Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-10
AUGUSTA ATTENDS SHORT
SESSION OF FARM TRAIN
Crowd Not Big, but Interested.
Party Bid Farewell to Gen.
trail Railway Hosts

AUGUSTA, Ca, March S.-The agrlcul-
tural train rolled into this city on time
at 4:90 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, and
very promptly the usual program was
gotten under way for the benefit of 200
or 800 farmers of Richmond county and
across the river in South Carolina.
1t is in the towns, not the cities, where
the train deals with the large crowds and
hence the size of the Augusta audience
was not a surprise. There was no lack
of interest, however, and a majority of
those present were men whose business
is farming.
DR.. Soule, of the agricultural college,
and DR.. Bahnsen, the state veterinarian,
made the addresses. DR.. Soule spoke
along general lines. laying particular
stress on the Improvement of cotton
raising methods by the big planters. He
took up crop rotation analysis of the
soil, careful selection of the seed, breed
ing good stock, and making every de-
partment of the farm pay actual divi-
dends DIR. Bahnsen gave his time to the
importance of live stock
Among those who took part in welcom-
ing the train were the following; Roy
Goodwin, managing director of the cham
Der of commerce and mayor pro tenn of
the city: James j. Farrell, secretary of
the chamber of commerce; DIR, J. e.
Greene, a progressive farmer and a
leader along agricultural ines in this
section, being president or the Savannah
Valley Farmers association; David S.
Holmes. r. C. Berclmans, w. T. Banks,
%. G. Lynch, Robert Wingfield, tree and
park commissioner of the city; E. IL.
Galloway, leading lawyer and also a
farmer; w. X. Nelson, Jr., and f. S..
Brunson.
In Richmond county and in this section
the corn club movement is making won
derfuI Roadway. There are several clubs
in the county, and next fall there will
be a big corn festival in connection with
the annual Georgia-Carolina fair. More
than $1,000 in cash prizes has already
been put up, the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association of Augusta donat-
ing that amount The association has
employed j. C. McAuliffe, editor of the
Milledgeville News and one of the best
known agricultural writer's in the state,
to tour "a counties in this part of Geor-
gia and 16 counties in South Carolina, or
ganizing the corn festival in advance. o.
b. Martin, special agent of the United
States department of agriculture in
charge of corn clubs throughout the
country, Joined the train at Augusta, and
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this work.
T. G. Hudson, commissioner of agricul-
ture and State Veterinarian Bahnsen left
The train Tuesday night for Atlanta, to
take part in the Southern Commercial
congress. Colonel Hudson will rejoin the
train in a few days and DR.. Bahnsen
will be back next week.
In Augusta the farm train passed out
Of the Central railroads hospitable
hands and into those of the Augusta
Southern. Down this line the train goes
wednesday, stopping at Hephzibah.
Wrens. Midwife and Swainsboro We'd
nesday night the train will return to Au-
gusta, and Thursday morning it starts
out up the Georgia railroad, winding up
the week in Atlanta Saturday night.
Most of the remainder of this week the
schedule provides for four stops a day.
All members of the party were sincerely
sorry to part company with the Central
railroad and it's representatives who have
endeared themselves in the last few days
20 their guests. They have simply not
bosn ahse 20 % enough for tho couvon-
fence, the comfort and the pleasure of the
men in their charge. Under their expert
direction schedules have been followed
with clock-like regularity. At every stop
they have rendered valuable assistance in