The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-01
c;.;,en Points Out Profits That
c,D Be Made in Poultry Rails
mo. Diversi6cation in the Farm
I, Urged as Necessity.

rl,or Dawson News: Terrell coun-
:. today Georgia's greatest cotton
4,cing county, taking into consid-
.;or her size in proportion to the
' u, county whose total yield ex-
VD dsd that OF Terrell the past
s.or While she may be truthfully
'snsd the leading cotton producing
|9 ,ntv OF the Empire state of the
lonth at the same time there is
pu rrb waste land in Terrell county
| |Iut < not at present under cultiva-
Ila' some of which, however, was in
I .ae mast cultivated, but with the adj
| int Of the boil weevil cotton could
I4 he produced in any worth while
Ella 81 nor was it produced on this now
a. l' land prohtably. But, you ask,
u LII not diversity? Well, not all have
Tai this remark nor do they have in
I I,sn the spirit of Investigation just
i'i io,g as so great a yield of cotton
! nroduced in the county at. large.
Te must diversity for the sake of
hose who have lands that will not
| |iyII cotton proftably and in sufi-
S;s s quantity to make cotton grow
10 on these particular farms worth
rSS;le Not all land will grow cotton,
|. has been learned long ere this, and
'rcb is true of many other crops. 1t
Pas also been said that Terrell county
r pr grow almost any farm products
hat can be produced in any section
d tbe state. While this, also, is true,
bot ali land in Terrell county will per-
orm thus. We have certain sections
hat have failed to grow cotton prof
tabv which will have to be used for
he production of some other crop or
IRONS that will yield profitably.
Some, in their program OF diverslfl-
alton. have resorted to the produe-
hon OF live stock, but where this line
resorted to, unless handled in the
roper manner, it also will not profit
he farmer. Some have turned to the
I've stock business on small scale
Ind in quite a number of instances
rbere this plan has been adopted you
I'M find that purebred animals are
scking Not even have purebred sires
,een placed on quite number OF the
arms, and this is very essential. Even
that particular farmer is not fnan-
ialv able to secure all purebreds he
houd, by all means, begin improving
,hat he had to begin with by using
,urebred sires. This is even true with
'oultry,
Getting down to the point which
he writer wishes to stress, why
ouldn't the farmers of Terrell county
make poultry raising a profitable bus
ness 1t is a certain fact that it is a
,roftable business, but why don't
hanv who are not now producing
'oultry for the market make little
lfort in this direction? One reason is
his: lust BECAUSE cotton has been
llade the one main and dependable
nop in Terrell county many, many
he those who have failed to see any
1ther profitable business than cotton
rowing. Ii every farmer would have
certain amount of grown poultry
bout the farm and from this old
took produce, for instance, broilers
)r the market and market them by
he cooperative method, which is the
My right way, what would be the
esult?
For instance, take the net proceeds
erived from the sale of carload OF
ogs. 1t takes quite while to prepare.
car OF hogs for market, and just
ink how much food they consume
efore they are in a marketable con-
ition. How long would the same
mount of feed take care of a car OF
oultry? Well, we won't take the
pace to give figures but will let those
lterested i'll learning facts figure lit
e and perhaps they will become more
lterested. A car OF hogs, normally,
ill net the farmers about $1,000 to
L4OO taking a car of about 49,
% TO 10000 pounds. What would this
anne weight of broilers net? At 40
ents per pound, which is fair price
Or an average at this time, a $1,000
ound car, which is a normal weight
ar, will net approximately $4,000.
Which has consumed the more food,
he hogs at about a year or eighteen
lonths old or the car of broilers at
bout twelve to fourteen weeks old?
,,lgures, as the saying goes, don't lie.
here are enough farmers and farms
D Terrell county to produce, if work
d properly, carload of poultry ev-
Ty sixty days at least, and they can
'e produced i'll great quantities on the
arms at profit, especially when
marketed at the age of ninety days
I'd.
There are number OF farms in the