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MR. STEVENS TALKS
TO GEORGIA FARMERS
Subjaot, the State College oi
Agriculture.
SOME TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
lihorfc Courses, Recently Introduced,
Make It Practicable For Many Farm*
ers’ Sons to Enjoy Benefits of the
Institution.
December 9. 1903.
Inasmuch as everythin*; pertaining
to the upbuilding o£ the agricultural
interests of Georgia is of general in
terest to myself, I have concluded to
talk with the farmers thlB month up
on the Statb College of Agriculture,
located at Athens.
The officers of that Institution have
been Introducing short courses, which
make It practicable for many more
farmers’ sons to enjoy the benefits in
tended for them by the establishment
of Agricultural Colleges.
It Is of Importance that the farmers
should be informed of the data re
lating to the winter course in agricul
ture in the State College of Agricul
ture, University of Georgia.
For several years past the State
Agricultural Colleges , throughout the
country have been endeavoring to
reach out to the farmers and bring
to them more practical benefits from
the Federal funds which have been
devoted under the original
Morrill Bill and its Amendment to
scientific and agricultural education.
Formerly, the colleges seemed not to
know how to do anything except tq
prepare a full scientific course, intend-
ed to occupy four years, and to lead
to the degree of Bacheibr of Science
in Agriculture.,
This course attracted a few students
In each state, who undoubtedly receiv
ed great benefit from the education
thus offered, but the number, com
pared with the number that ought to
have been reached, was extremely 11m-
lted. For Instance, in Wisconsin,
where the State made Appropriations
to supplement the Federal Fund, and
( where splendid facilities were offered
in the way of laboratories and equip
ment, the Bean of the College of Agri
culture stated that in 14 years there
had only been 14 graduates.
Under the leadership of the Wiscon
sin College and of Cornell, which are
recognized as the most advanced agri
cultural Institutions in the country,
shorter courses liave been devised, in
tended to attract larger numbers oi
students, and especially those who
could not remain in college for foul
years. : These courses have been re
spectively, a one-year course, and a
short* three-months couse, the latter
ing. The important subject of Good
Roads is presented by lectures.
Tlie use, construction, repair, etc.,
of farm machinery is taught by the
professor in connection with the imple
ments belonging to the Farm and by
visits to the warehouses in Athens,
where such machinery is examined
by the professor and students conjoint
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The ranking Professor of Agricul
ture in the State College is not a mere
theorist; but one who conducts the op
erations on the University farm and
the experiments on me Universitj
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fixed In the winter, So that the somT
of farmers who could not ,get awaji
during the busiest season, might at
tend at that period. They have .been
made intensely practical in the form
of the instruction given and in th<3
application of the instruction to, prac
tice. These courses were established
two years .ago in the State College ol
Agriculture, at Athens, and have been
attended by comparatively good class
es, showing that there was a demand
for such instruction in the State, and
that the meeting of, the demand wafl
appreciated by farmers and their sons.
The winter course consists of in
struction in Agriculture, Horticulture,
Dairying, Animal Husbandry, by Pro
lessors J. M. Johnson and j. F. H-art,
Jr.; in Agricultural ChemiBtry, by Dr,
H. 0. Wlblte; in Farm Engineering by
Professor C. M. Strahan; Business
Daw, relating to the farm, by Chancel
lor Hill; in English by Professors
Park and Sanford; in Farm Accounting
and Bookkeeping and Mathematics, bj
Professor Barrow.
It is sometimes objected that agri
cultural education is not practical. An
earnest effort has been made to re
move all possible force from this ob
jection by the introduction in the win
ter course at Athens of practice along
with teaching.
The area of seyen acres on the Cam
pus, adjoining Agricultural Hall, and
the University Farm, 130 acres, are
used for experimentation and illustra
tion: the former oh the, intensive,
the latter oh the extensive scale. The
Campus area is under the eyes of the
students daily; the farm is visited
twice a week by the students in com
pany with the Professor, who resides
on the farm and conducts all the op-
' erations there.
The subject of Soil Physics is taught
in the laboratory; also Agricultural
Chemistry and Botany.
