The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-10
MAKE TEST FARMS
BETTER THAN NOW
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North Carolina Board Takes Steps
TO Extend Usefulness of These
Experiment Stations.
INVITE JUNIORS TO MEET
Raleigh Extends Cordial Invita-
ton for Next Years Meeting.
Mexican History


Board OF Agriculture a committee.
with II. w. Scott as chairman, was
z appointed, to take entire charge of
4 the test farms which are owned by
the State and conducted by the Board
Z OF Agriculture these being in TransSl-
wanna, Buncombe Iredcll. Edgecombe
and Pender counties. The board did
not think as much had been done
with these farms, AS illustrators OF
the posi- bilities of agriculture, fruit
growing, cattle raising etc.5 as could
and should be Coincidence the
creation of the committee, which has
visited ali the farms during January
and February. and which met here
- make plans fSE-sa-xeEsi- great ak
tension of the work The farms con-
tain in the aggregate some i,4eo
acres, and they have trehied in value
since they were purchased. owing to
the Improvement Of the land and the
general advance in real estate.
Mr.. William Dunn, of New Bern,
y member OF this test farm commit
{ tee, SAYS conditions are quite strange
In hts section now, as compared with
others In the State. Here at Raleigh
for example. there has been rain
every week for many weeks, streams
are full and the ground soaked, while
In the New Bern section there has
been no rain worth mentioning,
Streams are dried UP In many cases
and rain is needed. Mr.. Dunn says
the winter has been the most severe
Z In ten years.
Invite the juniors.
A special invitation has been ten
dered by the various organizations In
Raleigh. including the Chamber Of
Commerce Retail Merchants Asso-
citation and Capital city Council, No.
B l. 10 the State Council Of the Junior
NT..+sI gF4fg.
N 10 hold its annual meeting here in
February ~ next year. This years
annual meeting viii be held In
Greensboro and AT least 500 repre-
sentatives viii attend it. The mem
bership in this State exceeds 25.eeo
now.
Mr. James IredeIl a great grand
son of the noted United states judge
OF that name viii present TO the Hall
Z OF History the-re.te worn by his an
Il essfor Colonel Charles l.. Johnson.
ri Raleigh. another member of this
family, has flied three cases in the
Hall with relics OF the Iredelrs. and
papers in the charge ef the State
Historical COMMISSIONS
Mexican Mar History.
RI Dr, Justin III. Smith. of Boston.
who is preparing history of the
Mexican War. is here obtaining ma
L.
had one regiment OF volunteer in
fantry in that war and also COM
pany of regular infantry. this being
Company / OF the Twelfth Regiment.
The commander OF the volunteer regi-
ment was Colonel Robert Treat Paine,
ard the company of regulars was
commanded by william j Clark.
Six years ago your correspondent pub
Z lished the History OF the volunteer
al Ekv
Smith Is looking over the diary OF
service in the war with Mexico de-
partment by Captain afterwards
GeneraD T. r. HiiL
Boys Corn Clubs.
state Commissioner r. II, Parker
is as busy as bee organizing boys
corn clubs, and says these will have
thousands of members, To-day let
{ Ter came came to him from his very
good friend. Mr.. Rutherford II. Hayes,
Of AshevIIle, saying the latter would
take hold of this movement in Bun
cornbe county and would have not
less than 200 boy corn growers in
clubs there Mr.. Hayes IL deeply in
,erested In this work and in the gen
8 eral promotion Of agriculture In his
adopted county and State, and he Is
a very valuable man TO North Caro-
lima Mr. Parker expects 10 have
wili not only be in county and State
cpu1pstttignx. hut in those fostered by
the United States Agricultural De-
Il partmsnt.
Your correspondent had most In
teresting talk with President Francis
r. venabla, of the University of North
carolina, regarding its work and us
needs. He says that the value OF the
piant which means buildings and
Ia
and the endowment fund is only
trife more than 100000, This fig
ures as against SO. 500, 900 for the plant
af the University of Virginia and
something like 100000 for the en-
xaowment Of that institution. these two
being now, heretofore, the leading
ones in he South. For the Univer-
atty of Virginia that State has done
great things. and il has had very
splendid gifts because Thomas Jeffer-
son founded IT, 1t now has Gs6 stu
dents. while the University Of North
Carolina has $40. Ii is very strange,
but true, that not until FIVE years ago
aid the state of North Carolina give
i the University q building.
In 1905 il gave $4,000 for one, and
two years later appropriated $4,000
for an0thcr--rot enough to build the
latter, however. So $4,000 had to be
Borrowed 10 finish II. and this debt
is yet carried. forming part Of s32.a 01
OF debt upon which the tniversity
has To pay interest. So 1t comes
abous that In the ll5 years Of the
existence OF the University the State
A has expended $4,000 on buildings.
A feR years ago the University Inn
sss Was Bought as Il very necessary pur-
chase. and for this $4,000 was ex-
pended The other hotel ought also
IL be purchased. but there is no money
NJ for this what is known as Battle
81 Park. adjoining the Univ ersity land
and containing about seventy acres.
has recently been privately sold and
" III apt 70 be built upon, The Gniver-
sity really needs this.
When one thinks Of what the States
Further south. like Mississippi, Ala
81 banaa. Louisiana and Arkansas. aEe
doing for their universities IT will he
seen that North Carolina ts doing lit
# tie as . State. The Legislature of
II Mississippi gave it's University s625-
NJ coo. and tire ether states referred 10
are sesy liberal In their Appropria-
q &ions. Yet the University of this State
~ u depended upon 10 do the best class
81 81 work and 20 keep It's position in
u xte front rank. Now that everything
IS ~ to the universities and their chief
II x3slef departments are regulated BIZ
&hat may he termed a great national