Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-30
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL
FARM CONFERENCE
WAS BIC SUCCESS

day and now it is permissible to sum
w the achievements of that gather
ing, determining which should be
placed on the credit side of the ledg-
er and which, if any, should be
charged to the debit entry.
Farmers week never was intend
ed Us an outlet for gaiety, merely a
social convivial conclave of those
who happened to be concerned with
~,4'icul.ure; though certainly it af-
fords splendid social opportunities to
those who attend. 1t is a business
proposition. an educational PROPOSE
ton; a serious, earnest institution
with the welfare of the farmer as
it's object. What, then, are the pres
ent results of the conference just
ended, and what results may be ex-
pected in the future.
Cotton to Be Chief Crop
If the weight of opinion is the cri-
! terion, the sixteenth farmers con-
ference has decided these things: II
Cotton, at least for some time, viii
continue to be the chief money crop
of Georgia.
2-Calcium arsenate dust is bad for
the weevil, or in other words, is the
best preventative yet discovered. No
mixturs or other preparation has
given better results than plain cal
cium arsenate, dust, scientifically
applied.
3-The state department and state
college of agriculture are at last
willing to concede the good in the
other.
4-Dairying, poultry raising, hog
farming, and gardening are most
valuable in fighting the weevil, and
without the aid of some one of them
the average Georgia farmer is head
ed straight for bankruptcy.
5-Georgias agricultural college is
absolutely essential to the welfare of
Georgia.
Georgia has acted unwisely,
niggardly, by failing to provide more
adequately for her educational in
stitutions, especially her college of
agriculture.
7-Politics has no place in eco
nomic affairs.
S-County agents and home demon
stration workers are needed in every
county in the state.
9-Proper nutrition of children has
been sadly neglected, to the great
detriment, not only of the children,
but of every individual and every
business in the state.
10-Commodity marketing of farm
products, not of cotton alone, but of
every product raised on Georgia soil,
is the one sure way of making farm
life bearable and is as certain to
come as water to flow down hill.
11-Full cooperation between the
business man, the banker and the
farmer is vital to all three.
12-Fruit growing in Georgia is
a success when properly handled.
13-Rotation and greater diversifi
cation of crops is needed
1.-THE farmer must save him
self, others can but help.
ConservatiYelY estimated. more
than one thousand persons attended
the farmers conference. represent
ing every county in the state. Ev-
cry one of them is, in some way
vitality interested in agriculture, Ell
Their as a farmer, a farm specialist.
a banker or a business man.
800 Prizes Awarded
Over three hundred prizes were
awarded entrants of the marketing
exhibits at the state farmers con-
ference which ended here Saturday.
Exhibits were sent here from practi-
cally every county in Georgia. The
marketing exhibits were shown
throughout the week in order to
demonstrate proper packing ana
grazing of products for marketing.
Winners of first prizes received So in
cash, others slightly less. The prize
winners announced Saturday follows:
ID ia1 Of ~
Potatoes-First, B. NJ. Drake, Cow
third F. L. Jenkins, MuscOgee;
fourth, F. D. Jeter, Campbell; fifth,
II. ]. France, Washington.
Best Packed Box of Apples-F.rst,
Elmo Ragsdale, Habersham; second,
A. J. Nitzschke, Fhnnin; third, Mrs.
+ Maggie Berrong, Towns; fourth, w.
H. Garner, Polk; fifth, j. H. Jack.
son, Carroll.
Best Commercial Package of
Truck-First, Elmo Ragsdale, Hab'
usham; second, B. M. Drake, Cow
eta; third, j. 1. Davis, Brooks; fourth,
E. P. MCGEE. DeKaib; fifth, G. T.
Owens, Ben Hill.
Best Commercial Farm \Ham-
First, B. NJ. Drake, Coweta; second,
Mrs. Tassio O.JClark, Stewart; third,
Miss Beulah Champion, Crawford;
fourth. NJ. F. Gaddis, Troup; fifth,
r. E. Davis, Miller.
Best Five Pounds of Farm Butter
First, c. T. Owens, Ben Hill; sec
ond, Mss Lula Peek, Gilbert; third,
r. L. Vansant, Walker: fourth, w.
G. Owens, Franklin; fifth, j. F.
Hart. Jr., Laurens.
+ Best Bale of Hay-F'irst, J. F.
Hart, Jr.. Laurens; second, Eugene
Baker, Whitfield; third, H. G. Wiley,
Butts; fourth, w. G. Owens. Frank
lin; fifth, M. F. Gaddis. Troup.
Best Tobacco-First, D. E. Sawyer,
Decatur; second, Miss Bonnie F.
Wilder, Berrien; third, c. T. Owens,
Ben Hill; fourth, no exhibit; fifth, no
exhibit.
Best Shelled Corn-First, B. M.
Drake, Coweta; second, w. G. Owens,
Franklin third, D. S. MCGEE, Twiggs;
fourth, E. P. McCree, DeKalb; fifth,
w. P. HUE, Gilbert.
Poultry Awards
Brown Market Eggs-First, Mrs.
K. J. Carswell, Twiggs; second, Mrs.
Tassie o. Clark. Stewart; third, Mrs.
L. V. Thorpe, Toombs; fourth, Miss
Willie Vie Dowdy, DeKalb; fifth, w.
H. Hosch, Putnam.
White Market Eggs-First, Mrs.
Tassie o. Clark, Stewart; second, J.
H. Mosley, HARRISON; third, Miss Lo-
rine Collins, Coweta; fourth, S. D.
Truitt, Oconee; fifth, J. F. Hart, Jr.,
Laurens.
Syrup-First, j. I. Davis, Brooks;
second, c. T. Owens, Ben Hill; third,
o. D. Watson, Stewart; fourth, w. D.
Hills, Wilcox; fifth, A. E. Gibson,
Calhoun.
Best Commercial Package of Fig
Preserves-First Miss Lula Peek,
Ebert; second, Miss Sarah Smith,
Pulaski; third, Mrs. Tassie o. Clark,
Stewart; fourth, Miss Jessie Fortson,
Muscogee; fifth, tied, Miss Bonnie f.
Wilder and Mrs. Henry Rachus Rer.