The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18
A BR light LIGHT
IN NAN S { MON D
Good Things Going On in Farm
Demonstration Line-Good
Things at Driver.
ny FRANK s. woopsoN.

Down In an interior section OF Nan
semond county, at place called Dirty
err, there is an agricultural aud high
school that has been doing some stunts
that are worthy of notice and worthy
of imitation In more favored sections
of the state. The principal of tho
school Is j. b. L. De Jarnette, very
modest kind of a man. who believer
more in actual work than he does in
notorety Perhaps II he would unbend
himself a little bit. be less modest and
speak right out In meeting his expert
mentS and those Of the vigorous boys
who nave been under his tuteiage.
much to their benefit, would he
splendid object lessons to boys and
schools in other parts of the State.
But Notwithstanding the modesty OF
Principal De Jarnette, / have had a peep
at private letter he has written in
advance of his official report which
Will be public property when II comes
out, II It ever does.
From this private letter ] get the
idea that this Agricultural and High
School al Driver in Nansemond county.
IS something OF a new institution, and
SO new that is is just now about clos
ing up its first year. In summing up
the results OF this first year. summing
Officially. mind you, Principal De lar
nctte explains that the school boys
cultivated only four acres of land. and
by selling the produce of said four
acres the school was able to pay the
bills for all seeds for experimentation,
the honor bills" whatever they may
pc. tho labor bills and has the sum of
$50 and more left as starter for
another year. And In cultivating these
four acres at the schoolhouse the boys
were Just Exercising" for 1t must be
borne in mind that the most OF them
were doing their little one acre and
half. and quarter acre plots at home,
and on thess they have succeeded
abundantly. as was shown In a Suffolk
letter In this paper not great while
ago. In the which the story Of the
great success of the county school fair
that was pulled off at Suffolk was told
about
The Demonstrators Work.
W. B. oglesby who Is the director
OF agriculture in this school is also
the "Demonstrator" for Nansemond
county with headquarters at Driver.
SIR, oglesby has had fine success in
training the Nansemond boys and men
in the new methods of agriculture,
operating as he does under the direc-
ton Of T. o. Sandy, the general State
agent of the government and OF the
educational demonstration work. For
tunately for the work Mr.. Oglesby has
diversified experience. His father. who
owns fine farm in Wythc county, has
been making demonstrations and
among other things he has demon
strated that the trucking regions of
Virginia need not depend upon New
England for potato seedlings but that
the mountain sections of the old State
can produce as good tubers as were
ever born in Maine or any other New
England State.
The Schools Good Work.
The modest Professor De Jarnette
touches upon this question in his pr!-
waite letter that have had peep at
dare say he Will fall over in heap
when / quote from that private letter,
but am going TO do 1t all the same
After paying just and proper tri-
butte 10 OgIesby and his good work.
De Jarnette says:
Now. as to the schooling side of
the farm. 1t has done good work in
many ways. First of all. the boys have.
In using insecticides and fung!cides.
learned the proper way of controlling
cucumber diseases, and the wherefore
of these methods. Second, working with
Mr. oglesby, who planned the work.
they have discovered a remedy for
the disease of beans that causes the