The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-11-02

hours allowed by the federal laws
The officers will be indicted as indl-
viduals, if Mr.. Leakin's plans are car
ried out. as will, also, the contractors.
There is much government work
going on at Fort Screven, and in the
city the marine hospital is under con-
struction, II is said the eight hour
law has been violated at both places.
Bob White" Can Now Be Shot.
The period from November / to
March Is is the open season for quail,
partridge, pheasant and Wild turkey.
bat doves, marsh hens and snipe may
be killed from July Is to March Is,
while the open season for summer
duck, wood duck and woodcock is
from September 1 to February 1, and
the open season for deer is from Sep
TENDER 1 to January 1. For the next
two months at least, practically every
thing in this line is legitimate game
to the hunter.
There are several points in the new
law which may be of interest to those
who love a day in the field with gun
and dog. No person is permitted to
kill more than forty doves in one day.
No one can kill any game for the pur-
pose of selling it, except on his own
land, unless, of course, he obtains eA-
plicit permission to hunt on the lands
Of oil
who kill game for the market, are
generally known, must pay d license
fee of $25 to the ordinary of the
county before they can do business.
1t is strictly against the law to ship
any partridge out of the state, no mat
ter where or by whom they are killed.
Freight Rate Cases Postponed.
The hearing Of the petitions of tie
various railroads for injunctions
against the railroad commission of
Georgia, to prevent the enforcement
of circulars sol and 302, which reduce
freight rates between Atlanta and GER
tain cities and which reduce the rates
on syrup between South Georgia
towns and Atlanta, was continued un-
til Monday, November 28th, by Judge
Newman Friday.
The reason of the delay was the
filing at the last moment by the rail
roads of volumes of new ihjunctioEs
and volumes of amendments to origi-
nal suits.
Agricultural Education in Georgia.
Agricultural education has gone
through the experimental stage and is
now on a solid basis. Where the agri-
cultural colleges were first established
agriculture had not been reduced to
a pedagogical basis; that is, while
there were many facts known about
farming these had not been reduced
an exact science The methods had
not been properly tested and classified.
Through the sciences allied to agr1cu.-
ture and through the work of the Elk
pertinent Stations agriculture has been
divided into the several studies OF
Agronomy, Animal, Husbandry, Horti-
culture. Botany and Plant Pathology
and strictly scientific books have been
written upon all these subjects by
a number of imminent professors. Nov
agriculture is both science and an
art. and he who makes the most out
of his farm should master both the
science and the art. In teaching agrl-
culture these two phases of the sub
iect must never be forgotten. The
study of the textbooks in the various
departments of agriculture must be II
these principles to the farm and school
garden. Practice and observation re
Iating to soil preparation, the mixing
and distribution of fertilizers, the care
of fruit trees, the feeding and care OF
animals, the handling OF dairy pro-
ducts, seed selection, plant breeding
stock Judging, veterinary science and
scores of other subjects that relate
to the farm must be studied in the
texts and applied in the farm.
The chemical laboratory is not run
for profit, the dissecting room is not
run for profit, nor is the clinic and
bosnital in connection with the medical
colleges. These are made to earn
what they may incidentally, but then
purpose is to teach. Such is the rela-
ton of the college farm work to the |
students in agriculture. In no other
way can the student get the full value
of his course.
The work of the school Of agricu,- |
ture at the State University is conduct
ed along the plan outlined above. the
students have their regular classroom
hours in agronomy, Horticulture, AMI
NAL Husbandry, Farm Engineering, |
English, History, Mathematics and one
science amounting in all to eighteen
ooI~ Tbor also have four |