Summary: | Minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings held in 1917AUQurn, Alabama, February 22, 1917.
The Board of Trustees of t he ~labama Polytechnic Institute met in session at
the Institution in Auburn, Feb~ 22qd, 1917, at 10:30 o'clock, pursuant to the
Resolution of the Board adopteq June 15, 1916, namely; that February 22nd should
be the dat e of the mid-year me~ting of the Board o . .
The follmri.ng members werE? present : . .
Govern~r Chas. Henderson, Messr·s. -L. D. Samford, W. K. Terry, Vi. H. Oates,
C. S. McD01rVell, C. W. Sherrod, and Harry Herzfeld, a quorum.
(1) After a full discussion, on motion, it was resolved that the matter of
entering into a contract with the Alabama" Power Company to supply the college with
elect ric current for the purposes of po"!.~r and ·.light be referred to the Executive
Comrnittee o
(2) The question of accepting for the student body of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute an invitation to atte~d tge proposed preparednes~ parade in the city of.
Birmingham, after full discussi9n was, on motion, referred to the Faculty. The
cordial tr:an}~s ~f t~e I~ sY,i.tut~9~_~~ re expressed for the invitation'. .
There being no further business the Board adjourned to attend the Senior
Class Day Exercises in Langdon Hall.
(This memorandum transmitted by direction of the B0ard through President
Thach to R. W. Burton, SecretaTYI -Bpc+rd of Trustees.)
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Auburn, Alabama, June 11, 1917.
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute met in regular
ses~ion at the Institute in Auburn, June 11, 1917) at 10:30 o'clock a.m., His
Excellency Governor Charles Henderson, President ex-off., in the chair.
• t In the absence of the secretary, Mr. Wo K. Terry was appointed 'secretary
pro tern.
The roll \iaS called and the foll owing members ansvlered to their names: - ... { ..
Gov. Henderson and Messrs. A. W. Bell, Harry Herzfeld, C. H. Sherrod,
C. S. McDowell, W. K. Terry, L. D. Samford, and P. S. Haley. Eight present, a
.... t quorum.
Announcement was made of the death of Dr. Jas. • Anderson, Chemist of the
Experment Station, and President Thach of the Institute was requested to draft
suitable resolutions on his deat"h.. t
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A resolution of sympathy with Mr. R. W. Burton, secretar,y to the Board, who
was absent on account of illness, was offered and passed on motion. President
Thach was instructed to convey this resolution by telegram to Mr. Burton.
The rrdpute.s of previous ses's~ons held June 5, 1916, and Feb. 22, 1917, were
read and appr oved. - . . ._-
It was moved and carried that the Faculty of the Institute be authorized to
confer degrees as they recommended to the Board.
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At 11 o'clock a.m. the Board took recess to attend tbe graduating exercises
of the cla~s of 1917.
The Board reoonvened 'at one 0" clock p.m.
~ President Chas. C. Thach, of the Institute, presented his annual report,
together with the budget for the ensuing 'year, the report of the wOFk done on the
Experiment Station, Local Experimentation, Extension Service, Smith-Lever Department,
Waterworks Department, the report of the Treasurer and of the heads of
all other departments. Upon motion, this report was referred to the Standing
Committee on President's Report, namely, Hessrs. Feagin, Samford, Ter'ry, and
McDowell. . .
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It was moved by Mr. Samford that President Thach be instructed to express /to · j
the authorities of the University of Alabama appreciation of the honor and courte¢
in conferring the degree of LLD on Mr. W. F. F.eagin, member of the Board. ~10tioI}i
prevailed.
Mr. Herzfeld offered the following preamble and resolution, which were
adopted by motiQn:
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vmereas, Hon. W. F. Feagin has for many years rendered faithful service to
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute as an Ex-officio member of the Board of TrusteES,
as well as to all the other educational institutions and interests of Alabama.
And whereas, he will shortly sever his connection with the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute as a. member pf the Board of Trustees,
Be it Resolved, That this Board hereby tender its sincere thanks and that
of the college to Hon. W. F. Feagin for his untiring' efforts in behalf of this
institution and does express its deep regret of the necessity of losing his
valuable assistance in directing its affairs.
By it further Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the minutes of
the proceedings of the Board and. the secretary send a copy to the Press for
publication and a suitable copy to Hon. W. F. Feagin.
Upon motion, Board adjourned to 3 o'clock p.m.
Afternoon Session
Pursuant to adjournment, the Board resumed its sitting at 3 o'clock p.m.
Eight members were present.
The following communication from the Bank of Auburn was read and, on
motion, was referred for further consideration to the Executive Corrmittee: -
Jo the Honorable Board of Trustees, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Gentlemen:
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The Bank of Auburn respectfully applies to your honorable body to be
designated as a depository for at least a portion of the funds of the AlabawA
Pol ytechnic Institute, and assures you that it is prepared to handle this
bu~in'ess in a thoroughly safe and satisfactory manner.
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A large proportion of the stock -of the Bank of Auburn is Dwned byl alumni of
the institution, who invested in this enterprise more than t en years ago, in order
that the town of Auburn, the students and members of the Faculty should be able to
enjoy the advantages of adequate banking facilit~es, which were so much needed at
that time. During this period of time, this bank has conducted its business along
safe, prudent and conservative lines, and' enJoys the confid~c~ not only of the
local community, but of the Banking Fraternity of the state.
t Since its establishment this bank has made its. facilities available f.or the
needs of the locality and for the whole 'college community and has rendered valuable
aid in financing such impor.tant enLerprise ~ as the Alumni Gymnasium Building, the
Auburn Alumni Association, etc.
We submit that the handling of the funds of the College woul d be greatly ficilitated
oy having at least a portion of ' the funds in a local ' depository so that it would be
unnecessary to transmit funds by eXpreS6 at the risk of undue delay-, whenever such
funds are needed for the college business.
In case the Bank ofa. Auburn is entrusted with any portion of the college funds, it
stands ready to assure protection to the institution by providiftg i ndemnity bonds to
any desir~d amount.
'TIhanking you for your care'ful consideration of this matter we are,
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Very respectfully,
sis. L. Toomer, President
W. D. Martin, Cashier
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPCR T
We, the Committee on the President's Annual Report, beg leave to report as follows:
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also recommend that the Prof essor s- be conf1rmed as f ollows:
George C. Starcher, Professor of Horticulture
Frederic C. Bi egin, Professor of Architecture
(2) We recommend the adoption of the President's Budget for the ensuing year.
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(3) We recommend the adoption of the Hatch and Adams Budget as furnished by the
President.
(4) We recommend' the adoption of the President's Report on the Local Experiment
Work.
(5) We recommend the adoption of the President's Report on Extension Work.
(6) We reco~nend the adoption of the President's Report on the Treasurer's
Statement.
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(7) l!Je recommend that the leave of absence of Professor B. A. Wooten be extended
for apother year without salary that he may complete his fellowship degree at Columbia
University.
(8) ~ pproval of catalogue is rec ornmended.
s/W. F. Feagin, ChairID~n
The Committee reported approval of course of study as outlinea in catalogue. Report
adopted.
It was moved and carried that the Report of the Finance Committee, which follows, be
adopted.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMHITTEE
Your Committee on Finance beg leave to submit the following report:
"\I'le find that the amounts received from the various funds coming in-were not sufficiert
to leave the College without debt in the sum of $15,436.50. We regret that·, while the
appropriation has been made by the Legislature, the finances of the state are such that
this cannot be obtained to clear the college of debt. -\o[e find the Treasurer's report
made in neat and business like way and the additions of the amounts received and the
amounts disbursed are correct.
. l Hespectfully submitted,
s/A. W. Bell
The Committee on Lands and Buildings made the follmving report, which was adopted:
REPORT OF THE CO ~1:rnT1'EE ON LANDS AND BUILDINGS
We concur in the President's recommendation and recommend that, as early as funds are
available, buildings be cons·trucbed in follmving .order': a modern dairy barn to cost
$5,000 to $6, QOO, The present dairy barn be converted into a beef cattle barn.
A I'.!Iachinery Building, to cost $5, 000 • .
A Veterinary Building, to cost $40,000 .
A Chemical Building , to cost not exceeding $75,000.
vie would recommend the steps to the ' ~lain Building be repaired and made safe.
He further earnEistly aske the Governor of the State to release a sufficient amount of tre
appropriation heretofore made to this College by the Legis1ture of Alabama, to carry
out the above recorrmendations.
s/Harry Herzfeld
C. M. Sherrod
The Co~nittee on Animal Husbandry submitted the following report, which was adopted by
motion:
REPORT OF THE C01J1MITTEE ON MUHAL HUSBANBRY
VIe would compliment this department on the improvement in the herd and t ypes of beef
animals now owned and recommend the disposal of a majority of the herd of Jers,eys among
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the dairy animals and the proceeds invested in a few selected specimens of the Holstein,
Guernsey, and Ayrshire breeds for demonostration and experimental purposes.
We would st rongly recoIT@end that an assistant be named to the Professor of Animal
Husbandry, who is a specialist in dairying., with a view of eventually developing a
separate department of this important study and industry.
sic. M. Sherrod
H. Herzfeld
The following resolution was offered and adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks and appreciation of this Board of Trustees be conveyed to
the Faculty and Board: of Trustees of the Southern University for the compliment and
richly deserved honor done t o Professor Bennett Battle Ross in conferring upon him
the honorary degree of LLD.
Resolved, further that the Secretary to this Board be directed to convey a copy of these
resolutions to the President of the Southern University and be recorded in the minutes
of this Board. ~
On 'motion, ' the following resolution was adopted:
Be it resolved that the President of this College be and ne hereby is instructed to
draw a sufficient amount of money out of the Board of Trustees Fund of the College
to apy al l expenses of entertaining the Board of Trustees each year at the meetings
of subh Board.
Be it further resolved, that a sufficient amount out of such fund is hereby appro-
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priated to meet the expenses incident to entertaining said Board of Trustees at its __ .
regular meetings each year, as provided for above.
The following resolutions were presented and, on motion , were adopted:
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Be it resolved by the Board of Trust,ees ori behalf of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
that t hey hereby. express their appreciation ~ of the generosity of Mr. C. C. {Clay in
presenting to the Col lege's agricultural department the valuable st allion, Caesar, and
the Secretary inform Mr. Clay of t his resolution.
Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees on behalf of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
that they hereby express their appreciation of the interest in our Institution and genrosity
evidenced by the County Demonstration Agents arld citizens, who have contributed
t he funds for purchase of registered cattle for the college's agr i cultural department
and ,the Secretary advise the Press of these resolutions for publication.
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The following communication was read:
The members of the farrQly of Reuben Herzfeld, deceased, hereby offer to the Board of
Trustees for benefit of the Alabama .Polytechnic Institute, to be used in erecting an
i nfirmary , the Stun of five thousand dollars, on the following conditions:
, (1) Said i nfirmary be known as the Reuben Herzfeld Memorial I nfirmary.
(2) That no charge be made any student or person treated in said infirmaty, who
is unable to pay for such treatment.
It was moved and carried that the Board of Trustees accept with thanks ' the offer made
by the family of Mr. Reuben Herzfeld and President Thach was requested to express the
appreciation of~he . B oara for the donation.
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A proposition from the Alabama Power Company, which is incorporated in these minutes
elsewhere , was referred to the Executive Committee, with power to act.
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/' A motion was passed thanking Governor. Henderson for appointing l'fr. P. S. Haley a
~; -member of the Board of Trustees of the Alabalna Polytechnic Institute. - Pr esident ThacH was authorized by motion to employ a suitable person for r ecording the
minutes of the Board of Trust ees.
! {The Chairman appointed 1-1:r . Haley a member of the Finance Cormnittee and a member of
: ti Committee on Animal Husbandry. Accordingly, his name was added to t hese COl1unittees.
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There being no further business, the Board of Trustees of the 'Alabama Polytechnie
Institute adjourned sine die.
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Dear Sirs:
Lucile Burton, Acting Secretary
by Appointment
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ANN-UAL REPORT OF PRESIDENT CHAS. C. THACH OF THE ALABAMA
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE,
Auburn, Alabama
June 1, 1917
I have the honor .to hand you herewith the annual, report of the work of the .Alabama
Polytechnic Institute for the year 1916-1917. ~
ATTENDANCE
It i s pleasing to record the continual growth in attendance at the Institution; the
total at t endance for the year, including all departrnents, being 2,127, which is the
high .water record of attendance in the history of the Institution. J 1 0
The factors of this enrollment are: College Fall, TrJinter, and Spring Terms, 930;
College Summer Term, 364; Boys' .::>ummer School at Auburn, 123; Farmers' SWJrrner School
at Auburn, 710 . These figures do not include any work not done at t he College . In
addition, the Farm Demonstration, Boys' Corn Clubs, Girls' 9anning Clubs, Farmers'
Inst itut e~, etc. ~umber approximately 11,000 organized workers.
Among the larger county enrollments are: Jefferson, 103; Lee, ; Montgomery, 25;
Walker, 21; Hobile, 17; Geneva, 17; J.I.1arshall, 15; Talladega,15; Marion, 15; tvilcox,
13; Dallas, 13; Houston, 13; Limestone, 10; Eto1tlah, 10; Escarnbia, 10; Barbour, 10;
Coosa, 9; Pike, 9; St . Clair, 9. Every county, save one, is represented. Thr ee foreign
countries ar,e represented, Brazil, China, and IV1exico.
Some o~ the larger state delegat ions ather' than Alabama are: Georgia, 73; SoutH Carolna,
27; Mississippi, 20; Florida, 20; Tennessee, 17; Louisiana, 9; North C~olina, 8.
Among the leading denominations, the enrollments, are: Methodists , 397 ; Baptists, 286;
Presbyterians, 99; Epis~opalians, ' 51; Oatholics, 32; Christians, 27; Jewish, 12; etc.
Four hundred and thirty one students are over twenty-one years ot age. The average age
of the Fr eshman Class is over nineteen years, a marked degr ee of maturity. Twentyfive
students are married.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MI NES,
. . ESTABLISHED 1872.
Number of Professors and Instructors, 24; Electrical Engineering, 157; 1·1echani cal
Engineering, 241; Civel Engineering, 45; Surveying, 290; Architecture, 13; Mechanical
Drawll1g , 241 ; Descriptive Geometry, 106; Mechanic Arts, . 525.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE .
Number of Professors and Instructors, 25; Agronomy, 439; Animal Husbandr.y, 497; Horti-culture,
.. 183; Forestry, 40; Chemistry, 491; Chemical Laboratory, 213; Entomology, 45;
Botany, 178; Pharmacy, 60 .
ACADEl IC DEPARTMENT
Number of Professors and Instructors, 18; English, 676 ; Poli tical Economy, 68; History,
573 ; ~ at hematics, 543; Physics, 460; French, 28; German , 34 ; Spanish, 72; Education,
162; Inter nati onal La\<[, 214 .
HORK
Throughout the year the general spirit of work and the observance of the laws of the
College have been excellent • . vmile during the excetement and agitation of war throughout
the latter part of the session, the st~adiness of the student body has been remarkable.
In the cr~s~s, many of the students responded to the call of the colors, forty-two
from the Senior Class alone, while many others entered the "Army of Producers," an equal ly
necessary &~d honorable line of defense , according to President Wilsono Those who were
prepared went to serve their country, whi l e others who were not prepared remained to
become so; and never was there a more imperative demand for thorough scientific preparation
than at this critical moment.
Formal contracts were drawn up by all students who left college and entered upon agriculture.
The degrees were conferred in regular order upon all members of the Senior
Class !'<[ho reported for military: servic e., or went back to the farm; t his action being
duly r atified by the Board of Trustees.
The potse of the student body, I am pleased to say , was .due i n a large degree t o the
poise and sound judgement .of the Commandant of Cadets, Captain Frank vI. Rowell. The
classes r emaining at their studies have been pr ompt and faithful, and ,· ,have achieved
exc ellent .results.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT • I
I nterest in the Military Department has been mar ked throughout the year. In pursuance
of the action of the Board taken at its last meeting, a unit of t he Reserve
Officers' Tr .aini1g Corps was established in this Institution '\-<[ith Captain Frank VI .
Rowell ~n charge .
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As stated in my previous re p ort~
(1) The system is elective; members .of the Junior and Seni or -Classes entering
upon obligations, which must necessarily be volunt ary .
(2) Commutati on for clothing is allowed those who enter t he System. However , this
was not available this year .
