The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
PROBLEMS FOR !
 FARM SCHOOLS. The Agricultural College { Presidents Meet. QUESTION OF UNIFORM STUDY ----s---- Every President and Agriculturist Were Present First Day. Cemmitsee Repsrts Today on st.saard Course of stuay--Meetias n
 once of Ce.mi.sieser wiIkinson.


 ciation of Agricultural School rresi- dents were illed yesterday with many questions of interest. The best evi-, denee of the intersst in the meeting Is the fact that every one of the presi- dents of the nine district agricultural. schools was present.
 And they will remain through the meeting which Is to last all day to- day.
 Probably the most interesting single feature of yesterdays discussions was the effort to solve the question of a uniform course of study for the nine schools. There was much talk on the proposition. Nearly every one present took part in 1t. The discussion wound up in a resolution calling for the ap- pointment of q committee wh ich should consider in detail a proposed course same to the meeting this morning at the Capitol. | President J :. A. Wilkinson of the ass ociation. who Is Commissioner of E EAgriculture and Industries of Alabania. appointed on fhis committee the sch ooi prsstdents. They met last night in ccnferenee and will present the result 2 of their deliberations in open session today. ,.. s..ss { Besides shs college presidents, the s&riculturists in eaeh sch ool were pres eylt yehterday. There were present aiso number of visitors who are vi- tally interested in the future of the agricultural schools, and their rela- ton to the high schools and the col- leges of the State. Among these was Professor J. J Doster of secondary education; In the University of Ala The morning session and part of the afternoon session was occupied with Interesting individual reports from the presidents of the schools on the work and 'enf1 1itmeut last year These re- ports were sinteresting and showed h psSsss,s n every o,na ,Sst \ the aEficdftural, Schoola fiii an import ant part fin tho edlcationa1 program { ofs Alabama ana aresS here to stay. < The only question with which they E and their friends arc concerned is. What shall be done to improve the institutions with the iinitatlons?
 Names of Representatives. | For the, First District School there appsSked and, s6uuEtsd W. F. Monk, president. and W. F. Nichols. agricul- 'turiet r.
 The second District School was gep- resented by President H T. Lille, and A. H. Chapman. agriculturist.
 EOF the I0lT0t EECHluGHL N. Js OW&h and Agriculturist J. B. Espy reported.
 Fourth District-President c. H. Thigpen and Agricuiturist E. W. Jen-. kins.
 Fifth Dlctrict-Presidsnt L.. l.. vann and Agriculturiet C. B Hadden.
 Sixth pistrict--President O. O. Sar- gent, who Ia his own agricuiutrist. . Saventii District--J. B. Hobdy. Pres ident who Is also his own agricultur- 
 |. SEyghth Dfstrict-President J. M., Kdkinson and Agrtcuiturist H. K. Stricklin. AT ~ \ Ninth District--President E. A. Miller, who is his own agricuiturist. ] Director W. H. Seymour of the Bu- ,reau of Cotton Statistics, was visi- tor at the. opening session yesterday when several topics of vital farming interests came up. He spoke mainly on corn. He advocated enth usia stically the Williamson method of raising corn. He said that it is being tried In some parts of the State and that when the details of the method are observed faithfully the results are uniformly con1fnendable.
 There was some difference of opin- ion among the agricuiturists of the Association as to the efficacy of the williamson method. They expressed theniseives as opposed to some. fea- ture of it.
 Mir. Seymour announced that he would begin at once a campaign to make Alabama assume the front rank in corn-producing States Of the Union.
 resolution was adopted commit ting the district schools to make the williamson method a part of the ex- pertinent program next year.
 The men in charge of the agrlcultu- ral schools are undoubtedly opposed to hasty action in the matter of estab- fishing a uniform course. It is con-