Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-18
FARMERS ARE URGED
TO EDUCATE CHILDREN
President Cabaniss Says That
Best Methods Must Be
Learned for Development

UNION CITY. Ga. Oct. 17.-President
Emmett Cabaniss. of the Georgia Divis-
ion OF the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative union has issued an adj
dress to. the farmers Of Georgia in the
interests Of education. His address fol-
lows:
ADDRESS OF CABANIss.
To the Farmers Of Georgia:
1t is of the highest Importance that
we keep alive the educational side Of our
work. and encourage the young In our
homes to study and develop along a line
looking toward more skilled farm IRE.
Let us hope that we will have in the flu
ture a specialized citizenship for rural
Georgia. Should not an ambition to be
the hest farmer in the community be
met with as great commentator as the
boy who longs to be a great lawyer, the
best physician. or the leading merchant?
On this point think all the wise phil
csophers OF this age agree, that'the per-
petuation Of this republic will ever de-
pend on a vi-iIe rural citizenship. With
all the cry of Back to the Land there
is still laundering for the glamor OF
the electric light the hum of the street
car. and the crack Of the billiard ball.
Many a country youth envies the clerk
that slaves in the store. OF the mechanic
that tolls at the forge. and yet SPENDS
his earnings in the follies and foibles OF
the evening.
He is not able to see the other side of
their lives. and view them homeless, eX-
cept for a rented apartment; without
food. except for 90 days credit 1t does
rot seem reasonable in the face Of the
unusual opportunities on the farm, but
lust the same, YOU know what l say
TO be true.
Now. your boy can't be kept on the
farm by endless talk and persuasion;
his interest must be enlisted by a farm
ers' education. and by actual demonstra-
ton OF the business end of the mat
ter. Could you be interested In some
thing that you know nothing about ana
see no future beyond an endless amount
Of drudgery? But, on the other hand,
II your farming records show that
it pays well, and furnishes more recre-
alton and freedom than any other line,
then he will more likely be a farmer.
LEARN BEST METHODS.
Let your boy join the Boys Corn club
and cultivate an acre of land according
to its teachings. which are nothing more
than the best methods of farming. Here
we have something tangible and dell
mite, here your boys learn to farm by
farming, and is stimulated TO a larger
acre, and the power of Georgia sunshine.
Several thousand boys have Joined this
club this year, and / would that every
farmer bow of the state should select
his acre at once. and begin to study
how 10 make IL bring a maximum re-
suit at minimum cost. The record
that your boy will keep of this acre
will make a history for his life, and the
study of the soil and plant life viii en-
ii Essw
a more prosperous tomorrow. His record
should enable him to bring up the neg
lected application of the business end
of the farm.
Let me urge you to join hands with
your county union, school commission
er or teacher, or any one who happens
to be looking after the welfare of your
boy. There is an inspiration in il that
causes a boy to see a better future.
there is a religion in 1t. for IL brings
him closer to nature and to life.
1 have faith in a boy that is growing
an acre of corn. or some other farm
crop. and is getting in position to
open a bank account even If he begins
with a dollar. Thrift and liberty march
! hand in hand.
1 am cad that our nation as well as
state government has Joined the union
in the effort to raise more corn: and
I hope to see it fostered by our local
and county unions everywhere. While
your boy attends the country school this
price acre will encourage him to make
a more thorough and systematic study
of agriculture.
Insist on the boy joining the Corn
club. give him all the help the rules
will allow you; promise him a good colt
and be sure to give IL to him by the
time that the corn is gathered thereby
giving him a real feeling of owner
ship, and 1 am almost sure that boy
will have no desire to leave the farm.
hope the farmers of Georgia will re-
member to thoroughly prepare and sow
more wheat and oats than ever before,
always keeping in mind the fact that
the grain farmer has bank account
and much better land than the ''all cot
ton man