The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-07
STATE AGRICULTURE BOARD
ANNUAL MID- WINTER MEETING TO
 BE HELD IN BRIDGEPORT.

tho Address of Welcome, With Re.
 Governor Mclean 10,
 tho Three Dnys' session. Bridgeport, Dec. 6.--The annual mid winter meeting of the state of agricul- ture will be held at the Atlantic Hote in this city, commencing Tuesday, De- cember 17, and continuing three days with sessions morning, afternoon and evening of each day. The meetings of the board are always largely attended and the coming meeting will be no ex- ception to the rule. Great interest is always taken in the sessions of the board and the fact that the governor of the state, who is a member of the board, will be present, will add to the interest.
 At the opening session, Tuesday morning at 10:30, Mayor Mulvihill will deliver an address of welcome to the association, to which Governor Mclean will respond, following with an intro ductory address upon the work of the board and the purposes of the meeting. At 11:30 James H. Macdonald, state highway commissioner, will peak upon Good Roads" always popular topic, and one upon which MT. Macdonald Is well qualified to address the gathering.
 At the afternoon session, opening at 2 D. m., Professor c. A. Lindsley, secreta- ry of the state board of health, will speak upon Farm Sanitation" and at 2:3o, H. w. Collingwood, editor of the Rural New Yorker, will speak on Far mers' Institutes" "The Farmer as a Citizen will be the topic of an address by Colonel James Wood, of Mount kis- so, N. Y, at the evening session at 73o.
 The second day, Wednesday, at 10 a. 1n., Acting Preident R. M. Stimson, of the Connecticut Agricultural college, will speak upon the work of that in- stitution. At II a. m., Professor 5. A. Beach, orticulturist of the New York Agricultural Experiment station at Ge- neva, N. Y, will speak on the topic, '.Diseases and Insects Injurious to Or chards and Field Corps" At ap. m, E. H. Jenkins, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station, will deliver an address upon Business Methods in Buying Fertilizers. At 23O, Walter Mulford, of the station staff, will speak on Forestry for the Farmer, and What the Station is Doing for it's Encouragement" at p. m, A. l.. Winton also of the station staff and we'll known in this city, will take for his topic "Flavoring Extracts, What They Are and How They are Adultera- ted.'' At the evening session at 7:3o, Professor H. s. Graves, director of the Yale Forest school, will speak upon the school and It's purposes, and at three o'clock, an illustrated address upon "In- sects and Their Relation to Agricul- .ture," will be delivered by W. E. Brit ton, state entomologist.
 The programme for the third day of the convention, opening at 10 a. nl., will be as follows:
 Horticultural Lessons from the Pan American Exposition" Professor c. s. Phelps. of the Connecticut Agricultural college.
 ii a. m.-"Poultry as an Adjunct of the Farm" Dr. Cooper Curtis, biolo- gist of Rhode Island Experiment sta- tion, Kingston, R, I.
 2 D. m.-"The Storrs Agricultural Elk pertinent Station and it's Work in Dali rying," Dr. w. o. Atwater, director and H. w. Conn.
 SD. m-"The Education of Books and of Nature" Mrs. Alice Freeman Pal mer Cambridge, Mass.
 Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agrl- culture, has signifled his intention to be present if possible at some session of the convention.
 A Question Drawer will be provided for the presentation of subjects that may be profitably discussed as time will permit The following have already been suggested:
 (1) Can the Farmers Institute be made feature of the Agricultural Fair?
 (2) Are we in danger of Over-produc- tion?
 (3) Should the Elements of Agricul- l lure be Taught in the Public Schools?
 Ample facilities will be afforded for | the display of the products of Connect | icut forms, and it is hoped there will be l a generous exhibit of fruits and flow ers, grain and vegetables, butter and growth of this first year of the new creamery.
 N. $. Platt, pomologist of the board, will give personal attention to this part ,f the programme.
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