The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-04

a-plV accepted. II oAE
ne melons were surprising to many VINO
were not acquainted with NorIh o'io
mas ability IN this line.
rba aftprnoCn session was called -
rider at 4:30 O'clock
president stevens read a telegram isoAi
rol w. T. Hand. Of Starkville, MISS :
ore,+ing that he could net attend lhe
saeefons Of the convention and also one
from Mai. Culver. OF Montgomery Aia-,
stating that he was en- route ana "ou4u
| arrive last night
communication from secretary hes
80 ~ New orleans. was read, IN rs
gard 10 the figures for the cotton crop ioi
his wear. It read as follows;
Mr.. o. B. Stevens, President ooahhiiS
s;ne-s If Agriculture, Your telegram re-
cefvei. VIII have actual hgures q co'ooA
or,n saturday morning. which Will take
r1sasnra in wiring you. Final figures
ny coming in by wire and mail. South
=, co+-on mill Industry never 50 pros
,erous Nv returns show more new mans
ac,,auy building than ever IN our ms
tory and many projected, which Will ma
+aria1iza in the near future. New splndleS
ara heinp erected 10 nearly the NUMBER
az one million. four hundred thousand.
These indicate the sure and rapld pro-
gress cf the South toward manufacturing
her own cotton crop. This IS beng lone
largely with Southern money. Value OF
! this years crop exceeds in dollars three
hundred and fifty million dollars.
.HENPY G. HESTER
The report of the special committees
| which were postponed until today yes
| terday. were called for. Prof. hllgoFe
read the report of the Committee on fef-
tilizers. The report of the committee
. ..or,1- w ~ hri n OF Dp about
such legislation as would require the
manufacturers to furnish definite state
ments of the ingredients OF the manu-
factured fertilizers. In order to bring
about a definite and general teTmlnology
they recommend that each sack OF guano
contain the following Information:
The brand, or trademark.
The weight.
The amount of available phosphoric
acid.
The amount of insoluable phosphoric
acid.
The amount Of nitrogen instead OF am
monia.
The amount of potash.
The name and address of the manu-
facturer.
In addition to the above, the report
that the source Of each
available plant-food be designated.
The report was read and approved, and
a motion passed to spread it upon he
minutes. Prof. White, of Georgia, how
ever, secured a recommittal OF the Re
port, and spoke against adopting the pro-
vision, requiring the sources Of plant
food to be designated. He SAID if this
convention acted upon the questions be-
fore it with conservatism that might be-
come very potent in shaping legislation
- Il =.
scope of it's work. And consequently he
was opposed to any Gnadvised stej $.
While he favored the lirsI part o. .he
report, he did not think they should at
tempt to do too much at once. He was
not sure but that the manufacturer was
within his rights if he would refuse to
divulge such information, and really did
not see that the Commissioners had a
right to demand it.
Prof. M. c. Candless, of Georgia. ia
vOred the report. The report did not
necessarily mean that the nformatio
given the Commissioners was to be spread
broadcast, but the Commissioner should
know, and the manufacturer should be
compelled to furnish the means for
knowing that the grade of any particular
brand of fertilizer should be kept up.
The debate then became general, the
member taking more interest than in
any part Of the proceedings, except the
watermelon feast, thus far. Mr.. T.. b.
Parker spoke as q farmer. he said, and
asked how he could tell what he was
! getting when he bought guano, unless the
manufacturer were compelled to cor
rectly and definitely state what the sack
contained. Col. Redhead and Commits
sioner Lee both spoke, each urging that
the farmer should not buy by brand
name but by the quantity contained of
each of the things needed by their land.
AS it was late, the further con
sideration Of the question was postponed
until today at 10 o'clock.
Misses Birdsong and Rives were made
members of the convention amid great
applause.
The following officers were elected for
! the ensuing year:
President, Frank Hill, of Arkansas.
First Vice-President, S. L.. Patterson.
of North Carolina.
Second Vice-Presidcnt, j. w. Lee, Of
Louisiana.
Secretary, Royal Daniel, of Georgia.
At $50 o'clock Prof. G.. A. Holmes,
state GeolOgist, delivered an illustrated
aodress on Matchmaking and other prob
lens of the South. He said in part:
must not overlook certain large
and equally unnecessary expenses which
we and our fathers have been incurring
ana when are now cOuntinZ heavily
against US. 1t is often said thai we are
the most wasteful people in the world.
and our history throughout the century
now nearing it's end proves the accuracy
OF this statement.
We allow our surface soils with their
added manures and fertilizers to wash
away year after year to an extent be-
yond estimate in money value, aggregat-
Ing many millions.
We carelessly and needlesslv burn I'M
our forests to the extent Of many mil
mons OF dollars every year. Careful es-
Inmates have shown that the annual loss
from forest fires in North Carolina alone
average considerably more than a mil
lion dollars every year.
In North Carolina We have expended
OF money, labor and timber in unneces-
sary fencing during the past half CON
Jury considerably more than a million
dollars per annum. In other Southern
states this unneceSSarv Doo -