The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-11
SCIENTISTS TE[[
 FARMS PROBLEMS
Three Hundred Of Them Ex- change Views On Years
 Work in Fighting Pests

change Views On Years
 Work in Fighting Pests
 Three hundred men of science, who have chosen as their field the ad- vancement of farming methods i-. the south, gathered in Birmingham Thursday for a two-day convention, during which scores of addresses are scheduled to be heard.
 The Association of Southern Agri- cultural Workers, as the organiza- tion is styled, opened it's first gen. eral session Thursday morning, and. after hearing the opening address of the president, pr. D. c. Hull. the ad- dress of welcome by City Commits sioner McLendon. and reports on boil weevil control work, the convention split up into half a dozen sectional mee etings. where particular attention might be given to special topics in each branch of tho agricultural science.
 Dr. W. Newell. director of the Florida experiment station at Gaines vile, delivered report on the Flor ida method" In the absence of Dr. R. R. Coad. the molasses- calcium arsenate mixture method was dis cussed by Prof. D. R .Coker.
 All of Thursday afternoon was given over to separate meetings for the agronomy. entomology. animal husbandry. horticultural, dairy and phytopathlogical sections. the lat ter of which was held as an overflow meeting at the Notion, all available meeting rooms being occupied at the Tutwiler by the other unit gather ings.
 Tick Eradication.
 The animal husbandry section, un- der the direction of L. J. Horlacker, as chairman, and R. S. Curtis, as secretary, gave itself over largely to discussion of tick eradication and tuberculosis eradication as necessi- ties to assure the development of the live stock industry in the south. pr. c. A. Cary of Auburn discussed the war against the caktle tick, and Df. J. A. Kiernan, a government official from the bureau of animal industry at Washington, and Prof. M. Jacobs of the University of Tennessee, dis cussed the work of combating the ,ravages of tuberculosis in cattle. Prof. F. W. Burns of Auburn reported on behalf of committee appointed at the last annual convention on methods of teaching and live stock judging. The importance of teach ing the latter work in agricultural colleges was stressed.
 Animal breeding was discussed by W. s. Anderson of Lexington, Ky- the development of pastures and fencing by J. F. Jackson of Savan- nah, and H. E. Dvorachek of Fayette. vile. Ark. cooperative movements in the marketing of southern live stock hv T, Jordan Of PafOn Rouge. La.; freight rates and the movement of live stock by W. J. shee- ly of Spartanburg, S. C., and J. M. Scott of Gainesville, Fla; production and marketing of spring lambs, by H. E. Dvorachek; live stock research by Enoch Barnett of the Mississippi Agrciultural college. Feed crops for son of Raleigh, N. C.; W. D. Salmon of Auburn, o. G. Hankins of the bureau of animal industry; Stanley Combs of Raleigh, c. W. Holdaway of Blacksburg, Va, J. M. Scott of Gainesville, Fla, E. l.. Jordan of Baton Rouge and D. c. Sullips, of Experiment. Ga.
 In Horticultural Section.
 Technical subjects of interest to delegates in the horticultural sec- tion were threshed out at a meeting held in the private ~lning room of the Tutwiler. Grape growing in South Carolina and Florida were dis cussed by Prof. c. c. Newman of Clemson college ,and Prof. E. L. Lord of Gainesvills. Fla. Hardness in plums was the topic of Prof. A. J. olney of Lexington. Ky. Pecans were biochenist of the department of agri- culture and Prof. c. l.. Isbell of Auburn. The pineapple pear. peaches and apples. were the subjects of papers by pr. H. P. Stuckey of Ex- pertinent, Ga., and Dr. T. H. McHat- ton of Athens, Ga.
 The southern division of the American Dairy Science association held it's convention in connection with the agricultural workers, meet ing as the dairy section of that or- ganization.
 c. F. Wylie of Knoxville is chair man of this division; J. P. Lamaster of Clemson college. vice chairman, and J. A. Gamble of College Park, Md, secretary-treasurer.
 After number of committee re- ports, papers were read on various subjects of interest, including the following:
 Teaching Dairy Husbandry." A. A. Borland, Pennsylvania State col lege; Dairy Extension Statistics of the South" J. A. Evans, department of agricultuR; Improving Dairy Conditions in~the South," J. H. Me- Clain, department of agriculture; Cow Testing Association Work in the South," c. A. Hutton, Knoxville; Profitable Dairying in the South" !. s. Moore, Agricultural college, Mississippi, and J. P. Lamaster, Clem- son college, South Carolina; Feed ing Dairy Cattle in the South" J. A. Mclean, Quaker Oats company, Chi cago, Ill.,; Ratio Protein to Fat and Carbohydrates in Dairy Cattle Feed ing" c. W. Holdaway. Blacksburg, Va; "The Official Testing of Dairy Cattle," Earl Brintnall, Agricultural college. Missssippi: Breeding Dairy Cattle and Function of College Herd, ? R. R. Graves, department of agri- culture; Standards for Creamery Development in the South," l.. $. Edwards. department of agriculture. Roll weevil Control.
 Prof. w. E. Hinds of Auburn pre- sided over the chronological divisi on of the agricultural workers conven- tion. held in the general dining room of the Tutwiler Thursday afternoon, with A. F. Conradi as secretary.
 Most of the afternoon was given to detailed discussion of the intri- cacies of boil weevil control, Dr. Hinds giving general survey of the progress made in the fight on the cotton pest, as indicated by re- ports from various states, agricul- tural experiment stations and fed eral laboratories, and the numerous different methods employed. N. D. Winters of Florence, N. C., R. w Leily and J. A. Harris of Raleigh.
 E. H. Barber of New Orleans, J. A. Moore of Birmingham and Clay Lyle