The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-09-23
HOW GEORGIA SHOULD
LEARN DIVERSIFTCATION

al capita. Alabama follows almost
we have been teaching have not been
tactical and useful; then we must de-
eide that some other subjects as
crops, soils and animal study are not
only useful but just as intellectual as
the $50 called cultural subjects"
Is it not just as useful to boy to
know the possibilities of a handful of
soil as to know all about aprtial cay
ments? Is it not as practical for
boy or girl to know the difference
in the growth of corn and alfalfa
roots as to know all about cube root?
Who can deny that hoy will be
more useful to the worl if he is able
to know the value of pure bred stock
as compared with scrub breeds then
he would be, were he able to read
Latin or Greek or both. I, for one be-
lieve that these every ay subjects
are just as cultural as Latin aud
Greek; that by studying them we
have greater chance for intallec-
iual development
Our people viii not be ready to ac-
cept these statements until we are
able to show the truth of them. This
can be done by comparison only. IL
linois, Iowa and other states have
learned the value Of practical educa-
tnon by very dear experience. Shall
we profit by their experience?
Shall we be molders Of public opin-
ion to that extent that we can con-
vince our people that we should try
to approach the rural conditions en-
joyed by the people of Illinois and not
continue to follow one that will in
evitahly bring us to the deplorable
conditions that prevail in Alabama?
Let the teacher, progressive far
mer, banker, and other business men
join hands for advancement. Let them
continue to show the value of Diversi-
fication.
Kentucky sends out twenty-seven
million dollars year for feed and
foods. Arkansas sends away of her
hard earned cotton and lumber money
fifty-one million. Texas causes a de-
fcie of one hundred-ffty-flve million
annually because she does not feed
her stock and set the table.
When Georgia has learned the adj
vantage Of Diversifcation as well as
Iowa and Illinois knows it, she will
be as prosperous as Denmark.
About sixty-fve years ago Den
mark was suffering from a lack of
the necessaries tf life. Most of her
land was in the hards cf few; her
people were ienortant and restless
and were CT sheer necessity clamor-
ios for a change. They made the
change Iley Taught tho boys and
girls in terms Of Their LIES work;
they taught the rfa2,ica, things Of
Hfs
Today Denmark is prosperous. Her
people are satisfied and ambitious;
they are advancing as no other pee
pie are. No other nation has such
small per cent of illiteracy. A large
per cent Of her land is in the hands
of majority Of her people. A great
number of her people take advantage
of her Higher Institution of Learning.
Teachers, Editors, Farmres and
ether business men, remember that a
BETTER CITIZENSHIP is the thing
that will place Georgia in the lead.
The ultimate aim of all this agita-
tations for BETTER FARMING
BETTER HOMES, BETTER CHUR-
CHES and BETTER SCHOOLS
which means a BETTER CITIZEN
SHIP.
Let's utilize our schools so as to
bring in the quickest possible way
these results Let's follow Denmark
and teach those things that are in
terms of the Lies work of the chill
dren. Let's prove the statement thai:
"The future of country depends
upon the prosperity of the many"