The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
GEORGIA SOIL SUPERIOR R.
70 THAT OF CALIFORNIA
nr HAS ONE OF GREATEST
d +,nnrvELoPED TOBACCO
AREAS IN WORLD.
TERRELL HAS IS SOIL TYPES

Farmer Declared to Be Only un y"
'I a,nizsd Unit in Entire System, 20,
so ala Urged as Only Means OF
Securing Fair Prices.
n;oont agricultural leadership to
,sn9 soil that is generally far SUI
w., ,,~ 70 that OF California and one
pt .bo greatest undeveloped tobacco
n fine world was declared to be
",.' ,-o,test need of south Georgia by
NV N. 4 NJ Soule, of the State College
,or;crIture, in an address before
l,rge number OF Terrell county
s.,,ar. at the court house Thursday
,oroing The speaker said that
.b.r. we're IS types OF soil in Terrell
county, including some that is uneX-
,,r.d for growing peaches and pecans,
,t:t are lar from being developed in
-. l,' The productivity of which they are
capable CT. ,,.ho :
Dino = tour OF a number OF towns
n south Georgia under the auspices
.bn district Kiwanis club headquar-
rrs wa, Mr.. Morton, OF the state
5r,ssg Of markets. Mr.. Morton, who
made short address prior to DR..
Sonlr, talk. declared that the farmer
!. fine only unorganized unit in an
otbervise highly organized market
He said that the object OF his depart
mert was to see that the farmer re-
ceivpd a larger per cent for bis prod
NET. than heretofore, without increas-
mo the price paid by the consumer.
The bureau is sponsoring the organl-
4 zat;on of farmers, which course, he
declared is the only means OF secur-
ng lust and equable prices for farm
products.
DR.. Soule was introduced by Judge
I'M. c. Edwards, who presided for Mr..
4 Saville president of the Dawson XII
wants club on account of the latter's
illness. Special music, led by several
wel-known singers Of Dawson, was a
feature OF the program.
In advising farmers OF this section
to go into tobacco growing DIR. Soule
. declared it inadvisable to plant more
than one acre to begin with, saying
Z that farmers must learn the business
before they will be in position to real
i lie returns.
In speaking OF cotton DR.. Soule
called ON the business men and bank
crs present to see that all OF the avail
Z able information concerning the pro
duction OF the staple under boil wee
y vii conditions was put into the hands
Of the farmers. Cotton, he insisted,
can be produced at profit despite the
boil Weevil. if the correct methods are
used He advocated the application OF
a syrup poison mixture for the first
! two treatments OF the plant, and said
that after that the calcium arsenate
should be used in dust form.
100 Hens on Each Farm.
In speaking of the possibilities OF
the poultry industry, DIR. Soule de-
cared that Terrell could produce hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars worth OF
eggs and chickens. "All that will be
needed to do this is 100 producing
mems on every farm" He insisted that
there was no danger of over-produc-
hon saying that Georgia at this time
Is importing $1S,000,000 worth OF
poultry products a year.
DR., Soule said that the south had
manifold advantages in the production
Oh hogs and declared that if hog rails
ing IS gone about seriously and intel
nsently 1t should prove profitable
business
The whole of DIR. Soule's address
tended to bring out the necessity OF
Vo-operatlon both in growing prod
Gc'S and in selling them He pledged
,,Ie AID OF the state college of, agricul-
Lu'e and cited several examples OF
no" close cooperation between farm
L,o and the college had resulted in
"aTrq III, profits for the farmer.
me plan of employing county
a asS. both man as county agrl-
.uluTaI demonstration and a woman
nome economies agent, was very
t sLuongly commended. Either or both,
r NC speaker said, would be worth
"'g Ut than would be paid them.
H. ne statement that 95 per cent OF
n ne larmers' efforts had gone towards
%bJuuGtion and that only per cent
nav; ru Oeen given to marketing was
e ISug' Farm products had been dump
NV heretofore and not marketed with
any system.
Reforestation Urged.
so Mi'orestation was urged by the
d-e sdNeT' who declared that one hun
I,J million dollars worth of timber
Tbs Oceh cut from Georgia last year.
q-1. sash pine" a variety which
S S-"s about twice as fast as the ordi-
mool ohg leaf pine and produces q
mo 9II equally as good, was recon-
ss ,'Jel D. Lumber, it was said, had
CT ,r- georgia in time of stress but
if, ga was doing nothing to save
wo, JJl''oer' The practice of burning
Mill was condemned as destroying
DE- ''S 8 OF young trees yearly.
fo,T,-ii .2oule came to Dawson by au-
r @.oo}Ie from Albany. where he de-
roou lecture Wednesday after
de-aJ a special dinner had been or
5 5c.gu at the Dawson Inn for DR..
ed 4 +e and his party, but he was fore
er,, ~ leave Dawson shortly after the
bile |aG, lie spoke at Moultrie the day
''s MS appearance here.