The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
President Dairyman's ASSOCIATE
DAIRY PREMIUMS.
J. s. CARR.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
7 am in receipt of a letter from Presi-
dent J. S. Carr, of the N. @. State
Dairymen's Association, containing a
clipping from your paper asking for
information in regard to premiums on
a dairy test to be made at the coming
State Fair.
President Carr requests me to reply
to this query as to prizes offered.
At the last-May-meeting of the
Association, I believe a resolution was
passed offering to renew the two days
test of COWS at the State Fair on the
same plan and under the came rules
that the two days test was made at
New Berne in 1895. The premiums are
al stated by your correspondent: $25
to first, $15 to second, and $40 to third
best COW in a two days test made at
the Fair. The rules of the test were
published N the catalogue of the New
B5rne Fair Association before the Feb
ruary, 1895, Fair, and have been in
cluded in the N. @. State Dairy mems
first annual report. Copies of this re-
port can be had by sending a member
ship fee of 81 to the Secretary, Mr.. E.
@. B. Hambley, Of Rockwell Park
Stock Farm, Rockwell, N. Q.
The test is expected to be conducted
under the car of the Experiment Sta
ton.
In regard to Farmers Institutes, this
writer has had some experience at
these meetings and has some doubts
about there being a very large number
of farmers in the neighborhood of your
correspondent, who would attend one
if held in the nearest church, or at any
other near by point. This much may
be said, however, that a Farmers In
stitute can be held by farmers while
the professors are attending to class
room work. But if a fair effort were
to be made at any local point within
easy reach of the college to hold such
a meeting and a programme arranged
with two or three local speakers, some
one or two professors could doubtless
be found to assist the movement by
taking part in it.
1t has been spoken of on several oc.
casions that a meeting of the character
of a Farmers Institute be held once
every month at the A, & M. College.
If the head of the Agricultural Division
of the A. & M. College could feel as
sured of an attendance sufficient to
warrant the effort, some uirable place
would be opened one day of each month
for the purpose, and any farmer in the
State who could be in Raleigh on that
date, in any month, could count on
finding a Farmers Institute in session
by making the trip out to the A. & M.
College. 1t lacks only the assurance
of attendance to be called into being.
1t my be said in regard to Institutes
held by the Commissioner of Agricul
ture that he is holding these meetings
in compliance with a State law which
calls for one Institute in each county
every two years. The law was enacted
a number of years ago, but no State
fund has been allowed for this purpose.
One appropriation of $500 for continu
ing the work has been stopped because
the Treasurer at that time had no funds
in hand from which he could pay out
the money lawfully.
Commissioner Patterson is making a
strong effort to get once round the
State in compliance with the provisions
of the law and feels obliged to visit
those counties where no Institutes have
been held previous to his term of Office
and in s3me others where a meeting
can easily be held to fill out the time Of
one trip to the places where meetings
have not been held before. Therefore
a community 70 well provided for as
the one represented by your CORE
spondent, Mr.. Editor, which can 80
easily have an Institute, either by get
ting up a local move, or giving assur
ance that say 100, or " so farmers
will be represented at the A. & n. Col,
lege on some given date must wait on
many others for a meeting called by
our Commissioner.
FRANK E EMERY.