The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-03
WILL ESTABLISH
SOIL TEST PLATS
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD HAS
NEW PLAN OF CO-OPERA-
TION WITH FARMERS.

An appropriation OF $4,000, to en-
courage soil redintegration, has been
authorized by President L. A. Downs,
of the Central OF Georgia railway.
The Central company will spend Slz2
in each of the eighty counties II
serves to prove that soil wsate may
he checked and soil fertility increased
Whv prove a fact so well known
Because knowing is not doing. Much
has been learned about doing IN the
past Jew years, and there IS a need
for proving that a combination OF
methods both old and new Will get
results. Increased crop yields, due TO
increased plant food obtained at d
cost which will show a good proflt, Is
the result desired. :,
Proving that this may be done calls
for the adoption OF unfamiliar meth
DDS and a larger expenditure thah
MANY farmers feel JUSTIFIED IN at
tempting until they have actually
seen the increased crops. Therefore
the management of the Central OF
Georgia believes the railroad company
can afford to pay hall the cost OF the
needed expenditure to establish IN
each of the counties it serves IN Ala
bama and Georgia soil redlntegra-
ton test plot to be farmed according
TO methods prescribed by the state
agricultural colleges.
Soil building, soil redintegration, or
whatever it may be called IS not
problem OF the southeast alone. Agrl-
cultural authorities everywhere are
giving it the most careful study. In
Ohio Illinois and many other states
they are earnestly trying to solve this
problem. Mr.. E Davenport, former
dean OF the Illinois agricultural col
1eqe. and recognized the world over
as authority in this matter, states;
eve are all living on our lat, as
plaved their part and passed OF the
stage We are mining our fertility as
other nations have lived that have
we are mining our coal, and we are
cutting off the food supply OF our
descendants as effectually as II we IN
tended to handicap them in the bust
ness OF living"
The southeast has a wonderful grow
ing climate, lots of sun, and plenty OF
rain. Consequently we have rapid
plant growth, and equally rapid ex-
haustion of soil fertility.
The south's main crop leaves very
little on the land to 60 back to the
soil. Clean cultivation of cotton helps
the sun and rain to evaporate and
leach out plant food.
But our conditions that favor soil
depletion also favor the rapid growth
OF plants that will restore nitrogen
and humus to the soil.
Soil redintegration is the whole pro-
cess of preserving, restoring and IN
creasing the fertility and productive
ness of our soil The Central OF Geor-
gia railway wants to cooperate with
men who are willing to take the lead
in the practice OF this process, for the
benefit of their neighbors as well as
themselves.
Farmers who are willing to give
such cooperation, and realize 1t is
lust as necessary to feed their soil as
their stock should address J. F. Jack
son, general agricultural agent, Cen
trail of Georgia Railway, Savannah,
Ga. An application blank which brief
~ outlines the methods proposed and
gives the requirements for a soil
redintegration test contract, also a
copy of the form OF agreement under
which the Central OF Georgia will pay
its share OF the cost will be mailed
Or these may be obtained from the
Central of Georgia agricultural agents
or the county demonstration agents
A memorial to the armyp of the