The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
BALDWIN COUNTY FARMERS ID MEET Programme for Institute to Be Very Instructive IS THE FIRST MEETING Boys Who Were Members of Last Years Corn Club Will Be
 Present to Hear Subject
 Discussed
IS THE FIRST MEETING

Bay Minette. February 12.-tspecial.) bureau of agriculture. who has charge of the Baldwin County Farmers insti- ute, which is to be held here next Saturday, has announced the pro gramme for the meeting and is send ing programmes to all the papers of the county to swell the crowd at the meeting.
 B. L. Moss state agent of the farm CTS demonstration work. will be the chief speaker of the day. beginning the institute in the morning at 10 o'clock with an address on The Boil Wee vii and Its Economic Tffects to the State" At II L. T. Rhodes will give m address on "A Few Fundamental Prin- ciples of Good Farming At 11:2o George A. Maloney. special agent of Mobile county. will speak on Growing Corn on Piney Woods Soil" At 11:4o A. R. Moorman, special agent of Wash ifgton county, will speak on Hogs and Legumes."
 Following the noon hour, J. c. Phelps, district agent for the southern portion of the state. ylll deliver lecture on Fall Plowins. Winter Clover Crops and Fertilizers" At A45 l.. N. Duncan, professor of school of agriculture at Auburn, and Prof. J. s. Lambert su- perintendent of education for Baldwin county, will speak on The Boys Corn Club" The last two addresses will be given over to the advancement of the corn growing industry of the county in the effort to have local residents capture the prizes offered by the state. After the lecture a round table dis cussion will be held at which all in att tendance will be privileged with ask ing questions
 The institute is the first that has ever
 been attempted in the county and from the present outlook the attendance prom iscs to be very large. The boys who
 were in the corn club last year will oe
 present in a body and number of the farmers from the lower end of the coun-
 ty will attend to gain all possible infor- nation. The speakers themselves are not ed in their line of work, and the standard
 of farming in this county will be raised greatly by the institute The plans of the local special agent. Prof. l.. T.. Rhodes, are to give these institutes regu- larly that Baldwin's farmers may be up tO-date In their farming methods and sue cess Is assured him in the enterprise.
 F. s. Condit, secretary and treasurer of the tobacco company operating in thls county near Summerdale and Robertsdale, announced that there would be about 3Go acres of tobacco grown in that district this summer. He stated that there would be probably 100 acres under shade and the remaining tobacco would be grown in the sun. The 300 acres will yield about 500,- GOO pounds of tobacco, which will tax
 the capacity of the mammoth warehouse at Summerdale to it's utmost. He stated that next year it was very probable that another warehouse would have to be con structed at Robertsdale to care for the crop. as many more have signifled their intention of growing large crops and the acreage will probably be doubled The industry Is rapidly broadening and resi- dents of that district find it difficult to secure help enough to construct their homes and the shade for their fields.