Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
me on this important industry
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will be appreciated.
Georgia will harvest approximate
ly one million bales of cotton this
year. The state has produced more
than 2,700,000 bales on. occasion.
This was an exceptional crop how
ever, as to acreage, fertilization,
management and yield. 1t was pro-
duced in a year when all the condi.
| tons conspired to make the record a
| phenomenal one. In Georgia, a
very much larger acreage is devot-
ed to cotton than in North Carolina
The larger the number of individuals
who undertake the cultivation of the
crop, the lower will be the returns
per acre. Georgia has a larger
negro population than some Of the
| other states, and this tends to
minimize the average production per
acre under conditions which now
exist. Absentee landlordshism does
not make for large yields, and a
very considerable proportion of our
cotton is grown by tenant farmers.
These tenants often do not have the
right type of supervision. On hun
dreds of farms in Georgia, q bale
per acre and upward may be produc-
| ~ h1ItSl4 y 4SlNto .Opld1I WuSU the
land takes a very active interest
in it's supervision. Men who accom-
plish this end are keen, clear-headed
thinkers, and avail themselves of the
best advice which scientists have to
offer. They use, of course, high
grade fertilizers in liberal amounts
and plant only the choicest and ear
lest maturing strains of cotton.
1t will not be uncommon on many
farms in Georgia for one-half to a
bale per acre to be produced this
year in spite Of the heaviest ,, boil
weevil infestation in our history
The yields indicated will be obtained
for the reasons set forth above and
on account of the intelligent use of
calcium arsenate as a dust spray
for weevil control. One cannot ex-
pect hundreds of farmers to make
cotton this year who have not used
calcium arsenate or taken into con.
sideration any of the factors already
enumerated.
While I believe the cost Of cotton
cultivation will be increased consid-
erably in this country, there are
enough facts on hand to indicate
hat we combat the boil weevil with
high degree of success, and that
we will eventually under an i'm
proved type of practice in so far as
cotton production is concerned, not
only increase our average yields per
acre, but our total output as well
In my opinion, we. can continue to
gro wall the cotton needed for home
use and still leave a sufficient sur
plus for export abroad to provide our
proper proportion of the worlds sup
ply of raw cotton.
This institution, as you doubtless
know, has done much to advance
the cause of cotton cultivation. We
virtually organize instruction in this
subject as we established the first
cotton grading school in 1907. We
also organized very soon thereafter 4
division of instruction and investi-
cation in which cotton grading and
Improvement have been emphasized
for more than a decade. We have
given to the state in College No. 1
an exceptionally early and highly
desirable variety of staple upland
cotton, admirably adapted for
growth under boil weevil conditions.
We are looking hopefully toward
the future. Science and practice to-
gether have pointed the way out of
our difficulties. 1t is now a question
of education and the reorganization
of our productive enterprises as
they pertain to cotton cultivation on
a new basis. You should remember
in this connection that Georgia has
been secured by the boil Weevil fcT
several years past, and that the
damage resulting from the invasion
Of the state by this pest was unusu
ally high in both 1921 and 1922. AS
q result, our people have been dis
cOuraged to some extent, but the
panicky condition has now passed.
and the belief is now general that
we can continue cotton production
on a profitable and acceptable basis.
The psychological change which has
taken place is indeed remarkable.
and assured1y indicates the fulfill
r1ent Of this prediction.
Filling in Earth About Mature Trees
G. P. T., Trion, Ga, writes:
We have some water oaks or
long standing which are about
five feet in diameter at the base.
We are filling UP the ground on
which they stand, and wish to
know if it will injure the trees to
fill in to a depth Of two feet
around the trunk, or would it
be better to build a retaining
wall to 10 feet from the trees?
We are anxious not to lose these s.
beautiful trees.
In the case of very large trees
which are also relatively mature, it
is desirable to keep the earth fairly
we'll away from the base. 1 see no
objection in this instance to making
a long, sloping terrace or a sort of
sink hole around each tree The
earth could be Eeld in place by sod
ding the ground as soon as the fill
ing is done. 1 think you could work
the earth to these trees gradually
without any injury. I would not put
more than four 10 six inches Of earth
around them at this time. L pre-
sumed that you wish to fill about the
trees to a much greater depth than
two feet. do not think it would be
necessary to build retaining wall
at such a distance from the tree. 1t
seems to me the pan I have suggest
ed would be more practicable, and L
do not think you will find it in
furious.
The Best Time to SiIO Corn and
Sorghum
P. v. B., Macon, Ca, writes:
At what stage should corn and
sorghum cane be cut for silage?
Also, what course should I pur-
sue if I have to stop a few days
while filling the silo?
The best time to cut corn and sor-
ghum for silage is as follows: Corn
is in the best condition for cutting
when it is pretty we'll glazed, and
is getting rather firm and hard Sor-
ghum should be left until the seed
mature. Sorghum contains a great