(.3) On graduation, upon recorrrrnendation of the College Authorities, students may
be appointed as Second Lieutenants in the Reserve Corps , U. S . ArltlJT. No
obligation to perform military duty .after graduation is incurred by the student.
(1) The Reserve Officers' Trai ning Corps had an average attendance of 620 during the
year by Captain Frank W. RovoTell, as Profes sor of Hilitary Science and Tactics, and Commandant
of Cadets. Captain Rowell was most efficiently aided in drilltg by three
sergeants detailed from the r egular service, namely: Sergeant Richard HcAndrews,
Sergeant William F. Muller, and Sergeant Thorfl..8.s P. Bradley; for whose faithful .servi ce
I wish also to express the appreciation of the institution.
(2) Febr uary 22nd was observed as lIMilitary Day,lI with reviews, parades, drills, calisthenics,
etc., all of which proved highly entertaining. The oc~asi on was graced by Governor
Henderson and the ' Board of Trustees, together with Adj"l,.ltant General Hubbard and the
Governor's Staff. The_ event was in eve'j7 way suceessful. '_
(3~ On May 17th the regular inspector from the War Department , Captain War e ~ visited
the Institution for the purpose of inspection and review. He expressed himself as highly
fOlleased with the excellent physique of the studeI;.lt body, th e~r- steadiness in drill, and
t heir familiarity. with mIDst recent forms of drill and maneuvers-.
(4) On Nay 24th and 25t-h, t he competitive drill was held between the eight companies
of the r egiment , Adj utant Gen. Hubbard, on request , furnis hing a committee of high grade
officers to judge the competition and at-.rard the prize. Ma jor }loon, Captain Haley, and
Captain wnitehurst kindly served as the committee, r~nderin g most painstaking and faithful
service.
(5) Over three hundred Auburn men have entered the Training Camps throughout the Nat ion;
Fort Niagara, N'. Y., Plattsburg, N. Y.; Fort -Meyer, Va; Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia; Fort
McPherson, Ga .; Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark .; and. Leon Springs, Texas. T.wo h~dred and two
Auburn men are enrolled in Fort HcPherson alone.
CHANGES IN THE FACULTY
The following changes are to be in the Faculty for the current: To fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Professor Ernest Walker, the College authorities selected
Professor George C. St archJ;:lr, ,who was Assistant P rofess~r of ljorticul ture in the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute o Professor Starcher is a graduate of the University of· West
Virginia , and for years had served in connection with College , Experiment -Station, and
Extension work in the Agricultural College of Virginia. He came highly recomm ende~ as
an expert in his profession. SLDce his connection with the College he h~s given strong
evidence of skill and leadership, and has won the confidence of the Agricultural
interests of the State .
Professor Frederic C. Bi ggin was elected Pr ofe ssor of Architecture to succeed Professor
Hudnut , who resigned to enter upon practice in New York City . Professor Bi ggin is a
graduate of Lehigh University and Cornell University, and has had varied experiences
as a practitioner of his pr ofes sion. Professor Bi ggin has shovffi grea.t zeal and interest
in the work of his department .
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l'1r. W. R. Taylor was elected Instructor in English. Hr . Taylor is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina; and also of Harvard University, specializing i n English.
He has proved hL~self in every yay satisf actory.
J.vlr. E. T. ~·1 otley was elected I n st ructor in Pharmacy and ChemistFlJ.
ll1PROVErvLENTS
Several necessa~ . improvements of a permanent nature have been made during the year,
entailing consider:able expense. 'I1hese improvements were absolutely indispensable and
.will be of lasting value to the Institution.
(1) The most proroinent of these was the development of an 'adequate supply of water for
the Institution. After full consultation with the Board of Trus,tees, Faculty, and C o~
mittee of expert :&1gineers, the de'cisibn was reached that it was well nigh impossible
to continue the Institution, (certainly to expand it ) , wit hout increasing the supply
of water. In a tecrmical institltion ~ith extensive laboratories of .every nature, and
wi th an in~en 6e demand for puwer, (not to mention the usual denmnd for sanitary sewerage
, etc. ) , a liberal supply of water is indispensable for existence .
- After fullest discussion, the Deep Well projedt was the one adopted and af~er several
trials in sinking these wells, I am glad to say that we at last succeeded in securing ro
l abundant flow. Including our ~ riginal source of supply, the Binford Spring, and the
five deep wells sumk, a gallonage of 427,000; per day is now available . In loyalty to
the college, the Athletic Society und'ertook the construction of two of the five wells .
(2) It was found necessary, well night, to reconstruct the r esidence of the Farm Superintendent.
This residence will be in good condition for years to come.
(3) Extensive repairs were also made on the residence of the Professor of Horticulture.
(4) It was necessa~ to install a system of sanitary sewerage in the residence of
Assistant Professor of Horticulture.
(5) New sheds, fences, etc., were erected for the Department of Animal Husbandry.
(6) New walks and entrances have been arranged for the campus , and. successful plantings
of grass, shrubs) and trees effected.
(7) As suggested, these improvements, owing to the high cost of material, have entailed
hea~J expense, but in the opinion of the heads of the departments, they were absolutely
indispensable.
(8) It is highly gratifying to report also the marked accession to our herd of cattle
for the purposes of educating ouifstudents in Animal Husbandry. Through the generoBity
of a number of farm demonostrators and gentlemen throughout the State interested in
Animal· Industry , a sum of a thousand Qollars was raised, the college duplicating the
amount for the purchase of typical animals of the herd including Short Horn, Angus, and
Hereford Cattle.
A highly valuable donation of a superb Percheron stallimn was made to t he Institution
by hr. C. C. Clay, of Demopolie, Alabama .
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DEPAR~lliN T OF EDUCATION AND SU ~llilliR SESSION
I beg leave to call special attention to the work of the Department of Education which
has proved a success in every particular. The teacher training afforded .for the- young
men and women of the state fills along felt want and is .equipping a very ':::large number
of excellent .young teachers to go into the .field. Professor -Zebulon Vance 'Judd and
Professor Wyatt Childs Blasingame, -formerly .Head of the Second District Agricultural
School at Evergreen, have r endered excellent service .in this 'department, and have
contribut ed much of their time and energy to the cause of eeucation thr o~out the State
of Alabama .
In the, present national crlS~S of food and feed producti on, the Summer Session is making
every effort to arouse interest of teachers in every phase of farming, and ' is seeking
cooper ation with girls and boys of schools in organizing agricultural classes of every
description. , .
THE EXTENSION SERVICE AT AUBURN AND SONE OF THE THINGS IT IS DOING
FOR THE ,FARMERS
\ihile the headquarter s are at Auburn, the wonk of this branch of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute and of the U. S . Department of Agriculture, which it represents, is
carried out in every county in the State. The ultimate agencies for reaching the
f armers and their families are about 70 farm demonstration agents, and 29 (65) home
demonstration agents. There is not space enough in any brief paragraph f or an adequate
statement of the activities and results ' of even this one branch of th'e Extension work .
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SOME v: ORK OF THE FARlYl DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
These visit i ndividual farms, and advise methods for cultivating the fields, feeding
t he livestock, improving the seed, building silos, etc . They are also active in organi:zing
,farmers into local associations, usually with the help ;"f experts from Auburn, iniD
associations ,for the bet ter marketing of their products, or for other' agricultural ends o
The average yield of cotton grown on demonstration fields last year was 630 pounds of
seed cotton per acr~. This was more t han two and one-half times the yields Gn the
average acr9 in . the state. , Likewise, with corn the average yield on the many huhdreds
of demonstration fields was 27 .76 bushels per acre , or fully twice the average for the
State. (In 1916, the fields ' of oats grown under the sup er~ision of demonstration agents
averaged 28 bushels per acre, while the yield of wheat was 12.8 bushels .) ,
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Fann demonstration agents have devoted much successful effort to gett ing farmers to
increase the acreage in such fqrage crops as velvet beans, .soy beans, cowpeas, etc.
La st year under their d i~ e ction there were more than 1,000 demonstration fields in
velvet beans, with an acreage estimat ed yield of soy beans and 'many fields of other
leguminous crops . The derponstration fields in peanuts numbered 5,641 .
During t he past year the county agents were very helpful to the l ives t ock i nterests by
i noculating 67, 926 hogs , a ssist i ng i n the starting of more t han 1,000 new herds. of hog>,
giving sugges t ions on the fe eding of more t han 100,000 hogs, and were one of the means
by which large numbers of pure bred cattle Were brought into Alabama .
Last year the number of rural or gani zations, which' with demonstration agents were
cooperating and most of which were organized through their activity, numbered 262 .
Thei r visits to individual f armers numbered more than 75,000.
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HOlfJ.E DELvIONSTRA TION AGENTS
The 65 women agents, in as many counties, enrol led last year 2, 260 members in thE!!irr'
canning cl ubs. These clubs 'put up 217 , 541 cans or gl asses of product s of the farm ,
gar den and .orchard . These women agents al so enrolled 600 mat ure farm women in home
d emon~ s t rat i on clubs, which clubs put .up 55 , 745 contai ner of canned goods . The gi rls
and women have start ed many winter gar dens, strawberry patches, and have planted a
considerabl e nillnber of fruit trees .
BOYS ' CLUBS
The nillilber o'f boys enrolled i nucorn clubs last year was 3,870. The .. boys in four- crop
clubs numbered 571 .
Ther e were 4, 060 (6 , 924) members of pi g cl ubs in Alabama last year, and t he average
pr ofit on one class of pi gs was $14 .15 per head .
State short cour ses were held by specialists f r om headquart ers at Auburn , not only at
Auburn and iVlonteval10 , r espectively, but i n addi t i on short courses were held in a
number of counties , s epar ately. f or boys and f or girls .
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EXTENSI ON SP CIALISTS (AT AUBURN)
The above statements menti on briefl y the agencies in ' t he field or . the f i nal channels
gf information t o. the people on t he fa rms ~ A cor ps of speciali sts at Auburn is constantly
engaged in a ssisti ng, i n their t echnical lines , both county agent s and f a rme r ~ .
Among these Ext ension experts at Auburn may be mentioned t he fol lowing:
An Agr icultural Engineer, who devotes his time to teaching farmers the best methods
of building silos , barns, or other farm str uctures, instal ling home waterworks and
l abor-saving devices , etc .; an AgronoITQst , or cr op expert , with an a ssistant, who ,
with t he Director , of the Extension Servi ce, the State Demon str ation Agent , and three
Distr ict Demons t r ation Agents , give their time t o showing what crops are best adapted
t o each particular section of t he St ate, the best met hods of cultivat ing and fertilizing
each, and t o answering thousands of lett er s along these lines . In the Direct or ' s
office al one last year the number of letters answered was mo~ e than 10,000 .
An Entomologist and a ssistant give out from t ime t o t ime the results 0f their i nvest igations
on the .best means of combating noxious i ns ect pest s , such as the new green
plant bug,tae old enemy, the cotton boll weevi l, potato pugs , fruit i nsects , etc .
A D ~ i ry expert visits farmers in all parts of the Stat e, advising the best methods of
f eedi ng and r earing dairy cattle and of handling the products . This week this par ticular
special ist i s on a t rip to a western stat e to help the farmers of one communit y
select and br i ng .into Alabama s everal carloads of dairy cows. He and ·the Expert on
Beef Cat tle, whose dut ies are somewhat similar , have been t he means of selecting and
br inging idD t he state l ar ge numbers of pure bred cattl e , as have most of t he county
agents .
The Horticulturist of the l'JXperiment Station ' has an ext ensive corre spondence in answer
to i nquiries about the best methods of growi ng every kind of veget abl e and fruit .
Anotner special i st , whose work i s intended to increase agriculturm pr oducti on and
at the same time pr ovide f arm women and country gi r l s with a larger i ncome is the
Poultry Specialist . Her work i s done in connect i on wit h t he canning clubs .
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MEETINGS
About 5,000 meetings were held by the employees of the Extension Service last year .
More than 200,000 people were reached in these meetings.
EXPERIMENT STATION WORK ..,
Publications!
During the period between July 1, 1916, and May 31, 1917, the Experiment Station has
published the following:
5 Bulletins
2 Circulars
5 P~ess Bulletins
~ Index Pamphlets
Total 14 Publications
This is a total of 204 pages, 181,000 copies and an aggregate of 1,524,500 pages in
all publicationso
WORK OF AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
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A detailed list of ~he experiments in progress on the , Station farm in the agricultural
department is given in the last annual report of the ptation, pages from which are'
at tached to this report .
The Local Exp~ riment Work, consisting of experiments made in counties throughout the
--I State and not at Auburn , is listed in Experiment Station Circular No . 35, a copy of
which is attached .
The Technical Experimental -Work conduct.ed by Professors FUnchess and' Robbins has
attracted considerable at tention from scientific men interested in the processes occuring
in the soil ., Professor Funchess has also some unpublished results accomplished
during the. past f ew months that promise to throw new and unexpected light on some of
the causes of the infertility of many. Southern soils •
. FUNDS OF THE COLLIDE
The following ~able exhibits the accounts of the College for the Year: .
' 1 . U. S. Fund , known as Endowment , ' or Morrill Fund, (Bonds)
2 . U. S. Appropriation, Second Horrill Fund (By Congress)·
3. State. Appropriation, in lieu of Fertilizer Tag Ta~ for work
done ' by the Department of Chemistry
4. One-fourth share I lluminating Oil Tax fev Department of
Chemistry
5. Tuition, Non-resident Stucle~ts
9. Surgeon and Infirmary
7. Miscellaneo~s Income, Fees, etc .
$. 20,280 .00
27,900 .00
40,000 .00
12,710 .00
2,508 .00
4,235 .00
25 , 469 .29
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The State appr opriated nothing directly fop educational work at Auburn.
Copy. of the Annual Report of the Treasurer of the College has been forwarded tu each
member of the Board of Trustees.
The receipts and expenditures of the Hatch and Adams reports have been set forth in
the regular report of the Experiment Station. Printed copies of this report have
been sent to each member of the Board of Trustees and forwarded to the United States
Department of the Treasury, and of Agriculture; _ in Washington.
The Examiner of the United States Department of Agriculture has audited and checked
the Hatch , Adams, and Lever accounts, and r eports them as entirely satisfactory.
The receipts and expenditures of the College are set forth in a monthly statement
furnished the President by the Treasurer of the College.
The report of the Director of the Experiment Station, on the boll weevil, has been
duly filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture, according to law, and a copy sent
to each member of the Board of Trustees .
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Perhaps the world, in all its history, has never seen a more perfect demonstration of
of the power of scientific technique than in the present world war. Mere number's are
nothing in this colossal conflict. The conflict is one of accurate science and of
knowledge and our nation feels an immediate and imperative demand for scientific
training, and still ~ scientific training. vmether in farm operations or in
manufacturing operatias, our young men must have the very best advantages. It is
not a question. of privilege to the student, but it is a question 'of imperative duty
on the part of the State to make its youth efficient : to give them the power of
knowledge: an accurate, precise knowledge of the great forces of nature --- thereby
increasing production and adding to the economic power of the Nation.
I t was my pleasure, not long since, to address the State Bankers I Assoc·i ation in Mobile
and surely it is an auspicious omen that the financiers of our commonwealth, the men -
who handle the productive capital. of the State, have become keenly aroused to the grim
problems confronting us. Our entire industrial and economic order has been upset by
the boll weevil, and we must have more and more intelligence to meet the emergency of
the changed conditions. Agriculture is now a skilled profession, rather t han a haphazard
diversion . ' And so with all forms of industry; 'today skill counts, and counts
heavily. For example, there can be cited two young men of technical training in Alabarr~
who , by their scientific knowledge, have brought millions of dollars oft capital into·
the State of Alabama, and repaid the State a thousand fold for the cost of their education
. And this . session, in reponse to the call back to the farm, hundreds of young men
have left the College of Agriculture, who are making highly valuable additions to the
pr oduction of the farm and garden. Money invested by the State-in such productiVie
education is not a charity, but is rather a most enlightened form of self-interest; a
most profitable form of investment.
Despite the. immense growth of the Institution in attendance and in development of different
technical courses, the College has been unable to secure any additional income
from the appropriations made by the Legislature of 1911. ' During that sessi0n I pre- .
sented a careful and modest buget to the Legislature and an appropriation of $10,000
per annum was readily made . Again three years ago with the same presentation of facts,
an appropriation of $15 , 000 per annum was made. But owing to the condition of the
State Treasury, not a dollar of these a ppr opriations has .been available . As before
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stated, the very best interests of the Institution, both in regard ·to equipment and
teaching staff, are suffering most keenly . From the lack of salaries, we are constantly
losing some of our best men, while compared with other Southern .Institutions , over which
our own graduates pr.eside, our equipment in many important departments is entirely
inferior .
(1) Fifteen thousand aollars per year .additional income for t he mere upkeep of the
institut i on under the present rate of commodities and high cost of ' living .
(2) An adequat e Veterinary Building .
(3) A Chemical Building .
(4) A decent Barn for Herds .
(5) A decent herd for education of students in Animal Husbandry
(6) Farm Machinery Building
(7) Ten Instructors in Mathematics , English, Animal Husbandry, Agr onomy, and -the fundamental
subjects taught by the Institution . The minimum sum immediately needed for there
pressing demands is $250,000 .
Recommendation of the Faculty for degrees will be transmitted after the final ·acti'on is
taken on the candidates .
Respectfully submitted,
s/Chas . C. Thach
President
.7 5aJJmt, h'ith appr oval, the follovving Report of Director of Experiment Station and
Professor of Agriculture .
Part I - College\! ork
(Hatch Experimental Work
(Adams Experimental. Work
sic . C. Thach, President.
(Report on the Local Experiment Work will be submitted as Part II and Report on Extension
Work will be submitted as Part III . ) J
Doctor C. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic I nstitute
Auburn , Alabama
I submit f or the next fisc~l year the following estimates for the teaching work in the
agr i cul tural department , including Soils or Agr onomy, and Farm Machinery . These are
the same amounts as borne on the present budget.
Appropriations needed for Teaching College Fund
1 .
2 .
3.
4.
5.
For T~aching Crops, including Cotton Classing $
For Soils Laboratory, teaching
For Scholarship man teaching services in Soils
Laboratory and Field Laboratory
For teaching Sal ary in Farm Machinery CR . U. Bla singame)
For exp e~ses Farm ¥~chinery Laboratory, including freight
on machinery to be borrowed .
STUDENTS
200:.00
300 .00
150 .00
300 .00
The number of student s rec elvlng i nstruction in Soils and Crops under Professor Funchess
and student assistant Wingard was 451 .
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
THere is, of course, need for the same provision as in the past for the maintenance
and janitorial service of the agricultural building, and for providing, as soon as
_ possible, for fire escapes .
EXPERI¥1ENT S TA TION WORK
Publi:ca tions:'
During the period between July 1, 1916 , and May 31 , 1917, the Experiment Station
has published the following :
, 'l'otal
5 Bulletins
2 Circulars
5 Press Bulletins
~ Index Pamphlets
14 Publications
This is a total of 204 pages , 181,000 copies and an aggregate of 1, 524 , 500 pages
in all publications .
WORK OF AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
A detailed l i st of the experiments in progress on the Station farm in the agricultural
depa rtment i s given in the last annual report of the Station, pages from which are
attached to t his report .
The Local Experiment it/ork, consisting of experiments, made in counties throughout the
State and not at Auburn , is l i sted in Experiment Station Circular No . 35 , copy of
which is attached .
The technical experimental work conducted by Pr ofessors Funchess and Robbins has
attracted considerable attention from scientific men i nterested in the processes
occurring in the soil . Professor Funchess has also some unpublished results accom- '
plished during the past few months that promise to t hrow new and unexpected light on
some of the causes of the infertility of many Southerrr soils .
-VfORK OF OTHER DEPAR'IMENTS
Progress has been made in experimental work of the Animal Husbandry, notably in the
feeding of hogs and beef cattle and also in the feeding of dairy cattle .
The work of the Department of Entomolo~J has been continued in the same lines as
heretofore with the addition of studies on the green-plant bug which threatens to
beco~e almost as serious a pest as the boll weevil, unless checked .
200
The resignation of Professor E. Walker, September 1, 1916 , the death of Doctor Anderson
last February, and vacancies for several months in those departments has interrupted
experimental work in horticulture &!d chemistry . It is hoped that oonditions
will permit the active prosecution of both lines of work at an early date .
Pr ofessor G. C. Starcher entered upon his duties as Horticulturist for the Statio£
early in January, 1917 .
Agricultural Assistants :
I. her eby Jrecommend that the salary of Mr . E. F. Cauthen , Associate Agriculturist, and
paid entirely from Experiment Station funds , be hereafter $2,000 .00, an increase of
$200 .00 . - (Not Approved)
1 hereby recommend the appointment of }1r . H. B. Tisdale , formerly an assistant in this
department and now pursuing .plant-breedingwork in Cornell University, as Associate
in Plant Breeding in the Agr,icultural Department, at a total salary of $1620 . Of this
the U. S . Department of Agriculture will pay $600 000 and the remainder, entirely from
Station and Extension funds , is provided for in the corresponding budgets that -1 submit .
Mr . Tisdale will thus take over most of the work recently ~one by lVIt . F. E. -BoYd, resigned
.
1 herewith submit attached budget for the Hatch and Adams funds, which is ' along the same
lines as in the past year .
Yours very truly,
(signed) J . F . Duggar,
Director
A.labama Experiment Station
H~t ch and Adams Budget - 1917-1918
Name
Salaries:
. Vet erinarian
Director of Station
Botanist
Horticulturist
Asst . Horticulturist (Price)
Entomologist _ . .
Chemistry of Soils (A.nderson)
Asst . Chemist of Soils (Sum Total
Chemistry (PhYSiological)
Farm Supt . & Recorder (Cauthen)
Animal Husbandman (Templeton)
Foreman Agrow . Farm
Asst . Animal Husbandman
Herdsman (Morris)
$650)
Hatch
$ 600
1600
100
200
300
100
200
1,100
1,~00
350
300
(Besides
Adams
900
1,400
1,800
Fer tilizer
700
500
400
300
475
200
Funds) .
Plant Pathologist (Peltier)
,
Agronomist (Funchess)
T;r;'easurer
Asst . Entomologist (Thomas)
Asst . ' Entomologist (Vaughan)
Asst . Botanist (Massey)
Secretary (Sellers)
Asst . Recor.der (Howell)
Assoc. Plant Breeder (H. B. Tisdale)
f.la3t. Librarian
Library Helper
Research Scholarship in Botany
Student Assistant in Agr .
Clerical Help
Maintenance :
?
?
?
Publications ,
Anin~l . Husbandry
Botany
Chemistry of Soils (and)
Chemistry (Physiological)
Soils (Funchess)
Entomology
Agriculture & Plant Breeding
Horticulture
Library
Heat , Light & vater Power
Travel & Other Adm~i strative .Expenses
Contingent
Veterinary
Plant Pathology
Postage
Total $
$ 500
100
100
300
90
90
250
75
50
100
100
1,500
1,100
100
·100
100
2,000
900
400
370
150
75
200
50
15,000
$ 1,250 (Bes idffi
#750
Loc . Exp)
700
500
500
300
270 (150)
200
~ B esideD
$150 Co])
800
800 ·
200
100
100,
850
600
100
355
450
$ 15,000
Respectfully submitted,
s/J . F. Duggar , Director
I submit, with approval, the following Report of Director of Experiment Statiori (Part 2)
being a report on
Dr . C. C. Thach, President
Alab&~a Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Sir:
THE LOCAL EXPERIMENT WORK
S/Chas . C. Thach, President
I hereby submit my report on the Local Experiment Work of all departments of the
Experiment Station receiving partial support from this State fund for experimental
work .
FIN~C IAL RECOM}~A TIONS FOR THE YEAR BEGINNI NG JULY 1, 1917 ' _'
(1) Plant PAthology
. '
Annual Appropriation
Balance from 1916
Expenditures
Part Salary (besides $1,250 from Adams fund, G. L. Peltier)
$ 750.00
Travel" Supplies, etc . 450 .00
$1,200.00
(2) Horticulture
Annuai Appropriation
Expenditures:
Part Salary (Prof. Starcher) ,
Part Salary Field Agent (0 . Brown)
Part Salary Field Agent (C. L. Isbell)
Traveling Expenses
Supplies, etc.
(?) 200 Pric.s
$ 300 .00
500.00
400 .00 . ,
500.00
00 .00 ,
2,000 .00
$ 1,000 .00
200 .00
~ $ 1,200 • .aO
$> 2,000 .00
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(3) Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Drainage and Farm Machiner,y, also Publications and
Administration.
Positiop or, Expenditure · Crops
. Plant
Breeding
Drainage &
Machinery
Publications &
Administration
· .
Annual ~pp~opriation _. J 7,000 $ 1,200
Balance from 1916
Balance from Publications
555 . 55
$ 1,500
· "l!"i-7-,-5-5 5-.-5 5 $1,200 $ 1,500
Assoc . Plant Breeder · I
(Tisdale, H. B. )
Field Agent (Williamson) .$ 1,800.00
Asst. & Sec . (Sellers) 200.00
Recorder (Cauthen)
Assoc . Agr. (Funchess)
Director ?500 .00
Treasurer
Steno . cSt Office Help
Agr. Enir. (R .U.B.)
Drainag~ (Coop. with U. S.
Labor &,Misce1laneous
Postage ,& Stationery
Freight & Express
Office Rsst . Recorss, etc .
Pr1l1ting, e1:c .
Travel
300 .00
300 .00
520 .00 , ~
D.A) .
700 .00
.200 .00
250 0 00
200 .00
1,200 .00
300 .00
200 .00
80 .00 '
50 .00
50 .00
100 .. 00
100 .00
200 .00
$ 2,500
484 .97
$ 2,984.97
. J
r, ,
200 .00
350 .00
. 300.00
500 .00 .
500 .00 .
-50 .00 100.00
300 .00
30 .00
1,284 .97
150.00
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Plant
Position or Expenditure Crops Breeding
Fertilizers, Seeds, etc . 1,600.00 100 .00
Office Furniture, Repairs &
Conting~nt 285 . 55 20 .00
Fuel, Lig~t & Water
Total Est., 'Expenditures $ 7,555 . 55
(4)
(5)
$ 1,200 .00
Junior and Home Economics ixtension
(From Local Exper~ent F~d)
Annual Appropriation
Expenditures:
Girls Boys
Clubs Clubs
.
Part Salary Supt. (Duncan) $300 '300
Part Travel Supt. (Duncan' 230 340
Part Salary (Kerlin) 100
Travel (Kerlin) 900
Part Travel State Agt. ' ,.
H. D. vfork 500
Part Travel (J. C. Ford)
Stenography & Extra Help 450
Labor & Miscellaneous Supplies 280 200
Total $ 1,310 $2,290
Animal Indu'st ry & Poultry
Annual Appropriation I _
Balance- from 1916 Ariimal Industry &. PoUltry
Expenditur~s:
Part Salary , (T~pleton) , t .
Supt . Beef Cattle Experiments in West Alabama
(E. Gibbons) Part Salary
Part Salary Supt . Hog Experiments in ~est
Alabama (Successor to A. E. Hayes)
Drainage & Publications &
Machinery Administration
150.00 100.00
$ 1,500 .00 $
150 .00
2,984 .97
$ 5,000 ;00
Pig Poultry
Clubs Clubs Total
)
i 600
570
100
900
SOC
300 300
720 1,170
200 180 860
$ 1,220 $ 180 $ 5,000
...
Animal Husbandry Poultry
. ~3 , 500 ._00 " .t J,OOO .PO .
1,391 .12
$4, 891 .12 ~.J.. $ 1,(1)00 .00
.J
,150 .00 150 .00
Horse and Mule Feeding Expt . (To be locat ed)
Salar'J Supt . Hog Experiments in Southeast Ala-
1,600.00
1,000 .00 '
300 .00 e
bama (H. W. Caffey)
Stenography
Traveling ~enses & Inci dentals
Wages, Loc~l Poultry Man (H. Schlenterbusch)
Poultry Project (~ . ii" Stephen)
1,000 .00
. 180 .00
661 .12
Experiments of Short ,Uuration, Incidentals, etc . JI .
Traveling ~penses and Incidentals
(6) Entomology:
Annual ApprQpriation
Balance from 1916
• ' J
'.$ 4,891 .12
r
180'.00
300 .00
48 .00
100.00
222.00
$ 1,000.00
$ ·2,'300 .00
89 .03
$. 2,389 .03
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Expenditures :
Part Salary (Vaughan.)
Part Salary (Dr. Hinds)
Part '::; ala~" (Thomas-, F. L.)
Hisc. Expenses, & Stenography
Total ~endi tures·
$ 500,.00 , . .
, 900..00 · . .
, . , . , . 300.00�� .
, 689,.03 •
$2,389.03 '
I submit, with .". approval, <.th .e following Report of Director of Extension Service
. (Signed) " Chas. C. Thach, President. ,
Dr. C. C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Ala.
Sir:
I herswith submit an outline report of the Extension Service, including tentative
estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1917.
, , ,
As is well known, the &lith-Lever Act of 'Congress, making the appropriations
for Extension work provides an annual increase ,for the next few ,years. This annual
increase for Alabama is $17,909.85. ~is increase, and indeed the greater part of
the entire appropriation from Congress, is available only on condition of appropriations
from within the state •
. The securing of this increase for the coming year is provided for by an appropriation
made by the state Legislature to the Extension Service to become available
July 1, -1911, the first year's installment of '~ich i ,s $20',000.,
The funds to be paid out at Auburn in the support ofe~ension work for the
fo 110~1iI1g f~sca1 year are as fo llows: . •
•
Inerome ':. • • • • From Smith-Lever -Act of Congress . ' ..... $ 67,311:'.52
state Appropriatton (Act approved
September 25, 1915) • • • • • • • • "... 20,000.00
I 87,3iX.52 .. t
The Food Bills, which were considered by Congress .last week and which have ~ot
been passed at the date of writing, will have some bearing on extension work 'in Ala-bama
and necessarily influence the exact distribution that will be necessary fop the
support 'Of farm demonstration agents and home demonstration agents, and ~hence 'an indirect
influence on the amounts available for the other projects. ,
TherefClre, the following is submitted as a tentative budg~t to be modified so
as to conform to the pending Federal Legislation referred to, and in conformity with
the regulations of the U. S. Departmen~ of Agriculture governing cooperative exten-sion
work. '
Farm Demonstration. • • • : • • • • • • �� ••• $19,100.00
Girls' Clubs, etc. • • • • .• • • • • • • • • •• 1),000.00 ·
Boys Clubs and Assistant Agent·s f~r Club Work • .- 1,504.00 .
Pig Clubs • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• • • ," 980.00
Poultry Clubs, etc. • • • . ... • • • • • • • • •• 2,250.00
Administration and Printing • • • • • • • • �� • • 12,500.00
Movable Schools for Whites and Negroes •• .•••.• 2,000.00
AgronontY' • • • • ,. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $
Da:i.I'j'ing • • • • ge • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Beef Cattle • • . " . • • • • • • • . • • .• . , • •
Horticul ture • • ,. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Specialists in Ot,her Departments • • • • • . •
Marketing and Farm Finances
6, 570.00
2, 02) .00
1,980. 00
1, 800. 00
2, 600 .00
(Especially organization fpr) • • • • • •• . 4, 950. 00
Hog Cholera Extension (Dr. Wilson) • • • • • •
Farm Demonstration for Negroes �� • • • • • • •
Home Demonstration for Negroes • • • • • • • •
Agricul tural Engineering • • • • • • • • •. • •
Project to be selected after Food Bills passed.
Farm and Home Conveniences (Fullan) .. • • • • .
Total
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8, 066. 00
1,800. 00
2,500. 00
2, 791. 52
400. 00
As usual, detailed and itemized written projects will be formulated for each
of the items mentioned above as required by. the regulatiolUi ot the U. S. Department
of AgricultUre. ' In advance of such formal projec,ts, t attach as a page of
this report the salar,y 'list 6f extension employees from all funds, including
direct Federal appropriatio~s outside of the &nitq-Lever run~ •..
. Extension Service .Salaries 1917-1918
(Fmployees ~t Aubl,lrn) . I • • .*
-Name Position Smith- Lever
Duncan, L~ N.
Kerlin, I . B.
Ford, J. C.
Keown, Miss
Supt. Junior & H. E. $ 324. 00
Corn Club Assi~tant 500. 00
·Pig Club A~s~stant 120. 00
Asst. Home Dem. Agt.
state Home Oem. Agt.
Camper, Mrs. . Asst. Home Dem. .gt.
Murphy, Miss stenographer
Ruffin, Miss stenographer -
Wright, Mis.s ' ~ ~.- - --stenographer ~ . " "
Feminear, Miss Asst. Home Dem. Agt.
