The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-05-08
AGRICULTURAL BILL MEANS
MUCH FOR STATE OF GEORGIA

"a 0OeA d price Dased upon the &C
tual spinning value of the cotton ia
the mill. 1t is believed, also. that
these Investigations will be of great
VaIue to American spinners,, who
nave been somewhat behind the Ger
| mans In realizing the spinning value
OF certain Of the lower grades.
The work Of developing wilt-re-
sistant cowpeas will be continued
during the coming year. This pro-
)ect is Of especial Importance to Geor
gla, because in many OF her within
iected soils it has been impossible
heretofore to raise the varieties of
cowpeas best adapted for green man
uring and forage.
Small Grain Experiments:
The act makes provision for spe
c1aI experiments into varieties of
small grains suitable for the South
and methods Of making them success
Iul IN Southern soils. These expert.
ments probably will be carried on in
TOUR different Southern states, one
OF which will be Georgia. The Pied
mont section and the higher eleva-
tions of Georgia it is believed will
be found we'll adapted to raising
wheat, oats and barley. These small
grains have been neglected in the
South since the great western re-
glons were opened. l believe, how
ever, that there is no reason whv
Georgia and similar States should
not raise these grains to supply local
consumption.
With the idea of benefitting gen
eraI agriculture in Georgia, special
studies in Farm economics and farm
management will be undertaken the
Purpose of these studies is to work
out combinations of crops and pro-
Portions of crops on farm which WI,
Weld the maximum profit to the far
mer. This work is largely centared
at Macon, and will concern itself
with oner: tlons as conducted on &C
tuGl farms in the State. One purpose
OF these studies is to determine sys-
TENS of raising crops which will call
for no more mules or work horses
than can be profitably fed through
out the year.
The bureau of Entomology also
is to give special consideration to
methods of dealing with cereal and
forage insects of Georgia, such as
the fall army worm, wire worm and
the cornstalk borer.
Corn and Canning Clubs.
The office of Farmers Coopera-
tive Demonstration Work, in Co.
operation with the Georgia State
College of Agriculture, also con-
tlnued the effort made to increase
the membership of the Boys Corn
Clubs and the Girls Canning Clubs.
Last year there were over 1900
boys and girls enrolled in these clubs.
OF the boys, 80 grew over 100 bu-
shells of corn to the acre, and
Ernest j. Wellborn, of Calhoun Coun-
ty, the State champion, grew
lSl.72 bushels on his acre. Of the
Girls canning club members, Miss
Clyde Sullivan, of Ousley, Ca, led
not only the State but the country,
by raising $3.50 pounds of ripe to-
matoes in her one-tenth acre garden.
She also put up 1900 Twenty-Five
ounce cans of tomatoes, and made a
clear profit of $141.O0.
In connection with the club work
the Bureau of Animal Industry
will make a special effort to encou-
rage pig growing clubs among the
boys in Georgia. The county agents
viii cooperate in encouraging
pig clubs, and have also worked
out plan for rotation of crops by
the boys, under which they will
plant one acre to corn and the other
acre to peanuts or a forage crop
adapted to pigs.
The act provides for investiga-
ton into the diseases of pecans and
this will be of especial interest to
I Georgia, which now has the largest
acreage of planted pecan orchards.
Naval Stores Industry.
There will be experiments looking
| to the wider Introduction in south
ern Georgia of the citrage, a
! hybrid of the sweet orange and the
! Japanese hardy orange. While the
citrange is not of commercial impor-
lance, it's tree is ornamental and de-
sirable for garden uses. It's fruit is
well adapted for making an acid
drink and also for marmalades and
therefore will find favor with the
Georgia housewife.
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