Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-19

I their attention, if it is OF serious
moment.
1t is easy TO understand how vel
vet beans might appear to deplete
the land. AS this crop belongs to
the family of legumes, it draws
heavily on the phosphoric acid, and
more particularly on the potash
supply of the soil. Many of our
soils here in the south are low il
available potash and corn planted
after d crop of velvet beans might
easily suffer from the need of
potash because of the relatively
large amount of this element re-
moved by the bean crop. 1t is also
possible that the velvet beans may
not be properly inoculated, and
hence they may asSimilate nitrogen
from the soil rather than from the
air. Then, if the crop were cut off
close to the ground and removed
from the land, it might deplete
rather than increase the total sup
ply of nitrogen in the soil. We are
growing velvet beans on our COZ
lege farm for the purpose Of soil I'M,
proVement with excellent results.
We naturally expect to continue this
practice.
The farm woman knows no one can
take her place as teacher and COM
panion during her children'S early
years, and naturally she Graves more
time for their care. She feels the
need of making the farm home an
inviting place for the young folk and
their friends, and of promoting rec
reation and education in the neigh
1-,0 Iii i% r Ion 0lyr
sure way to defend coming genera
tons against the all-too-insistent call
of the city with it's allurements. And
she wants to broaden her own out
look so she may keep up with the
advancement of her children.
In large measure she is isolated,
though the automobile and the inter
urban trolley have within the last
decade wrought u marked change in
this phase of her situation. All
these things combine to make it OBJ
vious that the comfort and coHven-
fence of the farm home should be
limited not by what the woman is
willing to put up with, but by what
the man is wise enough to regard as
necessary for the general welfare of
the family and the prosperity of his
business.
everywhere we hear of the eco
nomic Importance of contented rural
population, willing to stay on the
land and help to build it up" says
the report of this survey. perhaps
the greatest factor in bringing this
about will be the healthy, alert and
expert homemakers, who, with the
other members of the farm family.
will see to it that a part Of the in
creased income from the farm is di-
rected toward the Improvement of
the home, as q means of content
ment and stimulus for farm work.
Economists of our country, see
ing the steady migration cityWard,
recognizing the dearth of farm labor
as q limiting factor in production,
and connecting this with the isOla-
ton and Inconvenience of rural lV-
ing conditions, are pointing out that
where these exist it is doubtful bus
mss policy to use increased income to
buy more land, with heavy interest
charges against it, rather than to
spend part of that income in raising
standards of living, so that farm
women may find contentment in
comfortable homes, and young peo-
pie need not go to the cities in search
Of attractive living conditions and
q satisfying social life
The present rate at which our
people are leaving the farms in this
country-it has brought about within
the last ten years a first-time ma
jority in favor of city dwelllers-is
! real menace. To stom this tide is a
matter of national Importance. Run
ming water is every farm home will
! help.