The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-09

| girls canning clubs, local experiments with fertilizers. testing varieties of seeds corn. cotton, oats, alfalfa. bur clover crimson clover, soy beans; raising hops under normal and economic conditions beef raising, poultry raising, horticulture work, spraying. marketing, truck garden Ing, etc.; the direct study of the progress of the boil weevil, plant diseases, cotton wilt corn smut. anhtracnose, etc. Il must be emphasized that this money is applied largely by a staff of men already organized, whose salaries are paid from other funds, thus enabling the state to get the greatest possible good out of the appropriation for the minimum expediture for salaries and administration. l regard the good accomplished by this fund to the agricultural interests of the state to be of well nigh incalculable value
 College Work
 Engineering and Mines, The depart ment of civil engineering was established
 in 1872, one of the oldest engineering de. partments in the south. Each one of the departments of engineering Is the pioneer in southern education. Our shops and laboratories are crowded to the utmost capacity. Since 1872 over 1000 young men have been educated in the departments of engineering and are scattered throughout l1t Stdte ana the inc R1dQuateS of the engineering college first gave the institution it's national reputation. High way construction and engineering have been taught since 1872. and the improved roads of nearly every county of the state have been built by graduates of this de- partment. The professor of civil engi- neering is eX-official member of the state highway commission.
 Agricultural Sciences-It is gratifying t. flx t,.,I t.,re tendance of the classes of agriculture, the number now being 325. The ability and capacity of the agricultural students rank among the very best in the institution. Various professional positions of value now offered in all lines of agricultural work together with the increased at tractiveness and profit of farming are drawing our talented young men more and more into agricultural studies. The marked improvement in the conditions of agriculture is noted by the advance of Alabama in 10 years from the position of twentieth to fourteenth in rank of agri- cultural production of the states of the union.
 "Chemistry-Th department of chem istry Is the oldest in the south. the classes are very large, and with the correspond Ing large percentage of students, accu- rate supervision Is afforded both in teach ing and in the laboratory. The number of students pursuing work in chemistry is AGA, while analytical work in the labor atores has been taken by 1S5 students, necessarily increasing the current ex- penses of the department. Further ac- commodaton for the students is impera- tive
 veterinary Department-The veteri- l ary college continues to prosper, and it's condition is in every way satisfactory. The students who have been educated in this department have succeeded well and have been able without exception to sue ceed in securing remunerative work The staff consists of seven professors and instructors The following is a summary of the farmers institutes conducted by the head of the department of veterinary science during the year 1913-14: Farmers institutes were held in 17 counties of Ala bama: total number in attendance, 5254; number of sessions, 45; average attend ance per session. 117 The summer school or roundup farmers institute was held at Auburn August 1 to 9, 1913 Nearly all the counties of the state were repre- sented and seven other states. The in- terest taken by men, women and girls was all that could be desired
 Experiment Station
 The entire teaching staff of the college of agriculture Is also engaged in work of III all lines that concern agriculture. This station has been in op- eration now for 26 years, and is one of the oldest in the United States. The twenty-sixth annual report makes full exhibit of the lines of work undertaken by these experts. This work covers every prase of agricultural effort. It must be painstaking and scientifically accurate to stand the test of both the scientists and practical farmers I may presume to ctp td bnf hn fnt.lr l.. with the cultivation and breeding of cot ton by Prof. J. F. Duggar has made this station an authority throughout the en- tire world.
 ''The work of the department of animal industry is becoming more and more i'm portant with each year. The increase in the demand for meat, together with the decrease in it's supply. is making the ques. tion of meat production of vital impor- tance in the United States. Experiments conducted in connection with our depart- ment of animal industry, especially in raising beef. have been declared by the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture. as of much importance. The entire work of the Ala bama experiment station is more and more aIpf eciated every year by the farm CTS of the state.
 The Lever Bill
 '"The measure long discussed and widely known throughout the country as the Lever agricultural extension bill has now become a law, and the official assent of .he governor of Alabama has been given 0 this institution as the proper benefi- ,iary of the provisions of the measure t is difficult to overstate the possible value of this great law, and 1t is to be profoundly hoped that our state will be ible to measure up to the possibilities of he situation. For nearly third of century Highly Jaluable results have been wrought out y 'r.e experiment station staff in connec- ion with all problems of agriculture, but hese valuable discoveries have been avail lble to relatively small per cent of the mass of the people. Through the finan- 'ial aid of the Lever bill this knowledge y,ll new be carried directly to the man 'n the land Already valuable work has ,een accomplished under our local experi- ncnt staff, but through the provision of his law the work will be conducted on ln infinitely larger scale.
 However in this connection, it is nec- sssary to state that the college as a coaching body will not be benefited in any iegree by this measure, It is explicitly ifrected by the law that none of this money shall be spent at the college, sec ion of the act being as follows: Co operative agricultural extension work shall 'opsist in the giving of instruction and practical demonstration in agriculture and 1trne economics to persons not attending Lever bill nather brings without additional 'ecoi 'pensd an additional burden and oc-