The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-11-19
STATE COTTON SCHOOL
TO OPEN JANUARY Sd
Farmers From All Over the
State Are Invited to
Attend.

at AJHeus Will open OD JuuudTy D, lJO0I
and continue for period of ten days.
Soils, fertilizers, feeding stuffs and farm
machinery all constitute part of the
instruction offered.
The College of Agriculture will on
January 1st have staff of eighteen ex-
perts giving the instruction outlined
for the Cotton School, and those at
tending will have the privilege of corr
ferring with these men and acquiring
such information outside of the regular
instruction as their time will permit
There will be ten lectures on the soil,
ten lectures on fertilizers and five lee
lures on the cotton plant. These last
will include consideration of the ORR
gin and composition Of the plant, and
conditions most favorable to its growth
and development, and will include q
discussion OF varieties and seed selec-
ton.
Five lectures on cotton cultivation
These include methods of cultivation
which may be adopted and successfully
practiced by farmers for the improve
ment of their land and crop.
Five lectures on cotton diseases The
principal diseases affecting cotton, the
causes so far as known, and the best
methods of combating and graduating
them will be discussed.
Esua ln0tt1rao Tn
these lectures the history, charsctistics
and the best methods of controlling the
depredations of the various insects at
lacking the cotton splant will be dis
cussed.
Five lectures on feeding cotton by
products. The best methods of utiliz-
ing cotton by-products IN the feeding
of all classes of farm live stock will be
considered in detail.
Five lectures onI cotton machinery.
The different forms of plows, cultiva-
tors and seeders which may be utilized
so as to economic labor and increase
the efficiency of soil cultivation will be
considered.
Instruction in cotton grading. In
this course the student will have an op-
portunity to handle and grade ten or
more samples of cotton each day just
as the operation is performed on the
warehouse floor. The score card will
be used for recording his results and
the instructor will then compare the
various samples with stand ards and ex-
plain to the student wherein he has
made a mistake. Cotton grading can
be successfully taught, and made the
means of saving several millions of dol
lars annually to the farmers of Georgia.
This feature of the work will be en-
phasized more strongly than ever in
1910.
Three lectures on cotton warehous-
ing. These lectures will include dis
cussion of the business of receiving,
handling and shipping cotton.
Cotton seed. The character d
quality of the various grades of seeds
will be discussed and the conditions
which influence their value to the far
mer and the manufacturer fully ex-
planned.
A registration fee of 81 90 is charged
for admission to the Cotton School
otherwise the course il free, including
a complete set of the lecture sheets
prepared by the varions professors.
President Soule says the boil weevil
will reach the state withiR a period of
five or six years, and 1t becomes i'm
perative for the farmers Of Georgia to
understand the principles of plant
breeding and selection, more about
crop rotation. fertilizers, and how to
handle and utilize lint cotton to the
best advantage. The Cotton School af-
fords these opportunities st minimum
OF cost to every citizen of the state.
Farmers Conference was organized
at the State College of Agriculture last
year. The meeting this year will be
held from the 18th to 21st of January,
and the program will be so arranged
that papers and discussions may be
provided for on the principal topics in
which the farmers of the state are like
ly to be interested. An endeavor will
be made to have papers presented by
only those who have been eminently
successful as farmers, or who by reason
of scientific training and investigation
should have q suggestive message to
offer to those in attendance.
An endeavor will be made to secure
special rates and to organize some ex.
cursions to the College during the days
mentioned.
Those desiring further information
should write to Andrew NJ. Soule
President State College of Agriculture
Athens, Ga.
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