Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-23
FARM SITUATION
FULL Of PROMISE.
SAYS j. 8. REPORT

WASdlNIION, Jan. ZU.-1 ne
general agricultural situation is full
of promise, the department of agri
culture announced today in review
ing conditions of the first half of
January.
Improvement in fall-sown grains
quite generally throughout the coun-
try was reported as result of mild
weather which enabled backward
fields to catch up in seasonal de-
velopment of growth. Farm work
has proceeded satisfactorily in most
sections and blowing for spring
crops is generally further advanced
than usual.
Live stock is generally in good
condition with some small loss Of
hogs from cholera in the upper
Mississippi valley. Corn husking is
practically finished and in stock
feeding areas the demand is heavy
and prices are on the increase.
Cotton picking is practically COM
pleted and an increase in acreage is
indicated for the next crop. Stripping
and marketing of tobacco is proceed
ing rapidly with prices generally
good.
Farm stocks of potatoes, both
white and sweet, are reported to be
large but are showing deterioration
in many areas. In central regions
east of the Mississippi large quanti-
ties are being fed to Stock with good
results.
Fall blowing is backward in sec
tions of Virginia. Fall-sown oats are
reported in splendid shape in Missis-
sippi and is very promising in all
southeastern states. Tennessee re-
ports some Hessian fly damage to
wheat and barley. In Louisiana the
rice crop is largely out of the
farmers hands and sugar cane
grinding is about completed, Cane
grinding is not yet finished in Flor
ida, where the season was very late.
Increasing interest in the dairying
industry is being shown in Arkansas
and Georgia. In Arkansas it is de-
veloping rapidly and dairying prod
ucts are finding good markets in
the developing Oil fields.
The mule trade in Tennessee is
slower than for many years, but
prices are picking up. In this state
the indications are for an early
movement of lambs. In Georgia and
i nearby southern states, hogs are
coming to market in larger num-
bers than usual, but are much
lighter in weight. Florida range
cattle are poor in flesh and much
troubled by ticks.
The ground is ready for the white
potato crop in Florida and planting
has begun. There is complaint of
white potatoes rotting on the farms
in South Carolina.
Marketing of non-pooled tobacco
is progressing in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, with prices good for both
the dark and hurley types. Pooled
tobacco is being delivered to the as
ISOLATION. The association is plan
ming to include West Virginia in the
pool and to establish warehouses in
that state. Growers in these states
are optimistic and are preparing
for big acreage in 1928. Coop
erative houses will open for receipts
at once in Florida and the wrapper
sections of Georgia, where seed beds
are being prepared and planted.
In Virginia 80 per cent of the cot
ton crop has been sold by the grow
ers. Picking is practically over in
Texas. The indications are for a
large increase in the cotton acreage
next year in Texas, Mississippi and
many other states, except where the
most damage was done by the wee
vii. A trivial amount of cotton re-
mains unpicked in North Carolina.
Watermelon ground is ready for
planting in South Florida and some
nave already been put in.
The movement of citrus fruits in
Florida is reported to be heavy and
the truck crops in this state to
be in excellent shape.
In Virginia, West Virginia and
Kentucky the farmers are hiring
as little as possible, especially with
in or near industrial areas, where
wages are running too high for them
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