The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-04
THE CLOSING SESSION
OF CONVENTION OF AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH
RECOMMENDATION TO FARMERS
To Extend Marketing Their Cotton
Crop Over the Entire Year-State In
spection Of Seeds and a Uniform state
Law Controlling Seed Market En-
dorsed-Interestina Addresses-Pro-
posed Trip to Western Part of the
State.

Raleigh, y. c.. August 3l.-The sec
ond annual convention Of the associa-
ton OF agricultural commissioners of
the south came TO a close tonight.
Tomorrow morning the delegates will
visit the North Carolina College OF
Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, the
state experiment farm and other
points Of interest about the city, at
ter which they will leave for a trip
through the state as the guests OF the
North Carolina department of agricul-
ture.
The party Will consist Of ten per-
sons, including either Commissioner
Patterson or Secretary Bruner, Of
Raleigh. and the visiting commission
They will leave here Saturday after
noon in a private a and will spend
Saturday night in Greensboro, leaving
Greensboro Sunday morning TO arrive
at Asheville Sunday afternoon. Sun
day night will be spent at Asheville
and Monday they wiz go to Biltmore
and spend the day. They will return
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Raleigh Tuesday afternoon.
The next session Of the association
will be held at Hot Springs, Ark, in
the early part of October, the selec-
ton of the exact date being left to the
executive committee.
Most of today's session was devoted
to a discussion of the live stock indus
try, seed testing and the encourage
ment of immigration.
Addresses were delivered and papers
read as follows:
Live Stock Sanitation by DR.. Cur
tice, Of North Carolina and DR.. Carey,
of Alabama.
Agricultural Conditions" by Com
missioners Lee, of Louisiana. and Hill,
of Arkansas.
seeds and Seeds Testing" by Pro-
fessor Gerald Mccarthy, of North Car
DINA.
Immigration in the South" by
John W. Thompson, of North Carolina.
The most important action taken
during today's session was the passage
of a resolution in regard to the mar
keting the cotton crop, the adoption Of
some recommendations looking to the
control of the sale of seed and the in
corporation of an amendment to the
bylaws, providing for payment of the
incidental expenses of each annual
session by assessing p~ro-rata on each
state represented in the association.
The resolution adopted urges upon
the cotton growers h Importance of
distributing the sale of cotton over the
entire year so that the market may
not be depressed by dumping the en-
tire crop upon it at once; and to the
end that the farmer may keep inform
ed as to the statistical situation OF
the crop, the departments of agricul-
ture are requested to give out to the
press from time to time any informa-
ton they may have touching the con
dition of h crop, the acreage plant
ed or the stock VI hand.
The recommendations in regard to
the sale of seeds are as follows:
l.. That this association endorse the
idea of state inspection of seeds in the
interest of purchaser.
2. That the association at its pres
ent meeting appoint a committee to
draft a uniform law intended to Sc
cure effective control of the seed mar
ket of the different states here repre-
scented, this committee to report al
the next meeting of the association.
The committee appointed in accord
ance with the above consists of Nc
earthly, of North Carolina; Digger, OF
Alabama; Herrick, of Mississippi, and
| Scott, of Georgia.