The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06

iiaccordance with the shrewdness OF ut
/. orneys This bill would diminish lit
isation and was In the interest OF the
lcomrlon people.
The bin was put Upon its nnal pass
age and passed by vote OF 80 to 1e.
Governors Drl Up.
MIR. Page secured consideration OF
me Governors bill out Of its order.
and ~ was put. upon its engross,nent.
NJ. Love spoke against the bill He
OF the reins OF government in the
hands Of that terrible State Board Of
E,,d el1 Its power he said. Is un-
,nMli Besides. he did not think
sion work. He attended an institute
held at kenbridge, and helped to get
up the crowd Nothing Interested him
until a professor said method had
Wild onion out OF milk and butter. He
lMr. Love- had inquired what this was
and the lecturer answered that 1t was
70 keep the cows out OF the wild
before, and consequently the lecturer.
answer did him no good. The State
| farm at Blacksburg was, he under.
stood. run at loss OF. $4,000 a year
en- there In football It reminded him
OF Nero fiddSng while Rome burned
IA Mr.: Adams. one Of the patrons of the
Dill, said that the Department OF Agri-
culture does not now control these
different agencies. In reply to oues-
tons he said that while tho work
Of the test farm In Charlotte county
mas been to large extent failure
mat at Blacksburg had been success
Luz, me ne. coordination Of the depart.
lnents would prevent a great deal of
waste and duplication. AS to tho sue
cess OF test farms. these institut ions
were not for the purpose OF making
money. but to make experiments. so
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failure at the test farm might be worth
great deal OF money to the farmers
of the State.
Uncle sam VIII Help.
he thought 1t no more than right
that OF the immense amount being
spent for education. $4,000 should be
expended to teach the boys how to
farm. and so make Virginia In time
me me greatest agricultural State in the
south AS to the amount OF appro-
pria,lon carried In the bill. $4,000,
OF i was from sources outside Of
the state Treasury. and $4,000 of this.
from the United States government.
could not be secured unless Virginia
does her part.
Mr.. West. of Bedford. said that OPP
position to this bill means opposition
to every step taken by Virginia. and
of agriculture. Agriculture was not
an exact science. and tests and ex-
periments must be made. The spirit
of opposition would logically result
Of Agriculture. There is no sD question f
that agriculture is in better condi-
ton than it was ten years ago. II
any department is not doing what 1t
ought to do. the board will find It
heespa "a sy tefd 81 Sale Of hogs
at the farm at Blacksburs. One OF the
hogs bought there had cholera, and
gave 1T to the rest of the herd. with
which 1t was placed, all OF them dying.
Mr.. Page said that the object OF the
bill was to prevent these forces from
frittering away their energies in dn;
cholera the others would thus find It
out.
Farmers Didn't Want IT,.
Mr. Ia liaferro. chairman OF the
which first reported the bill unfavor-
ably. was the next speaker. He said
that the bill had come with the appar-
ent Endorsement of the Governor and
been reported from a committee of
farmers with a recommendation that
1t do not pass It looked like an
effort to force the bill down the farm
which his committee had been treated.
He then uttered the first argument
against the bill which has been heard
OF. He said that the successful farmer
Is HUl llc lueSICLiCldll1 lulS was a
bill of theories. II was planned to
coordinate four bodies which are not
harmonious. The Department OF Ed
ucation has a hard enough time teach-H
ing what 1T knows, aside from atttmptt
elected the heads of the Agricultural
and Educational Departments to be
separate.
Mr. Yarrell got the moor. but gave
Love said that his boy on his own
farm had worked under the demonstra-
ton people. He had one acre, culti-
waited 1t st;cording to Instructions and
made failure, while the rest Of the
field was a success.
Mr.. Yarrell wanted to give the farm
err a fair show and the boy an educa-
ton. He heartily favored the bill.
Interest OF Farmers.
anxhng from the
Mr.. Fit2hugh believed In 1t, and want
cd the bill passed in the Interest OF
the farmers OF the State.
Addressing himself to the proposi-
is a deficit in the Treasury. AIR. Deal
opposed the bill.
Mr.. Johnston, Of Montg got.
the floor and gave his time to Mr..
continued along tho line that the work
proposed to be done is purelyBtheoretf-
cal. In reply to a question as to.
whether the Educational and AEricul-
tural Departments favor or oppose
this bill, he said he was not pre-
pared to say. is
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
by a large majority. without a d.
MI, Throckmorton asked that the
milk inspection bill be taken up out
OF It's order, saving that he had taken
hut little OF the time OF the House.
Mr.. Cox opposed this, saying that In
the interest OF his constituents he
would oppose consideration of the BILL.
The motion was lost by a vote Of 81 to
SIS the bill remaining on Its second
reading.
The House agreed to a minor Senate
amendmentato the bill creating -nw
circuit In the counties Of Accomac and
Northampto on.
Recess was taken until a o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
When the House reconvened Mr..
West OF Nansemond,$ secured tho dis
mlssal of the House bill governing the
Incorporation o fcities OF the second
class, and bill which has already
passed the senate to the same effect,
was advanced to Its third reading, It
Is understood that the changes apply
to the town Of Suffolk. which Is pre-
pairing to make It's debut In the near
future as Yirginia's twenty,-flrst city.
A bill introduced by Messrs. Pendle.
ton, Fitzhugh and Johnson. OF Russell,
came next. It increaaes the minimum
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