Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-25
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
HAVE INTERESTING SESSION

or AJlanta, edltor OF the constitution,
discussed good roads and their relation
has been done on Georgia's roads dur
ing the past year.
AZ BALES A WAGON LOAD.
He cited one instance of 80 bales of
cotton being hauled at one wagon load
in Sumter county. #. G. Hudson, state
agricultural commissioner of Georgia, in
terrupted him to correct the statement to
AZ bales. This raise" left the audience
gasping, but Mr.. Hudson later arose and
vouchsafed the authenticity of the
statement, saying the wagon had 210OO
pounds of cotton on it and travelled safe,
ly all the way to Americas, only to
break down on one of the streets of
that city.
DR.. TAFT Butler, of Starkville, Miss,
editor of the Progressive Farmer dis
cussed the relations of the agricultural
press to agriculture. He said the press
of today has the confidence of the farmer
more, and yields more influence, than
1T did few years ago, for now 1t de-
votes itself to one specific thing, where
as then it was the general carry-all Of
news and romances. and, gossip, with a
little farming talk scattered here and
there through it. He said the farmer
has not changed, but the agricultural
press has. THE chief function of the
agricultural press today is to give in
struction along farming lines. The time
has come to tell the farmer not what to
do, but how to do it,"
DR.. A. NJ. Soule, president of the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical college at Ath-
ems and one of the foremost authorities
in the country, told briefly what has
been done at the State Agricultural col
lege with beef raising since he took con-
said haef RAISING iS only
possible, but profitable in Georgia He
drew a close relation between that in
dustry and farming He urged in en-
phatic Language the co--operation of
everybody lin eradica3ien. of the cattle
tick
Speakers following Dr.. 'soule were Prof.
J. E. Hite, of Athens, on hog raising
and conditions for its success; and A.
s. Meharg, special agent of the depart
ment of agriculture of Florida, on the
relation of the live farm animal to di-
versihcation and soil fertility.
What departments of agriculture are
doing for better farming" That was
the subject of thes afternoon session on
Monday of the Southern States Associa-
tion of Commissioners of Agriculture
The association had convened for it's
18th annual congress during the morn
ing to hold meetings during three days,
all in the senate chamber of the Geor-
gia state capitol
The entire afternoon was given over
to discussion of the subject quoted
above. Every state commissioner of
agriculture present responded with his
contribution in the nature somewhat Of
report to the discussion.
Commissioner Thomas G.. Hudson, Of
Georgia, showed that the farmers of this
state are making rapid progress, and
that their advancement of methods is
having it's inevitable result not only in
better returns for heir labor but in bet
ter conditions to perform that labor I'M
der. Commissioner Hudson extolled
the Georgia farmer. He credited much
of the states progress to the active in
terest which the farmers are taking in
the good roads movement.
Commissioner w. A. Gresham, of
North Carolina, said that sSe farmers
sch ools and agricultural Institutes OF
his state have stirred the North Caro-
lima farmers to the keenest intgtest in
their work and have shown them the lat
est of up-to-date methods. A few years
ago. said Major Gresham, an attendance
of 100 at a farmers institute was a big
crowd, but now there are thousands
The Institutes are reaching the man, on
the farm with splendid results, said he
Major Gresham praised the apples which
North Carolina is growing ana cnal-
lenged anyone to show their superiors.
Commissioner G. w. Koiner, of Vir-
ginia, said that his state is progressing
along all lines, and that the value of
lands is keeping pace with the advance
ment in agriculture He predicted
great rise in values of southern lands
He said that the south must move the
smokehouses and the corncribs Of the
west to it's own territory. I'VE have
the soil for it, and we will do it," said
he.
Commissioner H. E. Blakeslee, of Mis-
sissippi, said that Mississippi is MAX
ing great tribes in alfalfa PREDICTION, and
that the cotton crop this year is rich
enough, even though it is not so big
as usual. He said Mississippi is waking
to the Importance of the good roads
movement, and intends to have as good
highways as the best
After adjournment of the afternoon
session the assembled workers were
taken for an automobile ride about the
city by the chamber of commerce, tn en
to an informal luncheon at the Piedmont
Driving club, and later to the Forsyth
theater for the evening.