Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-21

I are announced in accordance with
/ prices prevailing at the time. The
| buyers bid on grade No. 1 with
/ the understanding that they get
| other grades as per differentials an
nounced. Unless otherwise planned
! and announced, the highest offer
! gets all the hogs. Sometimes light
hogs are sold separately. Wire bids
! are used as directed by the senders.
All cars should be bedded four to
six inches deep with sand. If this
! is done before the sale, it makes a
| indicates careful attention to de-
tails. If hogs are sold by wire, sell
ers should see to it that cars are
! bedded and that loading and billing
I is right.
Before draft is made, Individual
| tickets are calculated. Then the
grades are summarized and figured.
If the two totals tally within a few
cents, calculations are known to be
correct. Then draft is cashed and
farmers tickets are paid.
Drafts must be good. The local
| bank must be made certain of this.
In the event sale is made by wire,
the buyers bank wires the local
bank designated, guaranteeing pay
ment.
This method of selling hogs t. o. b..
! shipping point is rather primitive.
| 1t is too expensive. We should at
least try shipping to market just
as they do in the corn belt. If
prices in the south are not in line,
then we can give the hogs a good
ride and note results. 1T may be
our hogs are not properly finished
! for market.
The f. o. b. sales tend to develop
| competition at country points. We
complain about the lack of competi-
ton in our southern markets. To
the extent that we sell hogs in
country point sales, we keep down
competition in our markets. BY
shipping to these markets for SALE
we will attract outside buyers. The
announcement that good offering
of hogs and cattle will appear on
any date in a southern live stock
market brings buyers from Rich
other points. Competition in these
market centers affects competition
throughout the territory by increas-
ing demand.
Leading Varieties of Pecans for
I Alabama
E. ]. M. Montgomery, Ala,
writes: [ wish to know what
you consider the hest varieties
of pecanS to plant and the prob
able yield that can be expected
from an orchard when it is eight
or ten years old.
There are a great many varieties
OF pecans, as you doubtless know
On that account, We have made a
map of our state and divided it into
| three sections. known as the noun
| tain, the middle and the southern
! regions. For the mountain region,
we think the best varieties for gen.
eral cultivation are Mantura, Stuart,
! Moneymaker, Schley, Curtis, Van
Deman, Teche and Georgia. For the
| middle region, the best varieties are
the Stuart, Schley, Moneymaker,
Alley, Pabst and Van Deman. The
Frotscher, Teche. Havens, Curtis
and Delmas may be rated as a. group
| second in importance. For the south
ern region, the best varieties seem
! to be Stuart, Curtis. Bradley. Presi.
dent, Pabst. Alley, Success and
! SCnS' Ic IT IOlScHeT Is nl2nIY
| favored in southwest Georgia. The
Moore, owing to its productiveness,
is also competitor for chief place.
Delmas. Mobile, Moneymalsr, Rus
SELL Schley, Van Deman, Ravens
and Nelson hold a secondary place.
| The yield of pecan trees is prob
! lematical. A great deal depends
! on the soil, the variety selected. the
| fertilizers used and seasonal condi
| tons. Mr.. J. r. Wight, of Cairo,
| Ga, had a tree which yielded one
pound of nuts at the end Of five
years. Twenty-three years later, it
| yieider s4+ pounds Of nuts. This is
| n tree Of the Frotscher variety. The
/ Parker orchard at Thonasville, Ga.
! consists of ten acres, containing 200
| trees. At the end of the seventh
| year period, the average yield per
tree was 80 pounds. At the end of
! the eleventh year, the yield was
! about fourteen pounds per tree.
| These yields are probably above the
| average, though no one can definite
! lv say because comparatively little
; data has been gathered relative &c
| this phase of the pecan industry as
yet.