Greene County GaArchives News.....Circular No.37.  Department of Agriculture May 4 1877
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The Daily Constitution, Atlanta, GA
The Daily Constitution, Atlanta, GA, May 4, 1877
Circular No.37.  Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, GA., May 3, 1877
To the Farmers of Georgia:
In view of the war in Europe, and the probable scarcity and high prices of 
breadstuffs and low price of cotton which will prevail, I again respectfully 
advise that you will by every means in your power increase the area planted in 
provision crops.  I suggest checking your fields of cotton with corn, in rows 
fifteen to twenty feet apart, one hill at every intersection.

With fair seasons, this will very largely increase the product of corn without 
a corresponding decrease of the cotton.

I further suggest the planting of the stubble fields in peas so soon as the 
wheat and oats shall have been harvested.

Pay special attention to the raising every pound of pork possible.  Take care 
of the pigs.

These suggestions are not designed to alarm or to create a sensation.  A word 
to the wise is sufficient.

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on 
and are punished.”  Very respectfully,

Thomas P. Janes, Commissioner of Agriculture

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