The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

one away from the numDer Oh SeueE6 LII
North Carolina the prosperity of our
counties is almost in exact proportion
to the ratio of food consumers to food
producers. Durham comes first, with It's
small rural and large urban population.
CASTOR next, leading all the other coun-
ties in the number of Its cotton mills.
Alamance next, being also next in cotton
mills. Buncombe next, with large urban
emulation and hundreds of thousands OF
visitors in search of health or pleasure,
all buying food and none selling. when
three -fourths of the population OF North
Carolina are engaged in occupations not
agricultural. the State will be one or the
most prosperous in the Union, and agrl-
culture by a system of intensive farming
made possible through universal educa-
ton and industrial training supported
by local markets and quick transporta-
ton will enjoy prosperity that now
seems visionary even to suggest. Inc
average weld of our State in all crops IN
the next fifty years will be quadrupleu
and industries scarcely now existing or
only Just begininfi, will bring in more
wealth annually than the entire cotton
crop of today.
of themselves. We must promote them
by education. We must have:
a. Universal education with a COM
pulsory law.
80. Industrial education and training
both agricultural and mechanical, in the
public schools.
g. High grade college for technical
training in agriculture and mechanics
and normal colleges for the training OF
public school teachers.
"a Farmers, educated practically as
we'll as theoretically, to use machinery,
to improve the soil, to care for and i'm
prove animals, to cultivate and improve
plant crops, to understand the markets
of the world and the laws of trade, to
know the duties and powers of govern
ment in protecting them and furthering
their interests, to keep at home the
boy that loves the farm and educate him
thoroughly for his work, to let the 9TH
ers do the work that they love, with an
education suited to their purpose, TO i'm
prove themselves constantly by the cul-
ture that comes from reading and study
ing. from farmers clubs and discus
sions from social gatherings, from music
and other art.
IS. Cities and towns, mills and facto-
ries, mines and fisheries. summer resorts
and winter resorts. stock-raising and
horticulture, as we'll as small farms with
diversified agriculture.
For all these things education is re-
qured, universal education, industrial
education, practical education. With it
we can accomplish everything. Without
it we will become dependent upon all the
world market for the inferior goods
of all countries, dumping ground for
diseased animals and plants. condemned
forever to poverty and servility.
Prof Digger of Alabama, discussed
"Legumenous Crops for Forage, Grazing
and Soil Improvement" and how to grow
them. Prof. Digger explained how es
sential it was to any rational system OF
farming to distinguish between legumes,
and non-legumes. The convention were
much interested by his account of diff
ferent experiments in this line.
Upoz motion Of Mr.. Royal Daniel. Sec
rotary of the convention, the newspaper
men present were given the privileges of
the floor.
The afternoon session was taken up
largely with a discussion of the report
of the Committee on Fertilizers, and re-
suited after much debate in the adoption
of the report as a whole. The report
was in two sections. the first of which
provided that there should be branded on
the sack, the brand or trade mark, the
weight, the per cent Of the various con-
stituents valuable as plant food present,
and the second section of which, recon-
mended that the manufacturer be re-
quired to file with the Commissioners
with the guarantee, a statement show
ing the source of the various ingredients.
The discussion ranged around the adop-
ton of the last section. Major Lee, of
Louisiana. said that this was unjust and
perhaps unconstitutional. That a COM
mittee Of the convention and a commit
tee from the manufacturers should meet
and agree upon some arrangement work
ing a hardship upon no one. Commits
sioner Patterson said that he didn't think
it necessary to have the manufacturers
present, that they usually look out for
themselves Several substitutes and
amendments were offered but were all
voted down. and the resolution passed
as written by the committee.
The following resolution in regard to
The condition of the cotton crop of 1900
1901 was offered by President Stevens,
and unanimously adopted:
BASED upon the reliable information
from all sources from each of the cotton
States and Territories. taking into con-
sideration the condition of the cotton
crop, we are led to believe that the fol-
lowing will be the output of the crop