Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-11

the superintendent for the year 1911
y, made yesterday by Superintendent
j. NJ. Collum, of the Third Distric
Agricultural and Mechanical College
the enrolment at the college durin.
the past year far exceeded that of an,
previous year, aggregating 1876 TO
the term.
This figure does not represent tn,
possibilities of the school in this par
| ticular, as the lack of dormitiry space
prevented many additional students
from being enrolled There are rec
tords of at least 45 who were refused
accommodations at the college for the
simple reason that accommodations
could not be given to them.
Twenty-Five counties are represent.
ed as having sent students to the col
lege for training, which serves to
show how wide and far-reaching the
influence of the college has extended
The new dormitory will accommodate
forty additional pupils, which will be
far less, it is thought, than the num-
Der that will apply for admission next
fall above the number accommodated
during the last term The new dor
mitory will be ready for use when the
fall term opens.
The detailed report of the superin-
tendent has many items of interest in
it for those interested in the college
and it's work. 1t is as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING boarding in
dormitories, lie; out of dormitories
10. Students registered during the
present term, 1876. From 80 to 100
students can be accommodated in the
dormitories at the same time.
Number of students who filled OUT
application blanks during fall term
and were not admitted, IS; number
who asked by letter if they could be
admitted, and were not admitted, 30
Number of boys admitted, 105; girls
21
Vocation of parents of students as
follows: Farmers, 81; merchants, IA;
mechanics and machinists, 2; county
officers, l. doctors, 4; railroading, 6;
hotel keepers, lawyers, i; dress
makers, 2; warehouses, /; millinery,
l; clerks, 4 stablemen, / agencies,
3; seamstresses, 2.
Counties represented on the rolls of
the school: Wilcox, Sumter, Lee,
Dooly, Pulaski, Stewart, Webster,
Schley, Ben Hill, Bibb, Marion, Ter
rell, Cobb, Berrien, Jones, Irwin, Cor
don, Oglethorpe, Wilkinson, Randolph,
Fulton and Thomas.
States represented: Georgia Flor
ida, Alabama, South Carolina and
Texas
: he new dormitory will furnish
room for about 40 additional students.
The Farm-Results on the farm re-
ported as follows:
Cotton, 191O) ) bales,
acres = 9Hoo'oo
Cotton Q9I1) 2S7S pounds.
acres .................. 2l3.2o
Corn 1910), 366 bushels,
25 acres ....,.....,........ 366.O9
Corn Q91D 500 bushels,
20 acres ................. ID $1,000
Oats, 0910) 1880 bushels,
63 acres NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 756.O0
Oats (1911) 1880 bushels so
acres ................. l,3Sb.O0
Hay Q91O) 20 tons, .......... $4,000
Hay, after Oats G91D %
tons, 95 acres ............ $1,000
Pork Q91D neutrality-suspicious.. 10000
Dairy Products Q910) ....... $500
Dairy Products (191D ...... 976.OO
Peanuts Q910) ..............
Peanuts Q91D 21O bushels
7 acres .................. $1,000
Rye Q91D "a bushels, 3
acres .-......'''..''.'' '1'Vo
Miscellaneous Q910) ........ 10000
Number Acres G910) ...........1 .105
Number Acres G91D ....... 81
Total Products d91O) .$2,9S7.63
Total Products O91D ...$4,45S.25
Farm Equipment-One binder, ont
mower and rake, one shove cultivator
0, disc cultivator, one grain drill
one disc harrow, one three-horse disc
,Iow ono rotary harrow +uO tuo