The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-23
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FARMERS Rally ! ] [. ! !
The City Of Roanoke Taxed to
IS Take Care of the Great VI
Gathering.
YOUNG MEN IN EVIDENCE {.
SThe Deep Interest Manifested
Augurs y clIl2fot for Future q 4.
Virginia Farming


(Special TO The Times. Dispntc i1.) l5
I,1sAcKsBt Rd, :, July %. 80 Farm !.
81 srs. and more Of them is what the
4 good people Of Roanoke said after the
1 ty-four hours Where DO they all come
II fronl7 never know there we're 90 many
farmers In the State before73 "A And IN IN
deed. tho Magic City which prides. her
self on 1lcr courtesy and the rapid Z. ex 4
tension Of her boundn rles. was u xed y! !. 70 :,
the utmost 70 take care of the dih tg
host OF farmers that listed her on the
10th, TIL and 18th OF July. They were
& 10 be seen everyWilere, but US They & We .
Z most In evidence at the sessions Of the
& institute, for they all seemed 4 TO PC I'M
bued witha hungcring and thirsting i ~
4 knowledge tint was al delight 70 VII 4
Z ness. for X ugnrs! vel for me future
OF b griculture In Virginia. IL II:
rho weather for the meeting was al 81
\ most y ideal. and though the Casino, nt
II Mountain Park, Is some distance Il from
the city, the ride out on The cars pr 4
vi1ed Il cool and refreshing change. The
n Casino itself is3 admirably adapted for.
such a gathering. 4 It's sides being open
VI Tho air circulntcs freely. while. ~ best OF
pll, itSis ensys5to speak I'M and one could
i hear the unforeseen without undue EFFORT
u on the part OF either speaker or liste ne r..
n II was n Jolly crowd, and a reprcsentntlve5
n crowd MS well a coming. a n did, IL from
nll$sectionss OF the state, md every ngri;--
& cultural interest was well Representa- d.
{ from the g truckers, peanut and potato
Z groWars Of the eastern part OF the state
~ TO the stock ralsera8 and 9rnzers Of the
Il Shenandoah LEY md tho Southwest.
The Invitation TO the ladies was acc
u ceptcd by many, NJ and there was "a good
sprinkling OF the fair sex In Attendan nee
n ~Ip rhvrNu
Sa There must have been at least y 100 o {
III them III Tor 1869 visit ted the AGRICULTURAL
College and Experiment Statlon8n Mt Blnck ''-s
burg on Tlursdny, and mauyI who At!
tended tho first two days session did
I; not 60 on the excursion. 5 vs. IAN cyidenc'.s,
Of the growing interest in the meeting.
THE membership doubled. Il rough estimate,
at present indicating that at least go
Joined the Institute. II u was not 4 only a
81 Jolly crowd. but an exceedingly well-be-3
III llaved one. for there was not one person
In the whole assemblnge thai wal dis !.
orderly Mt anytime. and II was com nonl:s
II remarked in Roanoke that q more order
Ely crowd had never been cnt ertninod with
u IN her borders. 81 Ii that not sometime
& Justly proud & of--when their representa-.
"A tiYes can get ogetier In large numbers
Ind &stil conduct themselves In q manner
70 gen Iananly a. to at ira ct the favor
1 lbie notice OF the citizens OF loan oke
The number Of young men presently vfi5
a quite striking. This lsi 8a Il favornbla sig =.
& W tho times. for Il shows that the young.
q farmers 8 Of Il the state realize full the
& heed OF agricultural education. and @th's
B heed OF ali the nd Vice and sympathy they
" ran secure In order TO make their huSt-;
\ ness most prof table. K!
# The programme was an excellent one,
4 Every paper was listened to attentively,s
y Ono that ttrac ted unusual Enttention was
Slllat Of Mr.. L. F.. johnson, president OF,
4 lie Norfolk md Western Railroad on
n building Up rginia. Il
M. ". Richards, OF the Sout f1ern Rail-
way. ana Il. w. White. OF the Sea board
AIR Line, were both sunfortunatelydet ain-5
ed from the meeting. but their paperS
q Will be published in The proceedings col
& rhe papers OF all the spea kerB have been
Il received and will constitute a part OF the
next annual report OF tho proceed ngs.
which promises to be quite a vol luminous
& book.
si53 The inatitute worked hard and a rduoua e.
", commencing at 9 Z clock Il IN tte
4 morning and closing It's sessions for the
Il day at 10 clock at night. The Discus
sions OF the sub5ects on the pro8 mme
4 though not prolonged we're pointed and
indicated clearly the prog resslve agricul-sf
tural spirit pervading the #farnlers pres
Il ent they Indicated a thirst for kno edge
that Is most commendable and desire
4 TO find out the most practical met OBS
4 OF dealing With the many problems Of
farm life. I Ia hoped that other year
Il more time can be given to discussion and
Il with this end In view, a snlaller nunloe
I OF topics will be placed on the pros
gramme. as 4gf "a ~ us a@ iA
Y The offlcers elected for the ensuing yenr
/, are: Flx-uovernor j. b Hoge Tyler, East
u Radford, president; =. 9. Sandy Burke
VILE v4ce-president; MAJ or3 John 7 81 Cow
m, Cowan's Mills, second vice president;
q Prof. Andrew NJ, 6oule. Blacksburg. Sec
u setary;sJ. M. WILLIAMS, Roanoke. assist
y ant secretary.
Some changes were made In tho COM
vtitution and tho executive committee
was authorized TO appoint a county vice.
/ president for each county In the State.
X This matter will be AIKEN up at ar, early
iate, and an announcement made later
q relative to this important matter. II H.
very desirable that an active and aR-
gressiye man be appointed in eacl, coun-
", who Will push the work OF the &in-s
ytitute and enlist the interest OF farmersi
f everywhere In an instit tuition the educa-
tional efforts Of which are now clearly
recognized. and whose work Is bound TO
benefit Virginia agriculture! at home and
abroad. s7 = tsi III
The committee on @ resolutions made
quite a lengthy report. A summary or
their recommendatio Ions, which were unan--s
imously approved by. the institute. IS
about MS follows "A NJ " ss
q The thanks OF the Institute We're ten
! dered to NDljor, John T., Cowan, member
Il OF the State Board Of Agriculture from
Fl the sixth Congressional District, for his!
generous aid to the institute In giving
$500 Al tho appropriation to lrs district
to defray part Of the general expenses
OF the institute, The lahors Of, the su-
perintendsnt Of Public instruction were
N warmly approved and the opinion ex-
pressed that teaching agriculture ~ ne
public schools was q move IN the rlghtI
direction, IS q.
n Resolutions were passed fayorlng the
encouragement Of Immigration ana me
5 building of public roads. The work q
( the College OF Agriculture and EXPERT
d ment Station at Rlacksburg WAS strong-
" commended, particular stress pe!ns
4 laid on the value OF the field and feedlng
experiments in progress at that instltur !.
stlon, The work OF the officers Of the IN
stitute was strongly commended. GO
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