The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-13
GREATEST PROSPERITY
KNOWN IN MANY YEARS
THIS SECTION OF THE STATE
PRODUCES THE BULK OF
SEVEN GREAT CROPS.
WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
King Cotton Greatest Contributor to
Period of Prosperity, and Tobacco,
Watermelons, Pecans, Potatoes and
Other Products Bring Wealth.

OlAlCl AO0hNbo WCdAlAA.
South Georgia has had great year
as to farm production The drought,
as shown by an official map published
last week, shows the drought area
embracing in acute form the fifteen or
twenty counties in the northeastern
section a little south of the North
Carolina and Tennessee boundaries.
South Georgia was not affected-by
either the flood in winter Ito any great
extent as to crops) nor by the drought
of summer. The tobacco crop this
year brought over seven million dol
lars, new crop; the cotton crop of
the state is estimated to run to Sis
000,0 00 the peach crop was eight mil
lions; the pecan crop will add more
millions, the sweet potato crop will
also amount into seven figures with
the first a'larger than one or two; the
corn crop will be still more millions;
the watermelon crop was around FIVE
millions
All in South Georgia.
And in every case the bulk Of these
crops was produced in south Georgia,
in some cases practically all of the
marketed for-cash crop totally in south
Georgia, as for tobacco and melons.
One report has this to say of the Sec.
ton of the state which held up the
heftier end Of the several million dol
lar crops
South Georgia's agricultural sea-
son is practically past, but not with
out bringing to the section the great
est period of prosperity of recent
years.
The major crops are harvested and
the beauty of the harvest is that
practically everything was taken out
of the fields in marketable condition
before the advent of the serious
drought which has covered south
Georgia from one side to the other.
Despite the fact that King Cotton
has been designated as the dethroHed
monarch of the state, his majesty is
leading all crops with the indication
that the baled product will bring a to-
tai OF approximately $l00,000,000 in
cash to the farmers of the state. Ac-
.cording to figures released last week
the cotton seed by-product is calcu-
lated to be worth $15,000,000, bringing
the value of the cotton crop to APP
proximately $ll5,000,000.
The season OF the white staple is
waning and the bulk Of the crop has
been sold. South Georgia is jubilant
over the bumper cotton harvest, while
the northern section of the state has
been hard hit by the prolonged
drought.
New Crop Brings Millions.
THE tobacco season which recently
closed was a fruitful one, and while
prices were not as high as growers
anticipated early in the season the to-
| tai amount paid to growers through
out the Georgia belt added to the ag-
ricultural wealth of the section approx
imately $7,500,000
This is regarded as almost phe-
nomenal figure in consideration of the
! fact that tobacco is the infant crop
OF the state, and a majority of the
farmers are still in the experimental
stage in tobacco culture. Approximate
/ ly 50,000,000 pounds of tobacco was
sold at IS cents
I'm importance to south Georgia
the watermelon crop deserves third
! place rating. 1t was the best water
melon season in the history of the
| famous Georgia million, and with
cooperative marketing the crop was
sold at fancy figure. 1t is estimated
| by crop experts that the farmers of
this section are richer by 100000
because OF the successful melon crop.
while south Georgia was market
ing her melon crop north Georgia
was realizing Approximately $4,000
600 on her peach crop, large amount
OF which is finding its way in the
southern section of the state because
OF the development program that has
been set on foot here.
"Other crops will add their several
million dollars to the south Georgia
agricultural wealth chest. such as pea
nuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, sugar
cane, corn and syrup cane.
New Farmers Moving In.
New hope has been given to the
south Georgia farmer, and to scores
I of new farmers who are moving into
| this section, with the indication that
next year will be an even greater year
I if seasons and fate are favorable.
1T is expressed by Isadore Gelders,
OF Fitzgerald, that the great bumper
crops OF tobacco and cotton, the old
time pre-weevil kind of crops are put
ting south Georgia on the map
Mr. Gelders assigns a large part of
the success on the farm to the support
OF local institutions and local people.
The seasons prosperity on the
farm is easily traced to the direct sup
port OF our home Institutions who so
valiantly came to the support of our
farmers when the foreign corporations
adopted ironclad rules OF selling fer
tilizers and supplies for cash. 1t was
the home banker, the home mixer and
the home merchant who had faith in
their neighbors and took the risk along
with them with the elements and the
boil weevil
No better example of sticking by
the home concerns could be asked"