The first floor of Agricultural Hall
is equipped with dairying apparatus
Milk testing, butter and cheese mak
ing are carried on. The principles
of stock judging are illustrated by test
ing stock belonging to the Farm and
ing and bee keeping are taught prac-
■ ticafly. : , • t
Surveying, Leveling - , Terracing,, etc.
are taught by
in the fi’eld
Arithmetic is applied in Farm Account-
Campus. 'He is a horoughly practical
teacher as also is his assistant, Mr.
J. F. Hart, Jr., who is a native oi
Georgia and familiar with all the local
conditions of agriculture.
The students have not only the gen
eral advantages offered by the Univer-
sity Library, but the special Library
of Agricultural works in Agricultural
Hall, and they also have an opportun
ity to read all of the valuable current
periodicals'In Agriculture, Horticulture
and Dairying.
It is not too much to say that any
young man who goes through this
course, will be able, if offered a posi
tion on a dairy farm, to conduct its op
erations and to carry on the mhaufac-
ture of cheese and butter in the dairy.
An opportunity for valuable positions
is offered through this college. There
is a largo amout of capital being in
vested over the Sate in orchards of
apples, peaches, etc. There will be
a demand for young men who can man-
age these enterprises. One member
of the class of 1902 is now managing
an orchard of 80,000 peach trees and a
vineyard of 16,000 grave vines. The
British South Africa Company has re
cently applied to the president of the
college to recommend young men at
a salary of $1,600 and all expenses, to
go to Smith Africa and teach the na
tives the culture of cotton.
The accommodations are so cheap
as to be within the reach of all. Dor
mitory rooms are free; good board can
he had at $8.60 per month—$60
would cover all the expense
of the winter course. • A young
man who has good stuff in him
cannot be deprived of tlie benefits of
am education for the want of $60. If
he didn’t have it, and if he was the
right sort of a man, he could borrow
it, and his course would enable him
more speedily to pay it back.
A handbook has been published giv
ing all details in regard to courses
and giving handsome illustrations
showing the class in dairying at work,
experiments in forage crops and cotton
growing on the campus, orchard, etc.,
at the University Farm, with pactures
of Agricultural Hall and other build
ings in which the instruction is carried
on. This pamphlet will be mailed on
application to the Chancellor, at Athen a
or Dr. H. C. White, president of the
State College.
-Let the farmers of Georgia note
these things and govern tihemselves
accordingly. We think that our pros
pective young farmers can derive,
great benefit by attending some or all
of the courses above described. /
Now for a few words with the
farmers on other subjects of profit to
them. ’ \
Every thrifty farmer has, of course,
by this time gathered and stored away
his crops of the past season, sowed his
winter wheat and oats, or such vege
tables as he desires for his winter
garden.
He should now see that his hands
are kept busy preparing his land not
now under cultivation for the work
that will be expected of it. Just as
he must feed his stobk, so he must
see that his land receives the nourish
ment, that will fit it. to bear the com
ing crops. Let him gather all the
'manurial resources of his farm and
with his turning plows bury in the
soil the roots, weeds and grasses,
which, decaying before .spring, will
furnish the plant-food so needful for
productive harvests. Commercial fer
tilizers properly applied are great
agents for buliding up the land, but
they do not supply the place of the
things just mentioned. f
The farmer Who avails himself ol
every resource at his command will
prove to be the most successful in rais
ing abundant crops. Decayed vege
table matter, the compost heap, the
commercial fertilizer produce their
best results when intelligently han
dled.
The cold weather that we have had
up to this date warns us that we may
be at the threshhold of a severe winter,
Hence, there >is great necessity for
giving proper shelter for all stock,
such as horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
In vain will the farmer purchase high-
grade stock for his farm, if, like the
barbarian, he leaves them to shift for
themselves. The animal, like his mas
ter, is improved by civilization. A
good shelter from the weather, clean
straw to lie updn, good, wholesome
food go a long ways toward making
stock healthy and enabling them tp
render their best service to their mas-
Woman is often referaed to by-
man as“ doubling his joys and
halving his sorrows.” That may
be complimentary but it would
seem to be rather hard on the
woman. For in plain terms it
means that where things are go
ing well with the man his wife
makes them go better. But- when
things are going ill with him, he
expects the wile to share half his
burden. And there’s more truth
than poetry in this presentation
of masculine selfishness. Men
don’t appreciate the fact that the
strain of motherhood alone 1b a
burden bigger than all the loads
that rest upon male shoulders.