_ .Hinds, 'Ttl. E • . Entomologist
Vaughan, .E. A. Asst. Entomologist
Beli, J . P. - Steno graphe r
Starcher, G. C. . .
Horticulturist
Erice, J . C. C. Asst. Horticult.
Brown, otto Fiel;d Agent
700.00
.J)o.oo
780. 00
420. 00
"360. 00
300. 00
100~ OO
42:> .00
150. 00
200.00
. 200. 00
.
.... ,
_Isbell, C. L. Field Agent 200. 00 . r
Goggins, Mrs. stenographer l~ . OO
Duggar, J . F. Director 1000.00
0( • •
Gqvemmemt ·
Government
Government
Goverrunent
Government
Government
Government
.....
'"'
GoverIUJlent
Burleson, D. J: Agronomist - . &lffoo. oo ·
Tisdale, H. B. ' ~sso ." ·~i . 'Breeding ." . j66.00 · . -GOvernment
l> Jtsst., ~~ol!. (H~w~ll: t ~., ,:., ' • • •
position, ~O . OO
Sellers, O. H. · Secretary ' , . ". io6o:od " . . "
Peacock, Mrs. t . G. ~otc : .lsst" . " 906. 00
Jones, Miss Peirl Stenograpner 900. 00
Jenkins, Miss F. stenographer 840.00
/ . ,
- - - - ---
. , r," ' .
Total all Funds
U. S. Government
• 3, 000. ~
i , ~o . -
1 , 800.
c1, 400 .
1 , 800.
1, IDO •
• < 780.
780.
720.
1,620.
~o .
.1, 100.
960.
2,200. & House
1, 600 & House
1 , 2:10.
1,000.
7.8 0.
3., 400 & House
1, 800.
1 , 620.
1 , 410.
1, 800.
1, 200.
900.
840. 00
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Name Position Sad th-Lever Co o~eration ith
Total all Funds
U. S. Goverrnnent -
Glenn, M. A.
Watson, J . J .
Templeton, G. s.
Cotton, Miss I .
Quill8rly,- J . p~
Filler, C. G.
Watt. J . T.
Lett, U. L.
Mauldin, C. M.
Wh1 tehead, A. D.
Landers, Miss .:
Wilson, Dr. H. C.
stevens, F. D.
Dem. Record Clerk
Treasurer
Asst. to Treasurer
Dr. Rural Organization
& Markets
Di tto .& !gr. '
Eng. stanog.
$1300.00
100. 00
300. 00
1800.00
780. 00
Animal Husbandman 2:>0.00
stenographer · 5ho.00
Dairy Expert 42:r. OO
Beef Cat tle Expert 180.00
$tenog. ditto 72:> . 00
As~t,. Dairy Exper.t 300. 00
state Agent Sbo.oo
Dist. Agent ~o~ oe
Dist. Agent 500.00
! ~ist. Agent 200.00
. sterog. ditto... , . 6Co .00
Hog Cholera Expert Loo.oo
Gov. Farm Man. Expert ):)0. 00
Gov. Market Expert 000.00
Blasingame, R. ' U. J.gricu~t. ' Engineer ,' , ·1200.00
, Asst • . Agri. Engineer ))0. 00
General: .
Government
Government .
Government
Government
Government
Government
Government
, Government
Government
Govermnent
'!
$ 1, ~0 .
1, 800.
300.
1, 800.
780.
2,400.
900.
1, 800.
1, 800.
720. 00
1,000.
2,700.
2, 000.
2,000.
2; 000.
9W •
2, 200.
2, 000.
1, 800.
2, 000 .
300.
Coal, Light and Water
Janitors, ew. · ~,
325. 00
300. 00 . ~
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Tentative list .. of salaries; possible., omissions because of pending Federal.
legislation. _"i
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Tentative Budget for Depvtment of Horticultu-re
. " Year 1917-18 - ' .
Salaries:
Brown
Isbell
stenog.
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$500.00
400.00
Prof'. of Hort. ' . ):)0'. 00
Asst. Prof. of Hort.
Trav8.l:
Brown & Isbell
Starcher & Price
SUpplies and
Expenses
400 . 00
100. 00
300. 00
$2,000.00 ' $4,036.00
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Extension . ',College Hatch
$200.00
200. 00
1SO. 00-
lSO. OO
200. 00
.
SOO.OO
300.00
$ $ $1,200,.
1,000.
780.
450.00 200. 00 . 2,200.
. 600. 00 »0. 00 1,600.
1,500.
700.
100. 00 900.00 ~300 .
$ 1,806.00 $1;056.00 ifLbo. ~, 2eo .
As a part ial record of the various activities of the Extensi"On Service,
inc1udirig tbe farm and home demonstr.ation agents, I attach to' thi:s report , for
reference a carbon copy of pages 1 to 23 inclusive of my formal report for the
l ast complete fiscal year.
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. I am glad to be able to report. gratifying progress in. every division of
exteDsio~work . •
Yaurs ·very· ·truly,
(Signed) , J . F • Duggar,
. Director of Extension Service
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. I submit, with approval, the following Appendix (a-) to the Report of the
Director ~ of the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnie Inst~tu~e, by J . ' F.
Duggar, Director of Extension Service.
(Signed) C. C. ' Thach, President
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~. General Organization and Relationships '
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. Duling the fiscal year ending June ~, 1916, the~ organiz\ation of the ,
Exte~sion Service has undergom no change. The three principal divisiom; of ...
the work ~ as heretofore' consist of: . ' I ~
(1)
(2)
(3)
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The County Agent Work. " .
The Junior and HoJOO . Economic's Extension, 'including. Corn Clubs,
Pig Clubs, and Home Demonstration Work' for Women and Girls.
A Group of Specialists.
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Under the general administration 6f the Director the supeIVision of , the
Farm Demonstration Agents is by a state Demonstration Agent, assisted by three
whi te District Demonstration A.gent's · and by one Negro District Demonstration
Agent; under the same general relationship the Superintendent of Junior',and
Home Economics Extension is in charge of the club work for boys and girls, and
is assisted by a Home Demonstration' Agent , and an Assist-ant Home Demonstration
Agent, by an Assistant Corn Club 'Agent; 'and bi ~ ~:~g r C.:Luo "Agent. ~ . - .. _ ..
The specialists are, connected with ·appropriate depar.:tanents of the college
or station.
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The general policy i~ ,EXtension work pprsued during the past fiscal year
has been that of strengthening the lines of. 'Extension activity already in.
"existellce ratl1er than the ;taking up of many. ne~ en terprj.ses. This. strengthBning
' r , pf dld.l1nes Or work applud to practically.. every line of endeavor, but was.
especially emphasized in the work for women by increaSing, as far as funds permitted,
the number of women county agents in HOIOO Demonstration Work, and the ',
length of employment of each. The number of Home Demonstration Agents employed
in the latter part of the .fiscal year was 2'], an increase of 8 ove~ the preced-ing
year. ' . ,, '
Special Campaigns
< , • Campa'lgn .rOlf Fall nest~c"tion' of' Cottari' ~tills. =-: o~ or the special feat-ures
of the year was the campaign for the destruction of cotton stalks conducted
in ~he 'early fall of 1915 as a 1I1ems of combating the boll weevil. These
meetings were arranged by the qounty agents. The , speakers were specialists
from Auburn and. a gricultural agent s of the various railroads. There were held
167 meetings in 39 counties. The total attendance reported was 14,159. This
effort had considerable effect at the time, and app~ently ' a still 'greater effect
in the following fall, 1916, during Which stalktdestruction~ was practiced to a
much greater extent than ever before in Alabama..
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Campaign for the Picking of Infested -Squares. - Last summer a special agent
was employed, in cooperation with the Montgomery ChambGr af Commerce, to assist
the county agents ~n ,holding ~meetings as a means 'of impressing farmers with 'the
necessity of thorough picking 'of squares infested by immature stages of the boll
weevil, and: for impressing other steps "necessary in the successful cultivation of
cot. ton under boll we.evil conditions. . .
Meetings of all Kinds
, '
Conditions prevailing dUring the past fiscal year seemed t ·o make it desiFable
to -liold an~ especially 'large ll1.Uflber of meetings. The following figures, which at
the d.ate of wrtting are i,ncomplete, show the number of meetings and the attendance
compiled from the 'reports, thus ,far received; of ~the 'agents and others participating
in tQese ' gat~rings: - .
Moreover, .specialists and .acbninistrative ~of'fieer-s l report a 'total of ' 701 ' . ,
meetings 'in which they took part, w.lth an attendance of 88, 989. MOst of the ,
latter meetings -were also' reported by the county agen1ls. Thus we have a total- ·
of more t.han '200,000 people' -reached by~ 'word '·of mouth. ",
New Activities ,. r.!S
A t the begiliniQg cif' the fiscal year. ,two spaciaJ.ists WfJre 'added· to the exten-siol\!,
force., namely, an ,Agricultural' Engineer and a Bee~ Cattle Speclali'st. ' . .
Cooperation with Other InstitutionS. ,1 It '-).,; i)' r
As in the 'preceding year, there has been a ·continuance:. during ,the past fiscal
year' of cordial cooper8ttion be'bleen the Extefision Service and the following public
agencies: ' ' <,' ~ • ': . "
state Board of Agriculture;
Girls" Technical. Institute, ' Montevallo, Alabama; "
Boards- of _Co1l1l11issioners, or other county authorities, of., most of the counties
of Alabama;
Boards of Education of a number of' counties of Alabama-;
Chambers of Comerce of several Alabama cities, ' e:tc., . "
Moreover, there has been cordial' but infonnal cooperation, between the Extension
Service and the state, .Department of Agriculture and' the state Department of Education,
as well as with severa,l normal schools, agricultu.ra1 scnoolsr high' schools,
am other educational agencies. . ' .
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There has been no notable change in any cooperative relationsbip~ during the
past year.
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" New state Legislation Affecting the Extension ' Service . . .
The , Alab area Legi slature, which m~ets quadrenially, was i n session in 1915,
and passed ' at l east two ,'laws , ha",1ng some· reference tQ Exte~sion work. ' . '
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One of these was the Act approved Sept. 25, 1915, making state appropriations
as ,partial offsets · to - tbe Federal Snith-Lever funds for the two fiscal
years 1911-18 ,and 1918- 19. THis ·act makes an appropria,tion tD the ~tension
Service ·of$2)).o.OO'.OO for ,the fiscal year 1911- 18,. ,and ~ o.t $40;OOO. OO .,for, the
fiscal year 1918"19. No new State f'o..nds 'were ' proViided .. as offsets-'to Fed,eral /'
Snith- Lever fund :for ,thQ past, .fisc.al 'year. ~ This' Q-mission req'l!:i:red that t:q.e ·,' ,
county appropriations be used as a means of $8curing the increase rin .the Federal!
Smi th-Lever funds.
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Another law enacted by the same Legislature Was the Act approved September
,28, '1915, 'providing for, state ano. '- CQ:1Jllty :funds for ·the giv:i:ng ,of prizes and
9therwise .enQouraging Extel}SiQQ WQ:ck among farm boys and ~ girls .. · The -resp6nsi-
. ·bility of the expenditure of thi:~ prize money !is vested; by the 'Act;' jointly i-n
. "the sta,te B(.1ard , of Agrileq1 ture ., and. ~ ,Co:unty:: Boards 0 f ~Cdmm±s sioners "of the : :'
re'spective counties, under plans approved by the Extension Service, -whic-h , _however,
does not have the custody of the funds therein provided.
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. .:. Increase in Equipment ' :j" \ , r,.
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No la~g~ teXpeDdi tures were made for elabOrate' equipment. BUt 'the ' necessary
type writel's' ~a· 'd.esks required by- 'the~ mcreasing clerical '"WOrk of. the (~tension
Service were supplied. A F'ord car was bought for the use of the specialists
while- ' traveling :in nearby. counties; nlimemuB... charts lIere· prepared, .and ;a · few sets
of lantern slides .~~ bought;) the ~icultur.a1 ~Engineer was' supp11edWith a> ".
drafting mac.hine- and blue. pritlt i"ramErr am the '.necessary fi"1ing , ca·~s.,:were pur-chased
for several of the o:C.fices having ".large Extension corresppndeme. '
Chm ge s in Personnel r
-- : .. In SeptemQer19l.), Mr'. 'N. ~h Negley,:. Expertl i"n Dairyingj . "jointly' employed
by the .Ex~nsion · Sel:vice an~ the 'Bureau: of Animal. " IndustI)'" :of (tb'e' U'. &. Depart- .
ment of Agriculture, resigned to accept a position elsewhere, and was immedi-ately
succeeded by J . P. Quinerly., ' . ' J ,--
, In, February 1,916, ").)1:i8s Nellie, M. Tappan r.esigned·. -and was ·succeeded 'as '
, ;Ils~istan~ ~9J;ne_ Demonstration. Agent' by Mis svMall7 G. ' :Paxton" 'who .isst"ationed at'
Montevallo, Alabama, in the joint employment of the Extension Service am the
Girls' Technical Institute.
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The following is a list. :Qf- specia~ts and a.c.imirrl:strative; offi-cers on'
t~ ,staff ·o~ tile . Extens;i9n~ .se~ce · at . the end of the: .fiscal ·year 1915- 16,: , '
., '
Blasingame, R. U.;. Agrd.cu,l turd Engineer;
Boyd, F. E. , Assistiln:t; ,Agronomist;
Burleson, D. J. , Agronomist for Extensionj
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' D~gar, J . F., ,Director, Extension', Service;' • 1J ~
Duncan, L. · N. , ' Slp.t. Junior" and Home' Economics Exterrsionj'-' ~
Filler, C.. a.; Beef. ,C_attl:e Expert; . i .. " ~~
Ford, J ~ C. , State Pig Club Agent; '; " ':, ' J
Glenn, M. A. , Treasurer;
Hinds, . U.' E.; Ento1l101ogist;- '; r -
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. Kerlin, I . B. , Assistant Boys' Club 'Work;
Lett, U. L. , Dist r ict Agent;
Mauldin, C. M., District Agent;
Paxton, Mary G. , Asst. State Agent, Girls' Clubs and H. D. WOrk;:
'QuinerlY, . J.' P. , Agent in Dairying; , . , . '
Reese, Madge J . ~ 'state Agent, ,Girls ' Clubs and H. D. , Work; ,
Seliers,O. H., Auditor; . ,
Templeton, George S., Animal Husbandman;
Vaughan, E. A. , r Assistant in Entomology; . '. ..
Walker, Ernest, Horticulturist;
- Watt, J. , T. , state ,Agent; , ..
Whitehead, A. D. , District vAgent; .
*Wilson, H. C., Field Ag.e nt for Hog C-holera • ,
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*In' cooperation With BuI"eau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of
Agriculture. ,,-'. '1
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. Publications " Jl "
The foliowing is a list o£ publications issued during 'the-'f'iscal year
encUni ' June .30, 1916, with 'a statement of the 'circulation of eacht'
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Number of' Publication Title • B .: v No. ' Page s No. in 'Edition
Circular No. 1 _
~ Circular ' ~o. 2 '. r~ ~.
Circular No.,' J .
Program Boys' Corn 'Club 4' :!) '.
r,- Program- Boys' Corn & .. Pig Clubs 4 :.
Report 'Girls . Club ' &. Home <'. ·8 .
Demonstration -Work ;in Alabama
Farmers' Leaflet lb . 8 Swmnary of Boll Weevil
L Suggestions - ,
4,060
· 4,000
. 2,000
Far~rsl . Leaflet No.9" Ground Roqk Phosphate
Farmers' Leaflet Ne . lO 'l'wt) )Insects 'Mistaken-for
1
2
25,000.
):> ~ooo· t .•
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~he Boll ''leen1
Farmers' Leaflet No.11 Druarf Essex Rope
. ~ Total 7 ~b1ica tiona ' .
.:J) , Q"(JO
. 30, 000
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. r l' ( -. 125,000
In addition there were 4 issues of plate ~e~ic~, consisting of 43 ·artic1es
each of which was :Supplied to all of ~ the county or' weekly newspapers of Alabapla
desiring it. The number of weekly papers making use of this plate service was
139.
