The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09

-aocessful and highly beneficial gathering" says the report. '.The pres ence of the corn club boys in large num- bers from all over the state is a pleasing sign of what may be expected from tne upon lines of scientific and advanced methods of crop raising
 According to the statement, silo build ing and construction of vats for cattle dipping is generally reported; demon strations in canning is becoming fea- ture topic at farmers institutes, and "the art of turning the garden and orchard into 8 new source of southern value Is being taught with responsr-e results in different sections
 Condition of Crops
 Following is the departments state ment:
 ''rhe sudden launching of a European war upon a scale that will seriously dis turb the commerce of the world, mini- mizes for a while the cotton crop dominating agency in southern economy. Alabama as one of the main cotton pro- ducng states must necessarily feel the effect that follows the European upheavel. It is useless speculation at this period of the war to estimate the cost to Ala hama farmers for the depression in cot ton prices that must prevail until the war clouds are lifted from conditions against which it is impossible to prevail. The national government with profound regard for the gravity of the situation is moving upon relief lines. bankers throughout the country are showing their willingness to act promptly in co-opera tive plans with the cotton raisers. and the wisest and most intelligent of the ag- ricultural classes of the south, through their representative and official leaders. are meeting in deliberative capacities to discuss and advise means of aiding the farmers of the south to meet the con tingency which the paralysis in the cot ton market has brought them. One of the most important of these assemblies convenes in the city of Washington this week at which a large delegation or Alabama representatives will be present, to act in the interests af producers of this state.
 ''The developments of this meeting will be awaited with anxious interest by the people of the south.
 -1'he cotton crop continues promising. The rains of the past week heightened the prospects for a good yield and in a material measure checked the rayages of our long drought.
 ''rhe work of the boil weevil has been given new impetus by Nfhe weather change and maturity of the plant and the second crop of the pest is doing a full share of the damage predicted. As rule, however this damage has been greatly discounted by the persistent and intelligent fight the farmers have put up against the weevil from it's earliest appearance in the state. As an illustra- tion of the character of the resistance !, rtf <x.tI I. l. |. following is quoted from the weekly report of a demonstrating agent from one of the counties where the pest has been most stubborn and destructive.
 -1 made several trips this week in the southwestern part of this county. in the worst of the poll weevil section. l find that we have had almost unan- imous fight against the weevil The damage in this county will not exseed per cent, taking the county as a whole, while in some fields the damage will probably reach s5 per cent
 With such policy of energy and vigilance continued the boil weevil need not necessarily be considered an implacable foe to cotton prospects in Alabama.
 ''The feature of the week has been the summer school at Auburn, which has proven a successful and highly benefi- cial gathering. The presence of the corn club boys in large numbers from all over the state is pleasing sign of what may expected from the rising generation of Alabama farmers upon lines of scientific and advanced methods of crop raising.
 "Silo building and construction of vats for cattle dipping is generally re- ported, and stock raising in Alabama is taking on new forms of purpose. It is a change from past customs that this de- pertinent has uniformly encouraged and commended, and one that should become geenral in adoption and prac- tice throughout the state in every sec tion of which beef and dairy cattle can be raised and maintained as prof1tably and successfully as in other cattle growing states.
 Demonstrations in canning is be- coming feature topic at our farm CTS institutes. and the art of turn Ing the garden and orchard into new source of southern value is being taught with responsive results in different sec tions. It is upon such and similar lines that the Alabama farmer must travel away from the trodden paths to a one-