The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02

In US infancy and 1t was hOped that H would develop rapidly in the near fu- l ture.
 Bureau of Animal IndustRy. In connection with MT. Rommefs address many questions came up In | | reference to the work of the Bureau |
 of Animal Industry in the handling |
 of the Southern cattle fever. and es- pecially the tick problem. A number
 of directors present expressed their Iopinions on the subject of better meth ods of quarantine regulations. giving Opportunities for Southern farmers to get their cattle into northern markets. Dr. A. M. Harrington. of the Bureau of Animal Industry. was called upon for remarks on this subject. Dr. Far
 rington explained the operations of the Bureau of Animal Industry in the
 matter of quarantine measures against the southern cattle fever. He pointed out the difficulties encountered in
 working in the States and emphasized the necessity of complying with the Il law so far as interstate commerce was concerned. It was suggested by humber of directors that cooperative Arrangements might be affected where- by the restrictions governing the pas- lsage of cattle no longer necessary
 might be removed. These and other
 matters 1t was agreed could be taken lup later by correspondence. between | and the experiment stations.
 pr. Galloway then called attention , to the fact that all the discussion 80 far had mainly been along the lines of work that the Department is doing and , proposing to do. He stated that there were numerous questions connected with the work of the Department and the relations of its work to that of the stations that were of & purely ad.
 ministrative character and would have
 to be viewed from that standpoint; , that 1t was the desire of the Secre- l tary to have the best and fullest un- , derstanding with the stations, and
 that this desire had led him to call this , conference in order that the men might , come together face to face and under stand each others work and problems i better. Dr. Galloway also stated that no hard and fast rules could be laid down as to how cooperative work
 with the stations and the Department { should be organized and conducted. but that it was largely a matter Of [ personal relations between the men themselves. and in order to get the sentiments of the directors present 1t
 was desired to have a full and frank , expression of views from each of them { as to what the Department could do to strengthen the stations with tho people of their States and to aid the : stations in securing help from the l States and in other ways for the en- , largement of their work. A number 7 of addresses were made by all the . directors present.
 g A Cordial Feeling.
 f pr. Reading. of the Georgia Station.
 spoke of the very cordial relations 9 which now exist between his station and the Department. He emphasized e the necessity for thorough under standing between the men and stated T hot in fG in ha @ little or no difficulty if the men of the 8 Department would. upon coming into 3 a State confer with the station au- :, thorities. He went on to say that 1t r was not always practicable for the 3 station director to take up work sug = gested by the Department, but even so - it placed the station in a better light = with the people if the station author @ ites were consulted in the matter. . Practically all the station directors f emphasized this same point.
 s Suggestions were also made as to d methods whereby the Department = could aid the stations in securing ad- @ ditional funds The chairman led in e the discussion which followed and which was participated in by the di- @ rectors and members of the Depart ments staff who were present. The conference closed by a brief 0 statement from Dr. E. W. Allen, As-
 
 riment Stations. Department of Agri- 3 culture. on the subject of How the Of- . flee of Experiment Stations of the De-
 partment might aid In bringing the : Department and Station workers into closer relationship. Dr. Allen stated that representatives of the Office of l Experiment Stations of the Depart { ment visited annually all the State Experiment Stations. consulted with l the staff of each of those stations as to their work and the work of the 3 Department, that many suggestions i, were made by the station men which, when properly brought to the atten- tion of the officials of the Department could be made valuable. He said that f he believed that the present conference would be productive of good results l in bringing about better understand r ing and making 1t practicable to talk 9 more freely in the future on subjects - in which both the Department and the
 Stations were interested.
 r At the close of the conference a vote 9 of thanks was proposed by pr. Dodson. 5 of Louisiana, to the honorable tine Sec . retary and the officers of the Depart ment who had so courteously received D them here The vote was carried } unanimously.
 { | The chairman then cordially thanked f the directors for their frank express . sIons and assured them that the sug- I gestions made by them had been care l, fully noted and that correspondence : relating to them would be taken up f on their return home. It was the g unanimous opinion that the conference
 would bring about a very much better f understanding between the station l and the Department workers<and lead t to the opening up of many new lines s of cooperative work.
 < Southern Labor Problem l If visitors from the South who have been in Washington since the begin : ming of the crop-maklng season cor r rectly represent the situation, the la bOr oblem ia worse than if heen