The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-11
RICHMOND'S HEALTH
BOARD 'SANITARYMAD'
Charge Is Made at Meeting of
Farmers in Staun-
ton.
DAIRYING is DISCUSSED
Field Made Improbable by I'm
necessarily Severe Regula-
tons.
Tspecinl From s,nn NORTHUMBERLAND

tion OF q special committee to which was
referred the annual address OF President
Wesimoreland Davis all matters regarding
legislation pending before the Virginia
Farmers Institute were to-day referred to
the board OF directors tn instructions to
report suitable resolutions at the midwinter
institute TO be hold in l:ichmond in jan
uary, about the time the General Assembly
conyenes.
committee to attend the conference OF rail-
way presidents in Richmond on September
]; in regard to freight rates in agricultural
lime. Walter L. Hathaway. OF Lancaster
county, aud d. Morgan Shepherd. OF Rich
mond
Use of Lime Discussed.
An extended discussion OF tho use OF lime
for treatment OF SOUR and acid lands in pre-
paratIon for clover and alfalfa was led By
Prof Alva Agee, OF the Pennsylvania Agri-
cultural College. Dr. William c. Stubbs. for
thirty years director OF the Louisiana EN-
pertinent station. discussed hanus. advising
u rotation o: certain crops to supply vegeta
bic qualities In the soil.
The experts asserted that there
such thing worn out land" in Virginia.
There Is much Improbable land. some that
has been abused and impoverished but
which could DO brought back by proper
treatment such as the turning under Of
certain nitrosen-bear!ng vines and the
of lime.
Prof. T. c. Johnson director OF the V!r-
sinia Truck Station. spoke on growing Irish
potatoes.
The following were cleo ed TO compose the
board OF directors OF the institute: John F.
Lewis Meekienburg: DR.. Charles W. GRAY.
att, Caroline; Westmorciand Davis Lou
doun; James Bellwood, Chesterfield: 7. Q.
SANDY. Nottoway; Joseph a. Turner, Roam
oke; Major Tynes. Tazewell: s. y. Wood.
AioemarIe; w. E. Hathaway, Lancaster:
James r. Kemper. Augusta.
obstacles TO successful farming were dis
cussed this Afternoon By Roosevelt Page, or
Hanover; j. IL. c. Beverley. OF Chance;
Manager Bodell. OF curls Neck Farm. and
others.
Mr. Page asserted that farm life was
made too hard By unnecessarily long hours
FOR men and women. lack Of household con-
OF business system
The Labor Problem
MI Beverley spoke OF the difficulty OF
securing satisfactory LABOR saying that the
young negro waa unframed and untrainable.
migratory rs the bird. and utterly un-eli-
aole. He thought intensive farming bad
virginia Importation of foreign labor had
proved failure. he asserted. the imnl-
grants showing themselves utterly worth
less on tarm and soon drifting TO the cities.
He thought the farmer should use all pos
sio!e labor-savng machinery and grow for
age and hay crops that do not require con-
slant cultivat ton; raise live stock and fer
tiiize heavily. SO that what labor is used
VIII produce moro resu Is.
Manager Bodell urged deeper p.oughing a s
the remedy for drought and gave an inter-
esiing account OF his operations in raising
alfalfa.
\ general discussion OF da.ry!ng in VIZ
h4"Ia AosaONtu tHe statSNept o. joseph y.
Turner that so per cent. OF the butter and
cream used in the state was imported. to
the pfoHt OF Western farmers, railway and
express Companies, Unreasonable regula-
tons OF city health boards. which reject
clean milk from local dairi.s because below
certain fNed standard in butter fat, and
at the same time admit largo quantities OF
milk imported from uninspected dair!es in
other States. We're stated TO be the chief
drawback to entering what should be one
OF the alost profitable branches OF farming
In Virginia.
Sanitary Mad"
j. +. jackson said the Richmond Health
Board was sanitary mad" on the question
o: milk, He admitted that previous TO sys.
temat!c inspection many OF the daIr!es about
RicAmond had been a disgrace to their own
ers, but he urged some uniform State law
regulating the inspectors. who, he said
1ack!eG politicians. hho know nothing OF
daryins, as we had at first in Richmond"
By lighting and rowing" for years. he
said those men had been ousted and rea-
structions were still imposed. however
which practically put gu; of the dairy bus
mess men OF limited capital. who cannot af-
ford to build new barns meet the views
OF every new inspector
Addresses were delivered by w D Saund-
ers, State Dairy and Food Commissioner
ana by DR.. II. 3. Mayo. animal husbandman
OF the Virginia Experiment Station, who
protect the farmer and improve horse.
breeding.
Members OF the institute were entertained
tonight at smoker and concert by the
Stonewall Band at Gypsy Hill Park.
The institute will close morrow about
midday. though many members will! remain
10 hear former Go.ernor Andrew jackson
Montague. who is announced to make q poll
tical address in Siaunton tomorrow night.
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