The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-27
GEORGIANS LEARN FROM ALABAMA HOW
 ID OGROW PEANUTS Vidvid Impression Made on Delegation Sent to Visit
 Alabama Counties
FIND CROP ONE OF
 BIG POSSIBILITIES
Florida Man Talks About the States s New Governor and What He Is Planning to Add to the
 Peoples Wealth
Bv uERvEY W. LAIRD

Atlanta November 26.-(special) Messrs. Leon Perry, F. L. Bacon and J. P. Meyers made up the citizens sentry that went out from Doerun, Gao to look into the success of peanut raising in Alabama They visited, among other places, Abbeville, Headland and Midland City, all of which points they got much information and great encoura cement
 Said one of the party after his re- turn: That these progressive Ala bama people are proud of the peanut industry is evidenced in the fact that it has lifted mortgages, paid off notes and put nice balances in the bands. As a result of this condition and prof its of the production, more and better machinery is being installed and plans made for larger output"
 It was brought out that in the Ala bama section visited peanuts had been selling for $S0 a ton and more, to which is added the price of the hay, running from s16 to $20 ton. It is claimed this hay is wonderfully good for stock, and that cows give more and richer milk when they are fed or hay than other forages. Also that hogs fatten almost as well on the meal after the oils has been taken cat as upon corn.
 DO not hesitate on this important feature" says the editor of the Doe run Courier. "The facts we are giy- ing above come direct from the people in the Alabama territory who have de- oir fo tn Q of peanuts this season, and every man shows a handsome bank account. The banks show greater deposits and eV- erything is in a flourishing condi- tion.
 Every farmer in this community who struck it rich on cotton will add materially to the present financial standing if they will weigh this mat ter carefully With due consideration the peanut and be made prominent among the industries that will con- tribute handsomely to the commer- cial importance of our community
 WHAT BANKER HUNT THINKS
 Ben w. Hunt of Eatonton, Ga, one of the best known bankers of the south, puts two things, among others, as important to the development or the south: first, "and without which there is no foundation to diversity he
 
 ond. money at low rates of interest.
 He sets out that men who need financial aid to stock their farms should have 1t, that the banks ought to look after this, and that repay ments of the loan should be easy ana convenient They ought to have every fa,,l,ty for raising the animals, for erecting silos, stables and creameries Farmers should also be taught the yalue of restoring the lands and keep ing them up to high state of cultiVa- tion.
 The good work, which Mir. Hunt has done and the results which he has ac- compIished does not in any sense Jus- tify the following pessimistic para graph in a letter to the writeG win thc opposers of tick eradication, forci- hIe resisting being saved from poverty. individualism developed under south- ern slavery, and farm conditions as they are, any form of cooperation among southern planters is almost playing with the impossible.'
 ANOTHER PRACTICAL FARMER
 l. w. Callahan, one of the most prominent citizens of Georgia, who has invested largely in business in DO than, and other Alabama points, is showing the people what live stock can do He has large farm near his home in Bainbridge, and has put in much time, thought and money In making live stock farm pay
 s"Yes," said the senator the other day, q am making a success of thls farm It is beginning now to pay handsomely. Of course, it did not for the first two years, but I can see u is to be one of the best investments have ever made. Live stock is the thing our southland must look to. l regard it as the most important in- dustry possible for us to develop"
 MT. Callahan, who is a member of the Georgia senate, is one of those rich men who are giving largely to ex-
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