The record-union., 1896-09-06
An EXCELLENT MOVEMENT.
Plan for Promoting the Agricultural
Interests Of the State.
State University to Hold Fifty Meetings
in Connection With Farmers
Institutes.

"A maILcT OF mucn moment TO the ag-
riculturists of the State has been pro-
jected by the Regents of the State
University, which should result in
opening the way to the best and most
rational development of the agricul-
| tural, horticultural and viticultural
interests of the State and bring about
a unity of action looking toward the
greatest present and ultimate benefit
to be derived by the producers in their
respective lines of production.
The following circular issued by the
Regents will explain the plan fully:
At the meeting of the Regents of the
University of California on June 8,
1896, a special Committee of Ways and
Means composed of Regents Reinstein,
Black and Rodgers submitted a report
embodying plan for promoting the
agricultural interests of the State,
which was adopted by the board.
/ At the meeting of August 11th the
following committee was appointed to
carry this provision into operation:
Professors Hilgard, Jones and Wickson
This committee increased it's number
to seven by the election of Regent
Chase to membership, and issued the
The Board of Regents Of the Univer-
sity of California has arranged to hold
throughout this State fifty meetings
OF those engaged in occupations de-
pendent on the soil, at which meetings
the representatives of the University of
California will seek to bring about such
a relation between that University and
the agricultural interests Of the State
as shall minister to the welfare Of all
concerned.
These meetings are expected to
strengthen the Farmers Institutes al
ready organized, and to further the
creation of new Farmers Institutes
and local farmers clubs, the eminent
utility of which is universally admitted.
prominent purpose Of these meet
ings is to obtain the opinion of those
interested in agriculture throughout
the entire State, as to the best means Of
spreading and practically applying the
scientific teaching and knowledge of
the University of California on agricul-
ture and other Industrial subjects. With
the aid of such opinions it is expected
to plan, as soon as possible, the system
best calculated to accomplish that re-
suit and thereby increase the value and
variety of the products of the soil of
this State
The University hopes that these
meetings-of which due notice is to be
given-will engage the attention and
the active personal participation of all
interested in fruit and vine culture, in
0airying and stock raising, and in gem
eral agricultural pursuits.
hoo orfxy
University with all these interests must
be of great mutual advantage, and it is
hoped that the importance of these
meetings will be thoroughly appre-
ciated by the agricultural interests as it
certainly is by the University authori-
ties.
For the Committee Of the Regents
and Faculty of the University on the
subject Of the proper relation. between
the State University and the agricultu-
raj and other industrial interests of the
State. MARTIN KELLOGG,
President University of California
Berkeley, August 20, 1896.
1t has been determined that these
meetings, or at least such Of them as
shall be held In rural communities,
should take the form Of Farmers In
stitutes, which are acknowledged occa-
sions for close intercourse and confer
ence between those engaged in agri-
cultural industries and industrial edu-
cation, and afford the freest possible
opportunity for expressions of views
and beliefs. The plan is to promote
the holding Of such meetings as soon as
proper arrangements can be made In
the localities which desire them and
will provide for them. AS one Of those
to organize these meetings Edward F.
Adams Of Wrights, Cal, has been ap-
pointed, and he accepts the appoint
ment, but declines to receive compensa-
ton for the work of organization Mr..
Adams announcement on the following
pages of this circular are earnestly
commended to public attention.
E. w. HILGARD,
Professor Of Agriculture, Chairman of
Executive Sub Committee.