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The ~ecia1 aim in this work is to make .e~ch of the articles brief and
seasonal or timely, that is, having a bearing on what farmers should .be doing
at that particular time of year. " I .' ' ,. ~ • •
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Available funds have pennitted the supplying of this material· for only about
half of the issues of the weekly papers. That the p1ate .S9rvice .meets a need is
evident from the d-orrespondence -on the ' subject; and fTq~ the f'act that some news-papers
' . after using all 'the s,'rticle s supplied run -ma.ny . of ~thenl a' seco~d .ti:Ine. .
Administration
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Under this project was included provision for the general supervision by
the Director of the Extension Service of all lines , of work, including farm
demonstration,,' home ' demonstration, . the activities of specialists, etc. ; for the
employment of a part of the stenographic force; for the necessary auditing,
bookkeeping, etc. Progres s has be~n made in :systematizing the. organization.
Fann Demonstr ation Work :" ...
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Complete statistics for farm demonstration work are not. available when
this report is w~tten, . sipce the repor.ts of c~unty agents include t~ enti re
calendar year am cannot be compiled until the earl~ part of. J aIUlary •
.
The field work of demonstration agents has been l~gely along the same
lines as in earlier years. Floods, a long period of continuous rain, in summer,
and other unfavorable climatic conditions destroyed the ' crops on. many demonstration
fields and grea~ reduced the average yield per acre.
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However, it is believed that the aggregate usefulness of the farm demon-stration
ag~nts , of . AI{ib~a , was in th,e ' p.ast yeu of agricultural adversity greater
than ever before. They were called on more extensively andirLa greater variety
of ways in this year of unfavorable conditions than ever before to assist farmers
in solving the perplexing problems that confronted them.
When Congress PSlS~d a bill fo r the pa1"tial relief of flood ' sufferers,
the distributi9n· of s~ed to those·,who had lost 50 per cent or.;- mor~ of their
crops was placed in the hams of the demonstration agents, working in cooper-ati.
o n w-ith +oca1 relie,f ,co_t tees. '. . ~- ... - . - - -- -
Whilf? the free distribution of seed·!to t~ most needy involved some- com- '
plaints when duty made it necessarY for the agents to reject certain. applications,
yet this ~.ifferent task Was performed in' a 'far more efficient way than 'WOuld' '. '
have been possible by any other equal' body of men. .
The ~fficu1ties were increased by the late date at which the floods
occurred an~ the consequent aITi val of seed very late J in tbe . growing season.·
This service to the needy was necessarilY 'an interruption to .the usual activ- -
ities of ~he county agent~ . . . , ~
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. /(s Tn earlier years 'tlle--farm demonstration agents in 1916 were largely
engaged itl the following usual lines of activity: ' .
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Assi.stin~ , ~ the construction of silos, dipptng vats, barns, and ,other
fa~ buildings. .
Supervision of demonstration fields of cotton, corn, peanuts, oats, Wheat,
velvet be~s, sweet . potatoes, etc.
Promoting the planting of an increased acreage cir oats, Wheat, . rye, and
of such soil-improving winter cover crops as bur 'clover, crimson clover and
vetch.
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Assisting in organizing boysl copn and four-crop clubs, pi,g clubs, etc., . .
and cooperating wi.th .the 27 home demn~tration agents or tl;le Extension Service
in tHeir work for girls ain 'Women ~
Special stress has been laid during tlie past year on the following lines of
endeavor:
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(1) ,Organi~1ng t~~rs tor a n~ber ot agricultural purposes" esPecially for
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(a) the better . marke~ing of their products;. (b) fpr · the cooperative
purchase of purebr ed Ii va stock; ." .... .
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(2) Encouraging the raising of hogs, not only for home consumption but as
a sale product, - thus supplying, a :;ource of revenue available~ to every farmer
as a means of making him more indep~ndent of cotton as a sale "crop;
(3)
(4)
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Introduction of purebred cattle, especially bullsl '
Encouraging the more g~neral use of lime. . r I
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Org,mizations
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That progress is b,~ing ~a!ie . ~n . getting fanners to organize for their economic
good is evidenced by, the n\lIllber of farmers' organizations in which the
demonstration agents assisted. aepQrts available at this date from only 29
of the lmite agents show in thei. counties a total of l62. fanners·1 organizations
with a total membership of' nearlY f~ve thousand.
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In the effort to bring about a. sudden increase in pork production special
campaigns were conducted by. the agents, alone and in conjunction'with the hog
cholera specialist and otherr,experts from Auburn, with a view to ' pointing out
the means of producing PQrk econQmically on forage plants or special. "hog
cropstf, to shOwing the m~aIlS for ,preventing the spread of hog ',cholera, carrying
information about the practicability of marketing hogs, etc. . ' ,
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As a part of the same 'p;lan" agents, in whose counties hog cholera prevailed,
inoculated many th911.J~d~ _ 0", hogs. For example, in one county the
agent, within a period of considt';ra'tllY less than a year, inoculated 9, 566 hogs.
' More than 80 carloads ~9t .hogs Ve.re marketed from each of ~eVeral counties
where a few years ago the "$1ipmel}t Qt a single carload was a · rare event.
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The following is a ~ist of F.~ Demonstration Agents, arranged alphabetically
by counties as the fo:r.ce , w~s Qrganized ready to begin tlle ~ new year' s
work just after the close of the fiscal year covered by th-is .. ':report:
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Countl , A~ents r
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Autauga w. D. Barton • '1·"
Baldwin ... ' . • . < G. v. Stelzemnuller
Barbour H. C. Heath •
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Bibb .I';i · ... J. w. Mitchell ') ;
Blount Ernest Carnes .. r· j "! '
Bullock J . A. Mc~od
Calhoun - .. . : . . ~.. ... ..... L. G• Prentice
Chambers R. s. Parker
, Cherokee , j J. ~, .~ h '1. I. .r , ~N. · , H. Brbw:n ~ " f ' ~ . '1 : ., , .... , . '
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Chilton w. H. Oonway" ~ ,. ~ ...
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Choctaw . ..: A. ·~G. ,HaITell , . ~ . -v' , < L. ~
Clarke E. C. Calhoun
I .. Clay ~,~ H.··.L. AJ.;sobrook r ~
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",. - t: I~ ~ - :.. Coffee r'1::', f, .: ', .' J • E. Pittntan ~ ; :. ~ • I') r
Cleburne E. R. Carl~n
, Coyington , t J. P. Wilson . ' . , , . I . . .;. /'
Copsa . . :\ ...l' r . . . s. 1-1. Day
Crenshaw R. C. Carlisl e
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County, Cont. Agents, Cont.
Cullman J . K. Turner
Dall as · John Blake
DeKalb ' , J . F. Bozemon
Elmore w. H. Bachelor
Esc ambia J . E. Moses
Etowah ... I A • R~ 'Gis aendanner
Fayette R. G. Arnold
Franklin . ' R • c. Maples
Geneva E. w. Jenkins
Greene J . E. Gray
Hale w. H. Knight
Henry w. F. Murphy
Houston .- , , L. J. 'Thompson - , . , '
Jackson ! , . D. D. Gibson <c
Jefferson L. A. EWnondson . '.
Jefferson ' , I
; H. L. Brown A
Lauderdale • C ~ · L. HolliDgsworth
Lawrence Garth Gilchrist
1 - -) Lee C. M~ Floyd:
: 'Limestone Fred Stewart ~. ) .. , ~
lowndes W." o. Winston '.I. r - , I '
, I Macon . . H• . A.. Vau€1lan·' ' . . ,.
Madison C. ' F. Striplin • 1· .I
Marengo ' , Frank 'R. ' Curt1.s J , p~
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Marion c. w. Frederick
Mobile , Geo . A. ' )Ialbney J '
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Montgomery t
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High'
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' Morgan ' - ~ T J. T. 'L •• .J "
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Perry w. M. Eiland
Pike ( '.: .. .. , , L • J. Hawley ., . . e' 1 ~ ,. .;
-- Pickens .. I, ' w. H. StOrey ~ , . • ( . I .. l . ,
Raooolph J . D. Wood
r- ·Russell. ... , w. M. Sellers "
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~ ~ Shelby r .... . ' ..... - J . ' N. WYatt .. .q ..... ,!
. "st. Clair John Yarbrough ~
Talladega w. T. Coker
Tallapoosa _ I Y w. H. Pace "
Tuscaloosa R. C. Lett
Tuscaloosa ' . E. l.fims ,# ."
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Walker r
" 1"9. J . W. Sartain
Washington f. f ,. (' .... • H. H • Best ·r •
Wilcox r ' A. H. Barnett
Winston G. W. Gibson
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'; . ,t Home Demonstration Work
Progress has been made in the tiscal year in increasing th& number of Home
Demonstration Agents from 19 :to 27, .located in as many counties, 'and 'in notably
lengthening the average period 'of'. employment. "
The enrollment in canning clubs was 2,270, and tm total enrollment, includ-ing
girls and women, in all lines of. ac.~ivity was 3,450 . :~
In addition to the usual work of the canning clubs, home demOnstration clubs .
for t«nnen are now organized in 13' count;ies, with an enrollment of 838. Probably
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the most notable innovation in l«>rk for women and girl s was t he 1a.'?ld~g , o_~ _,~Re
first few county short courses f or girl s and w::>rnen. The number of these was increased
soon after the end of t he fiscal year, so t hat before the end of the
calendar year such courses bad been held in 19 counties, attended by 65 club
girls and 1,149 women and other visi ters.
The 'second annual State short: course was held a t Montevallo. 'The re Were
present 69 club girls from .26 'counties, who were instructed during the greater
part of the week in canning, cooking, sewing, and in methods of conducting club
meetings. .
The number of demonstrations reported for the canning season was as follows:
331 in cooking;
220 in canning and preserving;.
173 in home-made conveniences;
41 in se:.wri ng;
34 in but ter making;
28 in basketry
Among other ac.tivities of the girls' clubs, :other than canning, may be
mentio~d sewing (in making at caps, apronflJ'~" aJid .dresses); basket making from
pine needles and other inexpensive material; 'the planting of wititer g&roens by
975 organized girls and women; and the planting of a number o£ 1mi t trees.'
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Rest Rooms. - Few innovations are more needed to promote the cordial relations
that should exist between country peop~e 'and town people than the establishment
of rest rooms in every town where a:rry considerable number of fanners and
their families traP-e . . Tbese serve as welcome headquarters for ' farmers ' wives am
childre,n, whUre s~nd,ing the' day in town, reduce 'the fatigUe .of' shopping trips,
supply reading' matter ~ f~ those' who wait, and have a distinet"soc1al value. J'
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H~me dem9,ns~ati.on ~ agent,s have been active 'in ehlis:t~ the interest of
local chambers of commerce and other civic bodiss in' this matter; it is largely
through their efforts that 18 rest rooms have been established in Alabama towns
and citie~ in counties where: home demonstration agents 'are employed. -These are
usually at the, county seats, and in 'these rest rooms tbe home demonstration agent
usually spends her Satllr(iays, in conference with. the fam girls and women.
There follows the list of organized counties and the names of the Home
Demonstration Agents now emplo~e~. _
County
Autauga
Baldwin
Calhoun
Chilton
Co ne cuh
Coosa
De Kalb
Elmore
Escambia
Etowah
Franklin
Jefferson
Lauderdale
Agents
Zelma Gaines
Lillie M. Wetzel
11ah W. Polhill
Lida Jones
Mary Frank Sturdivant
Louise S. Day
Frank Dobbs
leo Zeigler
Lucile Carter
Dianna Bankson
Anne Elizabeth Duncan
Eva Beatr ice · Shipp '
May Iretie Cureton '
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Lee
Macon
Madia>n
Marengo
Marshall
Mobile
l1onroe
Pickens
Pike
st. Clair
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
~~alker
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Poultry
Ataents, Cont •
Bessie Collins Moore
Clara Sullivan
Louise S. Thomas
Stella Harnes
Ida Robertson
Jessica E. McGuire
·Bessie Carter
Courtenay Fontaine
Florence D. Wilson
Selma E. Ash
Ann R. Davis
Genie Martin
J .. L. S. Brow
Dora Etta Davis ' . _ t
A small amount was alloted for. ExtenSion ~rk with pdu1try. A lecturer on
this subject was emplOY~ to give tnstrttction- at a number of Movable or Exten':
sion Schools. Then the proj'ect was tempora.rily suspended so ' that the' remaining
fund s mi.ght be used to increase- the number and the length of employment of the
Home Demonstration Agents.
Farm Demonstration Work for Negroes
For a number of years there have been employed, by the U •. S. 'Depart.tEnt of
Agriculture, in special demonstration work tor -the' negro far.mers of Alabama,
one district demonstration agent and six Ilt9gro demonstratitm agents in as many
counties. Under the general memorandum of understanding by which the Extension
Service took over the sup$rvision of all of the Department I s EXtension lit) rk in
Alabama these' agents ,were continued. '
During the. past' year there were added from the Smith-Lever' funds four '
additional' negro agents for the greater part of the year, and two more for the
last few 1JlOnths of the fiscal year. Thus at the close. of the fiscal year there
were 12 Negro demonstration agents in 11 counties, as follows:
Countz Agents
Bullock M. B. Ivy " . , -
Dallas T. H. Toodle
Lee C. D. Menafee
Lowndes N. L. Johnson
Macon c. w. Green
Madiron G. w. Patterson
Madison P. c. Parks
Marengo P. J. Brown
Montgomery J. P. Phillips
Randolph J. B. McPherson
Sumter T. w. Scales
Wilcox F. L. Bennett
These agents engage in the same , character or work for Negro farmers as is
performed by the white agents, chieflY for white farmers. In most cases the
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requests for . the employment of such agents have co~ largely ' from white tanners
who realize the need of · having demonst ration work done as·.·a mean;; of increasing
t he agriculturai efficiency of their tenants and. other, Negro farme.rs. These
Negro agents have the counsel and he~p of the white.-,demoIlBtration agents . located
in the same counties.
One' of these agents is located at the A.&M., College for Negroes at Normal,
Alabama, and his activities ' extend throuih a number of counties in the northern
part of , the state. , One line of ~rk that he ,is .conducting cOt;;lsifilts ,in the
organization and , su~rvis~~n .o+ School Fa~ Clubs~ Their special activity is
the working of land by. school children or . their parents as a me~s of rais~
revenue : fo r improved school . equipment, ' a~ well as for ~~. instruc tion of the
pupils in the, growing of crops. He reports 11 activ~ ' f~ c~ubs in operation '
ip the past : fiscal ,year, with a total enrollment of 365 school· children • .
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. A beginrting has been made in the effort to help the llome-makers of ;the .
Negro ' race by the appointment of one Hotie 'nemonstJ;ation Agent ' for Negroes. ' . . ,- .
In accordance w,ith the general policy of · co~uc.ting th~ Neg~ ~rk as
largely as po~~ible .~ cooQeTation ,lli1!h .the tl!O l~adi~g educ,tional ins~itutions
for ~hat X'ace" the first hQme ec,o~mic' s speci~ist, for Neu.oes ,was located at ·
Tuskegee, . and. most ,of,her .}work ,~s done itl ,the cou~ties of,--.that p~t Qf. thQ '
state. 'However, ' she assists in Movable. or Extension Schools for Negx:ooes ,.inc ,
other E.ar~s of the st~te. ,,: .~ ," . . . . v ' ,
Movable , o'n:. Ext~ns~on School~ ~r A,gricUl tU:~
. . and H~me Economics
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Each Movable or Extension School has separate sessions for farmers and for
'WOmen. Some .o-f the sessions .. are in common and devoted ,to. topics o'f fllterest
to bot!'!. ~ar;m.er-s '~d.' their families. ' .S,eparate :Movabl~ ,or j!!x&ension ~hQol~ are .. -')
held fqr. the two races • . : The fellowi.ng -,statistics are· qompUed .fro]8 the' reports
of the J~onductors of these schools • . ,. Slch ·schools f<>r -whites cW'er.e held in 22
countie~ and ,a~tE,nded ' by ~,650 ,· people . ' " f . " . _' " ., ,, " .. ;. f .; "
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Movable or, ~tel).siQn . Schools , of Agriculture and Home :Economics for Negroes"
were held ,in 14 counti&s, with .an e.stimated attendance' of· 6;768. The attepdance
of ~ . )lumber, of 'white famers a's v:isitors or. s~aken:; on sofOO' of .the Movable '
Schools for Negroes sqows the ·general interest in this lin~ of ]iOrk,. ,':
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Marketing ',-, A ; I'"
One f~nction of _the Extension cService is·' ~ -help in inf~rming the' farmers of
Alabama .pf means by which they mq mark~t thJeir pro9-uc~s to bette~· advantage'.
