, hence the sun
hardens the grain more than in lati-
tudes north ward, and it takes hard
corn to make the best meal. | have
been gratified to note that cOnsidera-
bly, more wheat was planted in this
part of Cherokee county last fall than
has been planted for a number OF
years, and the reason every planter
gives is that he found that this roller
mill was really being built.
If every farmer would plant
enough of wheat to raise his own
-four, I care not whether all of them
patronize my mill, they will i'm
mensely benefit themselves and thus
the state.
In conclusion, with assurance OF
49, t,;ol ,.ooor5 ON aS ever very