Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-08-11
SESSION
SUCCESS BEYOND
ALL EXPECTATIONS

With an ease of manner oespean
mo close familiarity with sciehlino
n,ethods as applied to agricultural
n,,rsuits. progressive farmers from
narts of the State, at three
interesting and instructive sessions
80 tho Farmers Institute held Weo-I
osdov in the Beverley Theatre us
oussed with experts many problems
Iof every day farm life. mat INC
mootinos were of practical vaiue
could easily be seen by the close at
ton+ion maid to speakers OF renown
and the intelligent questioning anu
discussions following each talk
wednesday evening, what was
nrobably the most closely follower
discourse of the day was given Wy
prof T. M. Westgate, Alfalfa Expert
United States Department OF Agrl-
culture. Prof. Westgate took aiiaii'
from the dawn of earliest hltsors -
the present time and many lhtei'
osting facts concerning this wonder
ful crop. the best OF hay equa
nound for pound to bran, were
a brought out.
He traced it's migration from Fer
:, ola To Greece many hundreds OF year
before Christ, through Italy, Spain
= Max;co. South America, Callfornl
and from there east of the MISSES
: inni where it had met with its mrs
serious set back. In the clover De
of humid eastern sections IL mas
fpbt for supremacy. Its require
on+s are many under these d1f
LII culties. -.
BRIEFLY stated, in Virginia, II T
ouires the following: deep, tertll
80 bumusflled, we'll drained, well line
- weed free. inoculated soil, frequent
narrowed up until the middle
=. August. then seeded with about
:. mounds of seed to the acre. Get
- of these if you would have aifal
=. The roots of this paint grow We
- deem hut without incubation Will
GROW at all. Well rotted barn-ya
manure in connection with lime
%, the best form of fertilizer. Inc
must be broken up as fine as
onion bed and ought to be
enough for the production OF aspa
,or gus. 1t can be grown In TINS
tion. in fact is now being RAJ
here. anl when successfully prou
Cd is wonderful crop, allow
three and four cuttings to the seas
tta first cutting usually being az
no first of June and the second
yeeks later. Professor west:
welt upon frequent narrowing
necessity for a well settled
he'd. He also cautioned agalns
dry layer of earth being turne'
der. Alfalfa is originally chill
the desert. Tie llarrowinS IS
;, to destroy successive crops OF Y
saeds and to conserve moisture.
- - Twenty-Five pounds of seed &c
acre is more than is theoreti
necessary but practically speak'l
80 est. Best results are obta
e. hen this is mixed with an
mt of inoculated soil, harf
-. u Ter to protect from the bac'
: killing rays of the sun. Dlscu
brought out the best time OF Gu
and many other interesting ant
portant points.
Owing to the time consume
49, the discussions and talk Oh al
Tine the night session was adJo
Hurt after a comprehensive talk on
OF Inc trolling insects injurious to
I'D ne grain and other field crops by
ute 10 r. A. Back, Etomologist at tn
vernon ginia Experiment Station. 4
only sects destructive to whea
ne'Dul went through the different sta
electeo the lives of the Hessian fly al
tsluer' Joint worm. The former, ha
'ker III size of mosquito, cannot be
ect no batted by an insecticide. L
farnerwill watch for the INN
period and sow his wheat afte
-, uvv he will probably avoid this