This ,iJriplies inst~uc~ion· reg,ardin~ methods of orgapd.zatioJ} for cQoperative ,
market'ing, standardization of v~~ieties of fi:e.ld crops, ~d of . other farm pro- ' .'
ducts, methods of paCking, etc. . " _, , ' .
While but a small amount was available for the marketingproject' in. the
past fiscal year, this subject was presented by Extension speal<:ers in a large
number of meetings, and help rendered to the county demonstration agents in
orgB1lizing a number of cooperat~,ve' marketi~,g associ~:tiqns. In ~dclltion, the,
growers of Johnson grass ,and alfalfa hay w~re assisted-,in form,ing. an association
for the mora satisfas-tory~ ~ket.i?g of these, h:q,~."" . " ,
One of the local l1larketing associations thus fostered immediate'ly effected
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the savi~ or, ahout. 20 percent to its members in the cooperative purchase of
velvet bean seed', and se'cured an 'agr eement as ~o what varieti es of certaip.
crops should· he gtown for mar ket. · This fall this association :received reque sts
for quotations on a mueh larger amount of diversified farm products than i t s '.
members were able to supply. . '
'. Agric~ltUral Engineering
Pror~ss:>r R. ' ~. Blasingame was , appointed Agricl1lt~a+ Engineer. H~ is a l' '.
graduate of the Alabi-ina PolytecImic InS'titute, ~o, ~~r ' rece.iving spec;J.al
training ' in a Western institution, ~as ' at the time of ~iS employment, July 1915,
in charge of the Department ()( Agric~tural ' Erigineering' of the ' Pennsyl~ania " .
Agricultural College. ' He'; is employed ,ih' Extension ' wo~k for twelve~twentieths ot
his time . * He endeavors to divide that part of his time for 'which he is' paid from
Extension fums about equally between services rendered, on the one hand, to
farmers in the matter of planning' 'barns, silos, and other farm structures, and
in the utilization of labor-saving machiner.r, and, on the other han4, ~ervices
renderedvin the i11terests ·of wOmants work, especi~lly the 'n.atter of home water-works
and sanitary convenienCes ~ . . . ~.. , ' v J '. .'
During' the fi§cal ,year·i the AgriciultUhl 'Engllje-er pr'epar~' fo.~ famers -.
nUl'llerous plans for lJatns,- woOden- hoop sUos,' 'hay raCks', gate~, e~. ; gave "
advice' and other help in the 'plamiing 'and erec~io~ ' ot , 10 co-ncre'te "silos; fUr.;.
nished ~ fannet?B and· 'demonstration agent's 170 blueprlnt~ of -farm structures;
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and wrote -1,)00' lEttters~ ' He alSo' partiCipated in 14 nie~ti~gs, in ~lrlch he . -
talked to about 1,000 people. A number of surveys for farm and ' hOme 'water- -
works was made and four hydraulic rams installed. Most of the above work was
r :" • ( . done in connection With the county demonstration":agent's • .
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Extension Work with Beef Cattle
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'1'ne-"Extension 'SpeCialist ~~~ -AnimaJ. 'Husbah~ , 'qarl ri., 'Filler, 'is emplo~cf
c09pet*atfvely by · the" Al:abama '~'ens,io~ 'Service, '8Jldr ·the' Bureau of Arlima1 'In- ,
dustry of the U. ',S. Depat'1iment of Agx":tcul'Eure • . Rehas l«>rkea. :ehietly in tae -
counties already rrreed 'froM ticks'; an:! ' in n1ne,"Of the~e he lIas 'coriducted 'ri!gu~ .
lar demonstrations in cattle feeding. In s6'V'eri 'of' these demonst.i'ations 385" (
head of beef cattle were fed, and on thirteen other farms he supervlsed the
wintering of ,1,212 ,head. He has' i9ndered serVices wn!,rever' Po$'sibl~ to, the ' . ' ... ('" ~ .,. .. ~ - r ~ county. agents J.n the formation of livestock as,so~iatibns, ~ inenc,ouragin.g. - .'
breeding of beef cattle, and in 'selecting a~ brlngf.ng ::rntb ~he' -State a number
of purehred ca-ttle. He attetlded 43 'meeti-ngs; in which addressed 3, 675 people. ' ~
Dairying
Thei Dafl!y Exp'ert 'has been jom-t1y employed by the 'Extepsion SerVice and
the Dafry; DiviSion -of the U~ S,. Department "of Agriculture. ' . JIe has b~ena~tiyely
at work in· -a number of. counties, ~d ~as been, on~ 0.£- the agenc;le~ re~.on'sl.ole .
for -the rapid 'increase in the .'prOduetion ot, butter; ' and in :the e·stab.l is.,h lnent ·
of creameries at Selma, Auburn, and Talladega. . J !,
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following instances: ' ".. ' ,-" .' I . . ,
The Selma creamery rose' froM a monthly 'producti on 0£ '4, OOO poums ' ~ June
1915 to 11,01J pounds- the following May. Meant~; .. the 'number of ,'patrons"
increased from 25 to 104. Its r ate 'of increase througfi the 'remainizlg months' ~
of the calendar year has been even more r apid.
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In one c~mmuiiity th~ sales of ;cream ~n :Qe cem'ber ' 1915 ,wei-e onlt $12. 00 and
by the next May this had ' increased to more ,t han $400.-00. ,"
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The Dairy Expert gave seventeen demonstrations 'i n 'the use "of the Babcock
tester, 5 of which r esulted in the purchase of test ers and in their continuous
use. One of his de~onstrat~ons in butter making resulted- in . rai~ing. the 'price"
received by a certain fanner 'from 20 cents per pound before receiving , the 1n- '
struction to 30 and 35 cents afterwaros. .
The Dairy Expert participated in 37 meetings, having an attendance of
1,692. He, has a record (doubtless incomplete) Qf 63 silo~ , built in Alabama
during the fiscal year. These were about equally divided between the conc~ete,
the stave and the wood-hoop type . , Nearly all of these were built where ,a
demonstration silo had previously. been erected as a ' partof the Extension work
of a preceding year. · . ' , ~ .: . -
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The agronomist for Extension attended 110 meetings, on wnich the total
attendance ._ w~s 16, 013. The . assistant agronomis~ , who , giv~,!3 ,only a /part of his
time to Extension w~rk, attended 29 meetings, wit~ a total, a~t.endance , of 4111. ,
The agronom;i~t for 'Extension has also ,acted ,as editor and ,as assistant,.in ·
agricultural corre,8pQndenceduring the abseneeot :the ,Director, .. who orc1inarily
handles Extension correspo,ndence on field crops .. ' The assistant agronomist has
acted as advance agent in arrapging for some "of .tpe Movable or Extension Schools,
and both the agronomist and assistant have taken part in' a ' nwnber of these
~hoob . . '
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Community Programs , "
. This minor, project was conducted in cooperation with 'the' division of Rural
Organization of the U. S. Department of Agriculture; and was supervised by
the agronomist for Extension. Programs and suggestioru3 were supplied for 150
conununity meetings and programs and outlines vere prepared. for discussion in
such meetings on 22 topics in agriculture ·and home ec'onomics. '
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Boys' Clubs
. Boysf Com Clubs were ,in operation in eaqh af,..the 67 , ~unties~ with a ,
total enrollment of 3,870 . '~ ,-- v J "
Faur-CroI? Clubs were organized in le counties, with a total enrollment of
571.
Reports of yields of /corn secured have not yet been averaged. Unfavora~le
weather conditions reduced the e"Pected yields and otherwise interfered with
several lines of work. . '
A corn club school was held at AubUrn in July 1915 and was atte~ded by"221
boys from 64 counties.
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This work , conducted ~ in cooperation with' the Bureau, of-Animal !ndustry-,:"
U. S. Department of Agriculture, has had a successful year with a considerable
incr ease in the number of organized counties. The following 37 counties now
conduct organized pig club work: Aut auga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock,
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Butler, Chi lton, Clay, Colbert, Coosa, Cul lman, Escambia, E towa~ , Fayette,
Geneva, Hertry, Houston, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdal e, Lee, ' Limest one, Macon,
Madison, Marengo , Marion, I~ar shall , Mobile, Morgan, Montgomery; Pickens, Pi ke,
Russell" Shelby, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker.
The total enrollment was 3.bout 4100, including 250 members of clubs in '
other 'counties tlian 'those mentioned above. ' Monthly' programs il~re furnished to ·
69 clubs with a total membership of about 700.
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Educational and Demonstrational Work with Hog Cholera
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An ~ eXpert of the Bureau of Ainmal Industry, U. S. Depar'tmentof Agriculture;
was placed at the disposal of the Extension Service for educational work with
county agents and farmers on the subject of hog cholera. He was aq.vised in '
subject matter, and otherwise, by the state Veterinarian, Dr. C. A. Cary.
Dr. H. C. Wilson, who has carried on this work, has visited most of the counties
in the state, has given nwnerous demonstrations in inoculating hogs, and in
sanitation of lots and barns, working usually in cooperation with the county
demonstr~tion agents.
He h8.s also fostered the ' organization of ' associations of Swine ,ra;1sers with
a view to neighborhood ~ control ot' 'hog ·cholera. Within tl)e year, and partly ,
resulting from the activity of Dr. Itlilson, the county agents, and other eXp,erts~
there has been a ph~nomenal incre~se in the number' of hogs raised on Alabama. '
fanns, both for' home use and far sale. A packing plant established at Andalusia
has been one of the incentives to increased .reliance on hog r~isfng orithe tarms'
in the southern part of the state. " . ,
Extension Work by Speciali~ts of College and Experiment Station
Arrangements were made with~n the fisc~l year, under discussion, ~or
utilizing in ' E~tension work a small proportion of the time of the heads of the
follOwing Departments of College and Experimen~ Station: . '
Animal Husbandry -' (Frof . Geo'. S~ ' Templeton) ;
Entomology ~Dr. W. E. Hinds); , OJ
Horticulture (Professor Ernest Walker)
This was done in order to utilize th~ir ~ervices in Extension corre~ondence,
iIi occasional meetings, and in giving expert advice to county agents or
other full- time Extension employees. t
The Entomologist and hi~ a$si~tant parti~ipated ' in 116 meetings, on-which
the recorded attendance was 23,800, and mailed about 2,800 letters •
. The ,Horticulturist and his assistants took partin 16 meetings, ~th an
attendance of 2100.
Each of these men counseled with county demonstration ~gents as called on
and gave expert advice to ' other member s of the EXtension force .
The Animal Husbandman, besides 'tiriting 2,;no letters for Extension, was
in frequent consultation with the Dair,y Expert and the Beef Cattle Expert in
Extension work, botb of whom, as also the Pig Club agent, are associated in
subject matter with bls department. '
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, Summary statement of Expenditures, by Projects, Shovling Sources of Fundsl Used
Projects
Administr.ation
Printing & Distribution
of Pub .
County Agents
Home Economics for
Negro '-lomen & Girls
Movable Schools &
Farmers' Courses
Boys' Club Work
Girls I Club Work
Pig Clubs
Agronomist
Departmental Spec.
Community Programs
Dairy Extension
Negro Agents
Marketing
Agric. Engineer
Beef Cattle
Total:
for Extension Work
Total Smith-Lever College2 State2 County2 Other2
Fed. state
$ 5872.00 $5872.00
1123. 48 1123. 48
45b33. 24 1353.82 $15939.68
831. 48 831048
2198. 57
4114. 64
2198. 57
3618. 24
$22109. 51
13206.89
1191. 27
2753.02
1172. 00
496. 40
7719002
1191. 27
2753.02
1172. 60
1933.90 $845. 22 $2708. 75
105. 59
1273. 61
2204. 26
448. 63
1901. 22
846.85
105. 59
1273. 61
23)4. 26
448. 63
1901. 22
846.85
$5631. 23
84278. 35 31491.82 21491082 845.22 22109. 51 2708. 75 5631. 23
1. Not including Federal Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Fund.
2. In excess of Smith-Lever Offsets.
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I beg leave to state that the Faculty, after due consideration recommend
t he fo 11O'tving
B. S.
Degrees , ,,".[
Bachelor of Science
Saul Perr,y ,Adelson
Irvin Gravely Ammen
William King Askew
Thomson William Bailey
Hammond Dudley Baker
Harrison Bates
Theodore Russell Benning
Roger McIver Bostick'
George Randolph Bowling
HOl-lard Milton Boyd
~alliam McClellan 'Bruce
Cyril Kenneth Bryan
Frate Bull
Hugh otis Burgess
Frm cis William Burns
Guy Olney Burns
Charle s Cleveland Bush
Hugh William Caffey
Colonel Richard Carnes
Abner Boone Chapman
J arne s Arthur Chappell '
Mary Glenn CrenShaw
Lewis Battle Dean
Leo Donovan
John Andrew Dougl~'s" , .
Albert Hugh Dumas
Julius Eagle
Annalee Edwards
Harrison Bartow Emerson
Seth Jordan Floyd
Gordon Greene Ford
Joseph Marshall Foulks
Loraine Walker Funk "
Daniel Andrew 'Heimick
Edward Beverly HenrY"
James Edwin Hickey,- Jr.
Lavie Pierce Hodnet~e
R~ Milton House
Leon Ledyard Jeffrey
John William Johnston ,
George Allard Kaufmann
James Marion KelleY; 'Jr.
Captain Tullis Knight
George Rufu~ Mays
Lesley Bateson McCoy
Thomas Turner McLemore
Oscar L. McMurray
Lalirence Marvin McRae
James Kirk Newell
John Carew Powell
Homer Prendergast
Graduates
1. '
Jefferson
Jefferson
Marengo '
Jefferson
Lee
South Carolina
Georgia
l1ississippi
Tallapoosa
Lee
vlilcox
Blount
Marion
Cleburne
Clay
Lauderdale
Talladega
Jefferson
Marion
Covington
Jefferson
Lee
!rallapoosa
• DaJ-las
Mobile'
Lee.
Dallas
r
Lee
Etowah
Lee '
Frcnklin
louisiana
Sou th Carolina .
Jefferson ' ,"
lee
Montgoniery
Macon !' '
Calhoun
Wilcox
Blount
Louisiana
Georgia
Barbour'
:Haridh ' I' ( '';'
Escambia
Jefferson
Franklin "
Chambers
Tallapoosa
Montgomery
Texas
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B. S.
B. S.
William Thomson Price
Bryan Pritchett
James Frederick Pruett
Dibble Mauley Rickenbaker
Walter Hugh Roberts
Carey Carlisle Robinson
J arne s Donald Russell
Atlee Davis Sample
Abb LlewellYn Scarbrough
John Hadley Scott
Harry Berry Seyb t
John Parker Shaffer
Sylvester Guim Shari t
James Edgar Shotts
Frank King Simmons
Augustus Hoke Sloan
Harr.y Peckham sparkes
William Augustus Stickney
Philip Avery Terrell
Richard Hartwell Thach
Herbert Wright Thomason
John Earle Thomason
Ira Asa Thompson
Lovell Lach Turley
Conrs.d Gray Wall
Alfred Benjamin Walter, Jr.
John Meriwether Ward
Jesse Jordan Warren
George Egbert Weber, Jr.
James Walls,ce Whatley, Jr.
William Lemuel White
vfueeler Williams, Jr.
David A. Woodard
Barbara Wright
Graduates With Honor
Glenn Andrews, Jr.
William Watson Barrow
Walter Gustavus Bevill, Jr.
Roy Gatman Carpenter
Ernest Linwood Deal
Joseph Best Grimsley .
Henry Harris House
William Jesse Isbell
Thomas McDonald Jone-s
Thomas Jefferson J~rdan
William Robert Lassiter
Hester Marion Lewis
William wyman Owens
Allen Benjamin Pimm
Eunice Rebecca Stodghill
Shu Min ''lang
Tuscaloosa
Clarke
Russell
South Carolina
Baldwin
Lee
Calhoun
Morgan
Calhoun
Tennessee
Sou th Carolina
Tallapoosa
Jefferson
Marion
Florida
South Carolina
Jefferson
Calhoun
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lamar
Pike
Missouri
Jefferson
Louisiana
Greene
Montgomery
Lee
Lee
Jefferson
Russell
Louisiana
Lee
Montgomery
South Carolina
Hale .
Marion
Tusc~loosa
Georgia
Etowah
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Lee • ..,1
Coosa J
]-1ar s,hall
Lee
Bibb
Pike
Florida
Lee
China
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Graduates With Highest Honor
vlilli am Lee.. Blanton
J arne s Roy Hine s
Florida
Chambers
Charles L. Isbell
Phares Wood Matthews
Wilbur Thomas Shinholser
Lamar Mims Ware
Gordon \-lorley
Lee
Jefferson
Georgia
Georgia .
