Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-02

ment l would suggest if her bowels are
not loose to give her first a pound and
one-half of epson salts, mixed with
two ounces of powdered ginger, the
whole dissolved in two or three quarts
Of warm water and given to her as a
drench. In addition the udder should
be bathed several times a day with salt
peter, dissolved in water as hot as the
hand will stand. Use one tablespoonful
of saltpeter to each gallon of hot wa
ter. After bathing the udder, wipe it
dry with a clean cloth and paint the
swollen part with tincture of iodine.
Keep the affected quarter stripped out
by milking it at each bathing.
DESIRES INFORMATION CONCERN
ING THE AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE.
A correspondent writes: 1 would
like to know the aim of the agricultural
college; also give me some of the more
important reasons why it pays to have
an agricultural education, as am
very much interested in this subject.
The purpose of the College of Agri-
culture, which is set forth in the pre-
amble to the Conner bill, which pro.
vided for it's establishment is as fol-
lows: Agriculture is the principal in
dustry of the state and the main
source from which the material pros
Gritty of the state must come. Elk
perience has demonstrated the great
value of agricultural education in per-
manently improving the soil, multiply
ing it's yield and increasing the value
OF it's products. There is a growing
demand by the people Of the state for
agricultural education, and for the
practical benefits of scientific research
in this line. and for improved meth
DDS in farming"
The object of the college, therefore,
is to aid the farmer in every pos
sible way In learning how to fed and
handle his live stock to better advan-
tage, and cultivate and fertilize his
land so as not only to increase the
yield, but to insure it's remaining In
condition which will permit of it's
cultivation for an indefinite period of
time with profit to present and sue
ceeding generations. 1t is the aim of
the college to conduct Investigations
that will enable the farmer to become
familiarized with the life history Of
various insects and plant diseases
which attack his crops. For instance,
/ the peach industry of the state would
have been wiped out, but for the fact
tndt means or the OdH
Jose scale through the use of the line
sulphur wash and other sprays has
been worked out through the agencies
Of our colleges OF agriculture. The
college is also endeavoring to produce
better strains of corn and cotton and
to ascertain the principles underlying
the successful breeding of these crops.
1t is also hunting for new plants Of
every description and testing their
merits, and if they prove worthy, call
ing them to the attention of the farm
ers Such crops as the velvet and soy
beans and many other that might be
mentioned have been brought to the at
tention of the farmers chiefly through
the work of the colleges of agricul-
ture 1t is also the duty of the college
to provide instruction and teach the
young men who attend it the relation
between scientific principles and cor
rect farm practice. The college is fur
Their endeavoring through it's extern
sion department by holding meetings
in various parts of the state and
: through correspondence courses with
farmers to assist materially in dis
seminating the vast amount of infor-
nation which has accumulated con-
corning agriculture, and which is prob
ably not as clearly appreciated and
applied in farm practice as it should
be for the wellbeing and uplift of the
farmer.
II pays to have an agricultural edu-
cation. For instance, If the farmer knows
that a crop removes from the soil 40
pounds of nitrogen, he is not likely to ex-
pect to replace 1t through the use of 100
to 200 pounds of a fertilizer which will
only return to the land pounds of nitro
gen. If the farmer understands that he
nf
and save 100 pounds of nitrogen as COM
pared with what would be taken from the
soil by growing a crop of corn three
years in succession, he is not likely to
continue the fallacy of the single crop
. system until his land becomes so exhaust
ed that il can not be cultivated profit
ably any longer If he realizes that black
root is the result of a spore attacking his
cotton and that certain plants are i'm
mune to this pest, and that by selecting
seed therefrom he can control that dis
ease, he is not likely to continue planting
non-resstant varieties and continue to
lose his crop. If he realizes that certain
strains of corn will produce at the rate
of % bushels per acre and others at the
rate of 50 bushels, he is apt to try and
secure the prolific kind. AS a matter of
fact, the price OF every pound of cotton
! in Georgia might be enhanced l cent
through plant breeding, which would re-
suit in the elimination of diseased bolls
and in the development of a more uniform
and stronger fiber. The cattle tick might
be eradicated from this state in a period
] Of two years without an unreasonable
/ cost through the cooperation Of the
| farmers; yet il causes a loss to the state
of Georgia of three to five million dollars
every year, or quite as much as we spend
| for all forms OF public education. We
spend about $1,000, 900 for the purchase of
mules every year, when they can be
grown at home until they will more Than
earn their own way on the farm at a cost
of $40 to $50
These few illustrations will give you
some idea OF how vitality related agricul-
tural education or nature knowledge is
to success of our people in the future.
and 10 the preservation Of our lands from
destruction. The practice of agriculture