Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-21
DNersification of Crops Is
Urged by Hardwick-Dr'
D. C. Hull Declares Ample
Markets Will Solve Prob
lem

Governor Thomas w. Hardwick,
in an address Of welcome at the
onening session of the twenty-thlrd
annual convention Of the Assocla'
ton of Southern Agricultural Work
ers, at the Piedmont hotel Monday
morning, urged the assembled ex-
perts to devote their every effort
to the Inauguration of program OF
reconstruction for agriculture, ami
to lay emphasis on crop diverslflca'
ton and the establishment of ample
markets.
"In my opinion" said the COVER
nor, this organization represents
the highest type of applied knowl-
edge in agriculture. If there was
ever a time when this applied knoWl'
edge was necessary to help the farm
ers recover from the depression
which they have experienced dur
ing the last few years, that time
is now, and you are the men who
must do the job.
"The whole country has been
through a period Of depression and
the south particularly has been az
fected. We had all Of the unfavor'
able conditions to combat that were
present in other sections, and in adj"
dition we had to fight the boil WeeVll.
''The year 1921 was certainly the
worst year Georgia has ever expert
enced, and I hope it is the worst
that Georgia will ever experience.
The problem is with the farmers
They must not depend too heavily
on cotton. They must make cotton
but they must be shown that before
the cotton crop is made enough tooo
products must be provided for the
man and beast on the farm" ''
Immediately following Governor
Hardwick's address Of welcome, Dr.
II. C. Hull, president of the MISSES
sippi A. and M. college, responded
on behalf of the association.
DIR. Hull seconded the thoughts eX-
pressed by the governor, and, in ad'
dition, stressed the point that the
whole problem confronting southern
farmers today, lay IN the solution OF
the nroblem of ample market faclll'
Markets Is Problem
The problem of southern business
| depression rests with the farmers
! said DR.. Hull. eff southern Farms
| are poor southern business Will IAN
guish; if southern farms are rlch
and productive new vitality ana new
life will flow through the channels
of southern trade. :.
"In my judgment the one Dig
question confronting agriculture IN
the south is the question of mar
kets. All other problems are walt
| ing on a solution of this one. 1t Is
futile to urge larger crops unless
you can show the farmer how 10
dispose of what he is already produc-
ing, and the principles of dlVersltl-
| cation lose their charm unless. the
surplus crop brought about by dl-
Versification can be marketed.
agriculture is an industry, bust
ness and life, but, above all 1t is
mode of life, and we have in 1t
the whole system of life. The sup
port of churches, schools and all
other organizations that look to-
wards the betterment of the coun-
try, are part of the agriculturists'
program, and we must give serious
consideration to all these things.
1--WE must urge cooperation in
marketing. Some few have objected
to cooperative marketing, because
they thought it meant cooperative
store-keeping in the long run. [ say
to you that legitimate cooperation
in marketing has absolutely moth
ing to do with cooperative store
keeping, and is not only not hostile
to business, but is business best
| friend"
At the conclusion of DR.. Hull's
address Thomas F. Cooper, presi-
dent of the association, delivered
the presidents annual address, in
which he reviewed the events which
lead up to the period of depression
IN the last few years.
He urged the adoption of a con-
structive program for southern ag-
riculture, stating that in the adop-
htion of such a program lay Thea fu-
ture of southern business, and THE
happiness and prosperity of south
ern people.
Other Addresses
DR.. H. "A. Morgan, president of the
| University of Tennessee and director
Of the Tennessee agricultural expert
ment station, delivered an address,
institutions and Organizations for
the Development of Southern Agri-
culture" after which the convention
adjourned for lunch.
The afternoon session. beginning
at 2 o'clock, was to be featured by
an address by DR.. Andrew M. Soule,
president of the state college of agri-
u culture, at Athens, Ga, on the sub
ject, 1.-The Outlook for the Devel-
opment of Southern Agriculture, -
and an address by J. N. Harper, sec.
rotary of the association and direc-
tor of the soil Improvement commit
tee, of Atlanta, on the subject, The
Place of Commercial Organizations
in Developing Southern AgricIl-
! ture."
Sessions are to be held both in
the morning, beginning at 9 o'clock,
and in the afternoon, beginning at 2
o'clock, through Tuesday and We'd
nesday, when the convention closes.
The morning sessions are to be
given over to general discussions Of
agricultural conditions in the south,
while the afternoon sessions will be
featured by discussions of specific
phases of the problem, with the con
vention divided into groups.
Approximately 200 college profes
sors, experiment station workers,
and agricultural experts from vari'
| OI1S LARGO business OrCa MIA lions