Tallapoosa
Graduates in Pharmacy. Ph. G.
Ph.G.
Leslie Allen"Akins
Charle s r1B.rtin Cherry
Ernest Matkin Dunn
James Thomas Farmer
Henry Carl Fischer'
Pugh Bryan Harris
Glover Abraham Johnston
George Lawrence Morris
Byron Ross McBryde
Henry Erskine McNamara
Rhett Goode Reynolds
Carl Vernon .Tanner
Graduates
Charle~ George Yarbrough .
Barbour
Houston
Marengo
Geneva
Cullman
Pike
Cherokee
Crenshaw
'" _G~neva
Jefferson
Crenshaw
Mobile
Monroe
Graduat~s in veterlnary Medicine, ~ D. V.M.
D.V.M.
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Dee Lloyd Allen
William Elmer Bachelor
Carey Linwood Bell
Daniel Lorenzo Campbell
Elmer Bernard Campbell
Billy Elza Carlisle
Hosmer Lafayette Farr
Coudie Pugh Gaston
Robert Henry Glenn
Leonard Johnston Hill
Thaddeus Henry Ingram, Jr.
Byron Newman Lauderdale
Harmon King ~w . r
William Lonnie Parrish
Leon Lewis Powell
Walter James Schimmel
Edward Hemter Welles
Post Graduate Degrees
( Master of Science
;- M. S. · James Warren Andrews
Joseph Calloway
Frank Kitchell Nexbitt
Samuel Andrew Wingard
Sumter
Elmore ~
North Caro lina
Marrshall
Marshall
Macon
Jefferson
Wilcox
South Carolina
Ca:lhoun
Lee
Coosa
Pike
Chilton
Choctaw
Jefferson t ·
Tennessee
t
MontgomeryMontgomery
Jefferson
Hontgoroory
, ,.
o •
, '.
. r. :-'
Professi onal Degr ees in Course .
Charles Hereford Giimann
Percy Reynolds Smith
Civil Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Lee Irwin Davis
Harr,y Gordon Farris
Thomas Christopher Rives
Edward Gatchell
George Lampros
Mechanical Engineer
• r
Jefferson
Jefferson
Mobile
Etowah
Montgomery
Lee
110ntgQmery . ,. r
" The Budget for the Term 1917-1918
,
Endowment 2nd Morrill state Funds Hatch Adams LOcal Lever Total
Fees, Etc. EXj). .
$20,280 $28,550 $40,000 $15, 000 $15,000
President
Thach, C. C. 12 mos. 3,000 1,400 600 $5, 000
Mathematics
• . .. Cr enshaw,B.H. 9mos. 1,000 1,000 roo 2,200
Ci vil Engineer
Mitcham,G. N.9 mos. 1,000 1,000 200 t · 2, t5Jol-
History & Latin 125 Supt .
Chmn. Ex. Com. Waterworks
Petri e, Geo. 9 mos. 2,000 600 ))0 2,900
Meehan. Engineer
Supt. Grounds . I
Wilmore,J. J .9 mos. 1,700 900 2, 600
Phys. Vet. Sci. & State
Vet.
Cary, C.A. 12 mos. 400 1,400 600(st. Vet. 5(0) .T 2,400,l
Pharmacy 300 Serum
Blake, L. S. ~v Plant
9 mos. 1,800 200 ... 2,000
Ag. & Director of ,.
'I"" Station
Duggar,J. F. 12 mos. 1,600 500 1,000,l 3,4001-
E1ec. Engineer . - 300 Lev. Res •
Dunstan,A. St C. 9mos. 2,000 " 200 2, 200
Geol. & Mining Engineer
Brown, R. L. 9 mos. 300 1,800 T 2,100
Mod. Languages .
Wiatt, J . E. 9 mos. 1,800 400 2,200
Botany
Robbins, \v. J . 12 mos. 1,000
Physi cs
100 900 2, 000
Duns t an,A. St . C. 9 mos . 1, OOO 1, 000
-- - --"- - - ---------
Endowment. 2nd Morril l state Funds Hatch , Adams
Hort. & state Hort. $ ~
starcher, G. C. 12 mos.
2nd Prof. Math.
Messick, J . F. 9 mos.
Architecture
Biggin, F. C. 9 mos.
Entomology
Hinds, W. E. 12 mos.
Mathematics
Patrick, B. S. 9 mos. 700
Prof. Chemistry
Ross, E. B. 12 mos. 1,000
· Clerk 'Chem.
t Chern. of Soils
Prof. pnys. Chem.
Hare, G. L. 12 mos. 600
Prof. Anal. Chem.
Bragg, ~ T .
Asst. Prof. Chern.
Powell, P. P. 12 mos.
A.nal. Chemist
Jackson, J .B. 12 mos.
Asst. in Chem.
in Adams Exp. 12 mos.
Assts. in Chem.
Martin & Clift 12 mos.
Asst. in Chem.
Feedstuffs 12 mos.
Fror. Mech. Draw.
and Ma~h . Design
Fullan, M. T. 12 mos. 950
Prof. Elee. & Tel. Engr.
Hill, W. W. 12 mos. 700
Inst. Mech. Engr.
& Math ..
Stokes, W. B.
Asst. in Drawing
& Band master
Thomas; A. L. 9 mos.
Instr., in Woodwork
Askew,· ~'. A..
Dir. & Prof. Phys. CuI.
Ins. in Latin & Math.
Donahue', H. J .
Prof. Animal Husbandry
Templeton, G. S. 12 mos.
Prof. Educa. (Dir. &
prof. Summer Session)
Judd, Z. V. 12 mos.
Asst. Prof. An. Husb.
Ferguson, H. C. 12 mos.
Herdsman
Ford Morris, 12 mos.
Assoc. Prof. Hort.
St. Hort.
Pr i ce, J.C. 12 mos.
, .
$
1, 100
1,000
1,000
700
300
650
750
state Hort.
500
700
Fees; Etc: -
450
900
1,000
300 ~ 100 1, 400
100
1,800
2)0
400
, , . 900
200
2)0 1, 400
700
1,200(Ath. Dir. 700)
1, 2)0
1, 300
100
1,000
100 65o
300 (Feedstuff s 800)
400
1,300 (Power Plant 5qo)
750
t
1,500
900
3'. 250
725
400
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. '
Local Lever Total
}?cp. 0
$ $ $
30.0 ,- 1?0 f,2 20f Resid.
~ 1,900
2~ OOO
900 .300 31°00
~ , . . 1,500
3,000
200
2;000
-2 200 I.
.
i ,500f
~ 700
1,200
1,300
,
850
• . l,ooof I
Scholar ship ~O I
Cle rks~Bt 0 ,
800
~
t 2,000
, · 2,ooof
• ~ O .
1, 500
• < ~
JL,.5 00 '
,=,"
9.00
·.HIe .tmageli .L), 1. ( - 1.0
Endowment ~ 2nd Morrill -state Funds Hatch · Adams - Local Lever Total
. . Fee s, Et c. ~.
$2) ,280 $28 , .5.50 $40, 000 $1.5, 000 $15,000 .
"'sst~. Vet. Sci.
HcAdory, I . S.
Ferguson, C. \v.
Webb, w. w.
Sugg) R. s.
4300
Prof ~ Agronomy
Funchess, M. J. 12 mos.
Treasurer
Gl enn, M. A. 12 mos. 650
. - 750
As st. to Treas.
Inst . in Botany
Hassey, A. B. 12 mos.
Asst. Entomo1.
Thomas, F. L. 12 mos.
As st., in Pharmacy
Hotley, E. T. 12 mos.
Scho4r ship s
(l)Con. (2) Engl.
(3 {Hi~tory (4) Bot.
( 4-2 )Hort. (5)Hecho Arts
(6)Shop (7)Forg.
(8)Mining & C. E.
(9)Mach. Des. (10)Chem.
(11) An. Husbandry
(ll!) Waterworks
(l2) (a)Botany(b)Agricult.
Recording Clerks
Burbage , Reed,Thomas
750
Registrar & Asst. in Math.
Shi, B. L.
stenog. to the Pres.
Bush &-Goodbread
Asst. Prof. Math.
Shi, B. L. 12 mos.
Libr~ian, Prof. Eng.
Rutland, J .R. 9 mos. 550
Prof. Educa. & Prof.
Summer Session
Blasingame ,W. C. 12 mos.
Asst. ~Librarian
Miss Martin 12 mos.
A sst s ~ Hist. & Latin
Reynolds & Andrews
Surgeon
Dr. J ... H. Drake
Instr. Physics
Elec. -Engineer 9 mos.
Instr. Mech. Eng. & Shop
Hixon, C. R. 9 mos.
. I
$4, 300 (McAdory 1500)
4.50
500
1,5.50
1,000
100 500
1,000 100
500 100
500
700 300 ?,OOO
350 1QO 1,760
Treas •. Dep.
n~oto e~8ea 2,000
300 . 1., 400
500 300 . .1 , 4. 00
. . 500
.. . :.
3,000 (a)Bot. (50)
300
700
1, 000
1,050
2,400
t
650
1,.300
2i.500
750
1, 300
(b )Agr. (tOO 6 {c 20
250
750
~ 1 20b '.
2.,400" .
90b
1, .300 •
2~.50P.
. 750
The Budget 1917-18
Endowment 2nd Morrill state Funds Hatch ,Adams Local !.ever Total
- Fees, Etc. .' - - '. . -- !?F.
$20 , 280 $28.,-550 ', - $40 , 000 $15, 000 $15,000
First Assto in Engl.
Taylor, W. R.
Second Asst. in Engl.
Asst. in C. E.
Stelzenmuller, J . G. 9 mos.
Asst. to Alumnus
Lovelace, J .B. 9 mos.
Night W'atchman
Asst. Library
Scholarships
Secy. Trustees
Burton, R. W.
Asst. in Mili~
Band
100
1,200
360
TOTALS: $16, .550 $23,665
,BALANCE: 3,730 4,890
I'
1,500
750
000
265
250
$49,930
c.
1~ .500
750
1,200
coo
625
100
$90,140 r 1425] 860 Feedstuffs
91,.565 .500 Wate~rks
125 Waterworks * ..
.. -- - ......
Appropriatibrts ,for Maintenance
- t
Ag. (Teaching & Experiment) 400 400 (i for Farm Management
. . COO
Arch. 100
t.
Advertising & Rrinting 6.50 3.50
Animal Husbandry 1,100 1,100 900<:
t ~
Botany ~ 400 100 , 8'00
Chemistry 3,600 100 -- --300 ' -.. . :. , ,
Chemistry of ~
Soils and Phys.
C. Eng. 100
Commencement 300 .. --- ~:...- - --
Comer Hall 2:)0
Donnitories 1,~3 ,
Education 2.50
Elec. Engr. 200 ~ Entomology . ,lOa 106 850
Expense 600 300 :.
Farmers' Inst. 300
Fuel 400 2,600 370 355
Grounds & Repair s 400 200 0
High School 250
Horticult. 200 900
Insurance 400 600
Infirmary 400
...
/"), , -' The Budget
Appropriat i ons for Maintenance
1917-18
Endowment 2nd Morrill State ' Funds Hatch, Adams lo cal leve r To tal
Feesz _ Etc . Exp .
Labor (Coll. & , ':.
Ag. Hall) 400 600
Library 800 400 400 .
Mechanics 1, 200
Military 200
Mining Engr. 100
Music 200
Pharmacy 500 . ,
Physics 100
Plant Pa.tho1ogy 450 . :
r
Postage 150 300 ",
Publications 1,500
..
" f -:1"" ...
......... ' .J Soils 100
Summer School for ~ .
Fanners 400 ~
rl '"' .. ~
Summer Session • _ ~ J. - . "
of College \ 2, 500
Stationery & Contingent 250- t 400 ~ ,
Cont ingent 225
Tr avel fo r Exp.
station 300 - t t
Trustees 400
Vet. Sci. 200
Water Works 200
32700 42 ~OO 1711°8).
Total: 25, 633
f •
Income :
Endo'Wl11ent
Second Morrill
sta.te
Bonds
Feed Stuffs
Oil Tax
Miscellaneous
Fees
$20 , 280
28 , 550
40, 000
1, 200
800
12, 500
$103, 330
17 , 657
$121, 987
" r
" The following changes were approved: '
Appropriations:
Salaries
Main tenance
. $91, 000
25,633
$li6, 633
Balance (Estimated) 5, 354
(a)
r ,r'1' , ,
Appropri ation of $LOO.OQ from Ha.tch fund was made on salary of Prof : _;pT,' •
Chemistry, Head of Dept. of Chemistry, in lieu of equal amount f rom College
(b)
(c)
(d)
funds . I .
Appropriation fO.r Chemis.t of Soils made for 2000. 00
Appropriation for Asst. Chemist 6f Soils made for $850. 00 ,- r
An increase of $200 . 00 for fali from funds other than college.
"
"
.f
REPORT OF THE TRF...ASURER
of
ALABAMA POLY1~CHNIC INSTITUTE
~for
THB YEAR 1916-17
• >
Endowment, Morrill, state and College Funds
To Endowment Fund
To Morrill Fund
•
Re·c eip"ts :
To State and College Funds
To Amount of Overdraft 0
$ 20,280.00
27,900.00
97,053. 36
15,436. 29
$160 , 669. 86
Disbursements
By Endo'WITlent Fund
By Morrill Fund
By state and College Funds
$ 20,280.00
27,900. 00
1121489.86
$160,669. 86
To Cash from State
."
..
EndoWll'lent Fund
Receipts
· -
• . t
Disburse~nts
•
By Amount Paid Salaries . o ·
•
Morrill fund
R~ceipts
To Cash from State Pt· -
o
DisOur.sements
By Amount paid Salaries
state and eollege Fund
Receipts
To State Fund
To Incidental Fees
To Tuition Fees
To Laboratory Fees
To Surgeon Fees
To Librar.y and Interest
To Farm Products
To Horticulture
To E:xpense
. .
(Bonds)
$ 20,280. 00
. $ 20,280. 00
$ 27, 900 .00
$ 27 , 9000 00
,,., ,
$40, 000.00
4, 197. 50
2,508. 00
3, 390. 40
4,295. 00.
2,876. 25
648 .·24
359 .,50
1", 938. 30
, .
state and College Fund
Receipts, Continued
To Animal Industry
To Chemistry
To Pharmacy
To Veterinary
To Civil ~ngine~rtng
To Architecture
To Feed stuff
To Smith Hall
To Power Plant and Lights
To Summer Session
To Water 1-lorks
To Athletics
To Laundry
To Oil Tax
To Amount Overdraft
"
- . . . .
,$3, 170. 14
262.10
152. 54
561. 45
84. 75
10. 00
BoO.oo
2,0.07 . 35
6,593.09
2,667 . 75
1,705. 13
5,010. 50
1,104. 94
12,710. 43
15,436. 50
stat~ ~d College Funds
Dispur sement s
.
By Amo:unt paid Salaries _. - , . $47,565. 29
By Amount 'Infirmary 471. 08
By Amount Library 861. 54
By Amount Horticulture ,258. 88
By Amount Th>nnitories 4,445. 00
By Amount Expense 2,998. 46
By Amount Commencement Expense 812. 05
By Amount Printing and Advertising 3,042. 65
By Amount Animal Industry . 4,092. 77
By Amount Chemistry 4,457 . 58
By Amount $lectrica1 Engineering 309. 83
By Amount ' Mechanica1 Engineering 1,408. 75
By Amount Farmers' Institute 385. 87
By Amount Fuel ·5, 563 ~ 56
By Amount Grounds and Repairs 5,016. 21
By Amount Insurance 1, 657. 00
By Amount $ervants and Janitors 1,031. 00
By Amourit "'l-1Ui tary 567. 92
By Amount Mining Engineering . 184030
By Amount Pharmacy 852.10
By Amo~t fhysics 112. 83
By Amourit Postage 863. 55
By Amount Stationer.y 1, 021. 99
By Amount Trustees 311. 29
By Amount Veterinar.y 1, 438. 36
By Amount Summer School (Farmers) 545. 87
By Amount Watchman ~ 683. 32
By Amount Civil,. Enganeering 310. 89
By Amount Architecture 413. 72
By Amount Entomology 62. 20
By Amount Agricultural College 612. 96
By Amount Botany 657'. 35
By Amount Comer. Hall 823. 25
By Amount Music ~ , 374. 68
By Amount Broun. Hall 44. 21
r
t.
