Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-26

educauon WHICH IS likely to be o
greatest benefit to them should b
endowed, for it would appear tina
% per cent of our people living il
forts. better schools and facilitie
generally than pertain in the opel
country. 1t has also been said tina
our industrial plants create NOR
wealth annually than do ou4 farm
ers. In that event one-fourth o
our people are living and prosper
ing off the agriculture of the stat
| fostered by 70 per cent Of the pop
ulation, and reaping emoluments ant
rewards out of all proportion t.
that accorded to the producers.
The idea that agricultural educa
ton can therefore be too literally
or too generously endowed is
fetish of the imagination and is
| put forward with bad grace BY
! those whose prosperity is based OF
| the activities of the farmer.
ON, One Of the primary pprobIems i:
economizing has been the program
for IA years. 1t is safe policy t.
| pursue, but there comes a time
! when costs multiply to such a de-
gree that either essential phases Of
| our work must be abandoned OF
| our support fund increased. There
| is an old saying that a stitch il
| time saves nine. 1t applies with
| special aptitude to our present sit.
uation. We have been forced to neg
| lect too many essential things and
| to husband our resources SO as tC
make our income and outgo break
even.
We cannot hope in the future tc
maintain the institution satisfac.
| torily on an income of less than
! 1925, 100000 a year. Unless this can
10 hT a in or I ~
our present difficulty save that OF
restricting our attendance. Already
we are trying to handle twice as
many men in a section as there
should be therein. Any increase
calls for the employment therefore
Of additional instructors. In an age
when science daily offers some new
and startling discovery to the
world is it reasonable to suppose
that an institution can serve it's
constituency adequately without the
establishment of new divisions?
Surely. our people are entitled to
the best of service, and this we
adequate provision therefor by the
increase of our present teaching,
research and extension staff. The
expansion of our present divisions
is therefore a necessity and when
ever this is undertaken additional
luIIUS IIIuSI ne DEONluGu lOE the
enlargement OF offices, laboratories
and essential equipment.
There are many things which we
are railing to do at the present
time because Of the insufffciency of
FUNDS at our command. For exam
pie, the work in farm managemen,
una aGr!cuItural economics is at a
Stand-stIu We have no teaching
DIVISION as relates to the vital
and a4I-ernbracing problems Of mar
ketlng farms crops. We are neg
lectlng the study of many eco
nomic questions of vital interest to
the farmer. We are doing very lit
ne IN the important field of agri-
cultural Journalism. We are unable
TO carry forward the work of our
veterinary division on satisfac-
tory basis.
The vocational board is asking
us to enlarge our facilities for the
training of teachers in agriculture
and home economics. How can this
be accomplished without funds? No
dehnlte support has ever been ac-
corded the institution for the pro-
motion of work in home economics,
in veterinary medicine and in the
great field of agricultural engineer
ing. Yet there are few who do not
recognize the vital relationship
which work of this character exer-
cises upon the welfare of the home,
the progress Of our animal indus
tries and the permanent develop
ment of our agriculture. There is
not division of the institution in
which 1 new. new courses should not be
In many states a request for the
doubling Of the maintenance fund
Of our agricultural college would
be regarded as extremely modest.
We cannot afford to discriminate
n n st
not providing them with as fine
opportunities to secure an education
at home as they can obtain else
where. The assessed valuation of
our property is certainly very low.
In spite of the great increases
which many states have made in
years Georgia still stands twenty
fifth on the list. If our property
were assessed on the same basis
as that of many other states we
would probably stand tenth or
twelfth. We are amply able, there
fore, from the standpoint of ac-
endowment for higher education
which may be necessary.
1t has been aptly said that re-
search is the life of industry; that
it delimits the progress Of ma
treasures of nature; that it creates
new wealth, new comforts, and
brings a new unders landing and an
probation Of life and it's opportuni-
ties to the individual. Its possibili-
ties and it's benefits are unappre-
GATED. Its power to aid us in elm
mating the appalling waste which
goes on throughout the world Dor
ders on the magical.
Why, therefore, if these things
be true, has it taken US so long
to recognize the power, the value
and the essential character of re-
while basis. L presume we must
charge it up to human Indifference
and to the fact that we have been
able to get along somehow with
out it. A teaching institution can
not hope to keep alive and make
BILE nor give the proper degree of
inspiration and exact basic knowl-
edge to it's students unless it fos-
ters research.
Gathering Seed From Red Glover
G.. E. c., Blairsville Ca,
writes: I have four acres of
red clover; 1t was sowed in
March, 1920, and in June this
year l cut it. Now can l take
the clover come on and mature
seed? The second crop is bloom
ing now. [ intend turning under
the clover and want the seed
in the ground.
have never known Of a crop
Of ordinary red clover to make
three cuttings in a season. l should
not like to say that this has never
happened or may not happen again.
It would, to say the least, be some
thing quite unusual. I have seen
Il great acreage laid down to red
clover in the various states in
which 1 have lived. The first crop
is cut for hay. The second crop
1 would be disposed, with the
knowledge and information I have
at hand, to let this second crop