Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-02-04
"What Shall We Eat?"

This question is always interesting.
1t will be particularly so vt Morgan
t,wn this week when Director &. f..
Tnorne Of the Ohio Experiment Sta
ton makes 1t the subject OF lecture
before the students Of the Winter
Course ia Agriculture and others. 1t
will be remembered that Ohio people
are seriously debating whether TO eat
or to fight the meat trust.
What TO eat is scarcely Of greater i'm
portance than how TO raise something
to eat and 10 feed the farm animals
4 Director rherne's real mission atMor.
gantown is to deliver cource of lee
lures beginning January .24th) on in
creaslng The productiveness OF the soil.
He will begin with lecture on 'sSome
Fundamental Principles IN Fertility
Maintenance, following this with dis
! eussions Of the function OF lime in the
soil, the use of commercial fertilizers,
the value of barnyard manure, and the
essentials Of field experiment. Each
afternoon he will conduct conference
on the subject of his morning lecture.
Director Thorne's lectures will be
supplemented by course by DR.. A.
r. WhitehiIl, professor of chemistry
in the University, add aaother by
b. IL. Hite, chemist Of the Expert
ment Station, VINO has been making
exhaustive studies OF the soils of West
Virginia. The lectures of THESE three
competent men will continue the most
valuable discussion of soil problems
ever give" in " est Virginia Hundreds
of farmers ana owners of farm ought
to gather in Morgantown to hear these
lectures.
ANIMAL HUsBANDkY WEEK AT NOR
GANTowN.
The week beginning January 3lst is
to be known for the Winter Course in
Agricultural as iAnimal Husbaadry
Week. West Virginia is peculiarly
adapted to the stock industry; and the
College of Agriculture at Morgantown
is making great effort to promote
sound knowledge of the principles of
turer during Animal Husbandry Week
will be Prof. &. w Burkstt, formerly
director of the Kansas Experiment
Station, now editor of the American
Agriculturist. Professor Burkett's lee
tarers will deal with the principles
of live stock husbandry, and can not
but be of great help to every progress
sive farmer and stock grower
Prof. Burkett's lectures will be sup
plemented by couese dealing with
the diseases Of domestic animals end
their treatment, given by DR.. f. Il.
Whipple, head of the Veterinary De-
partment of the College Of Agric ulture
also by afternoon conferences at which
all students will be nj liberty to pre-
sent thei; own problems Of discussion
by the lecturer and others.
Advantage has been taken of the
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cource dealing with testing, selecting,
Judging, and improving corn. A choice
collection of some of the best varieties
of corn VIII bV used for illustration, in
Guiding the prize ears grown by boys
of Greenbrler, Lewis, and Monroe
counties, where very successful corn
growing contests were conducted last
season. The cource in corn will be
given by Professor ID. w. Working.
NOTE.
The Agricultural Extension Depart
ment West Virginia University has in
press bulletin which will include two
addresses delivered before the students
of the Winter Course ia Agriculture
Governor GIasscock's "The Relation
of the State to Agricultural Progress
While the edition lasts copy will be
sent TO every applicant.
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