Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-27

1t means that the ChllQren may all
be brought together for instruction.
tional exercises may be held and in
which school and community singing
may be carried forward.
Provision has been made through
the agency of classrooms and lab
oratories for eleven grades of work.
I was surprised to find that there
were thirty-six pupils In the high
est grade. I was delighted to know
that this school has vocational
teacher under the agency of the
act. A good start has
been made in this direction as was
witnessed by the community fair
which was in progress during my
find that rooms had been provided
for training in home economics. In
struction along this line has not yet
been instituted, but those in charge
of the school hope to put on courses
of this character next year.
The school building is heated by
hot air and is lighted by electricity
provided by a power plant installed
in the basement. Excellent cloak
vided. The sewage disposal will be
taken care of by septic tanks.
A plan for the Identification of the
grounds with trees and shrubs adapt
ed to growth in that section of Geor-
gia has been made by the extension
specialist in landscape gardening of
the Georgia State College of Agri-
culture. Work has already begun on
the improvement Of the grounds. 1t
is the intention and purpose of those
in charge of this school to make it
attractive from both the interior and
exterior points of view.
1 found in charge of this school
Prof. Mcclellan. I saw the struc-
ture in which he started his labors
twenty-three years ago. 1 saw the
next building which was erected for
beautiful and final fruition of his eff
forts in the massive brick and stone
building about which have attempt
ed to write.
I found the people of the commu-
nifty in love with this kindly, lovable,
citizen. 1t is evident that
this splendid missionary in the edu-
cation field has done as big and fine
a piece of construction work as can
be witnessed anywhere in the state
of Georgia. 1t but re-affirms my
conclusion that opportunity is every
where. Mostly it is under our feet,
and somehow or other we fail to see
it, to grasp it, to use it.
think man WHO o1 mas i acco ddpa at
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Wrens, Ca, should feel that life is
full of joy and inspiration. I think
he should feel that he has performed
a service which can never be reck-
oned from a monetary point OF view
and that the reward of having
achieved the success which has come
to him surpasses anything he could
have accomplished in any other field.
You may be sure that with such a
leader and with such an interest in
education as 1 found at Wrens that
the community has already sent out
world. 1 found several college grad
yates at Wrens. I was told that a
number of the pupils who received
their first instruction there had gone
to other schools and colleges this
year. May the good work so ausplc-,
iously begun continue to. grow and
expand until this institution reaches
the full fruition Of it's promise for
service.
It is bound to make an indelible
impression on the minds of the hum
dreds of boys and girls who receive
their daily instruction within It's
halls. AS the vocational courses now
undertaken are expanded and devel-
oped, it will serve more and more &C,
ceptably the needs Of the people, and
will prove to be an effective agency
in keeping them abreast of the times
and in touch with avenues Of prog.
ress upon which the new type of
civilization that is characterized, by
this particular era in the. worlds MS
tory must be based.
1 take off my hat to Wrens: have
not over-sounded it's praises for L do
not think this can be done. ] have
written this story, however, in the
who read it may be SO impressed
Herewith that they will inaugurate
similar enterprises in the localities
in which they live. Now that the ice
has been broken I look within the
which has been instituted at Wrens
to be duplicated in many other local
tiles in Georgia.
Keeping Sweet Potato Seed
c.. E. c., Eastman, Ca, writes:
Will it do to put sweet potatoes
which are to be used for bedding
in the spring in the curing house
along with the rest Of the pota-
toes, or would it injure them for
producing good healthy potatoes!
There is no reason why sweet pota-
toes which you/eXpect to use Tor PED
ding purposes next spring should not
be put in a Well-built sweet potato
curing house and kept satisfactorily
through the winter. About the only
thing that a curing house enables us
to accomplish is the drying out of the
surplus moisture which the potato
contains. A building properly con
structed permits of a desirable clrcu-
Iation of air, thereby insuring the po-
tatoes keeping in better condition
than would otherwise be the case.
You can rest assured, therefore, that
if your potatoes are put in modern
storage house and properly handled
factory to use for bedding purposes
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D Determining the Contents Of Corn
Crib
c. F. c., Eastman, Ga, writes:
We wish to determine the num-
Der of bushels of unshucked corn
in a crib. Can you give us this
information?
There are approximately 5000 Gu
bic inches in a bushel Of corn with
the shucks. This being true, to find
the number of bushels of unShucked
corn in a crib proceed as follows:
Multiply the length Of the cFib in
inches by the breadth in inches
Then multiply the product thus OBJ
tanned by the height in inches. When
you have obtained this figure, di-
vide it by 5000. The quotient you
will obtain by this plan will then
represent the number OF bushels of
corn in the crib.
Smut In Oats and Wheat
j. II. L., CRAWFORD, "a, WrIles.
1 would like all the information
you can give me in regard to
keeping smut off of oats and
wheat.
Seed oats should be treated before
with formaldehyde. Other
can be used for this pur-
pose, but l do not think you will
find them cheaper or more satisfac--
tory. Formaldehyde has been found
80 o<s