Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-07

carpet grass and Dallas grass. Much
interest was manifested by the visi-
tors in these pastures.
The large party was then con
Quoted to the shed where water
melons We're being cut and tested.
Otis Woodward was in charge
there. He showed the farmers his
barrel spray and how it worked and
explained that the watermelon
vines had been sprayed seven times
ten days apart with fine mist of
spray composed of fifty gallons of
water, four pounds of bluestone and
four pounds of rock lime which
cost about 46 cents per acre. Mr..
Woodward stated that this spraying
despite the extreme wet weather
held the anthracnose disease in
check and that where used fine
crop had been made while only a
fifty per cent crop was made where
the spray was not used.
While Mr.. Woodward was talk
ling about the control of the anth-
lracnose disease and cutting great,
big, juicy melons to show what sue
cess he had, and cutting some poor
scrawny ones that had not been
treated. Prof. Hackett and Mr..
Hooks had their knives out for
half-four whetting them on their
hands, wondering if they would
have an opportunity of sampling
those big red juicy ones. At the
close of the explanation Mr. Wood
ward told the party to come up to
the improvised table and eat UP the
cut melons. 1t took no second in
vitation nor urging to get them
busv
After the melons had been con-
sumed the party was conducted to.
another party of the farm and
showed about fifty tests of cotton
and MANY Of grasses and soy
beans. IT was 2 great sioht to see
about hundred Interested farm
ers Gathering around tho EXPERT
and listening to him exnlain what
he had learned by actual eXperi-
ment. Thousands Of question were
asked and checrfulIv answered,
Every conceivable tost is being
tried out with all kinds of cotton,
grain beans. peas. grasses and
fruits INDIGENOUS t. this section.
and the Coastal Plain Experiment
| Station promises to he Of untold
value to the farmers Of South Geor-
gia.
The station contains POS acres
and has lalge administration
building supplied with records and
and clerks. who keen exact data of
every experiment. There are five
cottages on the farm for the la
borers. All sorts of tests of live
stock breeding, feeding tests and
many things are being tried -
It was with regret that thu Y ,tv
| had to. leave this intenseI Inter
esting place for lunch. A magni-
ficent lunch had been prepared at
the Agricultural College by Mrs.
l. J. NJ. Hall, the matron, and the
large party enjoyed it hugely. At
this time the school has more than
hundred registered students from
all over South Georgia taking what
h known as four-day short
course in poultry raising and dairy
ing. Frank Fitch was giving
band of farm boys and girls a lee
ture on dairy cows and methods
of feeding and care of cream, and
Professor Mccoy. poultry, expert,
had dead hen before class Of
intelligent young people who were
studying poultry raising and he
was demonstrating the intricacies
of the poultry and egg-raising bust
ness, It was great to see our
young folk as enthusiastic and in
terested in those constructive
things as they would have been 81
show.
This school is doing vast
amount Of good and is fortunate
to have Prof. S. L. Lewis at its
head and associated with him
fine crop Of teachers. Mitchell
countv had more students thar
any other county, and Miss Morti-
mer Schley was there all smiles