The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

Georgia and Ala Dalna seem To nave made an even start in race for im- proved schools and for improved rural conditions, the latter being so closely connected with the schools that the two now mean almost the same thing.
 The two states have been working on these lines for several years and seem to have made about the same progress. It will be interesting to watch their future development.
 As to farming. one notices all the way between here and Atlanta the amount of new ground under cultivation. There is a larger area than usual this year, and both old farms and new are in good condition. The cotton fields are fewer in number than they have been for the past years, while one sees more corn. Most of it is small, with here and there a field where the stalks are three or four feet high.
 The scarcity of improved farm imple- ments is marked. One-horse blows are used and in a number of fields are men women and children hoeing All the stock is in good condition. This is evident all along the line.
 The test of farms of the Central of Georgia railway are an indication of the increased interest in teaching good farm- ing These farms are operataed by the owners. under the direction of the rail- ways agricultural department, and are demonstrations of scientific farming suit ed to the different sections in which they are located
 Packing House
 Last year a packing house was built at Moultrie, Ga, in anticipation of the time bo hn1 wnI1ld make it impossible for the farmers to raise cotton profitably. The packing house was completed and ready for use late in the fall just at the time when the low price of cotton, caused by the war. was threatening the farmers with failure. It was put into operation at once and in two months 10000 hogs had been sold there. This was the number the packing house had expected to re- ceive in year. Many were sent from Alabama, especially from the border coun- ties The packing house is now shipping meat to the western. and northern mar kets
 The boys of Georgia have taken up the work of the pig clubs in earnest. Each boy who belongs to the corn club is now asked to buy registered pig and to carry on the two industries of corn growing and pig raising at the same time. One man in south Georgia has offered 2 prlZe. Tn addition to lne slhle anu county prizes regularly given. to the boy who raises the best pig. This prize is a paper ssall pecan trees, worth $25t a piece and enough for two and half acres of land. The boys who are suc- cessfu have almost enough, in prizes, to start farms for themselves and are encouraged by the interest taken in their work.
 Local Management of Clubs
 If worked out unicue plans for assisting the girls and boys with their clubs pig and corn, canning and poultry. All of these are being pushed.
 One teacher had several boys who worked on their corn club acres three oi four years ago: but when the time cam' fer the reports to he submitted they were unable to write them, they hat tried to remember the facts concerning the planting and cultivation and hat made no entries in their note pooSs q, the work progressed. As these writer reports are required, the boys withou them could not be prize winners, ever though their corn was good. To avoid teacher organized the club boys earl. r the spring, and since that time ha had regular meetings on alternate Fri day afternoons. The club members wh are not pupils, having stopped sehon. l work on the farms or having finished tn course offered in the school, assembl with the memDers who are pupils on of the boys who is out of school | president He calls the meeting to or der the secretary calls the roll, and thel all members write in their ledgers tn record of their work for the past tw' weeks. copying and rearranging from tn small notebooks which they keep witt them. They would hardly take the trou hle to do this with any regularity i each worked alone. but to do it in club is entirely different. The presden is not a member of the school, but h. walks two and q half miles to ever meeting to preside and to keep hi notes up to date. When this work i finished, the pupils spend the time il reading farm journals, bulletins, askin questions. and discussing the'r pigs poul try, tomatoes and corn. The club idea ap