Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-18
E. L. Price Provides Good
Market for Chickens, Tur-
keys and Eggs, Thus Aid
ing Farmers
BY RALPH SMITH

months ago, a young mana natlVe
of Emanuel county, who had been
, in Florida for a considerable time
returned to Swainsboro. The Florida
climate had not agreed with him
and he had sought the climate of
his nativity to improve his health.
He was practically out of funds. but
he had an idea and plenty OF ambi-
ton. Today, he is one of the most
valued and influential citizens of the
county, whose work admittedly is
helping wonderfully to relieve a sit
uation created by weevil infestation
In the cotton fields.
r. A. Flanders, cashier OF the Gen.
trail Bank of Swainsboro, told me
about the young man.
His name" said Mr.. Flanders, is
E. L. Price. He is working wonders
toward revolutionizing the farming
program in Emanuel county. He
came into the bank about two
months ago and wanted a loan of
5000. We let him have it. He then
borrowed $500 from other sources,
and began the development OF his
business. He ise~buying chickens,
eggs, and turkeys from the farmers
and housewives of the county. He
is shipping them in carload lots to
Atlanta, Savannah, Miami ana other
places.
Unexpected Success
when Mr.. Price outlined his plan
of operation to me here in the bank
1 listened in a tolerant attitude, but
felt that he was doomed to failure.
I thought he would lose his borrow
ed capital in short time and that
his business would dry UP.
"But Mr.. Price fooled me, am
gratified to admit. Within two
months he has disbursed through
this bank over $11, 900, and his bust
ness is expanding steadily. He has
found an outlet for the chickens,
eggs and turkeys of the county. I
am not familiar with his margin of
profit, but I am sure that the people
from whom he buys his, poultry are
well pleased with the returns they
are receiving. Mr.. Price, too, seems
| well pleased.
YOU'D be surprised at the number
of eggs that are shipped out of
Swainsboro by Mr.. Price. The fig
u1es run into the thousands Of doz-
ems, and he is doing relatively as.
much in chickens and turkeys. The
cash market he is providing appeals
to the people. The women, especial
ly, are delighted with Mr.. Prices
operations.
81 know that Mr.. Prices business
in Swainsboro and throughout the
county has bought numberless shoes
and stockings for the boys and girls,
and given to many persons ready
cash to tide them over.
Until the advent of Mr.. Price,
the poultry business amounted to
practically nothing in the county,
but since he engaged in the bust
ness, people all over the county
| are taking a lively interest in the
| industry. I am confident that his
| business, now that j. is well es-
tablished, will continue to develop,
and 1 look to see it bring much
money into the county"
Ships Potatoes Also
Mr.. Price does not intend to re-
strict his activity solely to poultry.
He has an idea that he can make a
success of buying and selling other
farm produce, and when I was at
SWainsboro, last week, he was out
in the county buying up sweet po-
tatoes for shipment. Mr.. Flanders
told me he was paying so cents q
bushel for run-of-field potatoes and
shipping them to the larger cities
in the state. He has shipped six
carloads within the last few weeks.
The bolH weevil has hit Emanuel
county rather hard. The normal cot
ton yield is around $4,000 bales, but
last year the production dwindled
| IN 10 mn Tho n hoxn n
abandoned cotton, however, and it is
not likely that they will do So
They believe it can be cultivated
proftably as a surplus crop, and that
is the aim in Emanuel county.
1--WE have plenty of hog and
hominy in Enanhel," continued Mr..
Flanders, "and we regard ourselves
as lucky. Our farmers made lots of
meat, an abundance of corn, quaint.
ties of sweet potatoes, much syrup
and the majority of them are in
fairly good shape. We have shipped
a few cars of hogs, but most of our
pork has been killed at home, and
cured in the county. We count our.
selves as fortunate in having two
splendid curing plants mad storage
houses-one at Graymont and the
other at Blundale. Their capacity is
ample to accommodate the require
ments of the county"
Cattle Industry
Beef and dairy cattle promise te
help the situation materially in
Emanuel county. Many farmers are
engaged in producing beef cattle
and the dairying industry is begin
ming to take a foothold.
1.-THE sour cream idea appeals tt
many of our farmers as offering a
steady return from their dairy cat
tle," said Mr.. Flanders, land consid
cradle sour cream is now being ship
ped to Augusta. believe this bust
ness will develop steadily within the
next few years as the breed of the
dairy cattle is improved, and thi:
means, of course, that hog-raisine
will be further developed, for the
SKINNED milk affords a fine fooG
for pigs"
81 believe it is pretty generally
recognized that cotton will not pay
the people out of debt unless it i.
produced as a surplus crop, and thai
is the ambition of our farmers to
day. They expect to plant a con
siderable acreage in peanuts, in ad
dition to their cotton, but I do no
look to see them abandon the pro
duction of food and feedstuff il
abundance"
AS elsewhere in southeast Geor
gia, there is a lot of timber in Eman
. | lIel COIlntV. and this industry WITTY