The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-04

Auburn, August 3.-(Special.) 1.-The Au- burn farmers summer school breaks all records Every new train brings in scores / of additional farmers. It Is most 1n- spring sight to see these 400 men, in their shirt sleyes, at ease, taking notes and firing questions at the lecturers-and how they do fire them, without any hesitation whatsoever It is like a good religious experence meeting. The interest is fine and the enthusiasm is at white heat. &
 TO illustrate the widespread interest: There are 20 farmers present from Coffee county, over 20 from Chambers, num- Der from the Tennessee valley, and so throughout the entire state. Among the prominent citizens who are interested in agriculture might be mentioned Capt. A. T. Goodwin, Judge w. w. Pearson, Hon. ". C. Thomas, MT. Ennis of Sumter, MT. Moffett of Barbour, etc.
 The lectures are intensely practical-di- rectiy upon business. There is no hot air and there is an absolute absence of anything like politics. Everything is like a bankers meeting, strictly on the job.
 Tbe domestic economy lectures by Miss Stella Palmer, Mrs. Curtis of Purdue uni verslty, and Mrs. Stevens of North Caro- lima have attracted widespread interest not only among the ladies, but among the gentlemen farmers.
 The lecture by Chief Highway Engineer W S Kellar attracted widespread atten- ton Likewise the splendid address on the cotton boil weevil today by B. l.. Moss. state demonstration agent. There is also great interest in the exchange of opinions and experiences among the farmers them selves, and many excellent points of prac- tice are brought out in the informal dis cussions on the floor.
 General sentiment Is that the farmers school is one of the best movements ever instituted in Alabama.
 The fourth day of the summer school was opened with a lecture by A L. French He discussed the different meth ods of selecting, breeding, feeding, and handling of beef cattle.
 By special request on the part of a num- ber of the farmers present the next talk was made by pr. c. A. Cary on breeding horses and mules in Alabama. It was suggested that it was one of the most profitable lines of live stock farming.
 The next lecture was on crimson clover, hairy vetch and bur clover, by Prof. J. r. puggar, who told the farmers how and when to plant these legumes, told how to fertilze, how to innoculate the soil, and of the great value of these legumes asf soil iInprovers in the way of adding vegetable matter and nitrogen to the soil.
 Following this was lecture by B. l.. Moss, who has charge of the state of Ala hama for the United States government In demonstration work for farmers. He emphasized the necessity of intensive cul- tivation. handling less acres, and more effective work as the key to the situation with the boil weevil
 The next lecture was delivered by Jesse M Jones on the methods of judging corn. After telling the farmers how to judge corn, he took them to a long table where different lots of corn were placed and the entire body of farmers entered into corn judging contest for a prize.
 w. F. Ward followed this with a talk on the experiments that had been con dicted by the United States department Of agriculture and the Auburn experiment station in feeding beef cattle in Alabama.
 At the request of number of farmers Ir. Cary gave talk on where to secure hog cholera serum and how to use it.