Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-10-22
COLLUM FAV0RS DAIRY
FOR THE COLLEGE
Hopes 1t Gan Secure Con-
troll of Creamery.


Supt. Collum, of the Third District
Agricultural College, is enthusiastic
ally In favor OF adding a dairy depart
ment to the college and making a spe
cialty of butter making, if the neces-
sary arrangements as to the control,
or ownership, of the now closed Amer
icus creamery can be made.
Supt. Collum fully appreciates what
great advantage it would be to the
college if the creamery, with it's mod
ern and up-todate appliances for but
ter making, were at its disposal, and
1t could be put in position to make
speciality of the dairy business, cul-.
tivating a love for fine cattle in the
boys attending it, showing them the
profits arising from the production
of butter and the advantages this Sec
tion offers to the enterprising farmer
in that direction. No other college in
the state has such peculiar advan-
tages as the Third District College
could offer il it were entrusted with
the creamery, and the superintendent
is not slow to realize the advantages
this would bring to the college. and
the benefits that would result there
from.
We have heard that some sort of
q proposition was to be made to the
college with relation to the creamery"
said the superintendent yesterday.
But none has yet come | wish very
much some sort of proposition had
been submitted at the meeting of the
executive committee on Wednesday.
Its discussion would have been profit
able and might have resulted in steps
toward anneXing the creamery to the
college
We have an excellent opportunity
to make dairying a decided feature of
our practical curriculum" continued
the superintendent, 'if the arrange
ments to turn the creamery over to
the college can be perfected. We have
a large tract of land on the farm that
could speedily be converted into graz
ing fields. This is now sodded in ber-
muda grass, and it has been proposed
to turn it into grain fields the coming
season. We could quickly put UP the
necessary fences and make this into
grazing grounds for cattle if we
knew that the creamery would be-
come attached to the college and that
we were going earnestly into the
dairying line. l am strongly in favor
of this. | am strong believer in di-
versification in our agricultural pur-
suits, and it is apparent to any one
that dairying offers an opportunity for
profitable farming. While dairies are
growing in numbers in Georgia it will
be many years before they can catch
up with the home demand for their
products, and with the population of
the state rapidly increasing in num-
bers and wealth, and in its demands
for butter, cheese, etc, it is probable
that we win never be able to satisfy
the home demand from the dairies in
the state. With such an equipment as
the creamery would furnish us we
could do much to develop this branch
of agriculture in this section of the
state. l certainly hope that some def
mite proposition will be made to us
before we have progressed too far
with our arrangements for this sea-
sons work on the farm"
1t has been suggested by patriotic
citizen who holds some stock in the
creamery that the stockholders trans
fer their stock to the college; in
other words, donate the creamery to
that institution. There are no re-
turns coming to the stockholders;
probably all Of them put their money
into it from patriotic motives and with
no expectations of any especial re-
turns, and if the creamery Is turned
over to the college they will have the
satisfaction of knowing that it is be-
ing made a decidedly valuable instru
ment for the building up of that in
stitution and for the future develop
ment of this section of Georgia.
Whether anything will be done along
that line remains to be seen, but in
any event it is likely that something
will be done to give the college the
use of the creamery under favorable
conditions.