Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-04

Jour, agriculture is undergoing and
the need of finding the correct an
.sWer TO the solution OF o-r rural
problems. Not long since, a distin
stiShed citizen of Georgia stated
that he wasted ten years of his life
Hin an orcharding enterprise because
he had planted trees without the
proper knowledge of the varieties
adapted for general cultivation or
the management which should be
accorded a proposition of this char
acter. "a few years ago. he said,
II doubted the ACCESSIBILITY of edu-
eating men along agricultural lines,
hut N now see the error of my way,
and | say to the young men who
are sitting here before me that Geor-
SIa offers you an uneXamplcd OPP
portuntty to win competency along
horticultural lines, provided you
first secure broad and comprehen-
sWe scientific education which will
acquaint you with ALI the facts and
information pertaining to our hortf
cultural industry" This indorse-
ment was most gratifying. coming as
II did from one of our largest and
most successful orchardistS.
= Not long since, a gentleman stated
10 sme that The three needs of Geor-
gia5 were better roads, rural schools
and churches" l am sold 100 per
cent on this platform. 1t was my
privilege, however, to show him
through the college plant. He saw
cow, bred and developed through
the agency of this institution, which
had given seventy-three pounds of
milk in a day. This cows earning
capacity was $500 per day. 1t rep.
resented the money which five able.
Bodied negroes could ordinarily earn.
/ showed this man a silo and a
sl&ty-acre field of alfalfa and many
either interesting and equally fundS-
mental propositions. Then L said
TO him. My friend. will the best
eural school you can build bring
me, knowledge and the vision and
the understanding OF these things
into the life of the rural commun-
ify?' He said, No" [ said, How
snail this be- done, because we both
agree it must be done for the sake
and welfare OF the people who live
IN the open country in our great
slater" He did not answer Then
| told him that what Georgia needed
first of all was ten thousand trained
agricultural leaders, and L said,
sTou can have them if the state
las willing to make the necessary
Investment. When men possessed
Of knowledge of the type l have
described go back into the rural Sec
tons of our state and set up and
develop modern farming establish.
ments, the cow, SOW and hen pro-
grain that We hear so much about
and2that we all so ardently believe
in will go over the top. Then i'll
deed will we have a diversified ag-
riculture and be in position to miti-
gate the damage which the boil
weevl now iEtlicts upon our peo
pfe.e"
Vocational training in agriculture
and its associated industries hold
theakey to the solution Of our great
est problem. Are we going to sit
idly by and fiddle while Rome
burns" or are we to bury imaginary
differences and personalities and get
together on a worthwhile, conStruc-
the program that will provide the
educated leaders we must have be-
fore. a day of permanent GGricul-
tarat progress and prosperity cali
bes ushered in. 1t is useless to talk
about the accomplishment of SO
fundamental and desirable an end as
long as so many of the bright and
worthy boys and girls in Georgia
who seek the privilege of becoming
leaders OF vocational thought and in
uustry are denied the opportunity of
securing proper technical training.
ON a number of occasions, the
question has been asked as to what
tue, college stands for and what is
the ultimate object of the work it
has in charge. These may be brief
lyaand succinctly stated as follows:
Il. TO give the students who enter
thoroughly fundamental training
in all the sciences pertaining to cor
rect farm practice.
2. To see that they receive a lib
eral education upon an applied tech
nical, vocational and professional
basis.
.. To so arrange the courses of
instruction that men and women of
limited means, opportunity and ed
ucation may receive the greatest
practical benefit by attending some
OF the various classes which it
maintains.
4'To actively participate in the
disseminat ton of scientific informa-
ton relating to agriculture and
hosne economics and the industries
allied Herewith throughout the
length and breadth of the state. In
other word2. take the state for a
campus" and to worthily serve and
advance the interest of every citi-
zen as completely as possible. To
accomplish this end, it has pioneer
ed with remarkable success in the
field of extension. teaching.
s. To prepare and distribute bull
Ietins, pamphlets and other infor-
nation of a practical nature rela-
tives to Georgias primary industries
ofsagriculture and home-making.
ssITo foster and promote research
In every legitimate way in order
that new facts and Information may
be brought to light with sufficient
rabidity to meet the needs of the
75 per cent of the people who live
In the open country.
Someone has aptly said that life
Is an interrogation mark" Hun
dreds of questions arise each day-and
insistently demand an answer.
Much depends thereon, for a false
stebnor blunder in the Interpretation
which should be placed upon funda-
mental truth may make or mar
human destiny. The ability to judge
The. world equitably and TO pass ac-
Eeptably upon the various phases
which life presents to view ls
great accomplishment. 1t explains
why eonly ten Per cent of the people
IN our great country are classed as
individuals possessed of superior
minds. No doubt our fy4rrathers
realized and appreciated the i'm
porfance of keen intelligence, broad
vision and wide sympathies, or else
hey would not have incorporated in
the seal of our great state that ever
memorable legend to do everything
with Wisdom, Justice and Mod
sration."
The human mind at best is frail
vobfcIa bpcat with MANY idiOSVu-