Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-01-03


custom. Weave held our communi-
cation TO the press regarding our
coming season s work until we could
hear from local correspondents and
from workers who have been invit
ed to help Us with the program.
The one Important to Southern
Maryland, Mr.. w W Cooley, Spec
ial Field Agent of the Dept. Of Agri
culture. Washington, and former
student at the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, who assisted Us so
ably last year at all Of our Southern
Maryland meeting and who was IN
vited on the request oF the Mary
land Tobacco Growers Association,
has been il Florida and coold not
giveaas. q definite answer until bis
return.oa slae l0th He now re-
ports. that he>>4aunot help MS
this season. His Suggestion TO
invite Mr. Drury is good one.
as Mr Drury is successor
tobacco planter, and a man 81 high
standing ID bis own community, and
one who Commands raspect wherever
be n Introduced | shat jnviie
MI Drury with this mail. as am
anxiole 70 handle Che iobacco sub
ieet 0she most practical manner IL
our msstings,
II Institute work cannot be thoro
ughly practical. so thai the farmers
who aiteBd the meetings can make
useoi he information gwen al the
meetings, 10 iucfese the returns
from tlsa ferns. ihsnl would Chin
the Institute work Is not meeting
the requirements o. us patrons.
Our stan this year is as previous
", . strong one. composed Of men
who avesnd the best school train.
ing, as "a as being practical men.
being tbea selves succrssfni ID the
handling dine products ii which
they will sagak
Mr. John DNry. Who / tbiek
! M shy yiiI 6a with 0s. Is d Cal
vef ArS IS tfeasaeer u the
Yi9ed 'Iosaeco Growers Asao-
rlatian, HISS addressed meetings in
sonlhefo Maryland before. and Is
known to our patrons
Mr. X Il Watts, Scalp Level,
Pa, II oue of ghe best Institute
workers On ihe staff d that State, Il
as successful market gardener and
fruit grover His farm Of l45acres
has shown splendid results lie
specially u esrly yegetg
btes narsetipg successfully those
products himself His father farm
Is we'll sfoeKed wilh fruit. and be
has himself planted araelg d. bis
home place Hle graduated from the
State Agricultural College 81 Penn
sylsa1la, June 1880 he worked
q hoftiault3rist 10 the University Of
Tennessee and al their experiment
station 5e wfote Farmers Bulletin
No 80. "a onions, % the q S Dept.
o. Agriculture For several years
be was editor 81 The fruit and yege-
table Department u the Southern
Florist gnl Gardener He is now
engaged 10 gardening, frniteulture,
With a poultry plant tosoeommodate
800 hens.
DR. Augustus Stablerol Brighton.
Montgomery Co Md. Is a practic.
Ing physician. former student Of
The Johns Hopkins University.
member d tbc Montgomery County
Farmers Club. also lecturer 81 the
Brighton Grange. conducts q dairy
Of 20 COWS, and is an authority on
forage crops aud the use Of Iegumes,
such as coz peas, crimson clover,
andaothers through which be has
made fertile his ancestral estate
which formerly was ID sedge and
quite nonproductivo His subject
Win be forage crops and methods 81
improving the soil BY proper rota-
tion. together With ways ofprevent-
ing disease by proper sanitary
methods possible on every farm
One Of the special features this
season viii be the Judging corncon-
test BIZ boysoyer - aud nat exceed
Ing n, the saccesstul exhibitor 10
BE- awarded q prize offered By tho
trustees 81 the MarylaUd Agricul
tural College whichisa two weeks
course at that Institution. board,
lodging aud tuition free, 10 one boy
from each county who has exhibited
and received tue award as outlined
10 the bulletin which We will for
ward yan undsr separate cover.
Containing riiiss and explanafion of
points II eefp judging which yon.