Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-18
5000 EXPERIMENT
FARMS PLANNED IN
BOIL WEEVIL WAR

COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 49,
Plans of the American Cotton asso-
citation for establishing 5000 demon
stration farms, for experimentation
in boil weevil control, throughout
the cotton belt during 1924 were re-
vealed today by President j.. Skot-
towe Wannamaker, of st. Matthews,
S. c., in his annual address at the
fifth yearly convention of the asso-
citation. Four thousand will be OPP
Grated by white farmers, he said,
while the remaining 1000 will be
operated by negro farmers, and it is
planned that the experiment will
cover five years.
."The migration of farm labor and
the abandonment Of FARMS Mr..
Wannamaker asserted, will con-
tinue unabated in the cotton belt
until the weevil menace has been
overcome, and a more profitable and
attractive system of independent di-
versified agriculture has been in
augurated and permanently adopted
bv the farmers, aided and encouraged
by their local banking and business
interests.
Chambers of Agriculture
Formation of chambers of agr1cul-
ture in every county for reorGanlz-
ing the production methods of south
ern farms was urged by the head
of the association.
ITO establish a well-balanced sys-
tenn of self-sustaining agriculture,
economic production of cotton, plant
ing many staple crops and rebuild,
ing the soil by a system of crop
rotation" he declared, will in
few years. revolutioniZe agriculture
in the south, and make it truly the
garden farming section of the world.
While the doctrine of Investigation
should be espOused and the rotation
of crops adopted as leading features
of a we'll balanced system for indie
pendent and profitable farming, it
must not be overlooked that the
civilization of the world depends
upon America for cotton, and it's
monopoly must be maintained for
this country. This can be done with
profit to the growers and with sat
isfaction to the spinners and con-
sumers through the medium of good
farming and economic production Of
the staple"
Crop Reports
Mr.. Wannamaker declared that
government crop reports should not
be made public during the trading
hours of the exchanges, but should
be withheld until after the market
closed. He condemned the issuance
of reports by government agencies
based upon the intentions of farm
ers to plant an estimated acreage in
any crop, especially cotton" saying,
"such reports are not only inaccu-
rate as regarding actual happenings
later on, but are most likely to pro
duce the most depressing effects on
market values of such crops"
Any proposal to cancel the war
debt of European nations to this
country was opposed by the head of
the association.
Statement by Coolidge
President Coolidge, in a letter to
Mr.. Wannamaker, expressed regret
at his inability to attend the confer
ence and also expressed his great
interest in the work, for [ recog-
nize the tremendous Importance of
the cotton production Of the south,
not onlysto the SOUTH but in connec-
ton with the industries of other sec
lions and with the nations foreiSn
trade.
1.-The present situation of the in
dustry is calculated to arouse pro
found concern for it's future, and L
hope the consideration of the coming
convention will be directed to the
developing of the measures which
may ameliorate the difficulties that
are now coming to be so generally
recognized" the president wrote.