The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-12
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Ovor 900 0 Farmers At
tend State "a !; Farmers q I i | 81 $
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WILL BOYCO or
Il V. CERT AIN r REAPER
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Governor | Tyler Opposes State
Aid to Road Building Swan
son Sends a Letter and g
& Resolution Of Thanks is
Returned 81 ggleston
Arousest Enthusiasm. Sh$

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S88S} OANOKE, IA yA..8 July 1.-The state
"A Farmers institute reached the high
n 8water,,5mark In tendance this morning,
Fl with nearly a thousand farmers In at
X tendance. 4 e$sss ls$ $4s5
The hrs Il subject discussed . was ''Ssrhs
Relation OF Fertilizers to tho p PRODUCTION
n OF Tobacco. by Mr.. e.. II. Mathcwsoii.
N OF Appomattox. \ He was FOL lowed BY Mr.
NJ J. "a III. Barker, OF Axton, who discussed
s..The Growing and Handling OF obacco.' 4
II Or. q. w. u Ivans was the next speaker,
and dHsas appealed strongly to the farmers
OF Virginia to get out OF the old ruts and
X farm In the proper manner.
James e. Wing, OF Chicago; q discussed
THE Feeding and Management OF
fI Lam bs.'. ss 81 85,5 NJ M $s3s5S
Professor w. VI \. Massey, ii Of P hlladel-.;
II phia, # discussed }sS' The T1 improve as of
B Soil and the Maintenance OF Fertilizer"
& It was an unusually able paper, and 4 q e e
ii tracted much attention.. Professor J.. g..
6 Miller, OF Emory, discussed along the
Sss Committees. s
Committees on Nomina tlons and Reso-.
4 lutionS were then II named as $84 folio Ws: !:
Nomlnnt tions-Ba d Hard HUFF (. I. Roam oloa; tA.i
ss RI Scott, Richmond: !: z. 8 Evans. Con-
cord: :s Alex. Black. Biacksburg; J. .s&f e.
Mootiaw. Cloverdale; w. C.: Hoo vWer,s " Tim- IN
& beryille 4 J w. Gregg, Purceyville -. u =.
Labaume. Roanoke. 5s3s$ .is 43s9 &.
93sE Resolutions--S. a. Eso obinson. Coyesvillei .
81 Ir. 2 r. Jackson, r chmon1dl ;3S C.25!tS>.
Stacy. Amelia: Henry 8. Bowen, ~ .''ls ze-
well: Samuel Isl C'uerrant.8e e;ailoWays;l -; ~
"a. Clark. Manchester T. O. Sands, f'urkee- 'ulte
& The committee on Nomina tions reported
,HeraI amendments to the constitution.
one was that the presid t, first VICE: Ice:
president t 81 secretary and assistant eecrsyS seer
tary should remain in Office Snno other$ yea
Governor u. prot ed a gainst sbelns
n elected for ther ter but the ;ss con !.
syention would not stcn to an nlsSsstsE
The O fficers. ss
x Tho II fflcers re- elected ~ are VI: President,
~, Hoge Trlar. East Rad ford Il First Vice
u President ,st 7. I. O.. Sands, Bnrkev lie: sec
orid Ice President, John T 3a5 Is cowan
n, cowar,'s nfills:G Secretary. S SAndr rev. NJ:
4 so,,le. Is Bla cksburg; ~ Assistant Secretary.
u NJ. Williams. Roanoke. it s$Es i,s5
81 The constitution was also AMENDED q on
& motion OF Mr.. Gregg. to he effect that
, fhcy vice presidents will be named from
l "a Oh county Instead bf ngressional dis
& tr!ct blythe Executive Commit
3ii5 Mr. S. .t7 a.. Robinson, chai rmanl q the
III Committee on Resolutions. presented
X lengthy resolutions! hey &tnanKed .nla9or ma
John Il. Cownn for appropriating $500 to
4 the institute: favored the importa tion of
+ labor from Northern Europe: highly en-.
Is dorsed the W. p. Il. and especially the
( experinent station and Professor Soulei
Z favored good roads and hernandez %cdu- :
IS cational facilities, Snnd claimed that the
farmers are not paid enough Tor their g.
products. owing to the trusts; declared
a boycott against the National harvester ,s'te
* nurchesc from nn independent company;
thanked the press OF the State the 3Roa-- R1l-
Fl noke Chamber OF Commerce., the Nor
folk and Western and the citizens Of
4 Roanoke. 8 n 81 S,s Is
A Warning.
Governor Tyler cautioned the conyen-4
# ton against adopting the resolutions un-S
Z I'll they had been carefully considered.
For one. he was opposed to the state
II building roads. i had been tried inEls4o,
and the people knew the results. Editor,
Il Jackson. OF tho Southern Planter, said
ii& the State was now aiding In the BUILDING
OF roads by the use OF convlcts and jail!
II birds and he wns going. into an exciting
argument about conv!cts. when Govern
. or Tyler said he hoped that this discus
p sion would end there, and tho convention
carefully consider the resolution and vote
on them later. They were adopted at
f. tho afternoon session. ijtS
SWanson's Letter. So
Professor soule read a letter from Gov-
K, crnorf Swa nson under date of y June 10TH,
expressing regret that he could not att
tend and participate! saying: Z 7 assure
you. take a great deal OF interest in
\ the work OF this institute. and will be
pleased to co-opeynte with 1t In every
possible way, ! desire to have my ad-
lnnistration especially marked by an In
crease In agricultural prosperity. I wish
you to assure the members OF the insti-
tute OF my cordial cooperation in every
respect, and my willingness at all times
to serve them. s
IT hope they will call on mo fully and
freely whenever I can serve them IA i "a
4ssl iss On motion OF Mr., soule, the convention
unanimously voted to send the Governor
the following telegram f{,l&
y, 9, soanoke. Va, July llth,l.
Hon. Claude a. Swanson, Governor OF
Virginia, Richmond, Va;
farmers. assembled In convention at Roa-
TisSss fot H @ @tSs Kindly Interest sxpressssd $3.50
y.$'ANDREW M. soULE. secretary,','.
Eggleston Wins Applause,
speeeh Of the afternoon session was made
BY y. D. Eggleston. Superintendent Of
Public Instruction. on inrproyement OF
the SSesSs He a
ineHiclent teachers and school buildings,
Instead OF one-fourth Of an acre for
acres for the playgrounds. y 4,
Tho statement that he did mot helieYa
In recurring a child to do what 1t could
4 not do brought rounds Of applause Flo
also said 1e was In favor Of getting rid
4 OF maps that cost the publ!shers s2 30 and
were sold to the schools for $22. 40,
y He spoke strongly + for a general Inns
proysmsnt of rural schools. and was
i Frequently a npla uded y ss 5 L.. ( 4,
e'The Dairy as 70 Business was q ,dls-
cussed by a. r. /, Scott buy Feed Eco
romlcally,,' by ]. ", Gregg, and Profit
able Prices for Farm Crops, pii. by. q.
(continuea on second Psss,l