Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-25
FARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

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Plans and Policies of The Farm
Bureau
T.. T.. c., Kite, Ca, writes:
Please give me your ideas on
what the Farm Bureau organ-
2aticn means to the farmer, its
purpose, etc.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON is simply an association of
state farm bureaus. The organiza-
lions thus federated have common
interest to serve in the advance
ment of the agriculture of the coun-
try along economic, educational and
social lines. The keynote Of the
farm bureau federation work is CO.
operation. This organization has
taken an active interest in more
efficient production, conservation,
marketing, transportation and dis
tribution of farm products. one OF
the main planks in their platform
is the furtherance of agricultural
ed'ication, and in fact all tyres Of
public educ0tiOn 1t is a nonp0liti-
cal organization which depends for
its strength on local, county ant
state cooperation.
The GcOrcia Farm Bureau fedora
ton, as / understand it, is federated
with the American Farm Bureau
! federation. There are. organizations
! in 40 81 50 counties in the state,
with some 5000 paid-Up members
enrolled a. the present time. IN
| derstand shat an effort is berg
made 10 organize every county in
| GeOroil aE this time.
The Georgia Farm Bureau federal
| ton. an l understand it, stands for
nine months school in every III
raj community, a strong system OF
secondary and vocational education,
adequate sunnCrt of higher e1uca-
ton with special emphasis on those
courses which relate to the welfare
of the farm and the farm home, the
! maintenance of an agricultural and
home economies agent in every
county in the state. the enforce
ment of cGmpulsory attendance law
for school children, the consolidation
of schools and local taxation Tor
! their better maintenance, the eradl-
cation of illiccracy, the organization
of classes and schools for vocational
! training in agriculture and HON
economics, the dissemination OF in
| formation relative to sanitation and
health.
Data Relative to Bee Keeping
Georgia
3. e. t., Florence, S. c., writes:
I have been figuring on putting
! some bees on my farm at Daw-
son, Terrell county, Georgia
What would you recommend as
best bees. best hive. best time
to start, and what is best to be-
gin with? Does use of calcium
arsenate affect them to any eX-
tent?
A summation of the best literature
! available on the subject Of bee keep
ing and which may be obtained free
of cost on application to your state
senator or congressman is set forth
! below:
Farmers Bulletin AL Bees.
Farmers, Bulletin 653, Honey and
! Its Uses in the Home.
Farmers Bulletin 961, Transfer
ring Bees to Modern Hives
Farmers Bulletin 975, The Control
of European Foulbrood
Farmers Bulletin 1912. Prepare.
ton of Bees for Outdoor Wintering.
Farmers Bulletin 1884, The Con
troll of American Fourbrood.
Farmers Bulletin 1893, Swarm
Control
Farmers Bulletin 1929, Bee-Keep.
ing in the TulipTree Region.
These publications are all in TIE
form Of farmers bulletins. They
constitute a small and wel1-defined
library on the subject of bees, their
control, feeding, and mana cement
You will be particularly interested
in Farmers Bulletin 1929, Bee-keep-
ing in the Tulip Tree Region, hut all
of the publications mentioned VIII
furnish you with very desirable in
| formation.
How to Make Butter Firmer in
Texture
| w. L. r., LaWrenceville, Ga,
writes: L have a young Jersey
COW, fresh-in with her second
calf. She is giving a nice flow
of milk and doing well. I feed
her MorGan's "A per cent dairy
feed, a little cotton seed meal
wheat bran, and cotton seed
hulls. She runs on a good Ber-
muda pasture. The butter is so
oily we can not do anything with
1t except skim it off and put it
in bowl where it can not run
out. 1t is about as thick as syrup
or castor oil. She makes a fine
chance Of butter I will greatly
appreciate remedy, if you can
give us one.
Trouble of the character about
which you inquire is occasionally
met with. The hot weather has no
doubt aggravated this condition. On
the other hand, there is a consjd-
cradle difference in the hardness of.
the fat derived from certain cows. A
good deal depends on the percentage
of the different constituents which
enter into the fat Food also affects
the hardness of butter to a consid-
cradle extent. Cotton seed meal in
crcases the stearin and lessons the
olein. The use of more cotton seed
meal and the decrease Of the other
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