The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-15

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MONDAY, AUGUST Is, 1910
THE MAGNET or OPPORTUNITY.
Back to the farms was the key
note of an address delivered Wednes-
day before the Georgia State Agricul-
tural Society by Judge e. FL. Galway.
He was OF opinion that the exodus
from the farms is being rapidly
checked and that the application OF
science and agricultural education to
farming are bringing about rcvela-
ton. 1t was a very strong statement
of the Potentially OF the farm
"The laws OF supply and demand
are raising the prices of all farm pro-
ducts The great mass Of people III
the towns and cities must be clothed
and Jed from the farms. and the farms
,n11st he made to yield more abundant
IL to supply the luxuries and necessl-
Ties OF life to constantly increasing
,,onulation. At last science has turned
to natures greatest workshop. the
Held and soil, and has commenced to
study in natures laboratory, the won-
derful mysteries OF plant ne re- ~ -
no longer a debatable question whcth-
q clared Judge Galloway.
"But we are learning many things,
among others, how to improve soils
nv rotation OF crops, the wlsest ana
most economical use of commercial
fertilizers, the advantages of di3ersi-
fed farming, the profit from Intensive
farming, and how we can greatly IN.
crease the yield of all crops by careful
process of seed selection.
Soma of the results obtained ny
Southern farmers in growing corn &C
cording to modern methods read like
romance. Listen to the figures: From
100 per cent. to 1000 per cent In
crease. Fifteen or twenty years ago,
yield OF 20 bushels OF corn per acre
on upland was considered magnifi-
cent crop. Now we hear of zoo bush.
els per acre. and 80, 40, so and SO
bushels per acre on Georgia uplands
is no unusual occurrences.
..If our ancestors who have been dead
thirty or forty years could come back
to earth, they would be no more
startled at the marvellous development
and use of mechanical and electrical
appliances, such as telephones graph
ophones, moving pictures. electric cars.
automobiles, or even airships, than
they would to see 200 bushels of In
dian corn grown on one acre of Geor-
gia upland"
Galway said:
1T is no longer necessary for the
pass, the sage or the political econ
onki5t to urge the bright and ambitious
country boy 10 remain on the farm. He
was only answering the call Of oppor-
tunity interest and profit when he
left the farm. and he will not now
forsake them at his door to chase the
precarious fortunes of city life
ID.,t l.. /.
the farm. 1t is being heard ana an
swered in the towns and cities. From
the shop. and the mill, the olIice. and
the store, they are coming-a regular
stream of immigration. lured by the
promise of opportunity, interest and
profit in farming. Some of them have
never lived on farm, and these may
get the better start in the race for
success. for they, are not handicapped
by the prejudice in favor Of obsolete
methods. and. conscious of their ig-
norance. are willing to be shown.
Under the stimulating influence Of
science and teaching, rapid strides
will be made in the development Of
agriculture,i;a1id greater profits will
result from ,its successful operation.
With the Improvement of public roads
and vehicles for rapid and cheaper
transportation. country telephones,
the Harvesting of small water powers,
and their utilization In farm WORK anu
home life. the possibilities for attrac-
tive home surroundings, and better
church and school facilities, which an
increased country population will in
sure, the towns and cities viii lose
many of their hitherto allurnS ad.
vantages over farm life. The call will
continue to be answered until every
available acre of land will be put into
cultivation. and It's market value en-
HANGED to such an extentsthat it can
& not be profitablyl applied to poor, in.
different or unskilled farming.
"All the successful farmers will not
be educated In the colleges, but they
will be educated with the knowledge
information, methods and processe.
which come from colleges. laborato
ries and experiment stations. Every
successful farmer produced by tnest
institutions, whether directly or indi
rectly, Will himself become teacher
disseminating what science has laugh
him, and what he has learned with it,
aid from experience"
s What the eminent Georgian has sait
is true. II Horace Greeley lived ii
this day. he would say. Young man
go back to the farm" not Go West
The economic Importance of the farm
or in the next decade can hardly b,
overestimated. With good roads goo,
Il schools, larger country communities
with the comforts of life, the farmer
OF the future will have no desire t.
leave the farm.
Opportunity beckons toward tn,
country Ri
THE FRIETCHlE MYTH.
In the current number of the Con.
sS4s federate Veteran Captain W Gordon
McCabe says:
AS to the Barbara Frietchie myth
mentioned on page 2S6 of the same
number the AtIa1.tS1 Constitution is al
off. i published ten years ago in tn,