Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-13
LETTER FROM WISCONSIN.

The letter published below was written
by one of the delegates to the recent
Farmers National congress, held at Ma
con. Ga, and was written to Prof. Wool
ter, of Milledgeville, who delivered the
address on IAN Inter Oceanic Canal.
The letter not only shows great interest
in the agricultural possibilities of Geor-
gia, but speaks Interestingly of what can
be accomplished through the medium of
a FIRST class and properly conducted ag-
ricultural college This is a matter Of
widespread and deep interest to the far
mers of Georgia at this time.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Mich,
Oct 81. 1902
Hon 7. ]. woofter, Miledgeville, ca.
Dear Sir:
1t was surely a kind Providence who
gave US recently the opportunity to see
something Of the present agriculture and
the agricultural possibilities of the great
state of Georgia. If the people we met
fairly represented, the citizens of the
state, Georgia must be a delightful place
of residence and II the sections through
which we passed are typical in soil and
vegetation OF the rest OF the state then
Georgia is a state of unlimited possibili-
ties.>
We came from the Peninsular state
whose long coast line is washed by the
the rough winds from Huron or Michigan,
a state therefore limited in its agriculsu-
raj possibilities 10 such fruits and crops
as can mature between the late frosts
of spring and the early frosts of autumn,
with the possibility that the earliest of
the latter may antedate the latest Of the
former. In some parts Of the state indeed
the remarks is current that the weather
man gives them three months of 3oor
81. Of al
ing between successive christmases. I'm
der such conditions the life of the farmer
must be strenuous II he makes living
foe himself and family and grattfies his
natural ambition to lay up something for
a rainy day.
In Georgia we found the conditions
quite otherwise. No long winters to eat
up the profits OF the summer campaign,
a long list OF possible crops for his ro-
tation, many lines of agricultural spec
ialties from which he can choose the ones
he likes, a good money crop as the back
bone OF his farming operations with good
markets and efficient transportation, why
should not a Georgia farmer prosper?
What could not an agricultural college do
in surroundings like these? What an
impulse could II give to an industry I'M
trammeled by adverse climatic condi-
tons?
Let me recite something of what our
college has done for Michigan as an IL
lustration of the work of an institution in
close touch with the people, an instltu-
ton in which the people have confidence
and to which they turn for guidance
when emergencies arise.
In Michigan, the Agricultural college
is an institution by itself carrying with
Il the experiment station, but entirely
independent of the state university 1t
is doing it's best first to broaden the in
tellectual life of the rural community and
SECOND TO develope the resources of the
state. Our methods might not be adapt
ed to Georgia conditions, but they are
bringing us a degree Of success which is
very gratifying. The college had last
years seven hundred students and VIII
have a thousand or more this year 1t
is reaching the young people of the farms
and reaching them helpfully. Go to any
one of the counties of the state and you
will find many of the best farms owned
or managed by our former students.
These men are leaders in rural affairs,
thinkers, progressive farmers, good cit
liens. the men upon whom we depend TO
organize their communities in every ad-
vance movement.
Our special courses, six In number, are
planned 60 meet the wants Of the young