Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-12
Georgia Not a One
Crop State


en- and we are never as sick a
we would make ourselves be
lieve.
Turn a deaf ear to the dema
gogues and croakerss look uF
and take courage, says Martir
V. Calvin, one of the leading
authorities on Georgia agricul
ture, in an article that recently
appeared IN the Macon Tele.
graph.
Mr.. Calvin denied that Ceor
gia is a one crop state or tina.
it ever was a one-crop state sac
he offers evidence to prove his
assertion. His deductions are
based on a careful agricultural
analysis Of our crops in 1910
1911 and 1918. three pre-wal
year. Mr.. Calvin says:
In the spring of 1865, we
were confronted by a situation
and a condition of affairs, to
which the present is not to be
compared. We had lost all ex-
cept the immortal principles for
which we could safely turn for
ready money. Then as now, it
was the only Southern crop which
would give any cotton producer
standing at bank"
1t is Believed even now that
the. price of the staple ranged
from SO cents to 81 a pound.
That is not true. In IS, mid
ding upland sold at 43 cents; in
sc, 31.6 cents in 'e7, $40 cents;
in '68, 800 centss in so, $40
cents per pound. The general
average price during the five
years, 1865-1869, was 30.5 cents
a pound. Other goods, of every
kind, were high in price, but the
people were in confident frame
of mind; they had determined to
master the situation, and they
did.
Even at that crucial time,
Georgia was far from being a
zone crop state" No people, in
all the world, in all the ages, ever
measured more fully up to a
high standard of worth and prog
ress than the farmers in partieu-
lar and the people generally of
Georgia and the entire South.
Let us see to what extent cot
ton has been the dominant fac
tor in our progress in the matter
of total crop values. In order
to do this, we must turn to pre-
war years because untoward con-
ditions did not prevail during
the period for which the years
that | shall utilize, that is, 1910,
1911 and 1918: Bear 10 mind
that in 1911, We produced real
bumper crop" of cotton.
1910, total crop
value $780,. PRO, 100000
Value cotton and
seed -....,-.,... ,.--...-..147, $4,000
Per cent of total
value cotton ..... 53.4
Per cent total
value other crops 46.6
1911, total crop
value .,.,.,........-.$3 1859, $4,000
Cotton and seed. 1886, 900
Fer cent Of total
value cotton ..-... $3.50
Per cent of total
value other crops. 64.4
1913, total crop
value 49,. .....--...S446, 665, goo
Cotton and seed -. 173,408,000
Fer cent of total
value cotton ... 1873
Per cent of total
value other crops 81 2
Georgia's miscellaneous vege-
tables are worth on farm $1,000
600 a year. We have yet to
raise crops of commercial vege-
tables, i. e., vegetables to ship
out of the State. We can do it,
we must do that
The boil weevil dealt us a
blow between the eyes, but we
are not either down or out.
During this year of grace, we
we will produce more "other
crops" than ever in the history
of the State. 1t is our duty to do
that we are able to do that
Why? Because it is our bound,
en- duty to do that.
Turn a deaf ear to the dema
gogues and to the eroakers, one
and all. Look up and take cour
age. God rules and directs OF
earth as He does in Heaven. Ht
was the God for our fathers
they never faltered or failed
We shall not,
Georgia has taken great
strides since 1913 than at an
period before that date. Grea
er crops of peaches have bee
marketed; more poultry an
eggs. pecans and other far
products are being sold thu
ever before. The Coiunbl
Enquirer-Sun, commenting {
Mr.. Calvin's article, claims TIL
while It is obvious that Georg