The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-18
Believes In Book Farming.


Believes In Book Farming.
Il was raised" said Mr.. Stuart, a
practical farmer but now having
passed the half century mark. l am
rapidly becoming = theoretical man.
can remember when farmers hooted
At book farming end laughed at the
idea that q man who wrote for the pa
pers and magazines could possibly
this has passed and the successful
farmer Of today 10 the man who puts
into the business the greatest amount
OF study along with hard work and
up-to-date business methods.
II q bank were to loan money at
per cent its president would be con-
sidered insane. When a man has land
lying around unused or when he does
not get all the returns he should he
- loantng money at per cent and
sometimes even less II you have
more land land than yau can use
prontAbfy. sell It or give 1t away. The
day has passed when a man Is judged
oy the number Of acres he owns To-
day man 10 Judged by what he gets
from his land.
This year l am going to get in two
years work. ! do not mean l am
going to put In more time. but I am
going to make one acre do the work
OF two. Too many farmers are work.
Ing for their Land and failing to let
their land work for them
Mr.. Stuart shifted to stock raising
and told how, after long experiment,
tatton. he found that breeding pure
bred stock was the only successful
stock farming. You must have pure
bred sire4" he said. After long ex.
perimentation l found that 1 could
not get good results with even both
sexes pure bred. sent down into
North Carolina and purchased a herd
of tough mountain cattle. The breed
crossed with pure bred sires brought
splendid results and made first claB
cattle. At first the North Carolina
cowa. accustomed to feeding on leaves
and brush. would not look at the blue
grass under their feet but gased far
into the distant hills at the verdant
forests. Finally they became ac-
climated and the first calves they pro-
duced were among the best ever
raised
Other Speakers.
r. r. WEIGH. OF Dairy Farming In
vestigation Department At WaShing-
ton. took theAplace last night of
Helmer Ribaid, his chief. who was
unable to attend the dairy meeting.
=
tive cow testing associations and
urged all dairymen' to investigate the
matter. The department at Washing
ton. he said. furnishes all informa-
ton and helps get associations start
ed. The benefits are untold. Feed
can in many cases be purchased more
cheaply and pure bred sires owned
by the association can be used to
better advantage than when owned
by individuals.
Mr.. WEIGH described how testers
sent out from Washington visit men,
bers of the association and at small
food are weighed and the quality Of
tho milk 10 tested. In this way the
exact value of a herd can be deter
mined and each COW can be listed
according to her: producing qualities.
MIX ID tested by the Babcock
method. a--..4a
Professor Brainard. Of the vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacks
burg. spoke In place Of N. r. Hull,
OF Nmondale. Mich, who was detain-
cd because Of q railroad wreck. His
subject was Feeding and Care of
Dairy Cows" Professor Bralnard
described the latest methods Of hous-
ing milch cows and pointed to the
advantage of clean and sanitary barns.
EaAdtpGr WAAr Enn9 into ~ anasyAly and.
the desirability Of only the very beN
feed was emphaAsed.
Dairymen closed thar sessions lass
night. Stock growers will hold ses.
sions today. The FArmsr1 lnStttuts
vii be in session until tomorrow night,
Whan Il Will adjourn with Atacnption
in the rooms Of the Chamber Of Com
msrcs at which Governor Mann VIII
~
Ur. Cyril q. Hopkins. OF the Uni
xefsity Of Illinois. will speak 1T ths
Je1ferson this afternoon. Tonight he
win address members Of the General
Assembly In the state house. Nem-
bers OF the United States Department.
OF Agriculture win speak this morn
Ing.
Mernine and Afternoon oessis0a
Dairymen ana members Of the Far
mers' Institute were welcomed to Rich
mond yesterday morning BY Mayor D.
C. Richardson.
Addresees were made ~ waetmore-
land Davis. president OF the institute,
and Prot John Hamilton. q. w. Koin-
or. on the program for m address,
WILL speak TODAY instead.
The afternoons speakers were DR..
H. ]. Patterson. director Of the May.
land Experiment Station. for the ~.
stttute, and +. O. Sandy. william d.
Saundera and DR.. n. >. Mayo, for
this dsirymsn. Mr.. oAudys address
attsactsd : sraat dsA q afea.eto.
raasa better COWS than poep3o 3 New
York. New YcekeF1 ssa1 49, hsleeso
Is vIre4nia 70 b raieed. tnklng them
hack 70 New York sftne th6y are
Grown. YOu people q viE91nA should
loarn what they hnse H1roaAy learueA.