The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-26
FARMERS GATHER AT SUMMER SCHOOL Good Work is Being Done at
 Auburn ALONG PRACTICAL LINES Lectures and Demonstrations Will Be Conducted By Some of the Best Known AgricuIturalists In
 the Country.
ALONG PRACTICAL LINES

Auburn, July %. 5.--lSpecial.)-The thlrd annual session of the Summer School for Farmers met this morning in the college chapel under suspicious circumstances. At the first session nineteen counties were represented. The attendance in cludes some of the most progressive, sue cessful and well-to-do farmers in the state. The movement has attracted wide attention in the south and many papers like the Times-Union of Jacksonville. Fla, speak of it in highly complimentary terms.
 The attendance bids fair to be the largest in the history of the school. The morning exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. c. A. Cornell of Au- burn. An inspiring and enthusiastic ad- dress of welcome was delivered by Presi- dent c. c. Thach, who extended a warm greeting. briefly outlined the nature of the work of the session and discussed somewhat elaborately the possibilities of diversified farming in the state. He also sketched the work undertaken for the great industry of agriculture by the in- stitution. He pointed out that six full professors and seven assistants belonged
 
 experiment station. including the depart ments of veterinary science, animal hus- bandry, cotton and corn culture. chem istry, botany disease of plants, growth or fruit and vegetables, feeding of cattle, rotation of crops. etc. By their con- stant efforts great good is being accom- | plished for the upbuilding of the farming | industry of the state.
 Experts Will Aid Work. Some of the leading experts of the | United States, of the department of az
 riculture and from various states will as- | sist the local staff in the coduct of the | school. The nature of the work under | taken is strictly accurate and practical. | It is not merely general exhortation and discussion in a rhetorical way of the pos | abilities and attractions of farming, but | 1t is a detailed course along specified | lies of investigation.
 | The following are the topics of the lec- tures: Soil Formation, Soil Physics and Soil Analysis" Forestry for Farmers" Truck Gardening.'' Fruits" Fungus and Insect Diseases" "Fertilizing, Gull ture Varieties and Diseases of Cotton" "Fertlizing and Cultvating Sugar Cane" Syrup Making and Syrup Sellin"." Terraeing and Tile Drainage" "Prin-
 
 Feeds and Feeding Judging and Scoring Live Stock 'Soil Improving Crops and Rotation of Crops" Fer tilizers. Commercial and Home Made" Hay Crops and Hay Making" Storage. Dairy and Live Stock Barns and Farm Houses" Farm Machinery and Farm Labor.'' Corn Breeding. Cultivation and Judging" Road Making for Farmers and numerous other interesting farm topics will be discussed.
 Lectures on the theory of all of these topics are first delivered and then a practical demonstrati ton of the principles fig given on the farm or In the labora- tories The full equipment of the insti- tuition is thus made of practical value to those men who gain their living from the soil
 Such experts as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture w. M Hays of Washing ton, D C.. Joe, Wing of Breeders Ga zette. Prof. Spillman. Washington, D. c. i; Prof H A. Morgan. Knoxville. Tenn. {; l F. J. Merriam, Atlanta. Ga. Col ]. M. | Thornton Talladega. Ala; Doring Brown, | smyrna, Ga. and Professors Ross. Will
 cox Duggar. Mackintosh. Kew, Hare. Anderson and Cary of Auburn will lec- i twelve hours each day.
 Special, PrIxes. | One-Fifteen dollars for the best ten
 ears of corn, si0 for the second best. s5 | for the third best
 Two-Ten dollars for the person making | the best average In scoring live stock, $5 for the second best and $3 for the third best.
 Three-Ten dollars worth of pure bred chickens for the person making best average In scoring chickens. s5 in money for second best and s3 for third best. Railroads in Alabama and Georgia give a rate of one fare plus 25 cents for round trip. Board can be secured at Auburn for 50 cents and s1 per day. There will be no other necessary expenses. Auburn is high and healthful. literally free from cool nights. It is an excellent summer resort.
 A basket dinner will be given Tuesday to thosa In AA&A>a ~~->4 unnn thA lentnreA