Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-05
EDUCATING FOR CITIZENSHIP
PART IL

PART IL
OF the various forms OF extension
work. the most permanent is that or the
itiusrant or travelling school THESE
were organized for a period or three
days hut Il is hoped 10 make them or
six DAYS duration next year. In these
schools some eighteen lectures and
demonstrations were made Among the
subjects discussed were sources OF
plant food, the buying and mixing or
fertilizers truck and garden crops. the
treatment OF animals in health and dis
ease. breeds OF live stock. feeding farm
animals. the selection or corn and cot
ton. tillage and tillage implements. the
farmers orchard and garden, injurious
insects, and the rotation or crops In
addition. there were free clinics at
which sick animals were treated, also
dairy, pruning. spraying and other
demonstrations. Considerable appara-
tus was carried. including models OF
barns, silOs, hog houses. etc. These
schools were a complete innovation IN
the communities IN which they were
held. and II Is needless TO say that
eighteen lectures OF the character men
toned are bound 10 exert a beneficial
influence on the farm practice or the
community in which were delivered.
This is shown by the fact that many
farmers have expressed themselves as
so Impressed with the practical charac-
ter of the work that they are applying
the information obtainedt with success
in their farm work II is possible 10
measure the leavening. inspiring ana
uplifting influence OF system OF
schools OF this character scattered
broadcast throughout the length and
breadth OF a great agricultural COM
monwealtn like Georgia
The revolution In public sentiment
which has taken place is best Illus
trated by the fact that these schools
were attended By an average g T-Te
than ninety adults who not so long
ago would have pronounced anything
emanating from a college OF too book
ish a character 70 be OF any service TO
the farmer In fact, three years ago
IL was very difficult TO secure q salts
factory attendance on farmers fnsti-
tutes. Now. all this has been changed
and hundreds OF communities are or
ganizing agricultural meetings or one
kind and another and asking Tor speak
ers on agricultural topics.
The farmers institutes In themselves
are doing a great work and really
pioneered the way for the development
OF a permanent system OF extensions
teaching They are particularly help
ful in enabling the presentation TO the
people OF a community information
along one specific line. which may be
OF the utmost Importance at that time.
For instance. II q certain insect or
plant disease Is causing serious loss In
a community, an institute may be or.
ganized and speakers sent to present
all that is known concerning the topic
and point out ways and means by
which the trouble may be overcome OF
at least successfully held IN check. The
institute being much less expenive
preserved and elaborated. and a much
larger number OF them win be held
this year than ever before
While the law makes the teaching
OF agriculture in the public SCHOOLS or
Georgia mandatory, IL provides no way
for training the teachers. Good teach
ing is. after all. largely the result or
imitation. and IL the teachers have no
information before them or have re-
cefved no instruction In agriculture. II
f. hard for them 10 make much prog
ress IN this direction. and II is needless
20 say that not much has been accom-
been expended in various communities.
II Is believed that by organizing ex-
tension schools for teachers through
the agency OF the coriege the needed
information may be placed within the
reach Of the Institutional force OF a
given county or counties at a low cost
20 the teachers and the state as wen.