Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-20


culture by the legislature in 1909. The
Georgia State College of Agriculture
l was therefore a pioneer in extension
/ teaching work having inaugurated In
I struction OF this character five years
/ previous TO the passage of the Smith
Lever extension act. There are nine
| ty-four men and forty-nine women
agents employed at present. The men
are working in eighty-five counties and
the women i'm forty-two counties. The
work of these agents is familiar to
many thousands of persons who are
/ deeply appreciative of the splendid
| service they have rendered the state.
Results of their efforts are evidenced
/ in the fact that there is a Is per cent
increase in the number of hogs i'm Geor-
gia for the year. 1915. This is due
largely to the control of the spread of
hog cholera. the agents having inocu-
lated more than sixty thousand hogs
and stamped out effectively thereby out
breaks of this disease on hundreds of
farms before il had a chance to make
any Roadway.
Georgia is famous as one of the
states in which industrial clubs have
been organized on a thoroughly compre-
hensive and efficient basis. There are
more than 10000 boys and girls in the
corn. canning. pig and poultry clubs at
recently observed in the production of
corn and other cereals, swine and poul-
TRY is in some measure attributed to
the effort of the agents working through
these boys and girls In this work the
agents have been fortunate in having
the efficient. active and sympathetic aid
lof the state superintendent of schools,
the county school commissioners, the
boards of education, the farmers I'M
1
ganizations chambers of commerce.
boards of trade, the state bankers asso-
citation. the railroads and thousands of
patriotic and progressive citizens in
every walk and calling of life. 1t has
not been an individual accomplish
ment but a success due to the correla-
tion of the progressive spirit of the
1 people OF Georgia.
| As an example of what has been done.
| il may be stated that 2,21O boys in 1915
grew 5000 bushels of corn or an aver
! age of 43 bushels per acre at profit
| of s55,I1T.O0. There were nearly 1000
members of the four-crop clubs and they
| made an average profit on their three
acre farms of s1O9.66. Four thousand
| girls canned over 100000 pounds of
tomatoes and other garden crops, using
/ 33224O containers for the purpose. Their
one-tenth acre gardens cost S5.75 and
| they made an average profit of SIS .O5.
| We confidentally look forward TO the
| development of new records along all
lines in 1916. The agents including the
| boys and girls with whom they are
working are now serving more than AZ
4 600 individuals, and they are inspiring
many of the boys and girls to go for
ward and prepare themselves as lead
| ers in agricultural welfare work. One
/ boy in the poultry clubs said, for in
| stance, that he made s2l. 90 out of his
poultry last year, gained information
! worth $500. 90 and had $1,000 worth
/ of pleasure from his work. little
I country girl won a premium the other
| dav i'm the Ladies' Home journal con-
\ test in competition with all the girls
/ and women of the United states. She
gave her experience and advice TO the
/ public on preserving garden crops in
\ cans VS.. glass jars. This little girl says
I she expects TO become county agent
and give her life to advancing the in
terest of the people of her state. The
I extension work has made a new woman
/ our of her in the best sense of the word.
/ These are but two isolated examples
/ of those which come constantly TO the
/ attention of the workers i'm the extern
4 sion division. and show what a powerful
influence this personal service work is
\ destined to exert on the lives of the
/ bows and girls of Georgia now and in
/ the not distant future.
Since the extension work began more
than 5000 meetings have been held in
/ the state and nearly 100000 people
I reached Our agents have travelled more
/ than zoe. 900 miles to carry the gospel
/ of the new agriculture into all parts
Il of the state, and already the state is
/ prospecting to an amazing degree as
result of what they have accomplished,
! for the record shows that Georgia has
I increased her agricultural wealth since
4 1910 by nearly S100. 900, 900 a year. Think
/ of what a vast sum this is and how
/ fraught with latent potentialities for the
/ development of our state and our people
! if we lead and guide them as we should
| through education to make the best use
of the wealth already produced and
II which can be so easily increased through
/ the substitution of scientific methods
l for the wasteful practices of the pres
L ent generation.
II In view of these facts may we not
II confidently face the future, realizing
II that through the third arm, which has
4 been added to the work of our colleges
n of agriculture, we may anticipate in
n the course Of time the proper distribu-
ton of essential knowledge as it relates
Il to agriculture. AS a result. we can soon
n teach our people to realize the great
II possibilities which the open country af-
II fords. This will tend to stabilize our
II population, establish the foundations of
Il civilization deep in the soil, and create
| a permanent and progressive type Of
Il agriculture in place of the wasteful, IL
logical and unscientific methods which
are now being pursued
MANAGING A CROP OF SWEET
POTATOES
" T. ". Augusta GA writes:
would like Information in regard to making
sweet potato crop. The land in
peas last year hut made n poor crop, and
was planted in oats last fall. hut they
Nere only medium. What fertilizer should
/ use. have been told 10 use cotton
seed meal at the rate Of 400 pounds per
scre. ] wish to get some black Jack oaks
bcrnsi 20 make ashes for the purpose "
getting potash ~ you think this will pas.
How much should be used per acrei
One intending to plant sweet pota-
toes after the oat crop would do well in