The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
Gossip From the
 Nations Capital
By R. H. atkins

t;ons by showing the people that 1t IS nossible by the adoption Of certain methods to overcome the seeming olI- aculties; they also explain to the mer- chants who advance money 'o ene farmers how crop is more certain under these advanced methods so that inc merchants will more readily ad- vance funds to the farmers who are following the improved methods. Dr. Knapp also stated that 1t is only by educatink the public that the Depart ment and the Stations can nope 10 reach the farmer and In this way gradually change the agricultural con- ditions existing in the South.
 The Chairman then referred to the mart the Bureau of Entomology is talk ing with the cotton crop and the sev- eral insect pests affecting it, and in troduced Dr. W. D. Hunter of that Bureau.
 MT. Hunter outlined the work that had been done by the Department in connection with the cotton bolI wee yil how 1t had been taken up in Louisiana and Texas. and how these states had co-operated with the De- partment in the work, and some Of the results that had been obtained. He , mentioned the close relationship that i had been established between the i State authorities, through their experi-
 
 how the study of these several pests l was being carried on and the means 1 taken to stop their ravages.
 Information Wanted.
 The efforts of the Department had aroused great interest in States not yet affected by these pests and they are taking steps to get all the lnior- nation they can with regard to them | in order that the farmers of these ho f,,ll informed. In Ans swer to a question MT. Hunter stated | that the Department was ready to CO., l operate with any State where isolated l colonies of the boil weevil appeared. l that a reserve fund for such work | was in existence and that arrange 1 ments have been made for settine l speedy information In regard to such cases, when assistance would be rem | dered.
 | After the noon recess the chairman called upon Prof. w. J. Spillman of | the Bureau of Plant Industry, to ex- l plain the aims and objects of diversi- | fication farms, methods of their organ ization, etc. Prof. Spillman discussed
 briefly the object of diversification | farms in the South. stating that they | were not experiment stations or ex- pertinent farms in any sense of the word, but were for the purpose oi
 demonstrating the desirability of di-
 versifying crops. and primarily to | show that under diversified farming
 better financial returns could be made
 than by a system of single cropping I It was pointed out by Prof. Spillman | that in all cases 1t was desired to have
 the full cooperation of the stations
 in this work. The plan of establishing 1 the diversification farms was. briefly
 to first confer with the station director
 and his man with view to securing 1 a 1nra afi0n after y4h rlo of | aging the farm was laid out. To il. | lustrate the point Prof. Spillman ex. | plained the method of organizing the
 farm at Uniontown, Alabama, in co.
 operation with Dr. Duggar. director oi
 the Alabama Experiment Station. This
 farm was organized as an alfalfa ant
 hog farm and had proved highly sue.
 cessful Recently a farmers institute
 was held on the farm and there were several hundred representative farm. CTS rom different parts of the State
 present. the object being for them te
 see definitely what was being done ir
 oroer that they might encourage tn, same practices in other sections Bureau of Soils.
 Foddowing Prof. Spillman the
 Chairman called upon Mir. F. E. Bon
 steel. of the Bureau of Soils, who rep
 resented Prof. Whitney, and who ex- plained that Prof. Whitney was out
 of the city ard unable to De present
 MT. Bonsteel gave 8 very clear and concise statement as to the work of the Bureau of Soils in its relation to
 the experiment stations. He state
 that the work of the Bureau of Soils
 had three principal objects: First the
 determination of certain soil areas
 through soil surveys, the adaptation
 Of important crops to these areas
 and the elucidation of important ques-
 tions relating to the improvement of
 soils through fertilizers, tillage, etc
 MT. Bonsteel stated that he saw in
 this work abundant opportunities for
 the very best cooperation with the
 stations and trusted that such CO., operation could be secured
 At this point the presiding officer called attention to the fact that while
 1t was the secretarys object in calling
 this conference to deal mostly with the
 principal lines of work relating to cot
 ton and the probable invasion of the boil weevil. 1t was also his desire to
 have other branches of the Departmen,
 to consider fully their relation ot
 their work to the work of the stations Following out this plan the chairman called upon Mir. George NJ Rommel of the Bureau of Animal Industry, rep
 resenting Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of , the Bureau. who was absent from the , city.
 MT. Rommel spoke of the work ot the Bureau of Animal Industry on , breeding and feeding. He stated thut , the future development of the stations must necessarily lie in the direction , of livestock growing The direction. along which livestock breeding and feeding should be followed were fully
 emphasized by Mir. Rommel. The CO operative experiment already under
 way with number of the State ex- , pertinent stations were also described . It was stated that this work was ye