The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
INTERESTED
ATTENDANCE STILL GOOD
 THEIR SUMMER SCHOOL.
Weafth ef Topics DiscHsseA h Wsy to Prove of Lasting Practical BeneAt to the Agri-
 culturiDts.

Auburn, July 31.-(Special)- )-The attendance at the Famers' Summer School reaches today 222 The wealth of topics seems inexhaustible in vari- ety and interest. and the farmers are unflagging in their attendance and dis- cussions.
 The subjects discussed by Professor Morgan are perhaps of the most Tar reaching and vital interest of any yet elaborated. Professor Morgan was for years connected with the State Ex- pertinent Station at Baton Rouge. La, and was actively engaged In waeins the war against the encroachment oi the cotton boil weevil from Texas. He is at present Director of the station of the University at Knoxville, rem: It is simply wonderful the amount U. work that he has expended upon, anu the amount of information that he mas acquired. regarding the boil weevh, the COW tick, and the yellow 1eVer mosquito. He has delivered three ad- dresses on these different topics of the most comprehensive and engaging ma lure. He says that no system of az rfculture can succeed without the cat tle industry as a basis. and that the cattle industry in the South is an im- possibility until the tick Is obliterated or its ravages in some way oollteFat- ed. He thinks the problem capable Of
  he ia satisfied that in course of time 1t will encroach upon Alabama. He says It's extinction is impossible, and that the only way to combat 1t Is Tn cultural methods; to use varieties or cotton that mature early and after the gathering of the crop pasturing the fields, then blowing. then eradicating the stalks and burning them. Profes- sor Morgan has highly entertained his audiences.
 Today Loring Brown, the leading Southern expert on raising poultry, ar rived and gave an interesting lecture. He had a splendid selection of his fowls.
 A very delightful outing was taken yesterday by many of the farmers m attendance and by a large number or the nrofessors and the citizens of the town, the party being about 100 Tn number. to the celebrated school and farms of the Tuskegee Normal Insti- tute A delicious barbecue was served and every courtesy was extended 10 the party by the Tuskegee school. The visitors thoroughly appreciated the courteous welcome extended and not oye of the large company but what was impressed with tho extent and na- ture of the work fin progress.
 Tomorrow a basket dinner will be served to the Farmers School on the college campus Among the distin- ruished visitors present today are: Hon. R. R. Pool, Commissioner of Az rfculture; Hon. J. A. Wilkinson, Au- taugaville; Major W. E. SistSunk
 The following program has been rem dered today.
 to g, examination of sheep for in- ternal parasites. Dr. c. A. Cary; to Il, cattle ticks, life history and modes of extermination in summer and Win ter. Prof. H. A. Morgan; II to IF. physical conditions of soil. Dr. J. T. Anderson; to 2, yellow fever and ma larial mosquitoes, Prof H. A. Morgan; i; to feeding and selecting chickens. Iorina Brown: 8 to 4, feed work stock, N. c. Kew; 4 to 6. judging and SCOT ing sheep, N. c. Kew; making cement . posts. Mir. Floyd: 8 to g. illustrated stereoptican lecture on selecting and judging corn, Dr. E. M. Wilcox.