Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

who have ascertained the fact that
through the states west of Georgia,
the weeviI in places as far north as
this section, has not proved 50 dis
astrous, and they are more optimls-
tic over the outlook FOR the 1uture:
In the meantime, all are working
to produce the biggest crop possible
and make the most of a situation
which is not any too bright.
MEETING OF COWETA
COTTON MEN CALLED
NEWMAN, Ca, Sept. 18;-W. L.
Keith, chairman, and Geo. l.. Wynn.
secretary, have called a meeting OF
the Coweta division of the Am .a,a
at the court house, Newman, Mon
day afternoon. Every white cotton
farmer, whether member of the
association in Coweta county. Or not,
ing, the object of which is to discuss
the marketing of the present crop of
cotton and cotton seed. Harvey
Jordan, national secretary of the
American Cotton association, will be
present. and deliver an address to
the body. -@k.e ~. s,
A conservative estimate of the
crop in this county is thirty per
cent of a crop, due to the ravages of
the bool weeyii in 1lo1 the past thirty tir,y
that Coweta might make bumper
crop. The farmers are greatly dis
tressed over the present outlook Of
the cotton crop, and it is eviden|
that they will turn their attention
to other crops another year, and
plans are being laid now. for a large
acreage to be planted this fall to
wheat, oats. rye. and other winter
cover crops.
CROP GREATLY DAMAGED
BY RAINS IN HART
HARTWELL, Ga, Sept. 18.-The
outlook for the cotton crop up until
about three weeks ago was the best
in the history of Hart county and
looked like the farmers would get
full crop. Crops in Hart county
have been well cultivated and the
weed is large and healthy. Talks
with a number Of leading farmers
over the county reveal that the cot
ton crop has been greatly damaged
in many sections Of the county on
account Of the continued rains; in
fact the damage on account Of rains
is general, but in some sections not
as bad IS in others;
In some communities the crop is
off something like fifty per cent, but
this does not exist in many localities
The boil weevil has done consider
able damage in parts of the county,
which, with the wet weather has ma
terially. decreased the yield this
year. The weevil is just getting tntoa
t1art county and is here too late5 to-
do any great damage to the pres
ent crop.
The farmers over the county esti-
mate the yield this year will be
about seventy to, seventy-fve3 per-
cent. With late fall and favorable
conditions, it is possible to, recoupI
some of the loss sustained.."G So" 4
GATHERED RAPIDLY p '' ..a
IN SUMTER COUNTY
AMERICUs, Ca, Sept. 1S.-sum-
ter's cotton crop is being gathered
rapidly this year, and already ap-
proximately 5000 bales of the esti-
gathered into Americus warehouses.
Two days this week nearly 900 bales
were received, and on numbers of
farms in the Twenty eighth district,
just out of Americas, the picking
season is already nearly finished.
Farmers are selling their staple, too
whenever price around thirty cents
can be obtained, according to the
best information.
George o. Marshall, county farm
demonstration agent, estimates Sum-
ter county will produce this year a
pares with approximately 10000 bales
marketed in Americas last year, al
though the acreage this season is
somewhat larger than that of last
yeaS. The crop, too hae
expensive one. High prices paid Ia
combined with the necessity Of using
large quantities of calcium arsen-
ate, has made the 1920 cotton crop
IN Sumter county cost farmers more
than any crop produced in recent
years.
Notwithstanding all precautions
taken, w.eevil have wrought heavy
damage in Sumter's cotton fields.
and practically everywhere the So
called top crop" is complete fail
uIe' Farmers here, however, have
not depended this year entirely up
on cotton as a money crop. The
nog and cattle raising industry has
brought into Sumter county within
the past year about 100000 in cash,
and In addition, adequate crops of
small gram corn, velvet beans and
peavlne hay have also been produc-
ed. One of the largest acreages ever
pIanted to sweet pota -oes in this
SSeetlon I" now being harvested by
ouL4Ler county farmers, and this is
another new money crop. Several
producers here shipped potatoes in
Giarlots to Atlanta last year and it
largely j., eased this fall.
LATE FALL" HOPE OF
FLOYD COUNTY PLANTERS
ROME. Ga, Sept. 18.-The extent
OF the yield of the cotton cron in
FIoyd county depends almost entirely
upon weather conditions for the re-
malnder of the fall. The cron is
Iully three weeks later than usual,
Last year the first bale was brought
10 Rome August 81, this year Sep
Should there be an early frost, such
as VISITED this section in October
of i917, there will not be more than
NAH crop made. Should there be
a late fall" giving the crop time
to mature, the best posted cotton men
In the. county agree that there will
probably be a yield approximating rs
per cent of last year.
The boil weevil is factor to reck-