The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-22
WOULD ALSO KEEP
GIRLS ON FARM
= demonstrators Hold Meeting.
Governor Favors Lime
Grinding Bill.

emphasizing the point tl,at ,horc
shoufd be inducemcnt for girls as vel,
"s boys to remain on the farm. Miss
Ella y, Agnew, special agent in charge
OF he girls dcmonstrat ton work sno,
before the meeting OF the farmers, a.
operative demonstration agents nf ~
state last night
MISS Agnew is doing TIC Same Wall.
~ tilG sirls that the demonstrators
tasl " {, I, inr ne boys, though he,
,,nSh Is IN the nature of an innovntio,
80 cApained that canning clubs M,
u 'h lhauSuratcd among the girls sim
or, ni w ~ tneir sScope TO the corn clubs
Iec, en- n"yI, tomatoes have been &c.
nc girls arc required 10 kccn rnrnr,is
IS Is MI, nan frTp lr1m the time nc hotbcct
!, 80 far as possible Il eanniii:, onin,
ms been put in each county ANA : i
croI On ~. ne farm Of Tic girl whose
S,ncrS ~ the ncighborhood arc re-
ume;sted TO hring in their crops l'hc
uni!isn"u product Is. exhibited d, the
non iindS ready market Miss ,\ru,v,
aiSo showed members Of tic assorjn
;Ion low they might assist tie girls
80. 80 ".n MI ne pest Of their efforts in
the hSrlcuiturnl line.
Governor Spcnks.
Preceding Miss Acncv ;;oyornor
William Hodges Mann spoLc. NJ III
!;,n.'rodlccd BY thc chief dcmonstrator
- - nahuy, rs the Governor OF Viz
sinia who has taken the most i,,tcrcst
IN agricultnrc 10 SHOW THAI he w;,;
not actuated by ulterior motives t;oy3
"Inor Mann repeated his statement
uidnte for o!cc He told Of Tie Id.
NahetS OF the state Commerrially. ANA
Malu thHi he best method OF advance
nent Of the people III Gcneral VA,
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1uilurai resources. lie thought the
demonstrators the greatest factor 10
, ,his end IL had something to say on
LLne ierllnicnl side or farming. and
hoped that the next Legislature would
see ~ 10 pass the lime grinding bill
"n 1,iis iniled of passage last Year
me meeting opened Yesterday morn
( !nL' WIN an outline Of demonstration
/ Work ~. state Agent T. o. sandy. Of
lBurSevilic. +. S. lfarrar, assis,,ant
state agent spoke on bows corn c,s,hs
and The most encctive way Of or:yai,i2.
| ing them. William c. Shaclslcford IL
made speech OH the best method 81
I securing demonsu,ators and the diff
N!ercncc between thcn.
/ In the afternoon ". w Lone. Of III,
! Department. OF Agricultural spoKc on
.rop Rotation. ana the Best Method
! was also Il speech by John stewart
/ Bryan. which was followed hy a Zen
! era! discussion.
| Importance Of Good Konds.
| Because lie could not be present To-
| MORO" afternoon O. II Benson as-
| sistani IN The boys department of the
| .hited states Department. OF Agricul-
| ,uro, spoke yesterday afternoon on
seed Corn he impressed upon his
! hearers the fact that this was the most
important thing in connection with
raising the country's greatest crop.
and showed charts demonstrating nc
Tact that tested corn yielded lnuny
ZINES the. crop that is obtained fron,
nc planting or grain promiscuously.
Actresses to be made to-day arc as
! What Fertilizers 10 Use and HOW
! sandy.
4 "Dairyine for tic Best Results FRO
/ lessor lessor ", -. saunders state Dairy
| "lIow Country schools Can !Ielp
/! t..oHnirN l.ifc, J. y. .Esgleston Jr
: superintendent Of Public Instruction
/ GrasS Culture J. \ Turner.
/ 1hc speeches VIII he followed ~
J nlSGuSaions The meeting Will ADJOURN
I.