Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-26

Corn furnishes the best basic live
stock ration we have. In addition,
the development Of a satisfactory
live stock industry calls for the utili-
cation of all the other desirable con-
centrates We can grow with profit
or success in central Georgia. Re-
member in this connection that these
consumption figures on corn are very
low and that animals fed less will
not prosper, much less make the
landowner a desirable profit.
The gross production Of corn ap-
pears to have been 10,649,6 82 BUSH
els in 1919. Worked out on the basis
I have indicated above, this territory
should raise at least 20,000,000 BUSH
els of corn in order to properly sus-
tain it's present livestock population,
let alone increase it to any apprecia-
BILE extent. There is no doubt but
that under existing conditions twice
as much corn can be used to ad-
vantage and profit as is now being
grown. Why not put some Of our
idle or low yielding acres to work?
If we will double our present out
turn of corn per acre it becomes a
desirable crop to cultivate, and a
PASA1Sc~NAN hSI LUZ
than twice as much corn as is now
annually harvested already exists.
It is a well-known fact that horses
and mules should have a ration con-
tanning fair amount of oats, and
that chickens thrive well on this
cereal. This being true the porduc-
ton Of 508,669 bushels of oats which
was reported for 1919 is totally in
adequate. We should increase this
crop ten times, making it 5,086, 500
bushels. If we were to do this there
would still be no surplus Of grain
available for export from this terri
tory after we had satisfactorily fed
the classes of live stock mentioned.
oats as a winter cover crop may be
made to follow corn and other crops.
They grow into gold very quickly
and prevent the undue washing and
erosion Of the soil.
1t is noteworthy that the produc.
ton of peanuts was but 1874, 37S
bushels, which amounts to only
ABOUT two bushels per farm. An
acre or peanuts or soy beans on the
RED land areas could certainly be
utilized to advantage on each of
these farms. They would provide a.
desirable hay crop, while the nuts
or grain would furnish concentrates
Whlch could be used advantageouslv
In one of several forms to further
animal industries. This would raise
Inc amount harvested, even on the
basis OF an average yield Of 80 bush
els per acre, to at least 1000 900
bushels. The Oil mills already To-
Gated In this district could readily
handle a much larger crop than has
been suggested Even If thew could
not use the crop for the manufac.
ture Of oil and meal, there is cer.
talnly room and use on every farm
Tor the quantity of peanuts or GOV
beans indicated. Hogs can eraza
them down to advantage under wis,
on the sandy lands, Of
TINS territory, and certainly they
should constitute an element Of the
human dietary which is worthy of
consideration.
Weevil damage has caused an an
parent shrinkage of 10000 tons in
Inc ordinary supply of cotton seed.
feanuts make as fine an edible oil
e1tiu meal as was ever derived from
cotton seed. It would take 5000
wv bushels of Spanish peanuts to
supply the place Of these cotton
seed. 1t would take 1875, 900 acres
OF land on which to grow this cron
sven II an average of forty bushels
per acre were harvested. There
YOU'D appear to be an opportunity
LOT expansion along the line indicat-
ca Wh1ch is not fully appreciated at
the present moment.
only 91,146 bushels of Irish nota-
toes were harvested in 1919, This
represented less than one-sixth of a
6ushel per capita, or approxlmate1v
nve quarts, equal to say ten pounds
OF potatoes. According to the army
standard this would supply the
amount of vegetables a soldier shou1d
nave in his ration for a period If
elght to ten days. The average con
sumption Of potatoes in the United
states is said to be 2.6 bushels. Tn
Germany they consume over eight
pushels per capita. I make this
statement to show that our ner can.
ita consumption of the Irish notato
IN the United States is, relatively
speaking, very low. If we upnlied
the inquire rs, however, to the bon.
ulatlon found in these thirty cour,.
tles OF central Georgia we would
n n to raise approximately 1.500.-
O0o oushels Of Irish potatoes to sun.
ply local needs It is certain that
macon alone uses a very much larg.
er quantity of Irish potatoes than
were grown in all these thirty coIr,.
[les IN 1918. There is an opportunity
mere for the development and expan.
SION or worthwhile industry. Geor.
gla grown Irish potatoes are equal
TO those produced anywhere, and we
can raise this crop at profit under
rational management.
The rtWuc. ion Of sweet potatoes
IN 1919 appears to have been 1.786..
1874 bushels. It is a well-known fact
That about 40 per cent of our sweet
potatoes rot. Therefore there was
pushels per capita available for
human consumption. It is thought
oy many that we consume an aver
age in the south of as much as 4.5
bushels of sweet potatoes per capita.
II that be true we would need to
grow, harvest, save and eat 1857. 100
bushels Of this crop to supply the
needs of the population resident in
the survey area.
The average adult person in the
south is presumed to eat 1876 bushels
Of sweet and Irish potatoes. The
oasis of production suggested in this
article calls for the CONSUMPTION Of
but 2.6 bushels of. Irish potatoes
and As bushels of sweet potatoes.
Or IL bushels per capita, which is
over bushels less than the survey
figures indicate as representative of
he amount of these vegetables con.
'umed by the average adult. I pre-
sent these figures to show that I
am not advocating a great over-pro-
auction OF these crops, as some
might be led to presume. OF course,
freely admit that there are many
children and young people in the
south who might not eat so many
Irish and sweet potatoes as the aver