Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-25

and complete busting is effected. The
and celebrity even in the face of the
most unfaVorable weather conditions.
1t makes no difference whether the
ground is wet or dry, when the time
for busting cotton arrives. The air.
plane can do the work without wait.
ing in spite of unfaVorable weather
conditions. From three to six hun.
! dred acres of cotton can be busted
in an hour. Therefore, several thou
sand acres can be gone over very
quickly.
TO operate one of these machines
calls for the employment of but a
single aviator and a good mechanic
when one uses an airplane. There
are not hundreds of negroes to get
out of bed before day in the morn
ing, and there isAko busting equip
ment to keep in@order. The fields
can be uniformly and completely
busted in very short time by
means of the airplane and the farm
er will not have to supervise the
poor and inefficient labor with
which he now has to contend. WHY
then not dIst the large areas devot-
! ed TO cotton in Georgia with air
planes? Simply because it is a new
enterprise, and it is difficult for
our farmers to grasp its full sig
nltlcance Immediately. Apparently.
they will have to think the matter
over and figure on it for some time
before adopting this method of dust
ing their cotton; but, of course, they
VIII come to it. SO, why not now,
thereby saving the loss of much la
Dor and energy as well as cotton?
There is another ADVANTAGE in
alrplane busting. If the work ana
labor control incident to the dustiny
OF cotton were taken off the farm.
ers mind, he could increase his
acreage from twenty-five to thirty.
three per cent. There is an opinion
abroad in the land that as the
farmer now has sufficient euuiD.
ment and plenty Of mules and labor
at ms command that it would be a
waste Of time and energy on his
part to resort to busting his cotton
by alrplane. There would be an ade-
quate opportunity under the condi-
IONS portrayed of employing all his
TABOR and mules to the very best adj.
vantage; SO he need not hesitate on
thal score. Many farmers, if thcv
are SO minded, could therefore get
their cotton adequately busted and
nc greatest bugaboo with which
eney now nave TO contend would be
removed from their minds, and thev
coLio again take up the growth of
ton. A''C
we may now properly inquire as
20 the finances REQUIRED for air.
plane busting. First of ali ~ ~
cilles are expensive, and individua1
farmers could not undertake tn h1lu
then. 1t seems in the initial stage
as II an enterprise of this chorao+o5
~ouIQ nave to be financed NV COW,
herclal organizations: thouph 1ata,,
L oelleve the farmers of Some ooI,,,
les Will own machines and eb,n1o,,
own aVlators and mechanics
An alrplane, of course. is deIinato
machine and might break down 80
so It is necessary to have reser,.o
equipment on hand. IT wouId cos1
me individual farmer great doat
70 90 this unless he wera one'a+
.ns on an extensive scale hnt
ha acting on a coonera+ira
oasis IN a relatively large territo,.,,
Souio AFFORD TO purchase tho nooas
y alrplanes with which IN nooot
""S emergency which might arisa
ndt is the probable cost of d,,,+
80; cotton! That is a difficuIt CO.
81 En- 20 answer. Farmers wavs -
ar, SotInS out this proposition .var,L
oafy. one with whom taIsad
aa1tulated the cost of dustino ~
outtoh at $l44, but he FORGOT - i iI'
cluqe the labor, implements ~,
niue -poWer used. Later bo anu
I!uqes that it would probahl, o,
Ililn 30 or 81 per acre. W. h oosC
mace large number of i,1o,I iis,ve
aeIatlVe to this matter, and the na $50
tb li'uS OF opinion seems ia he ~
t ne COST VIII not vary greatly frnne
t Use figures, Many seem 70 foai
d 6,,at II they could get their cotton
49, adequately for 81 an acra
r1,ae II would constitute fine invest
h on thelr part. We have neJn,.
~. aoie TO 90 this work for q small.
a. o"it mere at the COLLEGE MOI,
u,o olhef point in Georgia whero
ohs aVe conducted tests and n,ado
wbo h' 1t is believed by those
nIano ~ hao experience with air.
st,,nct "a 1n@L machines especially con.
oap h. 'ne duSJlnS of cotton
fiva pe operated so that the cost If
acra ~ Will not exceed 81 per
acre, 1t has been sucoesteJ ~ per per
" theSe airplane cornoratio,,s . uile
ene initial charge. includino tha a n,'.
81 lne calcium arsenate, he nleco5 -
W per acre. This figure is a1so ~
1 ,s the cost of the first dusti,,,r
,nuu'Iiora dustines up to four i,
1iu'noef would be made at q oos+ -
49, 80 UeutS per application per acre T.
rs.E pe that not more than throo
atIppilcatlons would be necessary u,
event the farmer would o,,r,
go ior .nree. If. however. he nan.js
49, or i've dustings. then he wo,,Id
made 'ne NUMBER
concerns Of sufficient can;+a1
~, leSources can be found 70 Fl,
nance the busting of cotton co,,,I,.a..
c3liE through the use Of aeronin,,.,
- seems 10 me therefore = wise nj
tN Tor us TO undertake. tho u.n,i.
tuIouSh such agencies ar mi, 49,,
~ course organizations of tbis cbor
ester must be in position 10 oi,,a ~
.@riher an Adequate guarantees os
thelr responsibility and nnt rs, ~
pohd OF sufficient masnitude 70 Go.
any advanced payment the fa,,p,er
llIdy De expected to make. on mo
o.ner hand, an organization Of his
character. in order to survive u,o,,i3
ot necessity have to insist unon tba
ldriilef giving them a satisfactory
tppnlFact continuing through more
IMAM one year.
everyone realizes that co.operation
01pehS UP an avenue by which tho
I|Sl'ler may escape from many of his
tnoSt aSSravating and perpleNinc dir.
ucuities. It is a principle which we
must put into practice. in all of orr
future farm operations. No where
can II be employed to better advant.
age than through the organization
OF a cooperative enterprise of suf.
Llclent size and magnitude to provide
Tor the adequate dustinc. of 81. -.