The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02

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MODERN FARMING
CONTINUED From first Page2 D.. IL.
greatly Increased production per acre
of the country by them treS'' ae''
reform In bulletins.
"rar too often he said in reference
to scientific farming bulletins ul''
sorry to say, those engaged in sc'eht'-
fic research record their valuable ana
successful experiments in p''i'e.'"'
burdened with learned ana t'ehi''o"'
terms, which, IL read at al ny wv
practical farmer in his evenings "
leisure. serve but to WOO the sluinper
which his busy life so richiy chr, ,,'.
1t is to he hoped that lhese iehi's
valuable essays will be written III =,
more popular style so that they WI
accomplish moro fully the purpose iou
which they arc presumably intehdea.
Mr.. Davis also discussed many other
questions OF importanes to tne ia,li'er
especially that of bovine tnporcuiosis
which, he said, apart from peihs q
menace to theShuman family was an
economic question OF greater moment
than many other cattle diseases against
which stronger crusadc5 had peen
started. He spoke of the GOOD none
by experiment Stations for speclal sec
tions of tho state and voiced with
James j. Hill and William G. Brown
tho cry Of "Back to the soil
Senator j. Randolph Tucker, of Bed
ford City, was the first TO discuss the
lime question. lie said that the farmer
was the basis of all prosperity-"the
pillar upon which rests the safety OF
this country and this grand old Com
monwealth AS a member of Tie Leg
.sature, i will be glad 20 cooperate
with committee of the Virginia State
Farmers Institute, in the preparation
Of such n BILL lie suggested that
q committee be appointed to confer
with the State Commissioner or ASri-
culture and tho State Highway Com
mission on the subject.
Legislation Asked
DR. j. II. Wheeler, of the Rhode
Island Experiment Station, spoke on
| the wonderful results that had been
| accomplished by the use of lime IN
Germany. France and in certain parts
of this country. After other members
of the institute had spoken on the
subject. resolution was adopted ask
| Ing that the Legislature pass Law
securing the necessary quarries to bt
| worked by convicts.
Then Senator Gravatt opened the
| discussion on amending the law so as
to require plots for demonstration work
in connection with public schools and
| for the extension of the teaching OF
agriculture, especially in the country
| districts He made some very plain
| statements about the present school
| system, saying that boys and girls
coming out of the public institutions
now are not, without additional spe-
c!al education, prepared to take any
definite line of work. He complaise ed
that instead of teaching country chill
drcn how to best take up the work al
| their homes, 1t educated them for the
cities and served to lead them from the
farms. His idea was TO incorporate In
| the public schools enough vocational
training, especially alcng agricultural
! lines, to enable them to go at once &c
! work after leaving the public schools
Farmers, inasmuch as they pay 90 pei
cent. of the taxes and furnish more
students than any other class, he said
We're privileged to demand that specia
education and training. In support Of
his statements that the education giver
! by modern agricultural teachers was
practical, he cited instances where
small boys Were making sixty bushels
of corn to the acre. while their faith.
ers. who had not the benefit of scien.
| tiic education, wore making on the
same kind of soil less than half as
! much.
Instruction In Farming.
! Mr. .Eggleston enlarged upon tht
| views already expressed. He sug
gested that $4,000 each be asked o.
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the
| State Board OF Agriculture, the United
| States government and the State Boart
of Education for the expenses of dem
onstrators who would teach the boy!
of Virginia farming from a practica
and scientific viewpoint in connectio,
with their regular school work, which
combination he considered the yer,
best form of education forthe boys o
| the State.
/ President J. NJ Baker, of the Stat
/ Board OF Agriculture, thought that tn
| money for this purpose should be aske'
directly from the Legislature. In tn
course of his speech he referred ais
to the work of the institute and advo
Gated q closer organization, saying
that when this was accomplished TIL
association would be like the Irish
mans duck, Hell to trip up"
4 Other members spoke briefly, and tn
plan was adopted. the details beinl
left oebe worked out by committc
which will be appointed by the presi
dent to confer with the other organ
izatlons.
Owing to the fact that Mayor D. {
Richardson. who was to have wei
coined the convention. could not b
present. when the session was Gale
to order yesterday morning at 11:3
o'clock it went directly to bushes: