Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-05
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! H. Sas-.:5 EDUCATION
~ AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING
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AND SUCCESSFUL FARMING

| community NrSdA12dG1On GSSSuI1a1
If a community expects to-. de
velop, it is necessary that a definite
| program of work be outlined anC
| concerted action taken to carry i
| into effect. Opinions will differ as
| to the desirability. practicabilty an
wisdom of following ont the ~"
gram suggested below. On the Other
hand, if this method of organi"a
| ton were followed throughout the
rural districts, the country would
| take on new life and agriculture
| would become our most attractive
and desirable industry. The reasons
are self-evident. First. tha~n vo'''(
be a first-class school in every com
munity providing the tyne of train
| ing needed by the boys and girls
of the immediate neighborhood SC
| as to best prepare them to serve
| in the environment in which they
arc to live. There would be farm
bureau cooperating. with the eX-
| tension division of the Georgia state
college of agriculture for the pur-
pose of serving and promoting the
| interest and welfare of every phase
of the life of athe community This
farm bureau would foster the prin-
ciple of cooperative buying and
of the farmers of the future In
addition there would be a program
for good roads, a modern home on
every farm. a garden for each home
milk cow on every farm and a
conservation program.
Each community could organize
own and operate its own sweet po-
tato curing house, a cotton ware
house, a cream, or cheese factory, a
tobacco-curing barn and a farm
meat-curing plant. This would bring
all our urban advantage to the door
of the farmer and would make liv-
n0InfrV ideal
thing. 1t would afford opportunity
for employment, expansion and de-
velopment of farm enterprises in
every worthwhile direction. It
would make the community a self
supporting enterprise This is not
we can bring to early realization
in many sections of Georgia through
concerted cooperative effort on the
part of all the agencies which are
concerned in the development of a
permanent type of agriculture in
AS an aid to building up our rural
communities, the Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture and the United
States department of a~~iou1+'-,,.
ara cooperating in the employment
Of men and women county agents.
the promotion of agricultural work
and enterprises primarily through
the making of demonstrations on
the farms Of the individuals with
whom they are cooperating. Tho
women do a similar work In the
homes of the women with whom
they are associated. Both men and
women agents lend their active sup
port and encoura cement to all forms
of club work. The boys devote their
energies primarily to the growing
of corn and other farm crops and
the maintenance Of pigs and calves.
The girls concentrate their ener-
ing. poultry raising and home i'm
provement work generally. There
are now 101 men agents and II
women agents in Georgia. In. this
particular instance I shall only at
tempt 70 illustrate by means of a
work being carried forward in the
home development campaign. Prao-
tically every agent is carrying on
in the county in which she works
all of the different kinds of enter
prises set forth under the twelve
complicated and of such vast pro-
portions that one who has not had
an opportunity to study it in detail
can hardly appreciate it's far-reach-
ing proportions. AS example of the
benefits resulting in different coun-
lHSIdnC0Ss
In Tattnall county ninety-five per-
ennial gardens were established in
1919. This means that the gardens
have become an aid to the house
wives throughout the year. It means
a better balanced dietary and a
greater variety of food for the chill
dren in the home. In Pierce county,
home Identification constituted a
phase CT the agents work. AS a re-
suit, $500 shade trees and flower
ing shrubs were planted. Whn+ znr-
and pleasure as well as material
beautjfication this Will lend to the
homes of the individuals. concerned!
were put, into twenty-five farm
homes. Those only who have lived
without the benefits of waterwork
system can appreciate the joy and
happiness and the general benefits
which the establishment of plants
of. this kind brought to the house,
wives concerned. In Screven county,
forty-three modern washing ma
chimes were purchased by as many
of the housewives. Have you ever
tried to wash by the old method?
Do you remember it's painful drudg-
cry? If you have, then maybe you
joy which the installation of these
machines in the homes in Screven
county has brought about. In
were screened so that flies and
MOSQUITOES. would forever be abolish
ed. Did you ever fight flies in your
Of the irritation produced to the
skin by the bite of a mosquito? If
SO, you can appreciate what screen
ing these houses meant. In COL
quit county, ,sixty-tive women
learned to make white bread. In Mus
1fxY fIn
make butter. AS a result. they were
able to secure fifteen cents more a
pound for the butter made by the
modern process than they had pre-
vlously secured. The sales of but
ter made by this group of house
wives totalled $5,S00.00 last year.
This was a nice lot of pin money
for these good women to have. 1t
was worthwhile piece Of construc-
tive work. Forty-ffVe poultry clubs
were organized in Thomos cow.
The women concerned raised 5000
chickens and sold $500 for $5,SS0.00.
In Crisp county, the remodeling of
five women In cooperation with the
agent. In Washington county, twenty
small clubs of farm women were
formed and the social life previous
ly lacking brought into the homes
Of the centers concerned. In DeKalb
touhty' HILeer school kllcnenS were
installed so that the children at
tending these institutions enjoy hot
lunches every day. In Towns coun-
ty, one hundred and fifty illiterate
people were taught to read and
write. No more important or essen
tial missionary work is being per-
formed elsewhere in the world than
is being carried forward through
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