The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
SUMTER FARMERS
 HOLD INSTITUTE

Cuba, September 16.-(Special.)-- Sounding the keynote of diversiication, thorough preparation of the soil and u careful attention to all food crops, Pro- lessor Hutchinson of the Agricultural and Mechanical college made most Interesting address at a farmers in sfitute held by the Farmers union or Alamucha, where more than 400 peo- pie were gathered. Declaring the idea that the boil weevil will pass on after three years a fallacy. MT. Hutchinson pointed out why they will not be abated in this territory as in Texas' where the hot weather and hot sands sal<ill the pest. Every farmer present 'tgave the closest attention to him when he declared that the weevil was al ready within the county.
 At the conclusion of his remarks the people were invited to sumptuous dinner provided by the ladies, where , the tables were loaded with the pest things ever prepared for basket dln T. ner. During the noon hour the peopie inspected the various farm products that were on exhibition, which had been carefully catalogued by w. N. King and Wilson McMurray so that the visitors could see each product and by whom it was grown. samples or cotton ravaged by the worms showed that the condition of the crop had de- teriorated. Soy beans, sweet potatoes, second crop Irish potatoes. corn, to- matoes, peppers, in fact, everything was shown and also some fine chickens gand ducks.
 At the afternoon session the exer- cises had to be held in the open air as the house could not accommodate the crowd. L. A. Brock of Cuba made a most interesting and scientific talk on tile drainage and with samples of drain tile made by him on simple machine with sand and cement gave demon- stration of what could be done in im- proving wet lands. Professor Huch- inson was so impressed with what he said that he endeavored to make ar rangefnents with him to tile some land in the northern part of the state.
 Following him came 4dr Bloomfield, whose subject Boys and Hogs was handled in most Illuminating way. He gave outlines of plan by which r a boy could take 10 acres and raise 100 head each year. It was agreed that he had more "hog sense than any man that had ever reached this secs tion. 8
 L. Poole spoke on the needs of ag- : ricultural education and astonished his hearers with the statement that Japan had 1875 agricultural schools last year and turned out 94 900 graduates. He also went into the cattle industry and gave the farmers plan for the elim- ination of the cattle tick that would prevent all the friction that has been brought about in Sumter. He took issue with MT. Harvey. who opposes the F. .government interfering in the farm CTS so-called personal affairs. and showed that were all crops worked un- der government agents the yields would be increased by 40 per cent to 100 per cent.
 Professor Hutchinson .closed the in- stitute with few remarks declaring it one of the best he had ever con ducted. He paved especial tribute to the ladies for bringing out the fine chickens. As master of ceremonies MT. King was par excellence and all the various committees discharged their duties so well as to make more than a success of the meeting.
 Among those present was W. D. Clayton, field agent of the agricul- tural department of the Alabama Great Southern railroad. He put the circular on the cattle tick in the hands of every farmer present. Will Rainey, supervisor of beat 1, was present and took great interest in the matter of tick eradication, endeavoring- to learn what the people wanted. He is of the opinion that if all the county feels as the people here felt tick eradication cannot be much longer postponed.
 Sim Catlett attracted good deal of attention as being the man who has grown 100 hogs and will have 70 to slaughter this fall that will dress 150 pounds average.