Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-11

There are 310,737 farms in Geor-
There are 2,ss4,ooo people in Geor-
There are 4,s7S,Ooo domestic ami
mails in Georgia.
"To Feed the State"
To feed, therefore, the 2,Ss4,o0O
people and the 4,S73,000 farm anil
mails in Georgia, irrespective of any
increase, we must grow the amount
and variety. of food stuffs set forth
above per farm. This indicates the
1921. Certainly, since the states
requirements are as indicated a sat-
isfactory home market should be
easily found for these products. 1t
is true, however, that one section of
trade relations so that, say, sweet
potatoes will not sell in one section
to the reail trade at So per bushel
and in another section at rs cents;
or syrup, at 40 Gems per gallon, in
in another The marketing facilities
must be improved and the medium of
exchange operated without so many
turns in the current from the grower
to the consumer. The time to begin
to market the products is when the
them. This is the part of the pro-
gram upon which the farm bureau
members should concentrate their
energies. 1t is gratifying to say that
tioning in this respect in thirty
three counties within the state, and
the organization will be extended in
to all counties that have a county
agent by the first of March this
year. This is the part Of the pro-
- 81, H. 60 nxN
members should concentrate their
energies.
Much has been said about mar
keting that is relevant, but the big
gest problem confronting the pro-
Queer and consumer is adequate and
economical distribution. This is the
problem the farm bureau is attack
ing.
The county agents, for instance,
working in cooperation with the
farm bureau members, aided the
farmers in buying, selling and dis
of farm produce and farm supplies
such as hogs, cattle, sweet potatoes,
peanuts, syrup, fertilizer and the like
in 1920. The money value of the ma
terials handled and distributed was
$1,207,2O7:52, which represented 81
farmers concerned. Thus the farm
bureau members and the county
agents working comparatively per-
formed a service of substantial pro-
portions to the communities served.
This is an suspicious beginning and
represents a foretaste of the great
benefits which may be expected to
accrue to the farmers of Georgia
when the farm bureau becomes es-
tablished on a statewide basis.
A Study Of the Crops
Corn-The average farm needs to
grow 97.7 bushels Of corn more than
was raised in 1918, 1919, or 1920
There is a market within the state
South Georgia farmers may have a
surplus, but many in north Georgia
will need it. To obtain the increased
WELD either the acreage to this crop
will have to be enlarged, or the av-
erage yield raised from 142 bushels
per acre as it was in 1920 to EOS
bushels per acre in 1921. We must
intensity cultivation to that end.
Velvet Beans-We need and can
the state. It would add much to the
fertility of the land and provide the
hogs and cattle of the state with
much essential feed If velvet beans
were planted in every acre of corn
on which this crop will mature. To
meet the requirements the average
farmer must plant and harvest 1.t
| tons more velvet beans in 1921 than
| in 1920.
Wheat-There are soils in Georgia
not adapted to growing wheat, but
opportunity exists for producing g.
| $4,000 bushels more than has been
grown in recent years. Home grown
| -four is both desirable and whole.