Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-09

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| without fear of contradiction. Pro-
vided, therefore, a farmer were only
able to add 1000 pounds of lint cot
ton to his total yield next year,
see what a dividend he would OBJ
tain from attending a school Of this
| character.
Farm Organization Problems
But this is not all, for every phase
of farm organization in it's relation
to the weevil problem will be dis
cussed. We are going to emphasize
live stock production more COM
pletely in Georgia than ever before
| This means that in the case of hogs,
| for instance, we must learn how to
| inoculate them with preventive
serum. What does the average farm
er know about this proposition. Yet
he may come up to Athens at the
cost of few dollars and be shown
how this operation should be per-
| formed by practical demonstration
| in our serum laboratory.
1t will be necessary for us to
fence much land in Georgia in or
der to contine live stock. Fencing
is now expensive and the cost of
posts is especially high. There will
be a demonstration made, however,
| showing how sap pine posts prop
erly peeled may be treated with
creosote and so protected that they
will give good service for ten to
twenty years. There is an abundance
of pine suitable for this purpose
scattered throughout the length and
| breadth of the state. The apparatus
| required to do this work is not ex-
pensive. and may be handled by the
crudest type Of farm labor if prop
erly supervised. 1t is worth every
| mans while to be acquainted with
this method of providing himself
with an adequate supply of fence
posts at a very reasonable cost.
Those interested in the purchase
and handling Of live stock will have
a chance to acquaint themselves with
the leading breeds of hogs and cat
tie adapted to Georgia and the best
methods of housing. and feeding
them. They will have an opportunity
to acquaint themselves with the
construction of silos, to study the
relative merits of tractors and other
types of farm implements, and to
ascertain the exact kind of equip
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and storage of silage crops. It costs
several hundred dollars to erect a
good silo. 1t may be made a pern1a-
nent structure Of one which is quite
unsatisfactory. Why take a chance
on making an investment of this
kind without being acquainted with
the inside facts, especially when
you can secure these through the
medium of a state institution at a
very moderate cost.
| Free Tuition
In this connection it is important
for every individual in Georgia to
remember that the College of Agri-
culture is supported out of the gen.
eral revenues of the state that it is
an institution belonging to. the cit
liens, and organized and maintained
for the purpose of gathering to-
gether useful and essential informa-
lion relative to our agriculture and
disseminating the same. For this
reason no tuition fees have been
charged up to the present time, and
its service work has been made as
free to. the people of the state as
possible. Were it to fail to organize
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| for the purpose Of acquainting our
people with essential facts at this
| time it would be falling short of
the duty and responsibility which
justly rests upon it. On the other
hand, in view Of it's ability to serve
under existing conditions it isG Of
the utmost Importance that the Epeo-
,Eple be acquainted with its purpose
| and function and that the largest
possible number of them come to
Athens to benefit by the information
which it possesses and is glad and
| willing to distribute as nearly free
of cost as possible to farmers of the
| state.
There is another phase of instruc-
| ton which will be emphasized dur
| ing the boil weevil school. 1t relates
to the home garden and orchard
If we are to live at home these two
| important adjuncts Of the farm must
| be emphasized more in the future
| than they have been in the past
| In travelling about over the country
| one sees hundreds of home orchards
that are not productive simply be-
| cause they are not pruned Or sprayed
| Many of our home gardens have only
one or two kinds of vegetables
which are not properly cultivated
| and this is due to the fetish of cot
| ton, which somehow or other has
prevented us from thinking that the
| home orchard and garden mattered
very much. But they do now and
will continue to be factors of ever
| increasing Importance in the future
The boil weevil school will attempt
| therefore, to gather together through
the agency of experts and delineate
by lecture and demonstration for
the information Of all farmers at
| tending it, the salient facts and in
| formation essential to enable us to
meet the onslaught of the boil
weevil successfully.
LIVE STOCK IN THE SOUTHERN
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