They see the wife grow thin, pale,
nervous aud worn without a
thought that Bhe is over-burden
ed. Among the pleasant letters
received by Dr. Pierce are those
from husbands who have wak
ed up before it was too
late to the crushing burdens laid
npor the wife, and in the search
for help have found in Dr. Pierces
Favorite. Prescription a restora
tive which has given back to the
mother the health of the maiden
and the maiden’s happiness. “Fa
vorite Prescription” always helps,
and almost always cures. It has
perfectly cured "ninety-eight out
of every hundred women who
have used it when afflicted with
diseases peculiar to women.
Excuslon lutes to Winter Resorts,
Via Central of Georgia Railway.
Excursion tickets are now on
sale at all ticket stations on the
Contral of Georgia Railway to the
Winter resorts in Florida, Cuba,
Nassau, etc. Tickets will be sold
daily up to and including April
80th, 1904, limited to May 81st,
1904 for return passage.
The Central offers superior train
service and schedules to Florida.
For tickets and additional in
formation apply to nearest agent.
All of these qualifications are represented here. I am
positively handling the most correctly built Clothes
evei exhibited and sold in Georgia, the famous .
For making, and the genteel effect desired by those who
aspire to be well dressed, there is nothing to equal these
Suits. The “set” is all that can be wished for. I invite a
comparison with goods and prices of other houses.
DAVE WACHT
STAE - CZLOTEEiasra- - CO.
Macon, Ceorgia.
J. T STEWAimS PRICE LIST.
ExPffiSSAGB PRJBJPA D ON
4 quarts Lewis “66” Ryo
4 quarts Old Harvest Corn
4 quarts Horse Shoe Rye.
1 gal Jug •- “ “
4 quarts Jeff Clarke Rye
1 gal Jug “ “ **
4 quarts Anchor Gm
1 gal Jug “ “
1 j“ " New Eugland RumlNc
1 “ “ old Harvest Corn
Express prexaid on two GaUons / or more $2 Goods to [same address
Yellowstone Kye
liunn.s Monogram Rye
Muraay Hill Rye
Wilson Rye
Paul Jones Rye
Woodford county Ryo
Rose Valley Rye
1 gal Jug “ “ “
4 quarts Mill Creek abinet Rye
lgal jug ‘‘ “ “
$6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
4.00
4.00
4 00
400
3 76
4 00
300
$3 00
3 00
2 75
300
2 76
3 00
2 76
3 00
76
1 gal Jug 100 Proof N U Corn $2 00
1 gal Jug 90 Proof N O Corn 176
1 gal Jug Old V A Brown Rye No 1 2 00
1 gal Jug Old V A Hrown Ryo No 2,
1 gal Jug New England Rum No 2
1 gal Jug Holland Oln
$1 75
2 00
2 00
Satisfaction in Every way, or Money Refnnded.
J. T. STEWART, 410 P< p!ai Mm i, Maocn,
Ga.
IF THEY ARE WEAK — You are in constant danger of Pneu
monia or Consumption which can be prevented by FOLEY’S HONEY
AND TAR if taken in time.
IF THEY ARE INFLAMED—You already have the first symp
toms of lung trouble that may prove fatal and you should not delay
taking FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR. It cures all inflammatory con
ditions of the respiratory organs.
IF THEY ARE OBSTRUCTED-It is dangerous to use harsh
expectorants which strain and weaken the lungs. FOLEY’S HONEY
AND TAR soothes and strengthens and enables the tubes to be
naturally cleared.
gives the greatest comfort and relief in advanced stages of lung trouble
and never fails to cure incipient Consumption. Contains no opiates.
For Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Pneumonia and Grippe. It stops the Cough and prevents Pneumonia.
See That You Get
FOLEY’S
Honey and Tar
A POLICEMAN’S TESTIMONY
J. N. Patterson, night policeman of
Nashua, la., writes:—“Last winter I
had a bad cold on my lungs and tried
at least a half dozen advertised cough
medicines and' had treatment from two
physicians without getting any benefit,
A friend recommenced FOLEY’S
HONEY AND TAR and two thirds of
a bottle cured me. I consider it the
greatest cough and lung remedy in
fee world.”
THREE SIZES
25c, 50c, $1
tor.
O. B. STEVENS,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
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