The Washington herald., 1909-08-13
EXPERIMENTAL
FARMS DESIRED
Virginia Farmers Demand
Progressive Legislation.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMED
Institute at Charlottesville Calls for
Extension of Agricultural Educa-
tiOn Among Children - Expert
mental Farms in Connection with
District High schools Favored.

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Charlottesville, Va, Aug. 12--The an
nual session of the Virginia State Farm
ers' Institute was concluded this morn
ing. and this afternoon the 500 farmers
went on a pilgrimage TO Monticello. the
home Of Jefferson.
The following board Of directors was
elected for the ensuing year:
DR.. c. L. Gravatt, Of Port Royal; Hen
ry w Wool. Of Richmond. James Bell
wood. of Manchester; T. O. Sandy, Of
Bmkeville; J. Lawson Carter. of Chat
ham; Joseph A. Turner, OF Hollins; Les
lie D. Kline. Of VauCluse. Westmoreland
Davis. OF Leesburg, Maj. A. J. Tynes. Of
Tazewell, and John F. Jackson. Of Rich
n.ond
This board will later elect officers and
decide upon the next place Of meeting
Invitations in Stauntons behalf were ex-
tended by Mayor wayt and the board Of
trade Of that city.
A resolution was adopted urging that
agricultural education OF the children OF
the State be further extended and ad-
vanced by the establishment Of small
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least one OF the high schools in each
Congressional district. as provided I'm a
bill introduced at the last meeting OF the
legislature. which bill only failed OF pass
age by a narrow majority.
Two Meetings Annually.
The institute indorsed the action taken
at meeting os the advisory committee
recommending the holding OF two meet
ings Of the institute each year-one a
winter session. to be held In Richmond.
and the other a summer session, 70 be
held in rotation in the various Con-
| Eressional districts in such cities as can
and are willing 10 provide for the proper
accommodation OF the Institute. such
meetings 10 be fixed and arranged for
! by the directors Of the Institute.
/ A resolution was adopted approving the
policy OF establishing local experiment
stations in all sections of the State for
studying the local farm problems Of each
/ section. 1t was the sense of the institute
/ that these experiment stations should be.
as now. supported by the United States
/ Department Of Agriculture and the State
| OF Virginia, and be branches OF the State
/ Experiment Station at Blacksburg
Virginia Fruit Famed.
Walter Whateley. OF Crozet. secretary
and treasurer o. the Virginia State Horti-
/ cultural Society. addressed the institute
on The value OF fruit growing 20 the
farmers OF Virginia" There is no fruit
that IS indigenous 10 a temperate cliamte
/ that does not reach the highest degree OF
excellency in some part Of the State.
/ said Mr.. Whateley. In the Piedmont sec
ton all fruits grow 70 perfection. and II
fully developed II might be made the
/ garden spot of the world In the case OF
the apple and peach, certain valuable va
rieties attain degree Of perfection in
flavor that experts acknowledge can be
found nowhere else I'm the world. He
said the Valley section and the South
western portion Of the State are equally
well developed for raising fine fruit and
/ Tidewater is by no means the only sec
ton where strawberries might be profit
ably grown. He said that farmers here
/ IN Al0emarle know what fine straw
/ berries are raised around Crozet
One Of the great advantages that Vir-
! ginia has over the majority OF the States
said Mr Whatcley, Is her proximity 70
good markets
Finest Seed Corn In World.
Samuel B. Woods. who bad for his
subject "Corn for profit" stated that
Virginia produces the finest seed corn n
the world, and that this fact is being
recognized az home and abroad. A Rich
mond seed house had exported 10 Europe
the past year over $1,000 bushels OF seed
corn and sold the North and West over
30, 900 bushels more.