The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-19

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HON GEORGE E. mURRELL.
at Washington. delivered an address on
the Home Garden and what d. Should
Mean 60 tls Virginia Farmer
Taking the matter ~ profit for granted
MI Tracy spoke manly of tue garden as
"a thing ~ beauty and an attraction ou
tne farm Tho value of the garden IA
this respect S. enormous Nr. Tracv
thinks IL tie statistics could Be obtained
thes would show that ali tnc boss who
have "Fau away from tEe farm % worx
ior small wages "a the city. ran away
from farms ou which there werc no att
tfartFc gardens.
1.-The Disposition OF the Bl-proiucts %
the or hard was the subject OF "a very
iniefestns paper by Sir Joseph Waller
stein, ~ tiis city. He showed tnat tie
best profit Co the ore hardest o. ln tha
ni-producfs. The dviegatrs took decided
interest in Mr. Wanerstein's address. as
was shown ty the fact that they flrot
many questions at .him. concerning ths
market value ~ these li-prodlcts. their
final uses. etc.
Nursery Needs Of Virginia. was ne
subject oi a paper read by Professor j. j..
Philips ~ Biackaburg. and 30 brought
out more general discussion than amy
otner paper ~ uie day, tAe question or
ceaNns VITA the san Jose scale and other
diseases ~ fruit trees being brought ana
discussed al much length.
The night session 81 the convention
was NOT altogether as well attended as
tue two day Sessions were as many ~
the meln0ers haa Travelled the night be-
Tore. ami doubtless retired early. Hon.
Henry a. uaft was a.. arst ,r,s.-ir.r-
The subject assigned 10 him Was What
Virginia should DO 20 Advance Her Az
r.ruitura ANA horticultural Interests
Ar- stuart confessed his Ignorance OF the
subject Of Horticulture. and confined ia
remarks 90 agriculture iu general IIs
reviewed iiie pruArcss along all lines iu
lur SCUM. It's richness pa coal. iron and
other minerals. i- phosphates. in timber.
l- "atr power, and 10 al things tnar
are calculated 20 attract capital and prs-
hctcd that 4n ten years 60 come vastly
more farm products will be required u
supply Tie thousands 81 laborers and
business men that viii thus be drawn u
.le SCUM ana 10 virginia The farms
must feed tlem ana the agrlculturist-
viii have immense markets right al home.
Hr farmers must face this new con-
ciuon. and ~ they are prepared to do
j., the. VIII reap great profits They must
raise more and b. ter stun Farmers
must become business men, who can
lSufe on the cost ~ production. on tho
beth methods Of marketing. and must
learn tie art 81 standardizing They
must SET r standard, and I've no TO 20
lu every tuiug. What they raise must hs
the best that can Doe raised in the coun-
ti3, so lAaL tAc men who have 90 buy
these supp les Will not go West 10 look
for them, but viii hud them on the
At the conclusion Of Mr. Stuart's prac-
teal tank. ON motion OF Hon. + S. Tav-
enncr. ~ Shenandoah. the society ten
dress
Professor III. l.. Price. Of Rlacksburg.
read lengthy report on New Fruits
and Nomenclature lie says there are
now 900 varieties at apples in this
country. and yet there arc springing I'D
now ones and old ones are being I'm
proved and given new names. A.
Blacksburg experiments are being made
with 500 new varieties Professor Price
COVE IN detail the results OF some OF
t-sS-> experiments. and In some cases
advised against the introduction OF the
trees in Virginia
This report and some Of the points
Mr.. Murrell. Mr. McComb and others.
and then the convention adjourned TO
/ assemble at 10 o'clock this morning.
To-Day's Program.
MORNING. SESSION 4. N
erie Possibilities Of virginia as an AEra-
Robinson crozet: Prof. william B. Atwood,
Ch'arotles,iiie Mt T. w. Wooi en-, Srozet
Eus'aco. Department OF Agriculture. Wash
Election Of officers for 1907 and selection
OF time and place ~ next meeting
Report OF committee on fruit award.
Report Of committee on auditing treasurera
Report of committee on fruit list James
Dickic. chairman.
Report or committee nu AHl-l iilNA4oA anu
marketing. w. W. Sproul. chairman.
How 20 Make our society More Prosperous
; and Influential Walter Whatlcy. Crozet.
Discussion by DR. Robinson Prof Philips,
! Prof Atwood g. J.. Lupton.
Report ~ the State horticultural. Prof.. n.
J.. Price. Rlacksburg
AFTERNOON SESSION-2.2o =. n
Report II committee on plant pathology, n
IT. Price.
Reporter committee on fertilizer cApcrimcntss
j. W Miller. chairman.
Intensive VS. Extensive Fruit Growing. n
f. Gould. Department Of Agriculture, wash
Legislative Needs OF tho Society" W. ".
Sproul.
Mo0maw, chairman
Atwood chairman.
Report OF committee on Jamestown ENposi-
tlon s. l. I.upteo- chairman.
The evening session viii be devoted 70 fia-
ctisson Of such subjects a. have been omitted
or postponed during the meeting, and 70 an
swcring questions from the question box. This
session should be the most interesting OF the
meeting.
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