The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-18
Letters to The Editor
FARMERS, SCHOOL.
The One Recently Held at Auburn
 Great Success.


 The One Recently Held at Auburn a
 Great Success.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 It was my pleasure to attend the last three days session of the Farm CTS Summer School of Instruction at Auburn. l did not feel that I could spare the time to attend the full course August 1 to 5. now wish I had taken the time, for know that would nave been more than repaid.
 know there are some farmers who are inclined to sheer at this school of instruction, but then you know there are some people who cannot be taught anything for they just learned it all when they cut their eye-teeth.
 Not. only the lectures by scientific experts and practical farmers, dairy men and stock men, but also the inter- course with some of the leading farm CTS from the fifty counties of Alabama made my stay pleasant and instructive.
 Just think what privilege 1t is to meet and converse with such a gather ing of up to date farmers. I also vis- ited the station farm in company with Prof. Duggar, and MT. Floyd. the gen. ial and intelligent manager of the farm. l saw the various systems of cultivat- ing the numerous varieties of cotton. corn, peas, etc, from the most prolific varieties of corn to Prof. Duggars own pet patch Ia Williamson method and from the bale to acre cotton to the poor apology raised in Egypt and oth- CT places in the far East. By the way, if this cotton does not make a great deal more in its native land than It does here we need never fear the raisr CTS as competitors. l also saw the several systems of cuItivating corn from the "early forcing" to the Will Hanson or stunting method I found the latter method the one most In vogue by the negro farmers In this County. "Eucle Ephe" has been prac- ticing 1t to my certain knowledge for twenty years and with the same un- varying success, Prof. Duggar has.
 The session of the school was divid- ed into several subjects each day and usually about one hour was devoted to each subject. the first portion of which was a lecture and demonstration this being followed by questions from the audience on the subject discussed. The | number of questions that rapidly fol- | lowed showed the interest felt. | found there was some subject each day | that was of especial interest to me al- | though each of them was instructive. | believe l found Dr. Ross's lecture on l Fertilizers and the lecture of our old | Scotch friend, whose name do not now recall, on the Farm Dairy more inter l esting and instructive to me than any of the others I heard. Dr. Ross is cer- tainly posted on fertilizers and the va | rious combinations the commercla value of the several ready mixed ferti gers analysing l0-22 etc.
 | Thursday, the last day of the sessioT | was devoted to delivering the prlzeS t' the exhibitors of live stock-some no tice of which has appeared in your pa per. This was followed by sale O some of the stock exhibited
 As an evidence of the class of stocl exhibited and the class of men attend ing the sale Alabama raised Berkshlr pigs. months old, brought rom S2 to $42.50. Last but not least, to Win' up so pleasant an occasion, we Wer served an elegant oId-fashioned bar becue, but not in quite the old-fashlon ed way, for instead of crowdtng aroun the table we were requested To De seat ed on the numerous benches, etc. uh der the shade of the beautiful trees o the college campus. pr. Thach in forming us we would be served wlt dinner by the ladies where we sat. Well. l do not know whether 1t wa hunger. or the sight Of pr. Ihacn, bu some way time seemed to turn back ward in Its flight and was again hungry college boy at college poard ing house and gathered around the "a ble wers c. c. ThacE, M. h' Clement '
 the lamented Jim Gilchrtst and other
 and all hungry-but just here l wa
 awakened from my dream by an ans' A in the shape of a pretty, bright race
 girl who handed me an elegant pla'
 of dnner ,
 I wish I had not made this so loni
 Rs 1 would like to say something apol the hospltable people of Auburn an their courtesies to the farmers, puI | have already made this too Ions ~ | farmers of Alabama are" certalnly II debted to pr. Cary and the other men , bers<of the faculty of the A: F. z. VI 50 kindly gave their time and attentlo . ! to the conduct of this Farmers. Sehoc J. D. RAaAa-