Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-19
Dedication of Georgia Agricultural College
Building

ference with the conduct OF the most
elaborate scientific Investigations. and at
the same time the efficient prosecution OF
the work OF instruction.
The comprehensive nature of the work
to be carried on in an agricultural col
lege is not as generally appreciated as ii
should be- Provision must be made for
teaching dairying in all its branches, in
GLIDING the production and marketing of
milk, butter and cheese; also farm me-
chanics, because OF it's intimate relation
to the successful handling of farm ma
chinery and the construction OF the
fences. buildings and roadways which
constitute such ar essential part in the
economic management of a plantation at
the present time. Provision must be
made for imparting Information relating
10 animal husbandry, bacterioloSy ana
veterinary medicine. since the success
ful cultivation OF many crops is now in
tImately associated with a knowledge
of the bacterial life which exists in the
soil. and the maintenance Of animals in
health and an efficient state of service
depends on a knowledge Of anatomy,
physiology and materia medics.
Tkere is no more important subject for
the farmers consideration than that of
the soil: how TO change its physical con-
ditiOn. set free the plant food it con-
tains and maintain 1t in a high state
OF fertility Laboratories for soil inves-
tigatiOn and for the study of farm crops
are certainly as essential anr important
as any which could be provided for. Hor-
ticulture Is one OF the states great IN
dustries. hence ample provision has been
made for this subject: while a new de-
partment Of cotton industry has been
created to assist the cotton grower, let
up hope. in the ultimate solution of many
Of the most vexihg problems with which
he has to deal I'm the production. and
disposition Of the staple at the present
time An agricultural college which did
not make provision for training in a
proper knowledge of insect pests and how
to- control them would not be efficiently
organized. while there is no more essen
tial subject to be considered in such an
institution than that of chemistry in its
thousandfold relations to all of the activ-
tiles of the farm.
When we realize that successful in
struction in agriculture can only be pro-
vided for through laboratory methods, it
is easy to see that the $4,000 feet of floor
space in the building viii soon be fully
occupied. and this date is much nearer
at hand than many imagine should the
experiment station be moved to Athens as
has been suggested by Governor Smith
and many members Of the general as
sembly.
II was but fitting that this building
should be dedicated on the morning OF
January 18th with appropriate exercises
1 for may we not hope that it marks a
new era in the agricultural progress OF
the state. Undoubtedly, it viii take time
| for the influence of the work undertake
/ en- to leave its impress upon the agricul-
ture of the state. but this result will ul
timately be attained. The morning OF
January 18th broke clear and bright as II
favorable aUgury for so suspicious ar
occasion, and il was indeed a pleasant con-
] trast when compared with the disagree
able weather of the preceding week. The
dedication exercises were most impress