The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-08-03

and QId not neeQ TO Ue uia4leu AlI'
service, says the Manufacturers Re-
cord of Baltimore.
"Of all sections of the country, the
South is the most misunderstood and
misrcnrceented. An erroneous state
ment once put forth about this sec
tion 7eerls to travel forever, While
the truth never catches up.
"For years the Manufacturers Rec
ord has been urging the South TO IN
crease its food production, not because
if was falling down in this hne as
badly as many people have claimed,
hut because there is great oPportu-
njtv for the South to add to its wealth |
bv completely feeding itself while
helping to feed and clothe the nation.
Its peculiar agricultural advantages !
give it Q permanent opportunity lor
running far ahead of any other sec,
ton in @ combination OF cotton ana
grain and fruits and vegetables
"Tlo South has, in round fgurcS,
about one-third of the population OF
the country; but in 1916 the South
produced 36 per cent of the entire
corn crop of the United States, 81 per
cent o. its rice, an especially lnpor-
t9nt rooCgtuff; 80 per cent of its sweet
potatoes, one Of the best foods Whlch
the country produces; 80 per cent OF
its arn,e crop. 40 per cent OF the total
cIop Of peaches. and on January of
this year it had 20 per cent OF the
milch COWS in the country, 30 per cent
of the total number Of cattle and 81
Icr cent of the total Of swine.
"TLcsc who have been so vigorous
" d,rol rcing the South for MOI FRO
iucinr grain and meats will doubt
less be -omewhat staggered tc tlhd
that this section, with only one-third
of +hp nations population, hes 80 rcr
cent its hogs and 80 per cent of its
! 2q3 443 600 bushels OF grain, ilclud-
inc rice. To this it added 52,7OO,OOO
bushels Of white potatoe5 ana 0o,zVV',
000 bushels Of sweet potatoes, 4 total
of ~ 600 600 bushels of potatoes
ont or total for the United States
If 266 600 600 bushels, or nearly one
third of the potato crop Of the coNn-
try, -..
"T,9 South produced 60,o52,OOO
bushels of apples out Of a total OF
202 245, 900 bushels for the United
States end largely supplied otner
Sections With this splendid fruit
sbirroi W. ' to- other sections and found
+hrppICebo,1t the North and West
on,oTn+pd TO 17973,OOO bushels, or 49
nnr cont of the total yield for the
ao,,r+,v
"0f swine. the South had 26,579 OOC
o,,+ of q Total of 67 453. .0O0 and it haC
ii e06 0O0 head Of cattle out of to-
tai for tie country of 4O,049,OOO:.
va ..IToroovor. lTl ,r, the South produced III,
o,+;ro s,Tmarrorp crop of the country
GIL on'trS co. 500 200 mounds of cane sugar
NJ ,,,o. * ncr cent of the tai su
ms ;ro,,7d;no, beet, of the Unitet
Stdio- a., ond to this should be addct
tbo or+;ro noolasses production of tn
country. J.,
1IT1 "Ta fourcs are available as to tn
nrodro+ion of butter since the Cen5u
pf Iq60 bu+ in that year the Sout
nod,,coJ DC ner cent of the entlr
41',t piQu.r ~ tho country. 1t also ha
o"tL"I .f,ot ,.cor Az npr cent of the produc
~ ~. y"[,f of cL;ckon5 and other fowls, an
90 sto'r o. ~. oo,,+ If the output of eggs, tn
'o .n ~ arodnction of that year in tn
~ ~ L";,'o, as 0OOO 900 dozen out O
fatal ~ 1,591 100000 dozen IN tn
" ontiro 3ts' conntry
e'st5f 40f ncsnuts, a production which
1,ooon,i vi 20 o1',r move and more importar
oot'L,,,i,, oot n,1i1 for the uses to which pea
nrty nOt 0,,s v.Sro f. FORMERLY put, but for tn
n.y. III ,,o". nrnssed from them, the Sout
ott oJ,,ood 5U, oo ner cent last year, or
tota1 Of 44.6O0,0OO bushels, IeaVln
ooI,. ooI%' 9@8o @ 400 bushels for the rest c
tasS w. conntrv.
U''S ..So 90 fai1rcs are vet obtainable {
- +bo b nTodnc+ion Of soy bears, br
~ ~ Inc +an+ of the output as indicate
{ne 1 +f,a fn'4nC a. c+ that one Baltimore pacl
i,n oy TmT bortc oloneLand there are a nun
ilg-il90fS I 10 t5om MIN in this city and in otht
o1dces nfl o handling soy beans-l.st ye;
p5%gesl ppanHcl lI2'lS 40 GOO c cases.
e'nTT l.TLo lT, ontDn+ Of cottonseed oil. OF
of tbc ne most 1|sl " essential fats availab
oI o.; 4i5ie LiC oaIrtrv nIU2 amounts, in round fl
III Il''9 ~ C',,lt oLo2t / 400 100000 pounc
ua uaeS, VOC, .0 "T or almost as much as Il
per per- ,,roLHction [sr, of butter on Il
aIo IooaI y, oo,Irt,y 11oN~y II has been estima
MHq,v WI ~. con5natnn+ authorities that Il
eu .;-;o 2s a',t,E1 ra1le Of cottonseed produc