Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1927-03-03
COW-HOG-KElg WEEK Be
OBSERVED MARCH 7-12
HAS ENDORSEMENT OF CIVIC
BODIES AND OFFICIALS
OF STATE

Next week, beginning Monday,
March 7, is "Cow-Hog- Hen Week" in
Georgia, SO designated by Governor
Walker in a proclamation. The chie
executive of the state, in behalf Of
he Georgia Association, originators
f the live-at-home program Of croD
Investigation, earnestly solicits the
lid Of mayors and officials of Geor-
ia municipalities and counties and all
)thcr civic and commercial organiza-
ions, and especially all the news
)apcis, in the State Of Georgia.
Among the why's of "Cow-Hog-Hen
Week", the Georgia Association
3ints to the fact that approNimateiv
100000 new farm wealth 81
ce2dy is resulting from this program,
with less than twenty percent of the
farmers following it. 1t would ap-
pear therefore in the face of these
facts that if more farmers can be in
duced to adopt and adhere to the
program the states wealth would be
correspondingly increased.
Georgia landowners who have
built fences, constructed buildings for
dairy cows, hogs and poultry on their
farms; furnished their tenants with
livestock and poultry; and have sup
ervised these tenants requiring them
to follow sanely the principles of the
Cow-Hog-Hen program, are earning
from ten to twenty per cent on their
investment; their tenants are free
from debt, buying their supplies for
cash and getting in shape to own
their own farms" says a statement of
the association.
Demand for Dairy La:cic
According to the association, there
is a growing demand for good dairy
cattle in Georgia, and the assertion is
made that it will take 100000 more
milk cows to supply Georgia's home
butter and cheese market.
The purpose of Cow-Hog-Hen Week
will be to help communities to the
best methods of financing the pur-
ehase and handling of dairy cows
hogs and poultry, to help work out
plans for every county to have coun-
Y agent and home demonstration
agent and to bring about a general
understanding of fundamental meth
DDS by which the business forces of
every community may give most ef
fective help to their farmers, both in
livestock farming and Cooperative mar
lleting.
Cooperating with the Georgia AS
sociation in the big weeks program
are the organized forces of the State
College Of Agriculture and the State
Department of Agriculture; the agri-
cultural department of the A. B. q Z.
railroad and similar departments of
other roads and other agencies.
Says statement Of the A. B. & C.
railroad:
"In diversified agriculture is as
sured growth, development and pros
eprity and Georgia is fortunate in
having other things upon which to
depend than cotton.
"To the farmers we would say
Grow ample food to feed the family
and the stock, have a good summer
and winter garden, grow all the pork
needed for home use, keep enough
cows to supply all the family needs,
raise all the poultry and eggs the fam
lily can use and some to sell and pros
perity will follow"
Agricultural agents of the railway
for number of years, have engaged
most actively and effectively in a
campaign for diversification along its
territory. Many farmers have prof
tied by this campaign. In one county
alone, that of Ben Hill, farmers sold
100000 worth of cream last year to
Fitzgerald creamery.