Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-17
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW NJ SOULE

the one-nlule farm, or multiplied to
suit the needs of the plantation
where several ploWS are run.
AS in north Georgia, the produc.
/ ton of food for the proper mainte.
nance of the family is the first great
essential. A failure in this respect
constitutes a suicidal policy, because
the family is the first to suffer. 1t
is the unit lying nearest at hand
and requiring the greatest protec-
ton and consideration on the part
of the head of the house. 1t is es.
sential, therefore, that he sees to
it first of all that an abundance of
food is supplied. It will take about
81 acres of average land to insure
this being done satisfactorily. OF
this acreage 1875 will of necessity
have to be devoted to corn, peanuts
and velvet beans, 4 to. oats, and
to wheat. Cowpea hay should follow
on this cereal land. There should
be seven acres of peanuts, one-half
acre sweet potatoes, one-third acre
Irish potatoes, two-thirds acre in
vegetables, one-half acre in fruit or
fruit substitutes, and one-half acre
in sugar cane for syrup. These
acreage determinations are not mere
guesses, but represent the quantities
of food which should be made avail
able for the average family of five,
according to the very careful and
detailed survey made to ascertain
this point by the state and federal
agencies concerned in the betterment
OF the southern farmer.
To provide the food crops needed,
and make the average two-mule
south Georgia farm self-sustaining
it will be necessary. to proceed some
what on the basis indicated below.
These plans can be changed or mod
flied to suit the particular soil or eli
matte conditions of q given section
or the Individual or community
needs. They are, after all, merely
tentative suggestions and are in
tended, therefore, only as basic out
lines to be adapted and used to the
best possible advantage under any
given set Of conditions which may
prevail.
Cropping Plans for a Two-Mule
South Georgia Farm
In making plans for family farm,
the present financial conditions must
be taken into consideration. There
are many farmers who realize that
some form Of live stock farming
would be profitable and who would
like to engage in the business, but
due to the economic conditions are
unable at present to secuer the nee
essary capital. At the present time,
hogs play an important part in the
prosperity of south Georgia. Produc-
ton is probably as cheap there, if
not cheaper, than elsewhere in the
United States. Some of the most
profitable farms in that section Of
the state depend upon hogs and cot
ton as the principal cash crops. The
favorable climatic conditions and
long growing seasons make it pos
sihle to grow numerous other crops,
such as peanuts, sweet potatoes, SUI
gar cane, watermelons, tobacco and
truck crops, but these are more or
less speculative and should be grown
mainly as a sideline.
One of the big obstacles which the
farmers in some sections of south
Georgia meet in adjusting their
farming system to boll weevl condi-
tons is the lack of fences. Where
there has been no stock law, many
farmers have been forced to fence
their fields. These have found lit
tie difficulty in making the neces-
sary adjustments because hogs
could be grown cheaply on peanuts
and velvet beans, The following
plan has been prepared for those
who have their fields fenced. 1t is
an outline of what most, Of
the more successful farmers are now
Cropping system for two-mule
south Georgia farm for sections
where fields are fenced.
Crops. Acres.
Cotton 49,. -. -. -. H.. Is
Corn, peanuts and velvet beans 20
oats $500 ....'...
Wheat on heavy soils ........ 4
Cowpeas after wheat and oats Q2)
cash crops 80.
Grazing crops
Early corn and Spanish peanuts
Oats, rye and rape ~. ........ 2
Sweet potatoes and peanuts. .(2D
Millet, and sorghum :. ........ 2
Home supplies ................ IA
Permanent pastures :. . 40
.s Miscellaneous Crops
(Select one or two)
Sweet potatoes.
Peanuts.