Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-25
Careful Seed Selection and
Proper Grading Would Be
Great Help in Marketing
Corn and Other Products
BY RALPH SMITH

EN- ROUTE, Oct. 22-It has been
more than week since visited
Donalsonville, in the baby coun-
ty of the state-Seminole-- the
memory of that visit fingers. am
sure that / could have spent more
time advantageously in Donaldson
vile than L did. The information
that Itreceived persists in crowd
ing itself forward when> I canvass
the developments of the week re-
lating the the better markets cam
paign of the Country Bankers as
ISOLATION and The Atlanta Journal.
A former college professor and
a pharmacist gave me more 1nfor-
nation about the corn crop of Geor-
gia. or, rather, the problem of mar
keting it, than any other man have
met, George 2. Shingler formerly
held the chair of chemistry in EN-
ory university. He is a member of
the influential Shingler family of
Seminole county. There are lots
of Shinglers in the vicinity and all
of them are prominent and success
full. /,
George p. Shingler is a director
in the Donalsonville Grain Elevator
company-the first grain elevator
l encountered in my trip through
southwest Georgia He knows all
about corn and the elevator bust
ness. He knows about the relative
quality of different grades and colors
of corn. He is familiar with the food
value of the different sorts, and he
can tell you why Georgia corn has
higher food value than western
corn. He has studied it out as an
expert.
/. might not have seen Mr. Shing,
Ter had I not first renewed ac-
quaintance with an old north Geor'
gia friend. In 1906, + met. j. l..
HARRISON, at Blairsville, in Union
county, during a memorable guber-
material campaign. He. is brother
of Senator Pat HARRISON, of Blatrs'
vile. He has been a resident OF
Donalsonyille for six years, and OF
Seminole county since its creation
last summer.
Elevator Not Made Most Of
1t had been my hope to talk with
T.. j. Shingler, j. l.. Dickinson, w
H. Van Landingham and 2. s.
Spooner, all of Donalsonville, but
none was in town. The name OF
Mr.. HARRISON also had been furnish
ed me, and that was fortunate cir
cumstance, for he suggested that
get in touch with George Shing'
Ter.
In connection with the statement
that Seminole county has raised a
big corn crop, it is pertinently anus
ing to alIude to the fact that the
county is without a stream of run
ming water in it's borders. My friend
HARRISON, from the north Georgia
mountains, called my attention tC
this fact, and the circumstance is
recited in the belief that it will con
Vey it's own significance to those who
appreciate the Importance of cool
running water to an invaluable de
vice known to revenue officers as g
condenser.
And now to Mr.. Shingler and his
grain elevator There is an album
dance of surplus corn in Seminole
county, and there is at Donaldson
vile a modern grain elevator for
! it's storage and shipment, but the
! grain elevator is making little head
way. 1t has, however, proved a
valuable asset in past years, and has
earned money for it's owners.
The Donalsonville elevator has a
storage capacity for $4,000 bushels OF
corn, and, in addition, the operat'
ing mpany has warehouse with
q capacity of $4,000 bushels, which
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