Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-17
George M, Brown, Atlanta
Banker Proves the ''Piney
Woods Georgia" Is Fine
Habitat for PorkerS
BY RALPH SMITH

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The popular impression that
"Piney.W Woods" Georgia is suitable
only for the production of "Piney
woods porkers," that live and null
| tiply by respecting the injunction
| to root hog or die" has been ex-
| ploded, and an Atlanta man is en-
titled to share in the credit for the
explosion.
George M. Brown, president Of
the Georgia Savings Bank and Trust
company, which, by the way, is the
Oldest savings. institution in the
Gate City, has demonstrated to his
own satisfaction, and to the salts;
| faction Of others, that the "piney-
woods" country enjoys many natu-
raj advantages for the economical
production of purebred hogs. In
consequence. the despised ''raZor-
back" promises, in time, to become
extinct.
The agricultural survey Of the
state that has been in progress, in
connection with the market move
ment of the Country Bankers as
ISOLATION and The Atlanta Journal,
has disclosed fewer more promising
developments than the purebred hog
movement in southeast Georgia. The
industry is now in it's infancy, but
| the people have been convinced by
the success Of Mr.. Brown and 9TH
erS that the hog can be employed to
pull the OK out Of the ditch
| AS elsewhere in the south, the
coastal section of Georgia has held
| loyalty to cotton as its chief agricul.
tural crop. To be sure, the coast
country. because Of soil and climatic
conditions, has gone in for long
staple cotton-Sea Island, it Is call
| ed-and has relief also upon naval
stores and lumber to Tighten the
| business burdens. But the naval
stores trade has slumped as have
other lines Of commerce, and, IL any
! thing, the boil weevil has wrought
| greater havoc in the Sea Island cot
ton fields The tardy maturity of
long staple cotton has made it a
special mark for the weevil. Thus,
conditions in southeast Georgia are
not much different from conditions
| elsewhere in Georgia, save only
| those favored counties in the north
ern tier that have mot yet been in.
vaded by the boil weevil in battle
| formation.
Nantahala farm
The drab, dismal experience of the
past with cotton combines with the
gloomy future outlook to clothe the
purebred hog movement in the raj
ment Of promise and plenty.
Mr.. Brown is the owner Of Nanta-
hala farm in Liberty county. The
farm, in fact, is situated on Col.
onels island, which is a part of
Liberty county. 1t overlooks ST.
Catherine island, and is watered, in
part, by Newport river, which is in
reality an :, inlet of the Atlantic
ocean. He acquired the farm some
three or four years ago, and since
has devoted time, thought and
money to it's development, Today
1t is his modest boast that the
Eantahala herd Of Durocs is one Of
the finest in the country, and, be.
lieve me, 1t is going to get better
and better.
The development of the Nanta-
hala herd is essential to this story,
all right enough, but it is of Sec
ondary Importance. 1t is permiSSi.
BILE, therefore, to dfgress slightly to
remark more particularly upon the
general hog movement in Liberty
and adjoining counties, which ! the
owner Of Nantahala is sponsoring.
Having satisfied himself that
purebred hogs can be produced eco
nomically in the coastal country,
Mr.. Brown set about interesting 9th.
ers in the industry. AS breeder,
| it is to his personal interest to en-
| courage the industry, but his person
| al interest is secondary to his con-
| Germ in the development Of the
coast country.
Must Produce Feed Stuff
"The hog movement in Liberty
| and adjoining counties depends for
| it's success in some measure, of
course, upon the production of corn
and other farm productions" eX-
| planned Mr.. Brown. 1.-THE hog pro-
| ducers, to be successful, must pro
| vide for themselves and their fami-
| lies and they must produce feed
stuff for their stock and CATTLE
| With this truth in mind, Mr..
| Brown is seeking to encourage the
farmers, white and black, to pro.
| duce lots of corn in Liberty and adj
| joining counties. In his efforts he
| has had the help of r. M. C'Bob,)
Martin, formerly of the Savannah
Press, but in recent years editor of
the Liberty County Herald. No man
in southeast Georgia feels a deeper
interest or will do more to help the
section than Bob Martin.
Offers Pig as Prize
AS q means Of encouraging the
| production Of corn in the coastal
country, Mr.. Brown is offering a
registered Duroc pig to the farmer
in Liberty and the five adjoining
counties who produces the best yield
Of corn in 1922. Because of the
large number of negroes in this sec.
Ia
! lar prize to the negro farmer in eacn
county who leads in the production
I of corn.
Under the arrangements, the con-
test in each county will be govern
ed by such rules as local commit
tees may fix. In Liberty county,
the board of education is going to
take charge of the contests, and will
make every effort to interest every
| farmer in the county.
| Mr. Brown has assurances that
his offer will be accepted in the five
adjoining counties-Tattnall, Evans,
Bryan, Long and Mcintosh. He has
| submitted the matter to the county
school superintendent through the
state department of education,
which has given the movement it's
heary approval
1t is the judgment of Editor Mar
tin that the contests in the six coun-
ties will give a stimulus to the pro-
| duction of corn and in addition
awaken widespread interest in the
production Of purebred hogs. He is
enthusiastic over the movement and
entertains the view that the Atlanta
| banker has started something that
will prove of inestimable value to
the entire section.
II feel that the contests will prove
helpful" said Mr.. Brown, in discuss
| ing the matter. "I have satisfied
| myself and convinced others, who
were at one time skeptical, that the
coastal section really enjoys some
rare advantages for the production