The gold leaf., 1910-09-08
Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Richmond Times-Dispatch
Back to the farms was the key
note OF an address delivered Wednes-
day before the Georgia State Agri-
cultural Society by Judge E. H.
Galloway. He was of opinion that
the exodus from the farm is being
rapidly checked and that the appli-
cation OF science and agricultural
education to farming is bringing
about a revelation. 1t was a very
strong statement OF the potentiality
of the farm.
"The laws of supply and demand
are raising the prices of all farm
products. The great mass of people
III the towns and cities must be
clothed and fed from the farms, and
the farms must be made to Weld
more abundantly to supply the lux
uries and necessities of life to a con-
stantly increasing population. At
last science has turned to natures
greatest workshop, the field and soil,
and has commenced to study in
natures laboratory, the wonderful
mysteries of plant life. 1t isno long
er a debatable question whether
agriculture can be taught" declared
Judge Galloway. =
"But we are learning many things,
among Others, how to improve soils
by rotation of crops, the wisest and
most economical use of commercial
fertilizers, the advantage of diversi-
fed farming, the profit from inten-
sive farming, and how we can greatly
increase the yield of all crops by
careful process Of seed selection.
'SOme of the results obtained by
Southern farmers in growing corn
according to modern methods read
like romance. Listen to the figures:
From 100 per cent. to 1000 per
cent. increase. Fifteen or twenty
years ago, yield of 20 bushels OF
corn per acre on upland was con-
sidered a magnificent crop. Now we
hear OF 200 bushels per acre, and
30, 40, so and 60 bushels per acre on
Georgia uplands is no unusual occur
renee.
"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 rs
telephones, graphOphones, moving
pictures, electric cars. automobiles,
or even airships, than they would to
see 200 bushels of Indian corn grown
on one acre of Georgia upland"
As to the call of the farm, Judge
Galloway said:
''lt is no longer necessary for the
press, the sage of the political econo-
mist to urge the bright and am
bilious country boy to remain on
the farm. He was only answering the
call of opportunity, 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.
"But the call has reached beyond
the farm. 1t is being heard and an
swered in the towns and cities. From
the shop, and the mill, the office, 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 a farm, and
these may get the better start in the
race for success, for they are not
handicapped by the prejudice favor
of obsolete methods, and, conscious
of their ignorance, are willing to bt
shown.
"Under the stimulating influence
of science and teaching, rapid strides
; will be made in the development o
agricultul e, and greater profits viii
result from it's successful operation
With the Improvement OF public
roads and vehicles for rapid anC
cheaper transportation, country
telephones, the harnessing OF small
water powers, and their utilization
in farm work and home life, the pos
sibilities for attractive home sur
rOundings, and better church anC
school facilities, which an increased
country population will insure, tn
towns and cities will lose many o
their hitherto alluring advantages
over farm life. The call will llcontinut
to be answered until every available
acre of land will be put into cult
walton, and its market value en-
hanced to such an extent that it can
, not be proftably applied to poor, in
different or unskilled farming.
"All the successful farmers will no
. be educated in the colleges, but the.
will be educated with the knowledge
information, methods and processe
: which comes from colleges, labora
{ tories and experiment stations
. Every successful farmer produced b,
these institutions, whether directl
or indirectly, will himself become
j. teacher, disseminating what scienc
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