Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-05

shown at the right, has a first
ers, professional men and bankers
are busily assisting in the work of
gathering and curing the tobacco
crop.
The growth and success of the to-
bacco-GrowinG industry in south
Georgia shows what can be accom-
plished by the application Of proper
methods when conditions are right.
Experienced growers from the Caro-.
linas, noticing the similarity of the
soil of this section to that of other
sections famous for growing bright
tobacco, were among the first to
grow tobacco in this section.
Their success was so phenomenal
/ that hundreds of farmers with no
knowledge or experience in tobacco
growing plunged into the business.
Naturally many were unable to pro-
duce a high standard leaf, and were
greatly disappointed over their re.
turns.
Industry on Sound Basis
However, those who had faith in
the industry and some knowledge of
the details of the work in cOnnec-
ton with it were not discouraged,
and continued growing tobacco with
highly satisfactory results. The
acreage increased from year to year
and the quality of the leaf has been
/ Improved until this year approxi-
nrately $4,000 acres in south Georgia
are growing tobacco, and the indi-
cations are that the quality will be
the best ever attained in Georgia.
In the meantime the large tobacco
manufacturing companies whose
trade extends to every corner of the
world have had their eyes on this
new tobacco section. At first they
wondered how the south Georgia
product would compare with that of
sections, where the industry had
been established for years and where
farmers were fully acquainted with
the methods for growing and curing
tobacco.
These companies have now had
time to Manufacture the Georgia
product and to determine its worth
as compared with that of the older
tobacco districts. The highly remu-
neratiVe prices that they are paying
for the high-grade tobacco grown in
south Georgia, show that they con-
slider it the equal if not the superior
Of the leaf grown in the older sec
tons.
Practically all of the larger manu-
featuring companies, including the
r. j. Reynolds Tobacco company,
Liggett e Myers, American Tobacco
company, and the Export Leaf To
baccO Company, now send buyers to
the Georgia markets, every season.
The Imperial Tobacco company of
n D,,i+o
ed at Triton a $3.50, 900, redrying
and stemming plant to prepare their
purchases of Georgia tobacco for eX-
port.
Experienced Growers Coming In
Experienced tobacco growers from
the CarOlinas are coming to Georgia
to grow tobacco because Of the high
quality Of the leaf that can be
grown here and other advantages
Farmers who have learned to grow
tobacco no longer worry about the
boil weevil as a fOur-acre crop of to-
bacco is worth more than tweFty-
five acres in cotton.
At the same time, tobacco culture
does not interfere with the growing
of cotton or other general farm crops
as twO-thirds of the work is done
ii
the tobacco is cured and prepared
for market before other crops are
ready for harvest. 1t is not unusual
for a one-horse farmer to produce
tobacco bringing $500 to $4,000 in
addition to his other crops and he
gets this money in the summer.
Experienced observers say there is
every reason to expect the tobacco
i,,51 in n n
until it will be one of the most prof
liable source of the states agricUl-
tural income. Tobacco growing,
coupled with the COW, the sow and
the hen, will make the south Georgia
farmer independent.
Agents of the development service
of the Southern railway system
have contributed to the upbuiIding
of the south Georgia tobacco indus
try by working with the farmers of
this section and farmers around
Baxley and Hazlehurst. This year
there are 700 acres in tobacco near
BaXley and 600 near Hazlehurst. At
the latter point a market is to be
operated by J. A Warren & Sons.
Through the work Of other rail
ways and various development
agencies, the opportunities for prof
it from growing tobacco have been
brought to the attention of farmers
throughout q wide belt in south
Georgia where conditions are ideal
for the production of the high-grade
bright leaf for which there is such
large and increasing demand to
supply to cigarette and pipe smOk-
err. What has been done this year
around Hahira iSttVDical of what has
been accomplished in other neigh
borhoods over the south Georgia
bright tobacco belt. The details Of
the success of the industry here are
pointed out to show what can be
done where proper methods are
adopted ina territory where the cor
ditiOns of soil and climate are suit
able for the production Of a high
grade of bright tobacco. Such condi-
tons are to be found at many points
i'll south Georgia.