The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-10-15

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as he calls it, has been the lI ! aaS
ment OF worn out lands iiap@a
needed in Maryland, and a. I, at
fine farms, now in a high sta, us Ia
liable cultivation attest his ae,o q h
soil renovator. On his own 1ANl
speciality has been sheen ua1EQs
particularly the fattenino 1uussOaNdn
sheep and swine. In the oroa, eatG
of local improvement he he bsaa
taken prominent part, ho s aslS'A
having held membership in th o
tory of the turnpike comna 'ue dts
savings institutions, county faiy, Ia
alton, &c. Of the fair asso ,ar assOs
was at one time president svnUa,atOl
President of the Montgomarr'ui Is %,
Farmers Convention, an or4an Gioua4
which has been in existon ullata
twenty-five years. He is gls ''uce d
Der of the Montgomery C ,9U le9
mers' Club. 1t is a nIatta Re
with him that when Ne ws wac VI nid
rector of the station ,e woa ula1e d
for the position by evrv 70" ton eudOrel
ganization in MontgomSv tCSdn,eh q
best organized in the SSSte Inv, Ii
the whole country. W. II not
AS director Mr.. Miller -.
practice at the station the 10 put lot
getic methods which have E faine enc
success in his private life. an ugnt hq
teaching lessons of practice, ~ ~ 1aes
ure which are at once an exai SsillcAls
a stimulus to the farmers of ME- Nue. an
AS lecturer he is plain but ylsnG
dealing in facts rather than fa rclo'e
speech. s'es
James S. Robinson, Professor -,
any and Horticulture at the Ma VI S
Agricultural College and xna,ylal
Station, is native of MaryIapnn,dl' nel
family homestead which he now
sesses near the Severn Rivr in pC
Arundel County, having cIu%snl N
about it the traditions of So os ole
tions of his ancestors. eFra
Passing from the public ssos
his native county he finished ~
cation at Dickinson College 40
and Immediately engaged in faGi'a'i
He is one of the pioneer fruit anGg'
farmers of Anne Arundel, and ne
is better versed in the details Of
intricate business, from the pre
ton of the soil to the marketingo
crops. The disposal of perishablh
duce has been made speciality bk
and some of the results of his *
mental marketing from the statibuV
reported in its bulletins and told
him in his lectures have been rel
lation to the most eXperinced He
an enthusiastic advocate of fame
organizations as an instrumeEtalitv
the advancement of agricultural intt
ests. When the grange moveme,
started in 1868 he at once became
member and has held the position
State Lecturer almost contiuwusl
ever since. In this relation he bs adj
dressed farmers meetings in gpry
county in the State, and is perbamt ba
best informed man in Maryland a. N
the condition and needs of its farmprl
in every section.
The Professor is fluent talkg and
is never so happy as when he is tlnV
farmers how to grow crops and maEs
them.
President Sylvester was born in hi
in Norfolk, Va. He was educated |,
the Virginia Military Institute at Lex
ington, Va. He graduated in lST
the Department of Theoretical %
Practical Science. He was elected
the position of assistant in matthews
les and natural science in Chariot
Hall Academy IN September, 1871 VI
made full Professor in charge of ths
departments. In 1884 he was adysu
ed to the position of principal in Isl
was elected President of the Maryh
Agricultural College in 1892 The in
provement in this institution has ID
marked during the last five years
his administration. President SiVs
ter by birth and natural inclinatonh
well defined agricultural tastes h
ancestors have beer among the laga
land owners in Virginia He has b
close student of agricultural nethD
for years. He is large land owner
Southern Maryland and his faith
the soil is emphasized by his inys
ments in the same. The constant in
provement of his land bespeaks an ID
telligence and judgment which ODD
well be emulated. He has more hN
once in public addresses stated IBID
bad he to be deprived of the Inform
ton coming from the Agricultural D
partment III Washington and It'd
from the Agricultural College and En-
pertinent Station of the country
would feel himself seriously hand
capped in the pursuit OF his protests
He realized that,as much if not mG
training is required in the practice
this profession than in that Of az
other.
S. HI. Todd was born in Ohio III
parents left their native State Of la
neticut while young, and settled
the wilderness of Ohio, count
without roads, scho0l-houses
churches. They commenced bravo
the struggle with poverty.
Under such circumstances be
born and was introduced into pnc
cal, everyday life. His father tnlla
his children to work, and he was O.
nected with all the business Oh
farm, especially with the stock WIN
his father kept.
When but eight years old he
left with the entire charge OF the ~
and stock, while his parents vsa
their old home. He always manlln
ed All intense interest in The sheep =
hogs and early learned their cDsn
teristics and habits. He recelvea
somewhat limited education at Vs
lin College, and was soon pressed
public life. He was forty years "
tee of a vigorous country church, ln9s
years superintendent of the SUN.
School, fifteen years President o.
American Chester White Reeoro,
sociation," and is now President Of
Wakeman Banking Company. :,
/ He has always been practical
mer and stock breeder. bis ~
breed of hogs is well known a.
Todd Improved Chesters. hs ~ ~
won $4,000 at the Worlds ~
This itself is sufficient guaIanvu
| his SuaooSc "a a hraa1pr His SUIT