Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-24
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M SOULE

fully appreciated or understood. The
amount we are spending for educa-
ton at this time is mere drop in
the bucket. We are spending in the
State of Georgia approximately ten
million dollars for education through
private and public agencies. This in
cludeS money set aside for common
schools and for high education as
we'll.
1t represents but one-tenth of the
animal losses occurring to our crops
and live stock each year. The cor
rection of this condition is an edu-
cational problem, truth-disseminat-
ing undertaking. l present these fig
ures to convince those who are doubt
full about the virtues and values Of
vocational education and who are
wondering if we can afford to endow
this type of training on a basis COM
mensurate with our needs. AS long
as the aggregate waste from SIM
gle source reaches such a great and
education stand condemned before
the bar of justice and without a brief
on which to base their case.
In this connection 1 wish to en-
phasize the necessity of community
OF CARNATIONS and the adoption of
community program work. Agricul-
ture will become attractive and re-
main so to an eVer-enlargtng pro-
portion of our population just as 1t
is shown to be definitely profitable,
and to be a decidedly attractive and
desirable vocation.
To make life in the open country
worth while, we must have commun-
ity centers organized around a con-
Solidated school. This affords not
only educational opportunities essen
tial in this day and generation, but
it provides a social atmosphere and
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of entertainment basic to the proper
education of the people of the COM
munity and which will at the same
time afford them the necessary de-
gree of relaxation. In association
with the schools there should be test
plats and gardens in which the prin-
ciples of the schoolroom may be dem
onstrated and applied.
In every such community center,
there should be common storage
warehouse, a farm loan bank, or its
equivalent, a sweet potato storage
warehouse. a tobacco barn or ware
house, a farmers exchange, CO.
operative store, creamery or
cheese factory and if the conditions
warrant it, a cold storage plant and
a community abattoir. To these may
be added a canning factory, a poul-
try depot, and such other agencies
make the f9 0f fee f w n5t n tafe
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unlimited capital to finance enter
prises of this character, nor is this
plan an idealistic dream, because
parts of it and in some places prac-
tically all of it has been, put into
successful practice.
Such an arrangement provides the
farmer with just and fair prices for
the products of his toll and energy.
1t enables him to make his crops
successfully and, to supply the needs
Of urban eenters s St
f9r4 pug the year The giu6sing
overcome. 1t does not interfere in
any sense with business, nor does it
initiate against the interests of the
merchants and capitalists. They still
find safe avenues of investment for
their funds as they participate in the
general prosperity and success Of the
community. This is the end We must
strive to attain if we would place
our agriculture on q worthwhile
basis and make it attractive to men
and women Of brains and capacity.
Feeding Busted Oats to Horses
G. L. M, Glenn, Ga, writes: I
have some oats which were sown
in March. About ten days ago
and the crop will be very light.
Will it do to feed these oats to
horses? Can 1 plant this land
to sorghum now and have it
mature?
No doubt the rust in your oat crop
accounts in a measure for the condi-
ton deserted Seasonal conditions
were likely to favor the development
wet spring followed by hot, dry
weather.
Rusted oat straw can be fed to
livestock with safety, as you need
not hesitate to use your crop in the
manner indicated. Doubtless it is
not as desirable as straw free of
this fungus. On the other hand, it is
probably less palatble and nutritious,
Stock, however, as a rule eat it.
There is no reason why you should
not plant sorghum cane on this land.
1 should think it would reach ma
turity if planted as late as July 10th
in your section of Georgia. We find
that sorghum takes, as rule, 40
days in which to mature. Some va
rieties may take longer. Sorghum
cane may be cut for forage in 90
days, but would not be satisfactory
for sorghum under 100 days. We
consider red top one of the best va
rieties for general planting.
How to Fight the BOIL weevil
writes: I am planning a cam,
paign against the boil weevil if
they shall appear here. am
figuring on picking up all the
squares and weevils and burning
them. How often should this be
done and how many hands will
be required to ten acres? Do you
really think they will do very
much damage this far north?
At this season Of the year the
first thing to do in fighting the
boil weevil is to pick all of them out
of the buds Of the cotton plant once
a week until the squares begin to
form. A keen-eyed boy or girl can
watch two rows at a time, 1t is not
long or arduous undertaking to
examine a ten acre field every morn
ing. All weevils picked should be
burned, as each pair of them will
have a group of descendants by the
end of the season varying in num-
Der from several hundreds of thou
sands to several million. When the
squares show 20 per cent of infes-
tation, then spray with calcium ar.
senate. This should be continued
once every week or ten days until
five Or six applications have been
made. About five pounds should be
used per acre. ONLY standard cal
cium arsenate should be used. 1t is