Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-08-11

ing industry of the world. when
he became governor manufacturing,
mining and mercantile interests were
doing we'll but agricultural interests
were languishing and it had since
been his especial aim to develop the
latter. He spoke of the difficulty
of enacting legislation which the
farmers want adding that bills have
IN he nursed like babies" The
farmers, he says, should be organ
lied and better represented in the
legislature.
He gave it as his opinion that
there was no such thing as worn
ont land and cited instances where
such land, under proper treatment,
had been made to produce bountl-
fully. He touched upon different
pieces of legislation he had favored,
= of direct benefit to farmers, but
reminded the meeting that 1t must
:, not ascribe every action of an ONCE
holder to purpose. He had favor
y ed a bill for state owned limestone
y grinding plants and attributed its
:. failure of passage to lack of funds.
- Bradford Knapp, Chief of Demon
~ stration Work of the United States
Department of Agriculture, and
: son of the late DR.. Seaman A. Knapp
- was listened to with great deal OF
interest. Mr.. Knapp spoke OF the
remarkable advancement of agrlcul-
~ tural interests in the past two years,
ie and strongly endorsed the Farmers
49, Institute.
"a Speaking of rural life, he mem
- toned three reasons why people were
~ leaving the farms for the cities: lst
because of inadequate returns, "a
hardwork, 3rd better educational ad.
Wy yantages for their children. To turn
the tide the other way he showed
that the government was demon
ade strating to the farmer how to in
.er- crease his returns, and to do thl'
GIL easier and better. He also pointed
"a" out that good roads and good school
ing would bring about more attractlv
cry rural life. He spoke of the farm
re- er's skepticism in regard to boo
sing larnin." taking up demonstrate
was work and how it overcame this.
MIS- At this point it was moved an
oVe- seconded that Governor to tendere
He vote of thanks for addressing tn
der Institute. The motion was carrie
mis- enthusiastically.
port Prof. Herbert w. Mumford, of tt
Their University of Illinois, national
want recognized authority on his subje
N spoke of cattle feeding and beef pr
t by duction. Livestock, he said, w
have one of the greatest factors in far
AIRY life. The three most importa
Sc OF things in the cattle business he sa
Au- were the cattle, feed used and t
ream question of timely marketing.
,row- advocated that the cattle fatten
. should be of a good grade but
necessarily fancy grade. He we
into the subject most thorough
and answered many questions duri
0f2 the discussion which followed.
Mr.. T. o. Sandy, state agent, a
Demonstrators Turner and Lee
spoke of their work among the far
rovvn ers. the advantages derived and
the lesson the older men were lea
ing from the boys corn clubs.
lis of They were followed by Earle s.
May ger and Harry Christian, of Augu
county and HI. G. Smith, of Al
ed to marie, members OF the Boys Z
your Club, who told just how they
gone about producing record yit
3ecke- from an acre VI oruin"'S ,anu'
At $3.50 the meeting adjour
for an automobile tour about
:, -. city.