J.
state and College Funds
Di sbur sements, Continued
By Amount Feed stuffs
BY, Amount Smith Hall .
By Amount Power Plant and Lights
Bi' Amount Summer' Session
By Amount Machine Design
By Amount Waterworks and Sewerage
By Amount Athletics
By Amount High School
By Amount Education
Signed: Respectfully,
$ 800.00
1,113.89
4,047.9?
6,292.50
618.83
809.33
5,010.50-.
473.67
864.85
$112,489.86
M. A. Glenn, Treasurer
The following report was made and accepted:
Waterworks
Office Supt. Education'
Montgomery.
.... {
July 2J, 1916
__ .... 1
! meeting of the Executive Committee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
called to consider waterworks and water for ce~lege.
Mr. \4. F. F'eagin elected chairman and
Mr. W. K. Terry, secretary of meeting. . '
Present: Hessrs. T. D. Samford, W. F. Feagin, Harry Herzfeld, W. K. Terry,
Dr. Chas. C. Thach, and Prof. G. N. Mitcham.
, ,
. • of'
The Governor being sick and unable to attend, Dr. Chas~ C. Thach, the president,
stated that he had had a survey made of various projects, conSisting of wells;
creek water, etc., and comparative costs.
}IT. Mitcham, engineer, made a statement of v~rious , propos~tions and desirabilit.
Y and advantages of each and recommended the drilling of three wells ,and deepening
of reservoirs.
Upon motion, the recollmendations of Professors Mitcham, Wilmore, and Ros s to
drill three wells was concurred in and the President of the college "was authorized
to proceed with the drilling of the wells, provided the money could be obta:Lned
wi th which to do so.
-Upon motion, Mr. Feagin, ' Mr. SariLford, Dr. Thach ani Mr. Mitcham were 'appointed
as a committee to go before the GoVernor and present the proposition and endeavor
to get the necessary funds for the undertaking.
(Signed}
I,
wm. F. Feagin, Tem. Chairman
W. K. Terry, Seely. '
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Auburn, Alabama,
August 3, 1916.
The committee appointed by the Board of Trustees for considering water supply
met in President's office Thursday, Aug. 3 at 11:30 .
~
Mr. L. C. Dew, of Fort McPherson, Ga. , an. experienced well driller in hard
rock, appeared, by invit~tiop, before t he committee and discussed the matter of
drilling wells. '
After discussion, the C~>nlInittee voted to accept the propo si tion made by Mr.
Dew.
State of Alabama
Lee County. ,
This agreement made and entered into this the 3rd day of April 1917, by and
bettieen L. C. Dew, Contractor, hereinafter called the party of the first part and
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, hereinafter called t!le party of the second part
witnesseth:
, .
J ....
That the party of the second part has agreed and by these presents does
agree for the considerations hereinafter set forth to furnish ,all l~bor, ~,chinery,
tools, pipe, and other equipment and supplies, except as ~erein~ter specified,
and to drill and complete to the satisfaction of the party of the second part a
certain w.e~l, 8 inches diameter, at a point near the Binford Spring to be . se-lected
by the party of the secong.. part. } '1
The party of the second part agrees to pay and the party of the f~st- p~t
agrees to accept as full compensation for rendering the service , aqove ~en~io~ed
the follmving prices, to wit: .
For use of machinery ~d' equipment and fqr pers6n;~i ~eryices of t~e'- party of the
first part Seven Dollars ($7.00) for each day worked until completion of said
well; for services of three helpers '5.00 for each day worked • . For pipe used for
casing, oil, ' dTayage, . actual cost to party of the first part.
The party of the second part agrees to 9pay bills for labor, dr~age, pipe,
and 9il we~ldy, or on ·demand as bills are pre sented by t~ party of . the first
_ part and approved by the engineer in charge of the work, and to pay the remainder
on completion of the well.
The party of the secorrl . part agrees to furnish coal am water for the boiler
used in the w:nk. { ..
It is understood and agreed by both p~ties to this contrac~ that the service
to be rerrlered under this contract shall be terminated when the well shall
have been completed to tl}e sati,sfactiol! of . the engiI}eer in charge and the equipment
shall have been dismantled ~d prepared for transportation to town, provided
that the party of the second part &1aJ.l pay, for teams engaged in tranSl'orting
equipment to railway station.
. . ,
In wi tness wher~oii we qave her:ein.to set our hands this the third day of April
1917.
(Signed)
Witness:
G. P. Edwards
L. C. Dew, Party of the First Part
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Part,y of the Second Part
By Chas. C. Thach , Pres.
_ .1 Auburn, Ala., M,. ay 29, 1917.
Dr. Cha~ . C. Thach, President
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Ala.
Sir:
, .
. I have the honor to submit the following report of work &me in securing an
additional supply of wa~er:
,The Mitchell Spring Project .
,
During the summer of 1916 surveys were made with. a view to securing a supply
of water from a large spring on the land ,of G. G. Mitchell, ·Jr. , three miles .
southeast of our Binford Spring- Pun~ing .Station. Ga~gings made on the flow in
June. 1916 indicated that the flow. from that spring is 300 gall~ns per minute· - (
432000 . gallons per day); and the ,testimony .of several persons familiar wit,h the
locality i~dicates that it does not decrease enough at any time to be n~ticeable .
It was estimated that the cost of protecting the spring against pollution,
installing pipe lines, purnps, transmissio~lin~, .etc. , would be approximately
$15,000. 00, not including the cost of the necessar.y real estate. When we approached
the owner to 'secure, a~ , option on th~ property, he advised that. he had already
given an opt;i.on on 'it to apother .,Party; ,and on tpe same day he. advis.ed me that an
outing club ha~e~ercised their option and pought the· place.
The Moore's Mill Creek 'Project ,~
We then investigated ~h~ feasib~lity of secu~ing a supply of water from
Moore's Mill Creek, filtering it, and pumping into our surface reservoir at
Binford Spring. A good dam site was found on the old Binford Place and another
on the Sinunons Place, the next place down the creek, either one being approximately
one mile ·from ~e Binford Spring. After making ,surveys of the reservo,ir to be
created- at each p;t.ace it was' estiJnated that th~ cost of, dam, ... pipe line, . pumps,
transmission line, and filters would be approximately $15,000. 00 no~ including
cost of land, the titles of which were in an unsatisfactor.y }.egal- state.
Other surface water supplies were inspected and where deemed worthy of further investigation
surveys were made; but none of ~hese were deemed worth improvement •
. r The Deep Well ~:roj act .
An estima'te was made ba'sed on drilling three wells' on the campus <, con,'":'
structing a. concrete surf-ace resezyoir and. :i:.pstal1;i.ng pUlUpS ,to raise t he water
from the surfa'ce reservoi.r toyhe e1e~ated- tank • . We, secured inforJlJ4.~on from -a
number of towns where water had been secured in adequate quantities from similar ~
geological, formations ; and, on .the strength of" ;this ~nfo:rmation we b~iieved that
we would ·be able to secure as mucha-s 100 gallo~s a minute (l.44.,000 'gallons per
day) from three wells.
The several projects were carefully copsiq.ered by the president and an
advisor,y committee composed of Professors' Ross, Wilmore, and Mitcham; and as we
bel~ev~tt that ,R satisfactory supply o~ . p~re water, without filtration, . co~d be
secured fI'9m the de.ep wells for ~n inij-ial cost of ~pro:rlmate1y $10,000. 00,"
this plan was recommended to the executive committee. of the Board of Trustees. - ,
A contract was let to Mr. L. C. Dew, a contractor with much experience in
drilling wells in similar formations, to drill three wells 8 inches diameter .
Under the contract he· was to receive $) . 50 per foot for the first well and $3.00
a foot for any additional wells which might be required, the college to furnish
coal and water for his boiler and to furnish any teams required in moving his
equipment.
Well No. 1
On 3eptembe~ 11, 1916, the contractor began drilling Well No.1, located
about IOOfeet back of the Power House, and completed it to ~ depth of 508 feet
on ~Tovember 8th. Hard rock was found at a depth of 45 feet, and the drilling',
thereafter was in mica-schists and gneiss of varying hardness. The well was
t ested with a 3-inch eduction pipe used in connection with an air lift pump.
\vith .300 feet, of eduction. pipe and an air pressure of 65 pounds per square inch
36 'gallons of::'Water were secur~d a minute. vTith a 400 foot eduction pipe and with
85 pounds air pressure 40i gallonso wer~ secure~. These yields w~re measured
after the p~p had' been running, long 'enough to remain constant ~d we were
satisfied that tpe water was being supplied as fact as it was being pumped out. "
It was decided that it v]Quld be most 'economical to pump at the rate of 36 gallons
per minute; and that rate is g~ven as the ' operating capacity of the well. '
The riext well was drilled in the:. rear of t he College Library and was begun
on November 10, 1916, and drilled to a depth" of 510 feet . The geological cO'l1ditions
were practically the same ' as in Well No. 1; but only e gallons 'of water a minute
could be obtained, the test being made by boiling water with the sand pump,
the water being held practically stationary at the' 400 foot level. This well
gives so little water that for t~e present it is not considered advisable to make
any attempt ,to use it in connection with the other wells.
Well No . 3
Well No. 3 was paid for by' the Alumni Associa~ion, and was drilled near the
Gymna:sium with a view to using it for supplying the swimming poo1 ~ The geological
comi tions are similar and the well WaS drilled 350 feet deep and yields
162 gallons- per minute. .
Well No . 4
The supply obtained from the first three wells not being as large as hoped
for, it was decided to try two wells in t~ b,asin supplying the Binford Spring.
Well No-. 4 was drilled 40 feet to the north of. the spring basin and is 126
feet deep ami. yields 90 gallons a minute, the wate'r ' standing after 18 hours '
pumping 38 feet· below the surface • . This well" and Well No. ' 5 were drilled under
a new contract whlchprovided for the college to pay for all labor and supplies
and to allow $7.00 a day for Mr. Dew's services and rental on his' outfi t o A
great many difficuLtiew were encountered in drilling this well, the time required
being 37 days.
Well No. ' 5 was located about 100 feet south of the Binford Spring basin, fs
145 feet deep ~d yields 95 gallons a minute. All, of the water, however, 'is
received at the 125 foot level.
----------------------------- - --- - ------
Total Wat er Supply Devel oped t
I estimate tha"tt in times .oJ: ~ong .dr.Quth .and ~ovT yield -.from .the Binford
Spring we will have :water. av:a:Uable, ,as .follows:. . . . . .. , .. < •
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From Binford Spring •••••••••.••••••••.• • • •• .•••• 6o,ooo gals. per day
From Large Well, 38 ft. diame'ter, 25' fee't deep •• 26,ooo gals. per day
'From Well No. 1, on campus •••••••••••••• ��� ••••• • • 51, 000 gals. per day
From Well No . ' 3, on campus ••••• • ••••• •• ••••••••• 23 , OOO gals. per day
From Well No . 4, at Binford Spring ••••• ••• ••••• 130,000 gals. per day
From Well No ., 5, at Binford Spring ... . .... ; •••• 137,000 gals. per day
Total: 427,000 gals. per day
o T~is estimate is ~ based · upbn the assumption that equipment will be provided
to pump water from the deep wells and that it will b~ run' 24 hours a day if .
needed. •
; Equipment for Pi.unping Deep WeRs'
The . deep ~ wel:ls at ,Binford Spring can be best developed by one of two
systems: ' .
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0.) By excavating a well with .concrete lining, 3 feet, in di~eter down :to
level where water stands when giving capacity above stated, i . e . , about 40 fe et
below surface and installing therein a centrifugal pump for each well, the pumps
having a vertical shaft, being directly connected to an electric motor, and pumping
water from the wells direct into the pumping main.
0 " (2) By ,installing an air-compressor in the pump house, with electric motor,
piping Wells 4 and 5 for air lift systems and pumping with compressed air into
the surface ·reserv9ir now existing. ' The latter system could be carried ' out at
comparatively little eJq)ense by using temporarily the compressor now forming a
part of the mechanical laboratory, and also using a small spare motor which may
be available. .
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Cost of Wells
Well NQ;. l
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Paid L. C. Dew for Drilling 'and Casing •••••• "• • • •• '. : •••• ; ••• $1, 750. 00
Miscellaneous Expense" Team's" Labor ••••••• • •••••.• • ••••••• ~ 70 . 75
Pipe, F it ting s, and Cement ........ .............. . ....... '. ~ • • 157. 58
. Total, ' not including coal i~, 918 . 33
Well No. 2
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Drilling •... . .. . .. . ....•. : ••............... . •. . ' ... .. ' .....•. $ i,,5c>o. 00
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Well No . 3 .
Drilling (Paid for by Athletic Society) • •. •• • ••• • • ••••••••• $ 1,050. 00
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Well No. 4
Drilling (Paid for by Athletic SOciet.y} ••••. . . . •• . ••••••••• $ 772. 00
Well No. 5
Drilling an d CaSl·. ng ••.....•.. ...••.•••.••.••..••••' ......••.•• $ 587. 37
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Well No . 5, Conti nued
Labor and Drayage •••••••••• •. .. •. .•••.•••••.••••• ~ ••••• .-.$ 14. 75
Pipe and Fittings ••••••• •...•.• • . •••••••••••••••••••••••• - 54. 97
$6>7. 09
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Note: None pf the abpv~ items include coal •
. .. ' ,.' . .. - ..... Respectfully submitted,
.(S;igned) . . . .. . G. N. -l1itcham,. Engineer
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The following report Was made and accepted:
Birmingham, Ala. , April- 5,1917.
Dr. Chas·. C. Thach, President,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Dr. Thach: -
Complying with my promis.e to a proposition to
Auburn with electric current from our lines, I beg
this matter. with care and think I might -be able to
on the following terms and conditions, to wit:
serve · you and the Town of
to say that I have gone over
ge t our compariy to serve you
(a) The college to sell u~ the town distribution system at its value for
cash. -
(b) The town to grant us our standard franchise to do an electric light
and power business.
(c) The town to malre a contract for ten years ·with us for its· street lights.
(d) The . college to buy all its current fram us for pumping its wat~r
and water for the town and for college ·uses. .'
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(e) The prices at which you would get current would be on our regular " ~
terms, as shown on enclosed contract blank.
In addition to the above, if the college wishes to retain part of its
present steam and electric equipment for heating its buildings, for teaching
steam and electrical engllleering, which it no doubt would do, then we might
buy at value sucq otq~r .:AA.z:t~ .Qt: y,qur. .atea.m ,and electrical e"qi1ipment as y.ou .
did not want to ~etain ~qq .a~ ,~e .m~ght~a _ab~~ .to use~ and give you a credit for
the sal1J9 to be tq,ken up .:Lll .c.~r:r.t:UJ.t .aa Y.QU. .may. .need .it .till the debt is discharged.
I thin¥\ yo~ Would have some " steam and electricaJ,. machinery lie might
be able to use and 'Which you would not need.
Our service would be day and night, twenty-four hours; the price for the
ci ty consumers w.ou1~ be .~O .. c.eAt ,s, ;Le.s"s. A .d,is.c.ou.n.t .o.f. 10.% £or. ~.nt in ten. days
from rendition of bills at the end of each month, thus giving a net rate for
lighting of 9 cents, with certain quantity discounts, as per our standard
lighting schedule, the same as we give everywhere else.
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If you care to do so , you might talk this matter over with your Trustees
and if they approve I will put it before our company and think I can get the
approval here on this basis •
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Trusting to he ar from you at your pleasure, I am, with best wishes,
Your s truly,
(Signed) R. A. Mitchell
Enclosure
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Birmingham, Ala. , April 11, 1917.
Dr. Chas. C. Thac h~ ' Preside nt~
Alabama Polytecnru.c ' Institute,
Auburn ,- Al-a; . . , , . . . . . . . , ..
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Dear Dr. Thach,
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Your letter of the 7th instant received. As much as we ~uld like to submit
you the alternative proposition ~icli:you suggest, of selling you electric current
in bulk for distriouti6n 'oy' tne college to Auburn, we feel that it wo~ld be
utterly impossible ' £6r' us ' tQ ' ao ' so 'without ' great ' l oss; We have figured on
this c arefiilly ' am L the' small ' amount· of' current.· which' would be used at Auburn, and
the small amount of money such a contract would produce, would hardly pay us
the fixed charges
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