Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-23
DR.. SOULE SAYS JOURNAL
RADIO IS FARM BLESSING
Wireless Instruction viii Be
Added to Curriculum of
State College as Result, He
Announces

Declaring that the initiative Of The
Atlanta Journal in the radio field,
as represented by the first and only
newspaper radio broadcasting sta
ton in the south, is the greatest
move ever made by a Georgia news
paper for the benefit of the farmers,
Dr. Andrew M. Soule Wednesday
morning declared radio instruction
will be included in the curriculum of
the State College Agriculture, of
which he is president. Radio appa-
ratus will be installed Immediately,
h said, and LOO ctudents will be
given expert instruction in the sci.
ence of receiving and sending wire
less information.
II know OF no development OF
more Importance to the farmers than
that which is represented by the
progress of wireless telephony" said
DR.. Soule, land I am sure no news
paper in Georgia has ever taken a
more forward step for the farmers
of the state than that which is rep
resented by The Atlanta Journals
big radio broadcasting station-the
first and. only newspaper broadcast.
ing station in the south. III
Appreciation of the potentialities
Of the radio, which are accentuated
by practical demonstrations, con.
vinces me that a service such as has
been installed by The Atlanta Jour.
nal is essential to the farmers of the
state, more especially orchardmen
and truck growers, whose crops are
subject to the Whims of the wealth
err. 1t is this appreciation, empha-
sized by realization that radio de.
velopment is in its infancy, that
influences the announcement that "a
radio outfit will be installed at the
state college.
Radio knowledge Important
II believe it of the highest i'm.
portance that the 1,10O students at
Athens be afforded every opportu.
nifty of learning how to receive and
send radio messages, and how to in
stall home stations 1 am told that
already it is possible to install a
small station at comparatively
small costa station capable of re.
,ceiving information of inestimable
value to the farmers of the state,
such as weather, crop and market
reports. The instruction received
by the students at the state college
will enable them to return to their
respective communities throughout
Georgia and instruct other farmers
in the practical operation of radio
outfits %
DR.. Soule added that in time he
hoped. to provide plan whereby
county agents, scattered throughout
Georgia, can be instructed in the
science Of receiving and sending ra.
dio messages and Offering to the
farmers practical aid in the inStalla-
ton of home stations.
1t is question of time only un-
til It will be as necessary for the
county agent to know all about RAJ
dio as it is for him to understand
the practical side Of farming" said
DIR. Soule, They can be helpful to
the farmers in installing and adjust.
ing radio apparatus, and it soon will
be incumbent upon them to master
the details Of the science"
DIR. Soule pointed to the over
night change in temperature as a
means of illustration what he termed
only one Of the many important
services, that radio can be to the
farmers Of the state"
Value of Radio to Farmers
"By means of the radio and mod. \
ern, high.powered broadcasting sta.
ton, as as has been installed by
The Atlanta Journal, the farmers
can and will be given advance warn.
ing of sudden changes in the tenn
said DR.. Soule. Farm.
ers themselves, particularly orchard.
men and truck growers, appreciate
the value Of such advices, especial
Nv If their orc q I~6c 1,,7a
remotely located, as is the case in
many sections Of Georgia. A few
hours warning is all that is REQUIRED
by the progressive farmer to protect
his crop. A smoke smudge in the
orchard will overcome a tempera-
ture drop of from three to five de.
grees, and, as a rule, this is quite
enough to neutralize the damage
that otherwise follows sudden
lowering of the temperature"
DIR. Soule stopped in Atlanta Tues
day en- route from Statesboro to
Athens. He was the guest of honor
at big farmers rally in Bulloch
county Monday, under suspices of
the Statesboro Ad club-one of the
dynamic forces in southeast Geor-
gia. The AID club entertained the
First Congressional District Press
association, and the day was given
over to consideration of marketing
and planting farm products
In his address DIR. Soule dwell:
upon. the Importance of a rearrange.
ment of the credit system of the
state-a Encouragement that will OK
tend to the farmers more time in
which to meet the financial obliga-
tons that necessarily they must as
sumo through the planting and
growing period He emphasized,
also, the adoption by the banks of
more liberal policy in loanine
money on other products of the farm
than cotton