Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-03-22
AGRICULTURAL
TRAIN SUCCESS
In Spite of Bad Weather Good
Crowds Gather To Hear
the Lectures
THE BULLETINS FROM STATION
Other Interesting Items From the Big
School at Morgantown-Mueh
Attention Given To Farm
Matters.


A Truck Special was run February
goth and 21st over the X. & NJ. rail-
road, from Gauley's Bridge to Point
Pleasant, w. Va, by Director of Agri-
cultural Extension. This was the first
Agricultural Train ever run over the
X. & M. line. Although the weather
was quite stormy and the public roads
very muddy, more than 1000 persons
listened to the lectures given by the
Instructors. The large crowd at every
station expressed great appreciation
Of the work
Prof Alderman and Prof. Dacy. OF
the University; Prof Johnson, of the
Virginia Truck Experiment Station.
and Mr.. linn, of Philippi, w. Va, were
the instructors. Forty members of
Charleston's Chamber of Commerce
accompanied the train and assisted in
the management. The Chamber OF
Commerce and the railroad company
are contemplating the running of an
other Agricultural Train over the
same road before the close of this
year, and also desire to make longer
Grafton the most advanced agricultural
information will be carried into every
section of the state, and greater re-
turns will be secured from the land.
Farmers May Get Station Bulletins.
The Experiment Station has just
published Bulletin 1856, entitled "The
Apple Orchard from Planting to Bear
ing Age" by A. L. Dacy, Associate
Horticultural. This forty-page bulle-
tin gives full direction for the planting
and care of the young orchard, and
will form an invaluable guide to every
fruit grower. 1t is sent free of charge,
as are all the bulletins of the Expert
ment Station, to all applying for them.
The Experiment Station is revising
its mailing list, and is sending out bull
letins to large number of farmers not
on it's regular mailing list A return
postal card is sent with each bulletin,
and by filling this out and returning it
to the Station any farmer may have
his name placed on the permanent
mailing list.
win Fight Collar Rot.
ment Station, has arranged with the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture for cooperation between its Plant
Pathologist, Prof. M. b. Waite, and the
Plant Pathologist of the Experiment
Station, Prof. N. ]. Giddilgs, in the
practical control of the collar rot
whioA has done such serious injury to
the Grimes Golden and other apple
trees The work will be taken up in
two or three orchards in the Eastern
Panhandle, in which the workers of
the Station and Department of Agri-
culture will endeavor to show how the
disease may be controlled in prac-
teal manner. The fruit growers re-
gard this as one of the most important
troubles with which they have to deal,
and are much interested in the pro-
posed Investigations.
New Professor of Entomology.
Mr.. l.. M. PEARS, Associate Pro-
fessor of Entomology, recently arrived,
coming from the Kansas Agricultural
College. Mr. PEARS was formerly AS
sistant Entomologist of Maryland, SO
that he is familiar with this section of
the country. Mr.. PEARS will COM
mence work at once, giving course in
entomology in the spring term, fer
which there has been considerable de-
mand from the agricultural students.
Mr.. PEARS will also give a course in
the summer school,
A Kitchen in Trunk.
1t is not often that a trunk can be
made to hold the equipment for a
kitchen, but the University has proved
that it can be done. This kitchen
equipment belongs to the Department
of Home Economics, and Miss Cald-
well, the head of the department, has
worked out the problem of trans
ferring the equipment for scientific
cooking school into town where no
laboratory facilities exist.
From February Goth to March I'd,
Miss Wood of Ohio, and Miss Cowan,
OF Kansas, under the direction OF Miss
Caldwell conducted a short course
In Home Economics at Sinks Grove,
Monroe county, and the following
week a similar school at Dunnleith,
Wayne county The courses are
planned for the practical benefit of the
women enrolled, to assist them in the
more economical management of their
homes, as to time, energy and money.
Miss Colwell has become closely as
ISOLATED with the movement in the
state for more intelligent direction
In the homes, not only through her
teaching in the University. but also
through her supervision Of the short