The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-10

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Thlrd District for his seventh term in
dealing mostly with methods of corn
cultivation. He urged the shallow
blowing and avoidance of deep fur
rows, IT, the farmers would get the
best results.
Mr.. Stone paid his respects to to-
baeeo cultivation and decried the fact
that this most harmful. useless and
contemplate weed" had done more
than anything else to ifnpoverish the
virgin soil of Virginia. He urged the
farmers of the State to break loose
from this tyrant's merclless grip
and devote their time to crops that
worked less hardship on the soil and
We're OF service to the country rather
than & harm.
Wants larger Ears.
Mr.. Sam Bondurant, youthful rep
resentative from Rice Depot urged
that more attention ge paid to the
cultivation Of smaller corn stalks and
larger ears. He lamented tins fact
that scarcity ef iabef frequently IN
terfered with the attainment Of the
best ends, but he saw unlimited pos
sibilities ahead, despite this handicap,
apd expressed the belief that the far
mer was bound to come into his own
sooner or later.
! MIR Lawrence Wilson, PurcelNiile's
representative, ventured the sta cement
/ that farming WIS destined to become
the profession of the future, Econo-
my Of land and intensity of farming
/ We're the methods to be employed, he
( pointed out. to put farming on sue.
cessful basis. Times have changed,
he said, and crude methods are no
longer OF any avail.
/ Demosthenes Second
Mr.. Wilson spoke like a finished or
ator. despite his youthful tears, and
/ was not obliged to consult his notes
/ until near the close OF his address.
when he su denly forgot where he
was as he put IT, Getting under
way again. he put aside the notes ana
finished with "A peroration that won
the unstinted applause of his audi
1 enCe.
He was followed by Mr.. James r.
Morris, of TreVililap, who told how
he Was raising a corn crop up in
Louisa that would eclipse all his pre-
fyT0us efforts.
My acre of corn" he said. now
looks vigorous and green, and bar
ring accid ants / look for fine results
crop has been worked only with the
Planet Jr. cultlvHtor and Il mule
thirty-four years old He was ex-
1 perimenting, he said. with an old sod
Of twenty years standing.
Stay ON Farm.
| AIR. Wiibert Woodson. OF Crozet,
! urged the farmers boys TO stay on
( the farm, for they can make tar more
at farming, he said than many in
ri H.
( places.
These contests" he declared. are
/ doing the boys IA great deal Of good.
| making them take more interest in
farming as Well as teaching them how
to farm.
You ca ntalk about your cities
and how fine YOU live there, but close
! city life is not to be compared with
the healthy open air of the farm
! And besides, in money panics when
/ prices are high, the farmer is least
| affected of all men There Is not
much he, has to buy at the extremely
| high prices in such times, for he
! raises most of his fod on the farm,
while the people in the city have to
buy everything
Select Good Seed
Mr.. Wesley Hatcher. from Chester,
| told how corn raising is being con-
| scientific basis. Selection of good seed.
he said, was one Of the most import
ant steps in successful corn raising
! He then went into the details Of cut-
tivation, urging that the land be fol-
4 lowed in tne winter, il practicable, and
refaliowed just before pianting The
planting. ne said. should be done as
500, mas the soil becomes warm
| enough.
AIR Everett Bowtes. from Crozet.
! In Goochand, said crops We're SUIT
fering from three weeks drought
4 up i'll his county but he hoped for
! rain shortly and then they would take
I q brace and show up with the best
i when harvest time GENES,
4 More of our young men" he pro-
oeeded, should remain on the farm,
7 because II is the most independent
( life q man can live. and offers greater
possibilities Shan those offered by
even the position OF president COVER
nor or any other high Office Of trust"
Glad TO BE Farmer Boy.
Mr.. Bowles thanked his stars that
he was country boy, and he ex-
(! pected to stay on the farm as long as
/ he lived.
! When the papers We're finished,
/ farmers in the audience praised the
I boys highly for their efforts, and the
great WUrk tneS are DONG. Among
those who showered them with COM
plinaents was DIR. G. L. GraVatt, State
Senator from Hanover and Caroline
The Boys Present.
Il Boys who occupied seats on the
stage were Albert Stone, Rustburg.
4 Robert II, Slate. South Boston; VIII
+ liam Vaughan, keYsvilie: e. W. Bas-
! kerviiIe; Jack Spell, Lawrenceyiile;
Scott Sandy, Baskerville; Sam Bon