Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-23

the progress already maze mas pldZ-
ed out trails which may be follow
farmers organizations It is evident
that If this large number Of organi-
cations have already succeeded that
it is only matter Of time before
all farmers who establish co-opera-
tive marketing enterprises may be
able to participate in the benefits
which have already been secured ny
the large number of organizations
indicated above.
Some suggestions, therefore, as to
how cooperative marketing might
be organized and promoted Will no
doubt be welcomed at this time. 1t
is self-evident in the beginning tina
the individual operator can DO 1T
for production is limited even
though he operates on the most eS-
tensive scale. At best he will raise
only a relatively small amount OF
the other hand, the. two o. three
thousand farmers who live In the
same county in which he resides
may grow thousands of carloads OF
| these same articles in the asgre@aLe.
Hence, the first thing to undertake
in a given community is the or
ganization of the output in, accord
ance with the demand Of he mar
ket Farmers have sometlmes
thought that purchasers should buy
| ter in what condition it might be
presented to the trade. Business NJ
never been created or promotes q!
this method. The merchant ana G.
of their constituencies to determine
what their needs and requirements
may be and then endeavor to sup
ply those needs in such an attrac-
tive and alluring manner as 10 In
| largely than his needs JUSTLY. IN
some communities the people re
! a red potato, in others Wh!te
potato. Some manufacturers require
one grade. Of cotton and some an an
other. Various grades of tobacco are
used and distributed according 70
sectional requirements. the nrsI
thing, therefore, before the FARMERS
can cooperate is to find out the the
to be supplied and then grow and
standardize the output In accoro"
ance with the requirements OF me
markets in question. The Crops rih tTe :
gradually in accordance with the
needs and requirements Of the trade.
Through the agency of this plan: a
plentiful supply of raw Inater@a 3
and foods 90 tbe can couD Df WirSout gut
ting the market. BY this arrange
ment people are uniformly suppned
at a reasonable cost with what they
need and most desire and the tar1 ~,
er is kept out. of bankruptcy ny
a fair price for his crops.
After having determined upon the
commodities that can be grown u
| the best advantage in a given com
munity and arranged for the stano.
| ardization of the output, the neAt
| of the output on community Das1st
| This will call for the establishment
| of an asserting and storage ware
| house. This should be built through
the attainment Of large NUMBER OF
subscriptions from the 1nolVldudi
farmers who will be IN the long sun
| the stockholders Of the concern. WheIi
| this is done, a business manager OF
capacity and ability must be secureu,
There is a notion that almost anyone
can do this and that expert leaoersIllP
along this line can be obtained at d
conclusions are sadly in error. brains
and capacity are still at a premium
in spite of all the people there are
in the world. Business men OF apiI-
ity are very scarce. and they can oIly
be secured at relatively large SAL IL,
aries Nevertheless, the farmers In
a cooperative organization can a. =
ford to pay well for service OF tnls
character. For the addition, for IN
stance, Of only one-fourth OF a cent
per pound to the sale price OF the
cotton in county In Whlch l2'VoV "
10000 bales are raised "o9iu png
the farmers handsome dlVloenu
and provide for very handsome
salary for the managing director:
Afetr the warehouse has been
erected and organized, then II IS
necessary to secure market lnl9 SLl;1.
tion. Two kinds of data are des1r-
able. First of all, the probable needs
of the world along certain llnes
should be discovered and analyzeo'
and then a planting program set up
for the community, the state ana tne
nation. At harvesting time the crop
maay be under or over the anticipated
world needs. In such an event, IL IS
equally desirable to determine the
probable consuming capacity OF not
only the local market but OF state
and national markets and the mar
kets of the world as we'll: 10 TINS
end. it will be necessary for the CO.
operative organization through It's
manager to associate itself with state
and national market bureaus estap-
lished for the purpose OF gatnerlns'
collating and supplying information
of the character indicated to such or
Carnations. When this is done the
agriculture of the country and OF tne
world can be put on Thoroughly
constructive basis and a safe ana sane
policy OF farm production instituted
and maintained. Just In proportion
as we succeed in carrying into erect
these Fundamental problems will we
solve those varied and difficult ques-
tions which now confront the prog
ress of our agriculture and at times
threatens to disrupt the continued
production of food and raw materials
in sufficient variety and quallty 70
meet the requirements of the Worlo.
Feeding Bearing Pecan Trees
IT. j., valdosta, Ga, writes:
method of fertilizing bearing. pc
can trees, about ten years old.
Kindly tell me the analysis OF
fertilizer to use and the amount
ner tree. Does it matter much
as to what source the ammonia
Is derived?
Various formulas may be used FOR
fertilizing pecan trees. Some Varla-
ton in the composition of the fer-
tilizer should be made according 70
the soil type on which the Tree Is
growing. I imagine your trees are
either growing on the Triton sandy
loan or on what Is known as the
Norfolk soil series. The Triton
sandy loan is the red pebble lana
of south Georgia and the Norfolk
series is the type of soil on winch
sea island cotton was chiefly grown
before the adVenf OIL the ooll WeSVIi.
Our idea wouldfbe to use not less
than 10 per cent of phosphoric acid
on either Of these soil types. -Four
per cent of nitrogen should be used
on the Triton sandy loan and per
cent on the Norfolk series. We are
inclined to think that 5 per cent of
potash is the minimum amount you
should use on either of these soil
| types. Possibly or Z per cent can
! he used with profit on the lighter
soils. Our plan of fertilizing pecan
trees has been to proceed as fel-
lows: Put the fertilizer out relatively
early in the spring, shortly in ad-
! vance of the time when the buds be-
gin to swell and develop. We scat
| ter It broadcast around the trees,
keepinr it we'll away, of course, from
| Ill To ooSo of few trees