Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-15

on new life. In many communities
it has been found that egg circles
could be organized and a superior
quality of poultry products shipped
acceptably to distant markets. A
considerable quantity Of Georgia
eggs has been mrketed at profitable
prices in New York. White eggs
from the college poultry division
won fourth place in the New Jersey
egg contest, and brown eggs won
second place in the Indiana contest.
We are importing $20,000,0 900 worth
Of poultry products each year. The
city of Atlanta, for instance, is
chiefly supplied from Tennessee. We
have a home market at our COM
mand which we cannot supply sat
isfactorily without probably trebling
or even quadrupling our present
poultry industry. AS chickens and
eggs furnish the most desirable food
with which the family can be sup.
piled and provide essential articles
of the dietary in the cheapest form,
this business should be Immediately
developed on q basis commensurate
with our needs. The investment re-
quired is small, but skillful man.
agement and handling of the flock
alone make this business profitable.
The youth Of Georgia believe that
there is great future ahead along
these lines. This is evidenced by the
large. number of young men and
women who are specializing along
poultry husbandry lines.
The swine industry in Georgia has
been a saving grace in the past and
promises to be more and more i'm
portant in the future. We are still
credited with importing $50,000,O0O
worth of animal foods into the state.
A large percentage of this consists
of pork and pork products. With
millions Of idle acres in our state,
why should we permit this condi-
ton to continue? We have many
improbable animals on our farms
still because they are Of the razor
back type, but the purebred sire will
enable us to eliminate these. The
pig club boys have shown what can
be done in thousands of colnmuni-
ties along these lines. Let us emu
late their example. We need. to
grow a larger number Of hogs. If
we raise the cereals needed this end
can be attained, even If we do not
finish hogs which will yield as hard
a type Of pork as those fed out in
other states. We can still grow
them at relatively lower cost be-
cause of our ability to raise them on
grazing crops supplemented with a
minimum grain ration.
The fine spirit evidenced by the
Swine Growers association in or
ganizing cooperative hog sales has
given this industry forward mo-
mentum that il most gratifying to
observe. The fact that these sales
are being held in various parts OF
the state is to be commended. BY
this arrangement an educational
propa ganda is being carried on most
successfully. Not only are the peo-
pie being educated as to the merits
of the purebred sire, but they have
a chance to observe the grading, han
ding, selling and shipment Of the
hogs fattened in their community
and thus gain a first-hand expert.
ence and knowledge that is very
helpful. Through the medium Of the
sales held by this association better
prices have been secured for the
growers throughout the state. 1t
has been a pleasure for this insti-
tuition to be permitted to cooperate
in every possible way with the keen
sighted, forward-looking business
men who are promoting the affairs
of the Georgia Swine Growers as
ISOLATION so successfully at this time.
OF the crops which promise to aid
our farmers materially in overcom-
ing boil weevil damage, there is
none deserving more cosideration
and attention at this time than al
falfa. We have thirty-six acres OF
it growing on the college farm. The
first paintings were made in 1912,
and there are areas which have been
cut regularly since 1913. An average
yield Of five cuttings per year has
been obtained. The yield one season
with another has never fallen below
three and a half tons per acre, with
an average Of approximately four
tons. Alfalfa hay has not within
our knowledge sold locally for less
than $50 ton, so that in the very
poorest years the gross return per
acre has been approximately 500 or
more.
Alfalfa is rather difficult to estab-
lish, and appears to be best adapted
to the heavy red lands which FREEDOM
mate in north Georgia. Failure
will sometimes be experienced in sc.
curing a stand, but where one sue
ceeds, the cost, which varies from
$40 to $50 an acre depending upon