The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-08
The Af.ernocn sesson.

ciety adjourned until 2:30 O'CLOCK.
The Afternoon sess on,
In the afternoon the repol. of the Sec
rotary and treasurer. showing the so
ciety to be in a very healthy condition,
was submitted and considered. The mem
bership has increased about SO per cent.
during the past year. The society is
clear of debt, with all bills paid, anG with
sufficient in the treasury to defray the
expenses of the present meeting. The
financial section of the report was re-
ferred to the Auditing Committee.
paper presenteu by Mr.. w. T. Hood.
Of the Old Dominion Nursery, of this
city,. on The Propagation and Cuitiva-
ton of Nursery Stock" excited very con-
siderable attention Mr. Hood discussed
quite fully the methods of growing seed
less stock and the budding and the graft
ing of the same. Further he referred to
the methods Of cultivating and pruning
SO as to bring the trees into thz hest
condition for the market. He laid stress
upon the fact that people plant toe iarge
trees and that they Should plant younger
stock He spoke also OF diseases, such
as crown gall and root Tense, and stated
that these troubles were rendering 1t
very difficult for nurserymen to conduct
business. The question of the value Of
French SEEDS for growing Seeding stocks
was discussed BY professor wood and
Mr.. Hood.
An interesting and important discussion
ri piece root and whole root grating 1oi-
lowed, led by Mr.. Van Deman. he opln-
ion that piece-root graz Ing is ra.her
superior to whole root see med to prevail
SPICY. BUT GOOD-4yAIJRhl.
An admirable paper on The Restless
ness Of Our farm Labor" was presented
by Mr.. Howard B. Dnwiddie. OF Green
wood. Mr.. Dinwiddie is young man,
| az IN, ma ar
style. and was loudly s:-pplauded ihe
naper was followed up with & discussion
BY Mr.. Koiner, Uo...4nls sioner of Agrlcul-
ture Mr.. jackson and others. The ques-
ton of farm labor was declared to De one
of vital Importance. Some step, SAID H.;
Jackst i, should be taken at once to keep
the country people at home, ana not iel
them drift off to the city and lea'e tie
population of the farm lanes depicted.
in. oroer to counterfeit this movement ne
said, the children Should be taught
something of nature. ana leo TO love l"e
lanu and the. culture OF II.
professor Atwood declared that one rea-
son why the average laborer boIted inc
country as soon as he could find II posi-
bile to do so was that the farmers didn't
+reat him right. The condition ofG.tne
la orer in America, he said, is deplor-
able The men were ill-housed' and all
treated. The farmers did not treat them
like fellow-men In Europe the condition
was different. Professor Atwood SAID
that he had travelled extensively ABROAD
and that he knew whereof he spoke. On
the European continent the laborer was
on a plane equal to that Of the American
farmer. He was well treated and llved
| in neat brick or stone houses. Sesldes.
he had his little garden. his flowers and
| his grass. and the other little things that
make contentment and cheerfulness.
! The professor closed by declaring that
| If the American farmers wanted to keep
| the laboring man in the country, lnes
| would have to learn to treat MN Deter
| and to pay him better
The dis cussion ELECTED by the statements
| made by Professor Atwood was spicy, put put
| good-natured in the extreme. senator
| Lupton made humorous speech, open
| ing it by asking the farmers assembled
what they thought of themselves, no"
| that the! professor had told them SO many
| had things about themselves, when they
never knew before. Senator sLuptons dlo
/ not believe that Professor Atwood S: IN
| formation was correct. He said that SO
| far as he himself had observed, ana ne
| had travelled considerably in this country,
mo farmers of Virginia and A1nellcsa
treated their men all right. they en-
Moved human beings and they treated
| them as such. With regard to the condi-
| tions. which obtain in Europe, he knew
] nothing He had never been there ana
was glad Of it.. There were NUMBER OF
| nIaces in this country he hadn't seen
| cot and he would see them before he set
~ ~ exnlore another continent. He