The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28
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MoNTGOsaERY WILL GET ORNA-
MENTs WHENEVER ORDERED.
Alabsma Representatives Secure Ser
Vices of Government Experts Fer
Farmers' Institntes-Make
Fight Against Boil
WeevfI

Washington. ID. c.. July 27-(Special)
Representative Dent has been advis-
ed by the secretary Of the navy that
the figure heads which are to be re-
moved from the battleship Alabama
and the cruiser Montgomery win be
ordered sent to Montgomery when
ever the state and city officials fix a
time for receiving them.
The Montgomery council has ALREADY
accepted the gift. but Mr.. Dent has not
heard anything from Governor Conner
to whom he wrote some days ago.
Congressman Clayton. Taylor. Heflin
and Dent met yesterday and today at
DIR. Knapp's ONCE with the state agents
of the farmers cooperative demon
stration work. This work IL carried
on under the supervision OF DR.. Knapp
agents representing eleven Southern
states. The object of the work Is to
improve farming conditions In these
states. Demonstration 10 made In
various sections to show how results
may be increased by improved
methods. The various reports showed
that the work Is accomplishing won
ierful results. Heretofore Alabama
has depended for this work upon con-
tributions from the educational board
but beginning with the first of Sep
TENDER next the government appropria-
lions will apply there.
This work has been done In some
portions Of the districts represented
by the Congressman who attended the
meeting, and they asked for and were
assured of an increase OF the WORK
in each of their districts. Each con-
gresham expressed hearty approval
Of and sympathy with the work.
CONGRESSMAN Clayton asked for and
obtained the services of two lecturers
to attend the Farmers Institute to be
held at Columbia, Houston county.
August 4th, 5th and 9Th.
Mr.. Wilson, who has charge OF this
work In Alabama, said that the Doll
weviI Is now about eighty miles from
the West Alabama line. and that II
travels at the rate of from thirty-nve
to forty miles q year. At this rate
II will soon appear in that State and
will probably be doing damage in the
next three years. He is endeavoring
with much success to prepare the far
mer for its appearance. He says the
first year Of the weevil 10 generally the
worst, because the farmer becomes
panic stricken. He Is trying to pre-
vent q panic and have the farmer pre-
pared to meet the condition when 1t
arrives.
Mr.. Evans, who has charge Of the
Work IN Louisiana ana Arkansas SAID
the boil weevil had not been an unmix-
ed evil; that the farmer to meet the
condition has intensified his farming
and diversified his crop. BY this
means he is raising other crops to sup
port himself and family and feed hts
live stock and raising about as much
cotton upon very much smaller acre
age. He said that. as q result of this
demonstration work Louisiana this
year would raise all the corn that she
needed for home consumption and that
1t Is the first time in her whole history
that this has been done.
The methods OF combating the wee
vii In brief are: The picking or Of the
first to appear and the gathering up
and burning on OF all dead squares In
which the eggs have been deposited
and improved intensive cultural meth
DDS.
The Congressman say that they ex.
pect TO have reports of these State
agents gathered and printer this fan
Iney VIII then be ready to distribute
them to their constituents
Alfred J. Stofer