The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-24

1.-THE study that has been given to poui-
| try has been OF greatest profit. Inc
| speaker declared that the poultry inter-
| est of the country now brings In enough
| money to pay half the expenses of the
| government, and" said he when we
| get nm American hen as we expect 70
| do, to lay 200 eggs per year, ts1e Amerl-
| can hen will pay the expenses Of gov
efnment."
Among the great things the Agricul-
! tual Department Is teaching Is how to
| Keep the soil az rich and as fertile as 1t
| was when John Smith first planted a col
| ony on 1t. In this connection the speaker
said Southern cotton planters ought to
enter combine pledged not to ship a
cotton seed away from home, 1S,e seed
| and the meal made from 1t should be
| fed to cattle, which In turn will enrich
the land by feeding 1t with organic nat.
ter. Iowa farmers have learned this"
said he, and they are buying your cot
ton seed for that purpose.
Don't sell TO them, but use the seed Mt
home. It will pay better"
MIR. Wilson told Of other great things.
! among them road building, the Agricul-
tural Department Is doing In the way
OF cd t,cating the people. and declared that
no part Of the country Is In MS good con-
| dition to profit by 1t ns the South ana
! he said every man in the department Is
| the servant of the people, ready to serv"
/ ut any moment, and out of 4,6Oo OF those
servants. only one had yet betrayed MS
] trust. That one was not SO much 10
blame as were the Wall Street speclila.
| tors and every man who tries to Go
| business through Wall Street spectators.
! In conclusion, Mr.. Wilson expressed
/ his delight to be In Virginia and Rich
| mond, and said his only regret was that
| another engagement forced him to rush
back to Washington by the 4:3o train.
| The other speakers OF the afternoon
/ were Colonel John s. Cunningham. Of
! North Carolna; Major n. w. Winston
on the subjects OF tobacco growing and
tobacco curing, subjects with which most
readers Of The Dispatch are partly
familiar. taf
The Banquet
Tho banquet of the association last
night was most enjoyable event. About
n hundred guests, many OF them invited
from Richmond, sat down at the festive
bdard and listened with hearty and
ringing appause to the toast and re-
sponses of the evening.
The menu carc1s were OF exceeding
handsome and tasteful designs. giving
on the first cover different scenes about
Richmond, and on the last cover the
seal of Virginia. Everything was served
In splendid style. and the banquetcrs en-
toycd themselves most heartily
Hon. John Lamb proved himself most
creditable toast master, and all the re-
sponses were made In q vein both humor-
Gus and displaying sound common sense
All the speakers reflected credit and
honor on both themselves and the States
which they represented.
The toasts and speakers were:
Virginia, Prof s. b. Hergie,
Our South Land, Col. ]. s. Cunningham.
Our Annual Meeting. W. A. Morgan.
The Press and the Farm, w. 8. Cope
land.
The Farmer and the Fertilizer Manu-
facturer. Hon. Rice Smith.
The State Chemist r. L. Rose.
Our New Members. ]. Il. Watson.
Good Night. by the Toast Master.
The commissioners will DO IN session
again to-day, with an interesting pro-
gramme.