Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-14
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
~ DR.. ANDREW M. >SOULE

seemingly impossible task eventually.
1 hope this may be done at not too
| distant a date, in any event. Let us
provide the girls and women of this
nation with the training and informa-
tion about food, dieteticS, home nurs-
| ing, sanitation and the other funda-
mental things essential to the devel-
opment of strong and vigorous bod
| les. They are entitled to receive
| that type Of training which will en-
| able them to fully understand and
appreciate all the needs of the hu-
man body. We must do this if the
nation is to maintain it's proper phys
| ical condition and eliminate part
of the waste and inefficiency from
which our human population now
suffers because of improper nutri-
| ton.
Familiarize yourself with the Tess
bill. Write your senator and your
congressman about it. 1t is your
privilege to do this. 1t is. also your
duty and your responsibility as well.
| You owe it to your home and the
children that reside therein. You
| owe it to the nation and to the world
at large. If the home is our most
safeguard it with the utmost care.
We must provide for it's maintenance
on the most effective basis possible.
/ We must remember in this connec-
ton that odd things have passed
away and all things have become
new" Our complex, modern civiliza-
ton with the great amount of travel
which now goes on exposes US to the
| menace Of disease foreign to. our
shores until recent years. Thefhlgh
tension under which we live requires
that the body be cared for and nour-
that of which was essential twenty
five or fifty years ago. The elabora-
ton of the science of bacteriology
has brought to the attention of the
housewife a great variety of COM
paratively new food products. 1t
has been said by some one that I'VE
live out of can and a bottle" This
| is not exactly true, but 1t contains
sufficient amount of fact to make
| it all the more important for us to
understand just how to sustain and
nourish every organ of the body most
satisfactorily and economically as
we'll.
To preserve the happiness Of the
home, to make the income sufficient
| to go around and meet the require
ments of the family calls for the
elimination of waste and an under
standing and appreciation of
values and dietetics which our grand
mothers could ignore with equanimi-
ty. Home economics training and
education Of the right character rep
resent the greatest safeguard we
can throw around our people. 1t
means much to evey individual. 1t
| is a subject which should be near
and dear to the heart, therefore, Of
every worthwhile citizen. Give it
your thoughtful study and considera-
| ton and support all measures calcu-
lated to help provide the girls and
women of America with all the fun
damental information relating to
this important subject.
The Winter Management of Fruit
Trees
G. A, Geneva, Ga, writes: I
would like some advice in regard
to caring for fruit trees at this
season Of the year.
This is the season of the year
when orchards can be given some
consideration with profit and advan-
tage This is a good time to worm
the trees. To do this, you should
open up the earth around the trees
and then with sharp pointed wire
examine the bark for any openings
these are found, run the wire into
the openings and destroy the grub.
The earth should then be thrown
back to the tree. The trees should
be protected from damage by ro-
dents by putting a boot wire around
the trunks ABOUT Two ana One-0alI
feet high. The mesh Of the wire
should be not over one-fourth to one
! half an inch. Screen wire will do,
but the heavier, galvanized wire will
last longer. Do not draw the. wire
| so tight as to construct the trunk
| of the tree in any sense.
Trees should be pruned according
to their nature and character, and
the branches thus cut out should be
carefully gathered up and, as a rule,
burned. Especially is this desirable
if the trees are infested with scale.
December is a good time in which
to spray with self-boiled lime sui
phur for the destruction of scale.
The orchard may be plowed, and
| it, is a desirable practice to break