Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-08
NORTH GEORGIA POSSIBILITIES
DESCRIBED BY AGRICULTURIST
Martin ". Calvin, of State
Department, Writes of
WondrouS Advantages
Awaiting Development in
That Section
BY MARTIN v. CALVIN
Specialist i'm Agriculture and Eco
Monies, Georgia Department of
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The writer hereof is native here
and to the manner born" But few
men or women have studied the
commonwealth Of German more as
siduously or more unselfishly, than
he has sought to know the state
from the mountains to the seaboard
her people, her wealth. her won
drous possibilities-open to men and
women in every walk of life. And
for years, through the public press,
and other avenues to the public eye
and ear, without reward or the hope
thereof except the consciousness of
duty performed, he has been telling
the story of Georgia's educational,
agricultural and industrial develop
ment.
Had an Appealing Vision
Yesterday morning, hurrying to
his office, he had vision Of north
Georgia. 1t appealed to him so pow
erfully, he determined to collect a
few facts and figures with which to
set forth, to the fullest extent pos
sible, some Of the things which have
made north Georgia "a thing Of
beauty and joy forever"
No attempt will be made to de-
scribe her mountains or her valleys,
or tell of her Astounding mineral
wealth. 1t is fact that exceed
ingly few observant persons, even,
think of north Georgia as a splen-
did illustration of the possibilities
OF diversified agriculture.
The writer determined to take
each of the 35 counties of that beau
tiful and inviting section of the
state and ascertain what was accom-
plished in 1919, agriculturally. He
laid under contribution the reports
made by the people themselves.
The writer believes that a consid-
cradle number of the reports, as to
totals in crop production, were pitch
ed on too low a scale. AS a rule, the
reports were based on estimates
Very few persons possess the gift Of
accuracy in estimates. The writer
believes that crop production was
larger than estimated However, the
ones we are considering are good
enough. They tell an inspiring
story.
The statistical tables, worked out
by myself gand spread on my office
table, would not only astonish, but
enthuse you. You laugh! Having
scrutinized the tables. you would ex-
claim: What are they but a map
of busy life?"
In 1919, the thirty-five north Geor-
gia counties produced 21.2 per cent of
the corn crop of the entire state; 81
per cent Of the oat crop; 43.4 per
cent of the wheat crop; 32.4 per cent
of the hay and forage crop; 27.5 per
cent Of the cotton crop, and GIT per
cent of the apple crop.
Is that not magnificent show
ing? But that is not ALL Sixteen
counties produced 45.5 per cent of
all the Strawberries grown in Geor-
gia in 1919.
The Corn and the Cotton Producing
Counties
A few years ago there was a val
riety of cotton grown in that section
or the state that seemed to be in
digenous to the soil. 1t was a profit
ic variety; indeed, distinctive. Gen.
tlemen, experienced in handling cot
ton for the manufacturing trade, told
the writer that the texture Of the
lint was extra-superior They ex-
pressed apprehension lest experiment
tation, particularly the process of n.y.
bridization. should injure and finally
destroy that variety. We shall get
back to that variety; time is the ele
ment.
Here is a table which would not
down or out. 1t can not fail to in
terest you: