The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-04
AGRICULTURE IN MOVIES
REMARKABLE AND INTERESTING
DEMONSTRATION GIVEN.
large Crowd Was at the School
House to Witness Agriculture
in Moving Pictures.

in Moving Pictures.
Under the supervision OF the state
College of Agriculture a most inter
esting and instructive series of mo-
ton pictures were exhibited Monday
evening to an attentive and appre-
ciative assembly at the high schoo!
auditorium. The pictures were
thrown on tie screen up6er the SUI
uervision of Mr.. Guy T. FirOr, sec
rotary of the extension work of the
State College of Agriculture. The
exhibition of the pictures was accom-
panied By a 10y eff, Illuminating leCt-
ure that held special local interest.
The work of acQuainting the peo-
pie of Georgia with some of the va
ried activities associated with the
work that is being done by the State
College of Agriculture is being done
gratuitously, no charges having been
made in any way for the entertain
ment given Monday night. The edd-
tationaI phase of the work in its rela-
tionship to agriculture is especially
notable, making it very acceptable
and greatly enjoyed here. During
the past year according to Mr.. Firor,
more than four thousand feet of
films have been made, showing pict-
qIres of interest in regard to the work
that is being done by the college.
The following partial list of scena-
rios is of especial interest in show
s.,,r ott onA IiUnpCitU nf tho
large amount Of work that is being
done in Georgia in the way of agri-
cultural education:
1. Short Course Students at the
College of Agriculture, 1915.-a.
Regular short course students. b.
Corn Club scholarship boys. c.
d. County demonstration agents.
2. Extension School Students.
Glass in cereal production, Ashburn,
Ga, February. 1915. b. Glass in
live stock production, Dublin, Ga, c.
Extension school students, Sparta,
Ga. d. Group of men students, Ma
con, Ga. e. Extension school Eu-
harlee, Ga. .a.t,.
8. Students of the College of Ag-
ticulture.-a. Glass in poultry house
construction. b. Stock Judging class.
C. Building tractor shed. d. Fresh
men making garden. e. SOphomOres
studying cereals. f. Seniors study
ing cover crops. g. Senior parade
Georgia-Tech game.
4. On the College Farm.-a.
Group of Berkshires. b. Purebred
Percheron FLIES. C. Rhode Island
Reds. d. White Leghorns. e. Barr
ed Rocks f. The Planet Junior at
work. g. Testing varieties of cotton.
IA. Making hay on the college farm.
j. Dairy herd.
5. Club Work in Georgia..
Corn show parade, Atlanta, Ga. b.
Canning club girls, Macon, Ga. d.
Corn Club using corn harvester. d.
Canning demonstration. e. Group of
Corn Club boys, Athens, Ga.
7. Pork Production in Georgia
a. Field meeting, Moultrie, Ga. b.
Alsike clover demonstration. C. AL
falfa demonstration, Macon and
Moultrie d. Cotton demonstration.
g. Corn demonstration patch.
7. Pork Production. in Georgia
a. Shipping home-cured meats, Quit
man, Ga. b. Utilizing ice plant for
curing meats, ValdOsta. C. Preparing
hams for parcel post shipment. d.
Delivering hams by parcel post, At
Ianta, Ga. e. The manufacture of
hog cholera serum.
8. Beef production in Georgia
a. Life history of cattle tick. b.
Spraying and dipping cattle to de-
stroy ticks. d. Purebred Herefords,
Covington, Ga. d. Purebred Here
fords, Cowan Brothers, Newton
county
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