The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-15

that directions. The luncheon served was
most appetizlng, and three hundred farm.
ers will long remember the milk, which
was q revelation to some, who have not
had tie opportunity to sample the gen
uine article drunk within T$stone'si
throw OF where it was MIXED. q
Experiment Farm.
The afternoon was spent on the ex-
pertinent farm. The entire corps Of pro-
fessors who are engaged In work at the
experiment station accompanied the par
charge, but occasionally the groups
would bunch" and all would be l!s-l
ltening 10 one talker It Is impossible
to give within the compass Of this dis
patch anything approaching fair ldea
OF the extent and scope Of the work pc
Ing done in the experiment station. Inc Inc
farmers were most deeply interested IN
the experiments being conducted in I, !, the
growth OF crops, in breeding IN pa rtlcu-
lar veterinary science bacterlology, my
cology and chemistry. all aimed to achieVe
results which enable the man who THIS
the soil TO secure ,therefrom the pest
nossibla return. The questions Wit h winch
the professors were being piled all the
time Indicated the Intelligent as well as
eager interest which the visitors TOOK IN
that which they saw. When the Hex exc
lgionists assembled at the station 70 pc
gin the return8trlp, at 5 clock, Ca plain
w. ". Berkely of !. Roanoke, made a
speech expressing the farmers apprecia-
ton Of the courtesies shown them. ana
also their complete realization OF me
value Of the work being done at me
experiment station. Z, ,3,.j y
High Commentator.
Later q paper setting forth the mag
,it,,de and the value of the work being
done Nv Professor sSoule and his asso-
GATES and commencing the experiment p
station to the continued liberality OF me
+ legislature Of Virginia, was signed ~
nearly 800 delegates, all Stn ma, cou'u -
roa chcd The paper Is as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned, who nave hau
,ha onportunlty of Inspecting the Worh
~ 1oean soutc and the staff OF the VAR
einin polytechnic Institute, desire 70 placc
e,,'f,rccord our unqualified approval o.
the efforts of these gentlemen 70 eley'Lle
10 snurs,lit of agriculture TO the PiA'lle
u sbould occupy as a vocation Tor young
men of intelligence and ampl tion, NV ~
cordially and heartily commend thelli !"
to the support Of the people u Wy
state, and cspecialy.to tho
: - = Il. that this institution be fostereu
go daveioned in a. manner commensu-
20 ia with the agricultural interests or TINS TINS
s,ate ~ such liberal approximations as
the finances Of the State Will JUSTIFY
..yve helieyc that one of the most ere
avs i55tnstr,lmcntallties which has beeIl
devised In modern times for educating
sonr farmers is the farmers institute,
ma we would like togsee the state aVail
Itself Of the experience ofSthe more Pro-
frressiye States which have orga nlzea tlis
farmers institute as q separate any
dlstinct institution. with q central organi-
my
q ~, fostar every agricultural interest.
a a hundred or more delegates from
southv est Virginia babe farewell to the
a. stern delegates at Christansburg, ana
took the west-bound train for their
homes IT was not z o'clock when the
east -bounS party reached Roanoke me
delegates generally left on night trains
for their homes on the Southside or TIDE
water or Piedmont or the Valley. IL
Signal Success.
There has not been sutht a successful
convention Of farmers IN tho history Of
agriculture in Virginia as the one which
ended to-day, 1t was far more largely
attended than any ever before held IN
Virginia, and those who have been resu-
lar ATTENDANTS say they have never heard
addresses OF such high character. e,
There is abundant evidence that the
farmers of Ethe State are thoroughly
aroused concerning the necessity OF or
zanization and of the application Of mod
ern scientific methods In agriculture
I asked a foremost member of the In
stItute to-day what this movement meant.
He REPLIED: ut means that the next ten
years are going to witness greater strides
in Virginia agrlculturally than has ever
been made In any fifty years Of our
history
. WALTER EDWARD HARRIS. 4