Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-16

hogs on exhibit; in 1918 there were
fifty-six, the majority of which were
pigs grown out by Pig Club boys
In 1919 there were one hundred and
twenty-six hogs entered, and in 1921
there were two hundred and eighty.
six. All the while there has been
Just as marked increase in quality
as in number. %
AS an agricultural product, we
will take sweet potatoes: In 1918
there were eight Individual exhibits
of Porto Rico potatoes. In 1921
there were forty-three, the entire
forty-three showing much improve
ment over the eight exhibited in
1913. Like figures could be present
ed for practically every muscogee
grown product.
In 1922 the organization is really
doing a bit of speciality work. They
are laying particular stress on dairy
cattle and poultry. and have ar.
ranged their premiums accordingly,
In this they are cooperating strict.
ly with the agents, who are at
tempting to push these industries
Both the county agent and home
economics agent are here again find
ing in the fair association possibly
their best cooperative agency.
How Cooperation Helps
If man were deprived Of his In
tellect and his social relationships,
he would Immediately become a help
less entity. The isolation of the
farmer has tended to make him
strictly individualistic in his point
of view and his reactions to life in
general. On this account, he has
found it extremely difficult to market
the products of his energies with sue
cess and satisfaction. He has often
been forced to take prices below
those which allowed him a reason
able profit. He has frequently found
the market closed against him be-
cause he produced something on such
a limited basis that there was no
local sale for it Immediately. On
the other hand, it might be a product
in demand throughout the world, and
at remunerative prices as we'll. Can
the farmer continue to drift along
in his present isolation, and there
fore be unable to better his condi-
ton? Or can he, through uniting
his energies with those of his neigh
bors, become a constructive factor
in society and be well rewarded for
his effort? I hold to the latter opin-
ion, and my faith is based on achieve
ments of worthwhile proportions
made along this line right here in
Georgia.
A notable example of the applica-
ton of the cooperative principle
through the solution of the difficult
ties the farmers of Johnson county
is presented below. They were at
sea there as much as anywhere else
on account of the devastation
wrought by the boil weevil. They
found out, however, that by CO.
operative marketing they were able
to sell their hogs and chickens to aad-
vantage. See what they accomplished
along this line here, and, if you are
living in a county where efforts of
this character are not being made,
get busy.
At the beginning of 1922 the farm
ers with County Agent Crow or
ganized the Johnson County Live
Stock Sales agency. Through this
medium County Agent Craw, CO.
operating with the farmers, has con-
Quoted the first six months of the
year six cooperative sales as fol-
lows:
On January 10 sold three cars Of
hogs weighing 47,753 pounds at IL
cents per pound above local market;
thus making a saving Of $715.21.
On February %, four cars of hogs,
on which 1 ga cents per pound over
local prices was received on 64,753
pounds; a saving Of $708.S1.
On March 8, sold 1850 pounds OF
hogs, thus saving 1 IL cents per
pound over local prices, a saving OF
$220.05.
On March 20, sold three carloads of
hogs at $S.75 per 100, being 1 "a
cents over local prices. In this lot
there were 47,S56 pounds; thus CIV
ing saving of $717.s4. On this same
date two cars of cattle weighing
34,765 pounds, were sold at l IL
cents above local prices; thus at
fording a saving of $521.47.
On April %, sold eight cars OF hogs,
numbering S12 head. On these there