Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-18
Georgia Farmers Greatly In
tereSted in This Popular
Product of SoiI-Advai-
tages Are Enumerated
BY RALPH SMITH

soil that is attracting more atten-
ton among the farmers of Georgia
today than peanuts, and. as has
been pointed out several times, there
are certain sections of the state in
which the acreage in peanuts Will
exceed that in cotton. Many OF the
most successful farmers in the state
are convinced that peanuts can be
produced more profitably in cotton
and, here and there, have found
men who do not intend planting a
stalk of cotton, but are determined
to engage extensively in the produc'
ton of peanuts.
Recently at Madison, my good
friend, Charles NJ. FurloW, whose
interest in the welfare of the people
and the development of Georgia IS
appreciated by all who know him,
remarked upon the good work that
is being done by the Bank OF Rut-
ledge in encouraging Morgan coun-
ty farmers to turn to peanuts as
money crop. Thomas Peacock, cash
der of the bank, is one of~the most
progressive citizens of the county,
and he is giving lots of attention to
the Thinning situation.
RutIedge Banks Letter
Mr.. Peacock has recently address
ed a. communication to the frlendS
and customers of the Bank OF Rut-
ledge about the production OF pea
nuts-a communication that can
not fail to appeal to every man VINO
reads it.
we want to tell you in all frank
ness that the time has come Tor an
upheaval of our farm plans and
methods" remarks Mr.. Peacock.
. eff YOU dent know how to raise
anything but cotton, you had better
be sitting up nights figuring on
something else because your days
of prosperity and prominence are
numbered.
Whenever it gets cold enough for
your wells to freeze over you can
begin to plan another cotton crop,
but until then there s-:e other things
infinitely easier and more profitable
than chasing up and down cotton
rows from April to September with
every conceivable kind of trap and
weevil catcher. Another fool idea
the southern farmer can dispense
with it that he was put here to
clothe the world Let's let them
wear fig leaves for while. We
believe in planting some cotton, but
it ought to be s. little that II
wouldn't make any difference If we
didn't make a boil.
During the past several months
we have sent you every bulletin the
department of agriculture has issued
on peanuts. We have sent you the
booklet the = eanut Crushers' asso'
citation issued; we are now sending
you in pamphlet form, How to
Grow and Gather Peanuts written
by Mr.. c.. J. Rambo, president OF
Edison Oil company, and we are
writing Mr.. N. l.. Willett for copies
of his booklet on Commercial Pea
nuts and Their Culture which we
shall mail to you. We have orders
with the State College of Agricul
ture and the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture for a supply of any new
bulletins that may be issued. BY
the time we get through you will
have in your possession all the
available information in the world
on peanuts; besides you have beer
raising~them more or less all Cd
your life and eating them every
time you had nickel. There car
: be no excuse for not knowing what
a peanut is and how to 'oW it.
Compared to Corn
1.-THE next crop after cotton that
a man in this part of Georgia thinks
about is corn. The acre that viii
make fifteen bushels of corn at 81
cents per bushel will make forty
bushels of peanuts at Is cents pei
bushel. We leave it to you as tt
which is worth the most, the fod
der from this corn or the hay from
the peanuts. If you never sold {
sprig of hay or single peanut yol
have still raised crop more thar
twice as valuable as corn. There
is no better stock food in the world
than peanuts. Give him time anc
one pig will root up a Thousand
acres looking for them; chicken:
will go a mile to find patch; vol
have to beat q mule away from
them, and the gentlest COW in tn,
world will tear down a fence t.
get to them. Your children wan
them every day in the year. VIVA
more can you ask?
1.-THE only real argument we hea
against peanuts is that you have t,
work them and gather them. Thi
is true as there seems to be no wa,
of wishing it done.
1--WE have written to every pea
nut crushing mill in the south am
have yet to find one that will no
buy them the year round at pric
that will give them a profit on tn
oil. Candy manufacturers hav
been buying rs to 80 per cent of tn
crop. Peanuts are now found j
every grade of candy from "kisses
to dream jewels. Every grocery stor
in the United States and Canad
handles peanut butter, and We
somebody with nothing on God
earth to sell is always whining, i
we raise them, where can we fin
a market?'
Where? Where?
EVERY man, woman and child
an open market; every neW-bor
babe just another customer. Whel
ever ships sail or human feet trea
peanuts find a welcome. They ar
food for every fowl, and for eyer
animal from the tiniest mouss t
the mammoth elephant. No hosp
tai in any country has ever place
one black mark against them. n
\ doctor has ever prescribed agains
them or because of them. 1t is
food that has always been man
best friend. When everything els
fails him and the things that ono
so temptingly appealed now nal
seate him, the little peanut is eve
faithful to its taste, and is as del
cious to the shattered tooth of oil
age as it was to the milk tooth
infancy.
Universal Food
mo crime has ever been commi
ted; no dark plot concocted owe
peanuts; nowhere at any time hav
they ever been associated with any
thing but peace and good will.
is the only food that strangers fol
ever unknown to each other divid
and enjoy. Wherever civiliZatio
1,aaohaS tho ha Or of npanI1tc ic t6