The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-08
ASPLEND|D PROGRAM
For the Meeting of Southern
Farmers Here.
The Meeting Begins August 18th and Num-
Der of Valuable Pape S Will be Read.
The Full Program.

The Full Program.
During the last week of this month the
Cotton States Association of the Com
missioners of Agriculture will hold its
second annual meeting in this city.
The session will begin on Tuesday
August 2Sth and continue until Saturday,
| September 1st
The meetings will be held in the au-
| ditorium of the new building, which is
now being furnished for the purpose,
| and it is expected that they will be large
| ly attended by farmers and others from
| all parts of the State.
Distinguished speakers have been in
vited and addresses will be delivered by
men who have devoted a life Of study to
the topics upon which they speak.
There can be no question as to the
value to agriculture of this department
of the various State governments. me
| large amount of information collected
and widely distributed, gratu Stously
though the medium of bulletins and re-
| ports, places before the agricultural
| reader of this country more valuable,
| instructive and up-to-date matter than
| is presented to it's agriculturistS by any
other country in the world
It's first annual convention was held
| last January in the city of New Orleans,
the initial meeting having taken place IN
| the city of Atlanta, Ga, during the tall
of last year.
This is a movement Of national inter-
| est and Importance, and the visitors
here must be given very hearty re-
| ception by the people of the city and Oh
| the State generally. For certainly it is
no small compliment, the decision of this
| Interstate organization to hold its
| second annual conference within our Dor
| ders committee of the North Carolina
| State Board of Agriculture now has IN
| charge the matter of the entertainment
| of the visiting commissioners while here,
| and it is very probable that tour
through the principal agricultural Sec
| tons of the State will be arranged for
| them at the close of the meeting here
| The plans of the committee have not
yet been fully matured.
| The program for the meeting is as fol-
laws
AUGUST %, TUESDAY.
| Convention called to order at noon.
| Roll call. Presidents Annual Address.
Report of Secretary Report of Standing
| Committees.
| AUGUST 30, WEDNESDAY.
| Routine business of the convention.
| Discussion: Relation between Ma
| ton and State Departments of Agricul-
| ture: suggestions for improving them. :
| BY Hon James Wilson, of Washington,
y. c.
Discussion: Physical Analysis of
| Soils and Interpretation and Application
of Results" BY Prof. Milton Whitney,
of Washington, d. c.
| Discussion: Chemical Analysis of
Soils. and How to Make Results of Great
est Value."-By DR.. H. w. Wiley, of
| Washington. d. c.
| Discussion: what is the Best Meth
cd of Conducting Experiments to Deter
| mine the Fertilizer Requirements OF
| Different Plants and Soils.'-By DR.. w.
| C. Stubs, of louisiana; Prof w. L..
| Hutchinson, of Mississippi; Col. R. j.
Redding, of Georgia; DR.. j. f. Digger,
| Alabama; Prof B. W. Kilgore, of North
| Carolina.
Roads and Road Making" an illus
| trated lecture by State Geologist Holmes,
| of North Carolina.
| AUGUST so, THURSDAY.
"Leguminous Crops for Forage, Graz
| ing and Soil Improvement, and How to
Grow them BY Prof. j. F. Digger, of
| Alabama; w. R. Dodson, of Louisiana.
Grasses for Forage and Hay for the
| Sandy Soils of the South, and How to
l u of "a h.
ngton d. c.; w. L. Hutchinson, of Mis-
sissippi; w. F. Massey, of North Caro-
lima.
Georgia as Cattle Market. BY
R. F. Wright, of Georgia
"Do the Farmers of your State Buy
Fertilizers for the Brand Name, or for
the Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Pot
ash they Contain? If the former, what
is the best method Of bringing about a
| change ?"-to be discussed by State
Chemist McCandless, of Georgia; w. F.
| Hand, of Mississippi; E. w. Magruder,
| of Virginia; NJ B. Harden, Of South Car
DINA; B. B. Ross, of Alabama; B. w.
| Kilgore, of North Carolina.
| Report of Special Committee on Uni
| form Fertilizer Guarantees and Branding
| of Fertilizer Bags.
| AUGUST 81, FRIDAY.
Farmers Institutes: What are the
Best Methods for Improving them" To
| be discussed by P. H. Nell, of Alabama !;
| W. c. Welborn, of Mississippi; S. l.. Pat
| terson of North Carolina; Leon Jastrem-
| ski, of Louisiana; j. S. Newman, of
| South Carolina; G. Harvie Jordan, of
| Georgia.
The Education of the Farmer. by G.
w. Dabney, of Tennessee; G. T. Winston,
| of North Carolina; H. G. White, of
| Georgia.
Informal Discussion.
SEPTEMBER 1ST, SATURDAY.
Morning session to be devoted to the
discussion of veterinary subjects, ento-
biological and botanical discussions.
| Election of officers