Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-21

lii other words, ii nineteen ms OF the
energy of the l1nuoWuer is given
to cotton prOauc..OA and one ,eltL
10 dllryilg he WI not lid dairy
ing profitable. TAe fact that tue
College, OF Agriculture his organized
several cheese fac ,ories il 1,ortn
Georgia where they are making a
product of superior grade which re
tails in this st&te at 45c a pound,
is the only evidence needed to SHOW
that there is plenty OF reason and
opportunity for profitable dairy en-
ter9risCS to be organized in Georgia
end that we need send no n oney
cut of the state for food stuffs o
this character unless we choose to
do so.
In he mater of garden and truck
CROPS any family living in the coun-
try can provide the. selves with as
Gre@t a variety of vegetables and
fruits to suit the most faStidiou3
taste. Our canning club girls have
shown that we can can fruits and
veget bles equal to the best that
can be produced anywhere in the
world. This industry, however, sill.
needs Characterization in GeOrgi?
and or"anizct ton on a community
basis SO that the surplus products
of our farms. gorGe1s and ORCH rd5
lay be canned prof:tably and sold
20 OR urban residents.
Why should we Import Irish po-
tetces. cabbage. onions or other
truck crors? Why bring hay into
a state th2t can grow alfalfa. cow
ncns, soy beans. ve'vat be~ns. o1ts,
rye, wheat, vetch. millet, SORGHUM?
is q S-f1 in
array Of food stufcs and yet it onlv
ro0reGen+s a partial eHu~ err ton o
thu field crons we en- RISE profit
Hh!y for the nutrition of all c. SIS
of livestock. There is on cd ad"~e
hat a dollar saved is q dOll"r roa10.
Tt would be a roo1 thing if we could
rrint this in fl~r'n" heHd'inCG and
17ace it a1onT our h'~hW VS. aid over
'ha r7cn+el in every hoe so thHt we
could rot Escape the "~io~"attc truth
therein set forth. All we need to
10 to beco0oe rich and prosperous,
to recover from the d2waTe the bol
wcavil ray inflict on US. to save
500 0nO 10000 anNuG1ly to G"o"Gi9
ord to 500 the p0v0"ent Of tribute
10 o+her sections of the country, is
to diversity orr c~oNs a11 intensity
our a"r:crl1urcl production alone tho
lines which we we been ne"l"ctlHg
under the fetish that a'l-cottoH
would MIKE US rich and endurlngly
prosperous.
cvcTT---c coTZoT wr-DER BILE
W-ZvII IGTZEITATEoN
A. ]. s, mi n y int, Ca, w"ites:
The boil weevil is with us and LEY 10
Re he"e in FER numbers aao'her yea.
which is li!;e,y to be the hes. variety
of cotton to pant r"d"r these condi-
We have beel endeQvor:ng for
some ye-rs past to develop VarleIle
Of co.t3n Wi, h woull set on uIt
early and deve,ol a considerable per-
cent. ge of lis ea.ly in the season
Of cou, Sc, you understand that the
weIl-knowl habit o. cotton in con-
tjnui3g to fruit throughout the sea-
sen is an advantage i'll fglting the
boil vecvil. is insect naturally
prefers to work Oh the squares Or
the yo2ng bolls. TIE der boIli
ard the more they are advanced
when the W eevil damage beSils in ear
CT the better tie chan es of the
farme in ether words, t. make Il
medium, fair or even good crop OF
cotton. Ea-liness, therefore,. be-
comes a gtcas da3i3ec2tun il fight
ing the boil waevl, a hence the
Ct ITS o. plant breeders have been
directed to the attainment of this
end.
Some years ago the college of ART
cultu. e developed a strain known as
Sunbeam, which was quite widely
distributed and has been grown W1el
considerable success by l. &c num-
Der of farmers. Since at time we
have developed College No. l, w.ich
we think a S; p ,rior s-ra.n to Sun
beam. At first. it w. n t strongly
resistant to the wilt disease. b t we
think it his beel impCr, ed in this
respect c inside ably. We have dis
tribuccd such seed as W. have been
able to produce from time to time
at a mo craze cost, 50 that is va
iety might be as wiiol., cultivated
as possible.
We have also found certain strain
of the Cleveland Fig Ioll to lie we'll
adopted to Ia. ge areas of Georgia
I'D to fruit, up rapidly and early.
CovinGton Toe has proven a Valu-
able variety for cultivation in south
co "ia. wIe.e TIE wilt disc So is
troubles me. as it is s. oagly resist
ant to this djscace AID ; a relatively
early variety as wei
In sections where long staple up
lands c11 be & N sc ae.;sfully W
= We found the Meade to be sat ST &C.
tory. There was very little long
staple cotton which mat red be o e
it was destroyed by q weovil In
cou,h GesrCia durinT the present
year. Tie Meade co ton, however
he's mace a very f9v robe ow nT
in this respect, and tie improved
strains of it with W Oh we ere work.
i1T promise to b. Of great adv1ntc ge
to south Ge 0"Til fcrme"s. We are
inclined to think that it will even
tual'y replace the Cd type of long
staple cotton. The fiber, "a you
know, is of eXtraord ;n"ry lenTth and
Quality and the yie,d obtained per
acre is equal or s-p"ri to at %
othe" long staples. The Meade fiber
also brings about the same prize as
other l'n~-staT,e v2rie+ es. Mead
cotton can, O. cour1e be produced
successfully in moth Georgia as our
tests he at AtheTs have fully dem
onstr2ted. YoTr cord tions would be
quite similar to t ose prevailing here
at the college, and rom TIE ex-
perie1ce we have had in or demon
str2tton field we would Re DISPOSED to
IetoluHeHu u your I2Foi aO G con-
s.'era+io1 c lIege No l. CIeva' and.
of which there are several strains.
Piedmont. Hoooer. E~nvess, Toole
Culpepper and Te-a9 Burr.
The Value Ct Led Cover to Our
Agriculture
L. L. G.. Thrift, Ga, writes: l am
srnd!rg a sample Of clover and would
like to know the name of ii. DO you
think I could grow this clover here
successful, and when should it be
planted.
This sample of clover which you