Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-23

more lnCenSll0Q ana Specld1lHed' type
in which vocational training shall
predominate, in which science shall
be more strongly inphasized. but
from which the humanities shall not
be executed. A hundred years from
now it will not be possible to eX-
pand the agricultural production Of
this country simply by breaking up
more land. 1t will not be possible to
expand MANY of our industries by
cutting down the forests which ma
ture has already produced for US,
We must, by taking forethought, ana
by promoting the conservation of our
natural resources build up and
maintain the supremacy Of the ma
ton through the education of our
people. to that plane of understands
ing which will enable us to ma In
tain that wealth of raw materials.
which we possessed when the pres
ent conflict opened. a.! .
Leadership, after all, is the factor
which has enabled US to win. 1t is
thing which will keep US strong
in the future. at is not predicated Oh
as as broad -o, basis IN the United dt,d
thought. At the present time there
are in our country about 1900, 900
people above the age Of twenty-one.
These may be divided roughly as
,proximateIy 100000; with only
common school training, 100000;
with common or high school train
ing, 2,000,000; with college or higher.
educational training, 100000. Of the
distinguished citizens. in the United
States it is commonly reported thai
class 1 furnished about 81; class 2,
sos; class 8, 1.245, and class 4, 5,76S,
which leads to the conclusion that
an uneducated child has only about
one chance out of 10000 of attain
ing distinction as a leader in thought
lives, that the Individual who pos
sesses only a common school edu
cation has increased his chances for
distinction nearly four times over
the uneducated man, that a boy who
possesses only common school edu-
cation by tWenty-three times, there
fore giving him, eighty-seven chances
of, success as compared to one for
the uneducated. man, that an lndt-
Vidual who possesses college educa-
ton increases his chances. over the
high school boy by nine times He,
of attaining success of the common
school boy and more than 500 times
the chance of the unframed. OF 1852
notables gathered together in the
United States it appears, therefore,
that 4,S10 proved to be full gfadu-
ures are not exact, but they indi-
cate the power of education in it's
relation to leadership. Certainly they
demonstrate as fully and completely
as any set of facts or figures which
might be gathered together that the
future Of our nation is to be deter
mined by the nature and the degree,
Of the intellectual training we afford
our citizenship. @.-,at.-t -. .~ g.. -
Care of a Young Pecan Orchard =
+. T.iS.,. Bonair, Ga.,e writest have
set out q young peach orchard apd wish
some information in regard to its treat
ment When should they be pruned and
. how fortified and sprayed? Is there
anything I can do to keep the borers
ont? ,.- r..,
The peach orchard, which you no
doubt set out this spring, should be
weeds and trash away from the i'm
mediate vicinity of the trees. If this
land is rich and well fertilized there
is no reason why you should not
grow some crop between the rows.
We would prefer that this be. lie
guminous crop. so it will add to- the
nitrogen content of the soil, rather
than detract from it, unless the land
is of unlimited richness and.:w1ll
produce rapid growth IT, Of the trees
ever. More likely you will have to
use some nitrogen to stimulate
growth. .. g.. =. ~. -
The pruning of the trees may be
QOnG III LlG. ldL6 Iall OF early >WlHISI
We prefer to get this, work done as:
soon as possible. You should prune
SO as to let plenty of light into the
read of the tree. and you SHOULD also
prune it so as to form a head, close
to the ground, thus fesSening the
labor involved in picking the fruitsS
swAs to fertilizing the fruit, that's
Will depend on the nature of the
land and the growth your trees make.
AS a rule, peach orchards when young
Cot TIaf nf MI
We should say q formula containing
three to four per. cent of this mas
terial would be about right. The
land should be literally fartiliZed
with phosphoric acid and, when prac-
teal, potash as well: Any good for
mula may he used for this purpose.
We presume that 600 pounds Of the
following mixture per acre would be
found as good as anything you could
acid phosphate and $50 pounds Of
kainit, 1t is not necessary for you:
to use these materials, but any other
carrier of any of the elements men
relative amount of plant food may be
substituted therefor After the
trees have begun bearing probably
you will find that it is not necessary
to use quite as heavy an amount Of
fertilizer. This depends, of course,
on their natural health and vigor,
the amount Of fruit they yield and
the character of the growth :, they
make. It is important. to bear in
mind that peach trees take relatively
more fertility out of the land than
apples. ~
Applications of lime sulphur on
your trees to protect them from in
,festation by scale should be. made
in. the fall. Or early spring. Then
other spraying materials should be
used later on in the season to pro-
tect the foliage and help control
brown rot and other troubles. Stand
ard formulas for this purpose can
easily be obtained and directions for
ed free of cost to growers through
the agency of all agricultural col.
leges and experiment stations.
In fghting borers the best method
around the base of the trees in the
late fall and if there are any evil
dences of borer infestation destroy
the grubs by running a sharp-pointed
found. Later in the season the
earth may be worked back around the
roots of the trees.
TREATING q DRY.
F.. u: NJ, Clarkesville, Ca, writes:
Some of my cattle have dry cough:
would make them cough2t Can l get
a state veterinarian to examine them?
A dry cough may arise from va
rious causes. Sometimes. it is asso-
ciated with the incipient stages OF
tuberculosis, AS q rule it will be
persistent if this be true and it, will
be worse in the morning than at any
other time. At the same time it will
become more deeply seated and may
possibly take on a greater volume.
We presume that you cattle, are,
out l. nthe open where there is plen-
ty of SUNSHINE and where. they can
get sufficient exercise, There is no
reason why a. little lime sprinkled
BILE about which you enquire:
Aside from the condition mention
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