Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-29

and replant the whole thing rather than
TO seed only the missing places
With regard to your neighbor's sue
cess in growing Gotten, I might say that
this was probably accidental He just
happened to get his seed in at the RICH
time when the seasonal conditions were
favorable for immediate termination.
Cotton has grown more in the last week
than 1T has all the balance of the sea-
son, though 1T was planted on April 10
ard made an excellent stand I have
seen cotton come up and make a good
stand in few days. At other times a
ragged stand has only been secured aft
er two or three weeks waiting. We had
cotton seed remain in the soil this year
for period of nearly 80 days before 1t
developed. Why it did not rot may
seem surprising to many, but you will
reoollect that the spring was very DRY
and cold, and there was not enough
moisture to destroy the vitality of the
seed. Your neighbor had best make a
second application Of at least 200 pounds
of fertilizer per acre. and he will find
1t better this time in my judgment 10
use 3-10-4 or a 4-10-4 than 2-10-4.
1t will be just as well probably to use
a sack of the extra high-grade as to use
a low-grade and top dress with some nj
trate of soda to increase the amount of
nitrogen. If I were In his place l
would put the second application on be-
fore very long.
With regard to your inquiry as to
what the college needs, I may say that
the board of trustees have recently met
and in their judgment it will be neces-
sary for us to ask for tho following
sums of money from the Legislature of
1911 Mo Spacffir raouaStS will he roade
this year. 1t is possible that some of
the farmers may insist on an appropria-
ton being sought for the manufacture
and distribution of hog cholera serum
and by the Federation of Womens clubs
for an appropriation to develop extern
sion work with the women Of the state.
Both of these are most commendable un-
dertalxings, and we will be only too glad
to inaugurate and carry on the work if
the funds are provided The college as
an institution is not making these re-
quests specifically.
Next year 1t will be necessary to in
crease our maintenance appropriation to
$50, 900 in order that we may take care
of the boys who are coming to us and
retain the services of our very valuable
staff OF professors who are being asked
to go elsewhere at larger salaries than
we pay and whose services we cannot
afford to lose. We shall also have to
have more money for extension work:
$4,000 will probably be asked for this
purpose, and $4,000 additional for ex-
tension work with teachers. A request
for $1,000 for the manufacture and dis
tribution OF hog cholera serum will also
be made, and we sh>Nl ask for $4,000
to inaugurate a physical-ch emical soil
survey of Georgia and to test the value
Of certain fertilizers on the soil types in
various sections of the state; and We
want at least $4,000 for the prosecution
of breeding experiments Of norm and cot
ton and the distribution of the improv-
ed strains of seed we are developing.
You will notice that we are asking for
100000 on this basis for the college at
Athens, and $4,000 to be used with the
farmers of the state in extension work
and in making Investigations in which
they are greatly concerned. Surely the
time has come in Georgia when the state
can afford to appropriate 100000 for
the maintenance of an institution for
training the boys of the state, and pros
ecuting these researches and disseminat-
ing information which it has been shown
over and over again is essential to the
welfare of the farmer.