The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-03-11
Farm Crises. in
Georgia Pessimism
tie Dominant Crop.


}. runs, = ssimisan is the outstanding
,.,isttul aid It's hanging like .
I $500. odd over practically e, cry
tannAanse ", tho State, declares
John s. Dennee. crop statistician
for tie Georgia Cooperative Crop
Reporting Service, a combination Oh
the lBEcOs. Of the United States
q Bureau of Crop Estimates and the
Georgia Departmental Agriculture
: in statement handed to the press
today. The statist predicates' his
opinions dpoa hundreds Of reports
received BY him recently from
farness in every quarter Of the
Stale. ThS text Of his. remarks
.sfellsws:
Money Cor farm operations is
difficult 10 obtain. Mary farmers
caRESos get ikataIl. Seed and iabcr
are. high. Ceunnercial fertilizers
are Offering Vt prices practically the
same Us prevailed during the World
War. The Farmers declare they
cannot paxthess prices. Retailers.
Of articles used On the farms are,
in general. unreasonable in their
demands. Farm products are sell
ing at pse.war prices, Il must be,
plain enough from all,tliis lllatahe
farmer cannot farm Oh the present
basis Il things ana make ends meet.
Not a few Of the. farmers say that
financially they are down and out
There must be d. turn FOR the
better and sooH. from the farmers
viewpoint. UAless there is. there
ass going to be. thousands and
THOUSANDS Of Georgia's best acres
lying lille this year, Tie fprners
need and must have Immediate
Substantial help.
Considerable cotton has been
cold since the first Of the year and
al low prices. The producer has
been very heavy loser. The time
iAfast approaching when prepara--
tons must be made to plant next
crop. Most farmers are without
finds. And they cannot secure
credit from the merchant or bank
that made them advances last year.
Result they are selling for IL cents
or theleabouts cotton which cost
them approximately 80 cents to
make.
Year after year hundreds OF Geor-
gia farmers have demonstrated a
unique capacity fol. working for the
cotton speGulator. In q measure,
lack Of, farm organization and ef-
fective marketing methods rendered
this fatality inevitable. But If the
farmers are to be believed, this year
things are going To be different.
Most farmers ray they are going to
slash the acreage anywhere from %
IA so per cent and plaut food and
iced stuffs instead, Some declare
they wiz buy contract cotton from
the apeculator rather than sell
cotton to him, and in that way
make money. It is amazing how
many cotton farmers have awaken
ed 70 the realization that If they
want to work for nothing and ct
deeper into debt, tho sure way to
do 1t is to plant this year . normal
acreage til cotton.
Many farmers reports say that
the boil weevil has survived the
mild winter and is already mobiliz-
ing to commence activities.
Thousands and thousands Of
buAIlSlB Of peanuts. velvet beans
md sweet potatoes are reported on
the farms and cannot be disposed
otat any price. A market for this
surplusaee. including cotton, is the
crying need.
More wheat and corn and oats
from the OH crop remained on
Georgia farms March this yeal
than on same date year ago.
There is a wOeful SHORTAGE reported
aeyerthslesai in localities, and many
counties are shipping in cOns-dera.
BILE quantities OF these grains u
tide the farmers over the winter