Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-11
ANTI WEEVIL FARM PLAN
ANNOUNCED BY COLLEGE


College of Agriculture has worked
out a schedule OF forming opera
lions, presented in the form Of al
ternate plans for farms of varying
size.
Until this year the boil wcevil was
not a factor of special Importance
in the Piedmont section, but now it
has arrived in great numbers and
has done great damage.
The basic idea in the farming sched-
dule worked ont by the College OF
Agriculture is the making Of every
farm seIf-sustaining. with some mar
: gin of food surplus.
1.-THE plans outlined" states Dr..
Andrew NJ. Soule. president Of the
college, will enable us to continue
cotton production on a rather extern
sive and profitable basis. Cotton
must still continue to be our pri-
mary money crop. Providence in
tended that 1t should be-"
In conclusion, the statement issued
by the college. embodying the sche-
ule, has the following to say:
"In all of the farm cropping plans
described. the maintenance of the
farm is provided for. Too much en-
phasis canno, be placed on this
point 1t is very likely that the prob
lens brought to the Piedmont sec
ton by the boil weevil will even
tuallv be solved and that farming
will again become dependable and
safe. But that time has not yet
come. The all-cotton farm is dam
gerous proposition. During the re
adjustment period the farmer who
does not provide for himself and hi
family on his own farm is likely tC
suffer actual hardship if not hun
ger
Text of the Schedule.
The text of the statement issued
by the college is as follows:
1.-THE boil weevil in its onward
march across the cotton belt has at
last reached the Piedmont section of
Georgia. Unfortunately. 1t has come
in most inopportune time. Della.
ton of prices has continued until
most of the things the farmer oan
production. Many farmers are heav-
fly in debt, and further credit Is
difficult to obtain. This condition
places many obstacles in the way OF
the farmer who attempts to change
his farming system to meet the
new conditions
THE plans outlined in the follow
with the difficulties under which the
average farmer is lahoring kept well
, in mind No radical departure from
PREVIOUS cropping systems is be-
lievet. to be possible o. advisa BILE
at this time. The farmer must use
the same land. the same labor and
the same equipment he has been U.s.
ing in the past. Consequently, any
change he makes must be modifica-
ton rather than a complete revision
of his old methods.
To Maintain the Farm.
Every farm must be as near self
sustaining as possible. With the
necessary reduction in the cotton
acreage, as well as the more or less
certain reduction in the cotton yield
due to the boil weevil, there will be
less money than heretofore with
which to purchase supplies.
investigators for the United
States Department OF Agriculture
have found that t he following
amounts Of food are used by the
average adult white person on the
farms of North Carolina, Georgia ana
Texas.
Food consumed annually per adult person
by $50 farm families in North Carolina,
Georgia and Texas.
Vegetables, including, irish and sweet po-
tatoes. 1872 bushels: fruit. 81 bushels
corn meal. 158 pounds; flour. 224 pounds;
syrup, gallons; poultry. 5715 pounds:
butter. 451s pounds: buttermiIk, 81 gal
Ions; milk. II gallons. beef. u pounds
pork and lard. 13s pounds: eggs. 28R
dozen.
"These figures are believed to be
conservative, and have been used as
basis for determining the land to
be devoted to food and feed crops to
maintain TIE average two-mule farm.
To furnish the live stock products,
two cows, three pigs and twenty
five hens Will be required.
TABLE II
Farm Maintenance Crops
Acres required to grow the food
stuffs and feed required for family
Of five adult persons, two cows, three
hogs. twenty-five hens and two
mules.
Corn with peas. 1874 acres; oats. 4
acres: wheat, acres; cowpea hay. s
n acres: cOttonseed, 9 acres; permanent pas
~ ture, acres. sweet potatoes, u acre;
Irish potatoes, 1-3 acres: vegetables, 2-3
acres: fruit u acre. sorghum for syrup
These acreages have been deter
mined on the basis Of average yields.
Many farmers will be able to main
tain the farm with fewer acres by
securing yields above the average
Twenty-four acres Of crop land are
required to grow the necessary food
and feed crops. The eight acres of
cowpeas for hay follow oats and
wheat. Six acres of cotton seed
which is considered secondary
product is not included in the main
tenance acreage. At least sever
acres of permanent pasture should
be provided for the cows, hogs and
work stock.
"These crops will meet the re.
Quirements of the average Piedmont
two-muIe farm. If more work stock
is kept the acreage of corn, oats anc
cowpeas must be correspondence in
creased Likewise, where the fam.
: lily consists Of more than five adults
or their equivalent. more pigs, chick
ems and possibly another cow will
have to be added. This will call fol
further increase in the feed crops
to be grown.
Each farmer will need to adapt
this outline to his own farm. Since
no two farms are alike, it is OBJ.
viously impossible to propose a pro-
gram that VIII meet all require
ments. Numerous modificati ons will,
suggest themselves to anyone who
attempts to plan a system to provide
for his own farm needs and to fiji
his soil and market conditions. buI
provisions for the maintenance o.