Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-06
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS

mite relation with each other. Is it worth
while? Can any more important or es-
sential work be undertaken for the adj
vancement of our agriculture?
But it will not do to stop here. The
college must be busy in the mean time
traiing scientists and leaders for the
rural schools of the state to carry on,
the work of research which investiga-
tons of this character Will render nee
essary. The college must get out of it.
self and develop along paths new to
educational institutions. The institution
of the immediate future can no longer
hide its light under a bushel and de-
vote its time and attention to train
ing men for the professional classes
alone. 1t must so organize and direct it's
work as to train its graduates to meet
the issues of the day and the, genera
ton effectively. Then it must through
its extension department take out the new
truth and knowledge which il gathers in
its laboratories and in it's demonstra-
ton fields to every part of the state
through what may properly be-termed
travelling schools of agriculture The
old farmers institute is to be preserved,
and will be continued for one or two
days, but in from q to 100 communities
of the state each year an agricultural
school will be carried on FOR period of
teachers of the institution will endeavor-
to present in a simple, yet compre-
hensive and thoroughly scientific man
ner the more important and essential
facts which every man who owns and
tills land should thoroughly appreciate.
Think what il means to a community
of saw 200 farmers to have an institu-
ton of learning brought to their very
doors. Can we estimate justly how many
hundred-fold the seed thus sown will
multiply Can we appreciate its true
value, or the new impetus which this
method OF instruction, coupled with ag-
ricultural research, is to bring TO SOUTH
efn agriculture in the next decade? 1t
is safe to say that though the achieve
ments Of the past may seem Herculean
to a degree that those of the imme-
date future win make them dwarf into
comparative insignihcance.
TO ERADICATE BLACK ROOT.
H F. A, Bonair, Ca, writes: I have
a place that is affected very badly
with black root. The land is gray
sandy land with a good clay founda-
ton. planted the Cleveland big boil;
some after cotton and some after corn,
and some after watermelons. 1t SEEM
ed to have died worse after corn and
blood and bone guano 1922. L would
like TO know how to prevent having
the trouble another year.
Your cotton is affected with what is.
known as cotton wilt or the block root
disease. This trouble i due to fun
gus that attacks the roots and stems
of the plant and by its presence in
the water ducts cuts off the food sup
ply, stunning and killing the plant This
fungus lives in the soil during the
waaaer ns~decaying cotton roots and
STEMS. 1t also exists in the form Of
spores on the cotton and in the soil.
The trouble may be spread from one
field to another by animals carrying in
tested soil on their feet, by running
water. by the washing of the land amt
through the use of implements. The
implements should therefore be disin-
fected. A good formula to use for this
purpose is one part OF corrosive sub
Innate to 1000 parts of water, or
q per cent solution of. formaiin. When
a small affected area is found in
large field, it is well TO. throw it out
OF cultivation for several years or plant
in some crop which is not affected by
the fungus. Some varieties are much
more resistant TO this trouble than
others. If you can secure the seed OF
Dillon or Dixie you viii find they will
prove quite resistant even when Guilt
waited on land where your crop was de-
stroyed this year. This seed you can
probably secure in considerable guam
titles from list Of growers approved
by the state board of entomology in
Atlanta, Ga. OF course, in lighting this
trouble -one should remember that the
rotation Of crops is very important
matter to consider and it Is best not
TO grow cotton on land affected with
this pest year after year, even though
you use the most resistant strain or
seed you can secure.
GROWING WALNUT TREES FROM
SEED.
]. T. H, Irwinton, Ga, writes: I
have an English walnut tree IL years
old that has borne five bushels of nuts
this year. 1 want to plant some of the
nuts and want to know when and how.
to do this. Will trees from these nuts
bear? have a COW that 1 dehorned
last April, and the place has never got
ten well hut is still running. How SHAH
1 treat it to make it heal?
You may plant the English walnuts
in the fall or spring. In either case it
would probably be best to take ham,