The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-24
Commend STEWART
Farmer Praises Work OF Head Of Ex-
pertinent Station-Pry Stewart
Has Helped State Immensely.

To the Editor OF the InteIligencer.
Sir While We are considering the
proposition TO consolidate Director
Stewart out Of the Experiment station
10 might be in order for some one to
take glance at the work this man
has ben doing.
u is always claimed and so far as I
know has never been questioned that
th" soil work Of Experiment station
Is Of the very best and that this may
Do" said not only of the purely scien-
iiuc Investigations on soils but 81 the
stations Efforts to extend the teach
mss of its Investigations TO farmers
% the state
That tho station people have sue
o"rdrd in working out tho fundamental
causes - soil troubles In this State
is uhuuuuufly attesttd hy tho success
that has attended their efforts 10 DO
"f assistance 90 farmers all over the
state 30 improving their soils and
meeting soil troubles - every sort II
Do" station could boast nothing else
but It's soil work We would have TO
admit that % has been worth many
times its cost 90 the state
BETTER poultry work than that Of our
own Experiment station has not ben
done any where This like the soil
work has IFS severely scientific feat
ures and also It's thoroughly practical
applications. II has been carried on
Tor years with such large numbers 81
fowls ns would leave no doubt as 10
the practical or commercial phases -
tho subject 10 our station was known
only fnr its soil work and it, poultry
work 30 would compare not unfayor-
ably with many stations 90 this
country IS matter ~ fact many
n th" Experiment stations are known
De-
work lut 300 ifs Efforts to be the great
'st usefulness to tho farmers ~ tho
state. our station has undertaken and
successfully conducted 81 lrr, number
~ other lines ~ work
Stewart Helps Orchards.
Or ie only necessary Co mention thA
frem. rd.us impetus given fu tna fruit
Industry boo tlis state hy fhr work
or Director Stewart and hls assist
ants Whom hc hrrur thig work there
were or. hHrlr fu lo sure. plenty OF
chem. lut th.t wore infected and iu.
Tested with san Jose scale and peach
FELLOWS efr. lni The orahIrdists were
Iu deruIr Vigorous not f0 say hrolr
frfflm.rf was demanded md DO must
base taken nerve fn enforce fho prHr-
.Irta absolutely necessary fo sIro This
.rnfwnua industry. but nerve alone
would nl.. dome fhls ff wae rather
..nni.rro uu flc part OF tine orchard
I.fa In thn leadership or The mon in
.ntrrr ~ fhlr work. TNer. where
fH.r rrfIrI fn DIS Support nrd ae tho
f..u'f. Hf hie work hfrtn fn fDN
Hf. Hnfi piHufre hrran OFF H rFfr un-
ur..fI.rf'd anI hns continued ono a
r.nII'. IrOr.f.Ire rnfr over since Iu
.utHhIuE off fh. Development OF fH.
.f. hard Industry iu this state ono nr
OBJ. IHrafaf nrrhIrdlsfs ia said fn have
remarked "1f Ie thc work ~ that man
IunlrfluE fu Director stewart and bis
department. chat has Kept ue turrhard
.afI rnm going bach q. fhc hoop hole
..Hf.
600. station BIAS done much Co.
1r.us. .r interest iu Trucking DO
Director stewart hra dome uufulrg rier
I.r nN. sears Nuf rufhrr fha efnfIafI. F..
f'Ff nrf. Dom quoted eH often showing
fNe millions that have been going ont
uo could easily grow within The state.
hr would have rurued we'll nia anltrt.
lf would hc hard f0 duplicate to those
Statistics iirw Ions = wnidrr would
We have BON sigunrauf uf those app
palms frurre If H bad mot boon for
fNuf mans ability fn SEQ such npunrtu
mites HuN fH eHr Iu Thorn fle POSSIBLE
lfU nf r.Hl tangible RESULTS. and 30 Ie
fHls uffI. matter OF real tangible rs.
suits which has characterized fna
vork ~ this man and which makes
fnHf work fn stand u.f rn rIrnrfv from
thr ltrIodl, suasms of talk that have