Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-19
Martin Calvin Points FOL-
y in NegIeCting Resources.
Grain Imported ITO Feed
Man and Beast
BY MARTIN V. CALVIN.
Statistician Georgia Department of
Agriculture.

There is no question that Geor-
gians purchase, year by year, an
immense quantity of articles of food
for man and beast. You have read in
| the public press, from time to time,
statements on that subject so sweep
| ing you were indisposed to believe
them true. That was pardonable on
your part; for the agricultural, min
| eral horticultural, etc, posslblll-
ties of the commonwealth OF Geor-
gia are so varied and so great it
| is difficult to understand and believe
| that We have been exceedingly slow
in developing our resources ana
that, particularly, we do not prom
| Use, for example, all the corn, oats
and wheat we need for ourselves,
our work stock and farm animals
generally.
With view to respectful but
very pertinent suggestions along
the line above Indicated, l wish to
lay before you a batch or two of
appealing figures as to the produc'
ton of corn and oats in our state.
The years 1921 ad 1922 will answer
our pupose.
Feeding of Live Stock
I propose to be as brief as pos
sibIe-leaving much between the
lines to be read by you at your lei
sure. You are familiar with the fact
that it is customary in this state to
feed to d horse or a mule a peck of
rorn or of oats, or a peck half and
half, a day; that means seven and
one half bushels a month, or ninety
bushels a year. Of corn, a ration
per person is one peck a week with
three and one-half pounds of bacon
a week. OF meal, that would be
thirteen bushels per person.
Corn is fed to swine at the rate
of twenty-five and one-half bushels
per head a year. The quantity
mentioned is a very economical out
lay for the purpose stated
In 1921, we had in Georgia 101 900
horses, 100000 mules and 100000
swine. $4,000 horses and mules, 90
bushels corn-oats a year, $3.50, 900
bushels; 2,030,0 900 swine, % IL
| bushels corn year. 45,S10,0 900
bushels; total quantity required,
91,440,000 bushels; 1921 corn crop,
50, 975 900 bushels; oat crop, $685.
900 bushels. Total, 7S,627 900
| bushels; shortage, 12,S130 bushels.
L IIC NlueSIIOlI Dis " lIlS lStl I'LL GU
quantity of corn meal for all the
negroes and one-half the white
population is temporarily tabled; for
| the reason, the foregoing is enough
| to think about at this time.
The Situation in 1922
In 1922, we had 1O1, 900 horses and
| $4,000 mules; total $4,000 We had
2,131, 600 swine $1,000 horses and
mules, 90 bushels corn-oats a year
| "A, $50 900 bushels; 2,131 900 swine,
p IL bushels corn a year-47, 947,-
| 500 bushels; required, 92, 497, 500
| bushels.
Contra: 1922 corn crop, 55, $3.50 900
| bushels; oat crop average, 1888, 900
| bushels-63, 521 900 bushels; short
agv, 1885, 500 bushels.
This is like taking stock" a rule
observed by every business man at
| the close of the year. Thereby, he
ascertains exactly where he stands.
| Unless he clings to the rule, he will
| find himself in the lurch, not to say
more,
May We Remedy This Situation?
Are there any grain crops, other
| than corn and oats, adapted to
Georgia soil and climate, and oh.
| tainable? If yes, what are they?
| The grain sorghums are divided
! into two classes-the -saccharine
| yielders Of grain and forage, and
the saccharine, yielders of grain,
| forage and syrup. In the class first
mentioned are kafir corn and Milo
maize; in the second class, amber,
orange and Links hybrid.
I am familiar with all of them,
having grown them with the most
satisfactory results. jSeI years
ago, while living in the country
near my old home and birthplace,
Augusta Q1sto Perpetua! I planted
and cultivated them, and sought, by
the distribution of selected seed free,
to interest farmers in some one or
all of them. But they would not!
Kafir and Milo yield a fine crop
of grain and forage. The three
sweet sorghums yield an abundant
crop of grain, excellent forage and
syrup as good in every respect as
the best sugar cane syrup. The