Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-12
Georgia's Rank Along Agriculture
Lines

LILIES
NJ T., Washington, D. c.,
writes: What progress has Geor-
eia made along agricultural and
Industrial lines? Many people
are looking to Georgia with the
idea of investing therein. Con-
flicting and confusing reports
regarding the development and
progress of the stare have come
to our attention from time to
time. Can you give us some
thing on which to base a, clear
opinion of what has actually
transpired during the past three
years?
Within the last ten years Georgia
has undergone many important agri-
cultural and industrial changes. The
eradication of the cattle tick, begun
by this institution when it was first
established in 1907, has resulted in
the material stimulation of the live
stock industry. We now have more
dairy COWS than at any previous
time in our history. There are some
sixteen creameries in active opera
ton in Georgia, making about $780,
100000 pounds of butter. We also
have a number of cheese factories
operating in the Piedmont section,
where it was believed that this prod
uct could not be successfully made
until recently Our butter and cheese
making industries may be credited
with having added $4,000, 900 more
to the revenues of our farmers in
1923 than during the previous year.
The cultivation of peanuts has
been greatly emphasized in the last
! few years. This state stands very
Nigh in the production of this crop,
Ind I think will soon occupy first
yplace in this regard. The cultiva-
ton of peanuts has resulted in the
changing of some of our cottonseed
oil crushing mills oyer to peanut
crushing mills. AS you doubtless
know, the quality Of oil obtained
from the peanut is of a very supe-
rior character, and the yield of oil
/, obtained twice as much per ton as
was formerly obtained from cotton
seed. The by-product remaining
makes superb animal food equal in
value and adaptability to cottonseed
meal
Through the agency Of the soil
: survey established by this institu-
ton, we found out some years ago
that there wereAgreat areas of land
in Georgia adapted to the growth of
bright leaf tobacco. This industry
is rapidly growing in the state. Last
year we produced 9,101,343 pounds
oof this tobacco, valued at 25.7c per
pound or $24,573,626.
Through the agency of our pig
clubs, the corn and hog industries
CT 1o+A
Georgia. We encouraged the pig
club boys to put the live stock in
dustry on a pure-bred basis. A re-
markable improvement in the quail
; ity Of our hogs has ensued The
demonstration of the fact that we
could raise twenty-five to sixty bush
els of corn per acre at a reasonable
cost in place of the eight to twelve
bushels produced by many of our
farmers in the past insures our hav-
ing a considerable supply of grain
to feed to hogs. Moreover, we dem
onstrated a system of maintaining
hogs through the USE of grazing
creps that has proven very bene-
fsc,a1. AS a result, Georgia has Q
POO, 900 head of hogs, and the bust
ness is on the upgrade. At the pres
emit time the chances are that our
Slaughter plants and abattoirs are
handling half million head Of farm
animals annually. We have two
large packing plants in Georgia, the
only packing plants in the south
eastern states. think 1t safe to say
they are the outgrowth of the live
: stock development program institut-
ed and fostered through the agency
: OF this institution. Atlanta has re-
Gently established q union stock
yard, and | believe they will become
the largest live stock handling agen-
cy In the southeast at an early date
Managing the Cotton Crop During
July and August
D. E. NJ, Maxeys, Ga, writes:
I would like some advice as TO
working cotton from now on. Is
Faf 1t best to put nitrate of soda
mixed with acid or ready mixed
guano around the cotton?
The desirability of using side .ap-
plications Of a complete fertilizer or
nitrate of soda alone on cotton at
this season depends, I think, entire
ly on the condition of the crop. If
your land is fairly fertile and you
used a heavy application of high
4 ton was planted, L doubt the advis-
ability of making side applications
at this season of the year. We have
abandoned this practice altogether
here on the college farm for some
years past. Yet, there has never
been year in the face Of the heavy
\ boil weevil infestation affecting this
section when we have failed to raise
a half bale and upwards per acre.
At the same time, where the land
: is thin and only a light application
> of a complete fertilizer was made at
4the time the cotton was planted. it
&2Ry not be inappropriate to apply
n s much as three hundred pounds of
complete fertilizer at this season
.Fof the year If it is used at all, it
should be put on Immediately. Scat
ter it down the middles of the drill
rows and cover into the soil.
!. I believe a 104 formula will be
the best to apply under existing
conditions If you use nitrate of