The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-21
|BIlE FARMERS Will
MEET At BLAcksBURG.

nual hummer meeting OF the state
Tarm1ry' institute will be held ut the
Virginia Polytechnic institute. Blacks
burg, August 10. IA and 10 ana plans
are being made to make the meeting
5 tAis YEAR even more successful than
Z the two that have been held at the
college hAretofore In spite of war
Conditions. nearly 1000 farmers and
* farm women OF Virginia attended the
meeting here last year, and now tnat
the wAr is over, it Is expected that the
-stendanc this summer Will be larger,
some OF the advantages TN holding
& tie mating Of the State Farmers In
stitute during the summer and making
the state College of Agriculture per-
Earent place for the summer meeting
are:
FIRST: Farmers are better able to
leave their farm work in August than
g.sy other time of the year.
second The college dormitories are
,..ioceupied in August and will be
llaced at the disposal of the farmers
Tor tie nominal sum of fifty cents for
the three days.
THIRD There is apt to be less In
reference because of bad weather
espeefally for the tractor demonstra-
tions which will be an important iea-
tmre of the week.
Fourth: The plots of the experiment
station and the fields of college farm
VIII have growing crops on them which
wiii give opportunity for the study OF
different varieties Of crops, the results
al crop rotations. the results OIL Ier-
tilizer treatments. etc.
interesting discussions are belhk al :
"a ranssd for the farmers week" and 1t
Y Is safe. to gay that every hour Will De
crammed full of good things. 90
sariesf will be the program that thste
will be something of interest IN II 10
esers- farmer in the state. ana as ZOE
4 tie farm women. Mrs N. NJ DAVIS as
VI s4stant state agent In home denohs'fa
II ton work, is arranging TO hase SONG
\ tf iux. particularly interesting TO the
women every day The evenings Will
H ts given over, to public addresses ny
/ ~ and women of note.
In addition to good line OF speak
sss, some OF the special features oil
farmers week will he a community
4 Sire before each evening meeting.
led by some one especially well quah-
Aed for this work: livestock parade
and a power demonstration with trac-
tors and heavy draft horses. Inc
tractors will pillow. harrow, and disk
and the draft horse people viii put on
multiple hitch demonstration Men
and women will hold Joint stssions III
the mornings and evenings and sepa-
rate sessions in the afternoons.
Last year representative. women
from every section of Virginia awaited
themselves of the opportunity TO meet
other Interested women in discus
sion Of home problems, and to be
come familiar with farm management,
and methods. In fact about one-third
| or all who attended the Institute were
women This year for the women
there will be round tables where viii
be discussed topics Of special Interest
| to them, and where they viii hear re-
ports from the various home demon.
stratton clubs In the state. There will
be exhibits showing how the labor 81
wash day. ironing day. baking day,
churning day cleaning day and
EVERY DAY can be made lighter
Farm women. come and have an en-
ioyable time,
The college dormatories win be
thoroughly cleaned and The rooms
" with mattresses and cots will be avail
able to visitors at a cost OF soc fos
the three days. Those expecting tt
occupy these rooms must bring sheets
pillows. towels, and necessary toilet
articles with them as the college does
not furnish these. Meaies will b
aorvad at the college dining hall a.
41.Ek psr day. this making the cos
az Whiting the Farmers Institute les
than $500 per day for hoard ane
lodefn1 One OF the barracks ant
more Than one, II necessary, viii bf
Daf 4p4Tt Tor the exclusive use OF Iit
women, another win be assigned fol
The ,aeA OF such of the visitors AS may
- accompanied hy their wives. There
are shower baths and toilets In each
barracks and every one can be ms
sslred OF q comfortable place 10 STA,
while here. Full instructions as K
what Ill visitors should do on arriva
IN order to secure rooms and mea
tickets will he sent out later.
i r. l. asvep ~
Il rtssible make the "trip to Blacks
hurR by automobile. Arrangements
viii be made to take the best of cart
81 the cars and the automobile trir
through Virginia affords many at
fractions Further than this, there
Are many points OF interest within
easy motoring distance of Blacksburs
and many OF those who came to tht
Institute last year in cars were able
Is writ Mountain Lake. Yellow Sui
phuv, Eggieston Springs and other
nearby points before returning 10 THEN
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