The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
FARMERS SUMMER
SCHOOL AT AUBURN
Fifteen Counties and Three
States Representatives.
lures Are Interesting

Auburn, August 2.-(Special. 1.-THE tenth
annual summer school for the farmers
opened yesterday at II a. m. with repre-
sentatives from 10 counties and three
states.
The farm demonstrators We're little
late on account of not being permitted to
leave home until August l.
The first lecture was delivered by Prof.
d. T. Gray on the reasons why live stock
should be one of the primary lines of
business on the average farm in Ala
bama. Among other things he said that
live stock was necessary to utilize waste
lands. and also that live stock gives the
farmer chance to grow his crops at a
great profit by feeding all forage crops,
etc, to animals and then selling the ami
mails as a finished farm product. AS an i'll
Illustration of the great value of this
method he said that some of the feed
ers of hogs had been able to sell corn
from s. to 50 per bushel by feeding it to
hogs. He also stated that live stock on
abled the farmer to keep all the fertilizer
materials on the farm and thus build up
or maintain an increased soil fertility.
maintain fertility of soil without having
live stock In its system of farming.
The next talk was given by Mr.. Cato
of South Carolina on the Importance of
the farmer being able to classify his cot
ton according to the government stand
ards. He showed very conclusively that
farmers would profit by knowing what
they had for sale and were not left at
the mercy of the buyers. This he claimed
yNDlilH he nv avs "a
standard set of samples and studying and
comparing these with his own cotton
which he has for sale.
The next lecture was delivered by DIR. G..
A. Cary on some of the diseases and mall
formations of the teeth of the horse. The
lecturer told the farmer how to recog-
nize the ordinary troubles and how to
prevent some of the diseases such as ir-
regular wear and the common troubles
He also discussed the common disease
known as "bighead'' of osteoporosis In
horses, showing that 1t was not only a
disease of the bones of the head but also
a disease of the bones of the body. Be-
side the enlarged bones the animal shows
symptoms of rheumatic lameness and also
has periodic spells of indigestion. The
cause of this disease is unknown, and a
horse when once affected usually never
completely RECEIVERS.
AT o'clock the farmers all went to the
farm to look over the crops, Professor
Cauthen explaining the Importance of each
plot of cotton, corn. other crops in the
variety and other tests that are now be-
ing made ON the college farm.
AT o'clock in Bangdon hall a stereopti-
con lecture was delivered on farm arch
itecture This lecture was to illustrate
the methods of and plans of building
farmhouses not only for utility but also
to show the importance of identifying
country homes in order to make them
more agreeable to the occupant and to
make country life attractive and pleasart
to the farmers.
Today the farm demonstrators under
the direction of B. l.. Moss are to have
their special meeting, and also the Ala
bama and Georgia Veterinary Medical
association will be In session