The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-23
LETTING HELD AT COURT
ro11sE WELL ATTENDED BY
a,pMERs OF TWO COUNTIES.
sFyERAL TALKS WERE MADE
,,.-;.,r From North Carolina Who
Vas Much Experience Growing To-
t,cco Gave Interesting Information
h,o+her Meeting Tonight.

rr,nher OF representative and en-
a.,;a,t;c farmers of Terrell and Ran
,t.t counties attended the meeting
l. court house in Dawson on Tues
a., night to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY
-. ,isot;rg tobacco in connection with
,bs;r other crops. Judge ]. A. LANG
,. elected chairman of the meeting.
"5Ir Tohn n. Watts, OF Shelman,
:, short speech told OF the success
I'D fine GOOD results from growing to-
b.s,o IN other sections of South Geor-
u;a and declared that it was his in
9sot;on to plant some tobacco next
war IN hi, farm in Randolph county.
Mr. T. D. Lashley, of Warsaw N.
wa, then introduced Mr.. Lashley
L.s had considerable experience in
, rr and curing tobacco, and gave
o. interesting account of what had
baan accomplished in the section
ororrd Wilson, N. c., where he had
lived once. He also stated that the
tobacco which would be best adapted
70 his section is the cigarette type,
f,r which there is a constantly increas-
mo demand. He answered a number OF
question, asked him, from which it
va, a,certained that land best adapted
~ the culture OF tobacco is the grey
roe with gravel and yellow sub
iii but that the weed does almost as
rsll on land with red subsoil. He said
hat he had seen much land in both
Terrell and Randolph counties that IS
,igo+ed to tobacco. He advised that
s1onr FIVE acres of tobacco be planted
IA the 0low During Mr., Lashley's
Talk if was brought out that it IS Gus
tonlarv to spray tobacco only once to
i i'd it OF insect enemies. Occasionally
boweyer. it is necessary to spray two
or three times. A poison is made OF
one pound OF arsenate of lead to III
gallon, OF water.
Dr.. Cranford's Views.
Dr. O. @. Crawford, of Sasser, who
Ia. made several trips through the
tob2rco section OF South Georgia,
made an interesting talk. Dr. Gran
iord gave it as his opinion that the
only reason tobacco could not be sue
ce,>fullv raised in Terrell county IS
Iaziness. He said it is necessary to
work night and day during the har-
re,ting season. and he did not think
that the people of this section would
d. that. In all seriousness, however,
he explained that the crop could be
gathered only by cooperation OF the
growers; that all gather one man $
crop one day and some one elSe's the
next and SO on until the entire crop
h, been gathered. About two leaves
are nu'lcd from each stalk every
week The barn made for curing the
tobacco must be filled at one time, and
the weed left six days to cure. The
cost of barn with heating system
he said. ranges from $S5 to SlOO, &C
cording to material used and labor
conditions al the time of construction.
South Georgia growers, he SAID used
a, fertilizer about 200 pounds OF cot
ton seed meal, with sulphate OF am
monia as the chief ingredient, to the
\ acre.
Rev. VI. L. Lawson, pastor OF the
Dawson Baptist church, was present
1 and stated that he lived for eighteen
years in the tobacco section OF the
4 Cmolinas and short time in the
South Georgia section where tobacco
is grown, and personally knew OF the
Fl advantages to a community from the
n sale OF a tobacco crop.
Mr.. Woodruff, of Randolph county
4 gave his experience as grower OF to-
bacco several years ago. He said that
he made a fair crop, but his tobacco
Was thoughtlessly allowed to be lett
in the RAIN while being taken to mark
ct and he lost the sale at good price
because Of this carelessness. He was
OF the opinion that with an expert to
see lha. ignorance did not spoil the