Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-28
Amax1ng Era Of Progress
In Georgia AgricuIture
Described By Observers

on stump Ianu only Oue-nOrSe ma
| chinery can be used and the farmer
knows it does not pay to work on a
one-horse scale.
workers for Better Farming
Last fall a stump clearing train
was run through south Georgia. 1t
had an outfit of stump pullerS and
also a dynamite crew who showed
the farmers how to do it. When
the tractor statesmen heard of this
they applied for space on the train,
but were told they would not be al
lowed to mar the dignity of the pro-
ceedings. However, the tractor men
chased after that train, one day
later. At a single town one agent
sold eight tractors. Generally speak
ing, light tractor serves the pur-
light. 1t is easier to clean up cut
over land in the south generally than
in the northwest.
There are millions in it for some
one who will invent portable pine
stump distillery. AS it is, land is
sometimes cleared for nothing by
stump distillers or enough is paid
for stumps to defray the clearing
cost with a little profit thrown in.
The greatest event for Georgia IN
recent years is the Winning OF tne
grand championship at Ire Chicago
international last fall by the Here
ford bull. Bonny j., owned by p. E.
Macks, of Thomasville. Not because
of the honor, but because 1t shows
the world and Georgia where she IS
at. 1t means achlevement aho points
to new prosperity in a higher agr1-
culture. Such is the view or j. E.
jackson, who is an institution In the
southeastern states ana lnc1dentally
champion agricultural agent for the
Central of Georgia railway. A piece
and to some other men of the same
sort who are doing similar work.
whether in the employ OF the state
or federal government or OF semi
private interests. 1t does not MAY
ter who employs them, they are al.
WORKING for better agriculture. Ana
not merely with words, put WIN
deeds, like bringing into the STATE
thousands of purebred animals, tons
of new or better seed, tralnloaos u
machinery and what not.
Our farmers are learning now TO
rea1 hardship in hog raising SAID
Mr. Jackson. 1.-The increase in the
number of pure-bred hogs raised III
the last few years has been amazing.
The day of the pineWoods razoloa.Sh
has passed. You don't hear the SloLlss
now about the fellow VINO tlre t o4 Tv q
bounds of lard and a couple gallons
of turpentine. Nor do you near ~
Judging the fitness of a hog Tor XII XII
ing by lifting him by the ears ana
deciding whether the hino qua ,lr oh
lam due to grazing on peanuts alone
will solve itself as our farmers feal-
ize that the demand for SOFT pork mas
been supplied and that grazing on
orr MANY other forage crops VIII
produce pork acceptable to the noi Ill
ern market. .,o+ noanuts
ui1I make pork at cost around .
cents a pound. But the menu sn ouad
he varied and shifted largely lo"el3
cowDeas corn, sweet POTATOES o nno
velvet beans, The state mas o, o. +hem
was awarded a boar champl0hsnlp a.
iost years international. mere ale
roore than. half a dozen siaugHtel
mo and packing houses to hanule IAe
nn1ls business in Georgia. .uo,an
Youth and age have pee4 Nc
better agriculture tnroug SIitb a total
rnernhership of more than S1,oo0 gnu a.
- 1IaIna Of products exceeding ?d;;I
aon 900, Milton P. Jarn1gan can t ~
ali about the good being done Wy ncad
calf clubs and how they are niae at
bv local banks when leho l loerobers
6 per cent on the notes OF nlie MaeTiy
= hoVe not vet lost dollar. Nearly
a s|1,o hundred pure bred calves Weho
6nueht Nv club members last yea yea,
Iames e. Downing. otherwise nj
as Pig Club Jim IS Inc {ne $1,000
, wnU in the movement to upl5ih s.
20 bop. and he says the aniln In
ots0 fairefo-noble blood that tney Nv. NV -
oro worth more than nan -. &c
dnI1ars Ono of Downlng'S mlti4f +ha
Sues is to tell the WorIo tne .trone
white hog can prosper uiloI hrnch Of
s wl1 He has put out pullon bors
S SLas+er whites with club meInpere
ChsS tIea,, have not lost their complex
ION or anything else: xr,,+ ss+en
Georgia's AGRICULTURAL co.'s oniv
Athens, although aso S has become a
tnl1I Tawer for better farming ane
VIA WA po ike most other insttutl12lal49
t nf its kind, it ought to nave ,o d NV
,aore ,noney to carry on us "o;dan+
iiiI Dr. Andrew NJ. Soule, preslbb ont
of the college, had TINS 10 soy
Ih es1n snite of all Georgia is ach1 1eo,,
;r Cha still has far to go. 70 go &c
itnow that the state. IS pr,.or11
800 100000 a year tSr 1o Werv state
elsewhere? Suppose tha tb Gse college
agency o mnt to cancel this an
slioII order for food--it would mean al
t Huai we would save in interest on
This t s10O,O0O,O00 the sum m's WIZ
Georgia is actually uni1y T Tpeaa"E what u we
on But r6o Teof fggrm-minded. You c>n
see 1t reflected here in this col 1t;ss
There are ,45o young men The r eIadns
ates are going back to the !; Il da tanS
I haven't got the money to hlre one tn1
here for teaching or experiments
work 1t1 Our seniors are, not looking
for Jobs here or anywhere else: 20
could tell you story idSe a Mithont ia cent
and in a few years owning their own
farms, This spring we are going "
put on something new. we are so111S
TO bring the bankers to school. we
are counting on an attendance VI
3O0.' - -+oh-
The college expects soon to estao-
1ish tractor schools all over the state.
A tractor demonstration recently
held on the college farm drew an
audience Of more than 5000 farmers:
More good roads are being built
in Georgia Bonds for proposed
state and county roads amount to-
nearly $50.OO0,O00 while one-third
as much of county road bonds have
already been authorized. ~
through most of the south-hook-
wo~z- and malaria mosquito. The
Georgia board of health. worki7S
with the federal public health
service. found that the loss of time
on farms by malaria meant loss of
$13 an acre. In one place seventy
eight per cent of the people had NAL
aria The bright side of this picture
is that these evils can be eradicated
at small cost. Among those who
| have helped to vanQuish these foes
are the progressive men of the Geor-
eia Land Owners association with
it's live secretary. F. H. Abbott.
Iowa Goat Sold for $3.50
SIOUX CITY, Ia.-What is believ-
| ed to be worlds record high price
for a six months old goat has just
| been received by Dehaan & Co, of