Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-03-15
Allen Shows Way
To Farm Health
L. w. Rogers Managers Home
ly. Talks" Are published in Book
Form. Free for Asking.
By STEWART F. GELDERS,
in the Atlanta Constitution.

poorest GeOrS1a farmer can raise him.
self out of the boil weevil-haunted
wilderness of mortgages and crop
liens to the affluence that is his due
as true monarch of the most fertile
soil the sun shines on.
That is the content of the latest
addition to real Georgia literature,
the wisdom freighted little book issued
last week by Scott w. Allen, vice pres
ident of the L.W Rogers company and
general manager of the company's 100
food stores. The book is entitled
Helping Georgia to Help Herself
How 1t Can Be Done Through Geor-
ria Products" 1t includes the twenty
lonely Talks" that appeared in The
Constitution and other Georgia news
papers last fall and attracted nation
wide attention 1t includes, in addi-
ton, a wealth of other information
compiled by Mr.Allen during the three
years he has gathered data on Geor-
gia's economic lacks and unhusbanded
economic opportunities.
How to Raise Crops.
The book deals exclusively with
Georgia products, those that are raised
and those that ought to be raised. It
tells how they can be raised and mar
keted will profit to the farmer and
to the state as a whole. The book
is a Georgia product in itself, with a
thought-commanding art cover by
Streib, of the Gregg Holeran- Ad Art
Service. 1t is printed in large, read
able type by Townley & Co., of Allan
ia, and bound in convenient form that
lends itself to use as a real textbook
on commercial agriculture. primer of
prosperity for gardeners. Single cop
les will be supplied free of charge on
application to the L. w. Rogers COM
pany, Atlanta, Ga. All that is nee
'essary is to make the request. Com
mercial organizations and others who
want quantities for distribution can
secure them for actual cost of produc-
tion-15 cents a copy.
Mr.. Allen cuts straight through the
surface of Georgia's shortcomings and
lays open the heart of the problem
Georgia offers the logical source of
supply for Georgia's appetite. Geor-
gians would like to buy Georgia prod
ucts, but above all sentimental con-
;siderations, they want to eat the best
they can buy. And they cannot al
ways find Georgia products listed
among the best. That is why Georgia
products go begging, even if they are
produced, while millions of dollars are
sent out of the state for apples, beans
and butter, peaches, pears and pota-
toes and score of other products
whose total value for three. months
alone for Atlanta was more than 81
OOO,0OO-that much money gone into
pockets of farmers of other states SIM
ply because Georgia farmers did not
take the pains to put the quality"
into their products.
The need for more intelligent plan
of production in Georgia is shown
in figures, in recital of incidents of
human interest and quotation from
opinions of men who buy and refuse
to buy Georgia products. of men who
want to buy and men who are afraid
to buy Georgia production, of men
who have sold and men who have
found it impossible to sell Georgia
products.
Solves Products Problem.
The .A-B-C solution of the Geor-
gia products problem is contained in
Mr.. Aliens book. From the wealth
of his experience as a dealer with
producers and consumers he draws
conclusions that are clear-cut asd
logical. He gives advice that is prac-
tical. easy to understand and natural
to follow. In plain words he tells
how the farmer can make money out
of live stock, dairy cattle, peanuts,
pecans, vegetables and fruit He also
gives few clear cut facts about cot
ton growing under boil weevil con-
ditions
The writer does not mince words
nor drape any kindly cover of charity
over the rags of inefficiency he brings
out for cleaning, but he has prepared
his book, as he says himself, believing
that no sort of criticism. can be grace
fully made unless some suggested
remedies-some constructive advice
can be offered" That is the senti-
ment that pervades the entire work
offering a stopper for every bottle
and can opener for every can.
The series of "homely talks" that
form the bulk of fhe book, 70 of its
1870 pages, were produced in pamphlet
form in answer to the urgent re-
quests of thousands of farmers, bank
ers and business men throughout the
south and in other sections of coun-
try, who read them in The Constitu-
ton and wanted them preserved in
a form that would make the informa-
ton they contained available for dis
tribution among the people who need
it. While they were appearing in
The Constitution, repeated requests
for extra copies exhausted The Con-
stitution's reserve supplies of papers.
Those who were disappointed can
now obtain the complete series by
dro0Oino a 0oSfcard 70 the T w