Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-09

savings which may be effected ana
the increased yields which may be
obtained through the intelligent APP
plication of the facts gathered as
result of this soil survey work has
already added millions of dollars to
the annual income of our farmers.
Through the agency Of the col
lege farm it has been shown that
live stock industries can be organ
ton country lied and conducted on
a profitable basis in the very heart
of the cotton country. In other
words, a practical illustration of
what is meant by Investigation has
been carried forward successfully
for the last fifteen years. In that
time the adaptability of many of the
leading breeds of livestock has been
demonstrated and, hundreds of ami
roals distributed throughout the
the state, thereby improving the
quality of our livestock quite ma
terially. AS an evidence Of the prog
ress made, Georgia now possesses q
large number of purebred herds OF
cattle and hogs of exceptional quail
ity, and which have won national
recognition. In addition, the raising
of hogs on grazing crops is now a
tSCOSlI1Cu AlluuoIL w cIiAN wv o." ~-O ~
stands seventh as a producer of
swine. There has been a great re-
vival and expansion of interest in
dairying. Cheese factories and cream
cries have been established at many
points and the state bids fair to her
rightfuI place in the dairy world
at an early date.
The home economics division has
;%, 80 JfI-Jf
studies and has helped materially in
arousing the people to the fact that
many of our children are under
weight and suffering from minor de-
fects which can be easily corrected.
The transformation which has been
made in the physical characteristics
Of hundreds of children as a result
of this work is truly amazing. The
very nature and disposition and
potentialities of many of them have
been changed. 1t is piece of well
fare work of the utmost importance,
and the college is indeed proud to
have had the privilege of leading
the vanguard along this line in Geor-
gia.
In the extension field notable serv-
ice work has been done. The 200
men and women county agents now
at work have been in the truest and
finest sense agricultural mission
aries, distributing information where
it was most needed, helping the peo-
pie to organize and direct their en-
ergieS along constructive lines, to
combat diseases successfully, to
eliminate waste, to institute newer
and better methods of practice, to
secure better varieties of plants and
a more desirable type of farm ami
mails. Their efforts have been in
strumental in adding very consider
ably to the wealth, happiness, COM
fort and prosperity of thousands
upon thousands Of Georgia homes.
The Georgia State College of Ag-
riculture was one of the first insti-
tutions to appreciate the Importance
of organizing boys and girls clubs.
The initial effort was made with
corn, and excellent results were Sc
cured. Later. work was added for
girls. At the present time there is
good sized army of boys in Georgia
enrolled in corn, sweet potato,
wheat, peanut, pig and calf clubs.
The girls are working along the lines
of gardening, canning, nutrition,
/ sewing, home decoration and i'm
provement. 1t is difficult to imagine
the beneficient results flowing from
the activities of $4,000 Georgia boys
and girls capably led and inspired
to direct their energies along the sew
eral lines enumerated. That it is
creating new vision in the minds
of these youthful people cannot be
gainsaid. That it has greatly ampIi-
| fled the horizon of their knowledge
is equally true. That it has made
! of them more efficient and worth
while citizens is self-evident. That
| they are ultimately destined to be-
come new creative factor in the
| life and destiny of the state of Geor-
| gia is apparent to every thinking
| individual.
Our extension division is reaching
and touching the. lives, more or
less closely, of more than 100000
| people annually. 1t has proved to
be great constructive, uplifting,
| dynamic force, and it has conferred
| benefits which cannot be easily com.
pretended upon the Is per cent of
our people who live out in the open
country, and upon whose success
the continued prosperity of the state
ultimately rests.
The motto of the college is "To
Serve" and it's brief history indicates
| that the efforts of it's trustees, its
| n