The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-04-01
Mented Recognition For Excellent
Work.

Intelligent and discerning people
have long recognized the value Of
tile many agencies that are now ii
operation for the bettesment Of
agricultural conditions throughout
Georgia and the South Even the
least thoughtful person must APP
preciate the recent tribute paid the
work Of one Of the most important
Of these agencies in this county and
state, the test farms that are being
operated 50 extensively along its
lines by the Central railway.
The appreciation Of the work Of
the Central test farms comes from
what are generally recogi lied as TIE
highest agricultural authorities in
Georgia and Alabama. These
authorities are none other than DR..
A. M. Soule, president Of the Geor-
gia St.te College Of Agriculture, and
DR.. ]. F. Duggar, director Of the
Alabama Experiment Station.
Both DR.. soule and Dr. Duggar
are enthusiastic III their praise Of
the work that is being done by these
test farms, which are open for in
spection by every one who viii visit
them in the various counties where
they are situated. Such tributes
are Of exceptional value in correctly
gauging the merit Of these farms,
because these opinions have been
formed deliberately and voluntarily
by these eminent agricultural au-
thorities after the most careful con-
sideration of the work done on these
farms.
OF especial weight and value to
the farmers Of Georgia is the follow
ing estimate Of this work as ex-
pressed by Dr. Soule, Of our own
State College Of Agriculture in a
letter to Agricultural Agent Jack
son, Of the Central:
1t is with peculiar qualification
that / have received and reviewed
with some care the results Of the
work Of the Test Farms for the year
1914. These farms have now been
in successful operation for suffi-
cient length Of time to make the
data obtained therefrom Of special
value to the agricultural interests OF
Georgia. I view with pride and
satisfaction the record made in this
direction for the results obtained
fully justify the merit and capacity
for profitable cultivation and pro-
duction we have attributed toGeor-
gia soils in the past.
THE fact that 20 Test Farms were
operated in 1914, comprising Il
1876. 5 acres of land with an average
profit of $11.01 per acre, indicates
in the most emphatic manner the
latent possibilities Of our soils when
operated under rational systems OF
management. These figures SO
carefully and systemically secured,
should stimulate an interest in
agriculture and in the conservation
of our soils as our most permanent
and profitable resource. They
demonstrate to the homeseeker the
golden opportunity which awaits
the wise investor in Georgia lands.
In this connection til important to
remember that these results have
been obtained in year Of financial
stress and when cotton brought the
lowest price recorded in more than
20 years. Under normal conditions
the profit wonld have been more
than doubled.
Il congratulate yourselfand your
associates and the management OF
the Central of Georgia Railway on
the splendid service you are per-
forming in the matter Of develop
ing and aiding in the redirection Of
Southern agriculture. This wise
and progressive policy will rebound
to the welfare of your road, and
certainly will 5enefit its patrons very
materially as well. trust that the
good work so auspiciously began
nav, he continued without interrup-