St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-01-29
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Z Interesting. Meeting
9feresting Meeting Addressed by Prof +. r. Roy, Of
the State University Of A griculture. The Va
q Court being III sessiop attae Court

's87s'oohs pehg hH sesslQH a Ethe Geurt
ae house last Tuesday,, the Corn Clu
meeting, for the morning session, wa
held in the Methodist church, whic
was srpSded With inteasted.and ssge
school children, as we'll as many O
the progressive farmers of the parish
More Interest wass exhibited at thi
meeting than has been usual on sue
occasions in this parish, and it is quit
evident that interest. in agriculture
pursuits are commanding much create
StteHtion than formerly. mot onl,
was che rneetinglattendeaby pupils;o
the Covington public school and thei
principal, Prof: Lyon but the boys d
the Abita school, ,iH charge of theil
principal, Prof. Huffaker, and schoo
children from the various other wards
Were in attendance.
3 The pupils Of Abita School organizes
corn club last ysar, due to the in,
tereH taken il the matter BY Capt.
G. E. Millar, and lone Of the 8 prizes
was carried off by member Of that
Club. It iss expected that the compe-
tition will be still stronger this year,
and if st. Tammany parish does not
make a good showing it will not be
due to lack of effort. 49,:
In opening the meeting, at about
1920 a. M, Supt. A.. B. Peters told
the young men present that he did not
know to whom he was speaking. Per-
haps to future lawyers, Or statesmen,
or perhaps even to presidents. All of
these had come from the ranks of the
rural districts. Some of the greatest
brains had developed from the invigor-
atlng and wholesome influences of.
country surroundings. But whatever
calling might be chosen, he impressed
upon them the Importance Of thorough
ness and understanding. There was
need of agricultural knowledge and
agricultural industries. Those who
chose this calling were entering a
demanded respect, thstI
a1fed f0r sciuntifi research and m-I
vestigation; a field in fact, that re-
luired education and labor equivalent.
to .ang other calling, and thai would
yive to the farmer Of the future a
equal to any other calling,
md a competency ommensurate with
his needs. He was glad to see SO
many present and SO much interest
aiken. He closed his remarks with
little, story illustrating his position in
addressing the audience: He said
that he was deeply interested in the
;ornf club movement and in the i'm
orovement Off the condition Of the
agricultural people, but that he was
n the position Of the young man who
vas unused to railroad travel and be-
anne dumbfounded as the time ap-
Tor the Etrainfte leave and
lie was still unprovided with a ticket.
finally he shouted. "Send me by
''Why do you wish to be
ent by freight, asked the conduc-
or. Because l can't express my
elf" he replied. That Mr. Peters
,aid, was his position. He could not
Express bis feelings, his interest in
he occasion nor his great interest in
work He thea intro
Iuced Prof. L. V. Roy, of the State
Agricultural College.
Prof. Roy is = a very earnest and
pleasant speaker, and shows that his
interest in7agricnltqrel comes from. AN
innate love of its pursuits and the op-
it gives for investigation
md the acquisition of new knowledge.
1a spoke deliberately. clearly and with
ponsciousness Of the power
Il knowledge. All that he said was
10th instructive and interesting. III
After a. few Introductory remarks
se; took up thefsubjectof.the meeting.
Few people,s he said, in speaking sef
,ofpi associated with It the numerous
lses to which it was put. How many
new that rubber overshoesse wereI
made of corn; that olive oil was made
# corn; that mitch of the syrup, out l
|ide of Louisiana, was made of corn n
That outside of that delectable article
.alled ''corn juice" of which SO many
we're very fond ? tabnlatedsiipyesti-
Iasioa so1 atA vafioas uses Was; given
ply I seat1enIkn ahahd up tothst@
ime discovered two hundred different
lsestgYhich itfwss put Haas i
Aphase sf edheation iii. agrfcsatufel
which showed the great interest that
vas being taken generally in the. sub
ect was the establishment of agricul-
ural schools. There were seven
chools teaching agriculture in the
state, and elementary agriculture was
,eing taught in the 7th grade in the
,ublic schools. The different expert
nent stations were constantly pub
ishing literature and the United
'tates Department of Agriculture
vas issuing bulletins, pamphlets and
ther documents that could not be
cad by one individual in 365 days if |
~,,x. Lo,,~o oocb d,x, x.-aro dovo4od !