Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-26
ct THE SUN SH|NE.;
It IS MONEY To Us.
DECLARES BANKER
BY RALPH SMITH

The heat wave, which now holds
the state in its grip, has a value in
dollars and cents, and a stupendous
value it is, too, according to the best
authorities on farming in Georgia.
1t is worth not less than $4,000
IA day to the farmers. in the opinion
of j. S. Peters, of Manchester, for
4 mer president of the Georgia Bank
ers' association.
!; LET the sun SHINE" said Mr..
HPeters Wednesday afternoon at the
Piedmont hotel, as he shaded his
eyes with a large Palmetto fan and
mopped the perspiration from his
brow. ct radiates prosperity for the
state of Georgia..
EVERY day this weather continues
adds at least 10000 bales of cotton
to Georgia's output, and at 80 cents
pound this means 81 100000 per
Day to our farmers. Thirty days of
such weather means physical dis
comfort. of course, but $45,0OO,OOO In
told cash this fall will more than
compensate for these present dis
comforts. So, [ repeat, let the sun
Shine and more power to it.,
Mr.. Peters is one OF the best in
formed men in Georgia on crop con-
hitions. Keeping tabs on the crops
IS a part of his business as banker,
Rnd he attends strictly to business
most of the time. He is just as we'll
4nformed about conditions in south
west and southeast Georgia as he is
hbout conditions in Meriwether and
bther counties in his own bailiwick.
Prospect Best in Years
Not since 1918 has Georgia had
Rnything like so splendid a prospect
rs today, and fortunately the pros
bect is not spotted" said Mr., Peters.
The outlook all over the state is
na gnificent. and it is magnificent
aot alone as to cotton. 1t applies
o every other thing that grows in
Georgia.
"Of course, we are not going to
produce a, bumper crop of cotton or
corn or peas, but we are going to
Eet the biggest yield Of these staple
arm products since the advert of
he boil weevl.
THAT the cotton crop is not to
be the largest we have ever had is
E1ue, in very large part, as l see 1t,
TO the fact that our cotton acreage
s limited. Our farmers haven t
planted as much cotton as they did
before the weevil came. But what
hey have planted is in wonderful
tate of advancement.
"A gratifying feature of our splen-
&iid outlook is that it has been OBJ
ained under weevil conditions, for
we still have this peSky parasite
with us in Georgia. But this year,
BUR farmers have knuckled to their
drops with an old-time determina
ion, and thus far weather condi-
ions have been advantageous, if not
Entirely ideal. The combination
he will to do, plenty of hard work
md favorable weather-is reflected
n the cotton and corn fields all over
Georgia.
Hurrah for Sizzling Sun
"The hot, dry weather is the cot
on farmers best ally in the w =, on
he boil v-eevil. The weevil is worst
n rainy and cloudy weather, and
hus far Georgia hasn't I'D much
Weather of this sort. The sizzling
un is the farmers friend. When
he cooped-up residents in the city
VI LiiC IieStlJ IuS III
/ he country rejoice as the waves
sweep their fields, making it diff
built, if not impossible, forthe weevil
o work serious injury to the cot
on ..
The cotton, although far advanced
over the state, is not entirely
put of danger. 1t still is possible
Tor the weevil to do much damage to
he magnificent stands that partly
blanket the state. That is why Mr..
Peters estimates that the continual
ion of the hot spell means so much
4 o the state.
1.-THE weevil, you know, can play
havoc with a cotton field in a few
Hays" continued the banker. But
Every day that this weather con-
inues brings the cotton that much
bearer to maturity and lessons cor
espondingly the weevil danger. Not
until the bolls have speckled, har-
dened and almost readyrto open is
he cotton plant entirely free from
he depredations OF the weevil But
n such weather as we are now hav.
ng the plant develops rapidly"