The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-28
FARMERS FESTIVAL
A Birds Eye View by Presi-
dent Winston.
70 Bsccu. Ire 6rsa' knrail Fgn"n VEGA
10 Moth Carolin- --0.hxssr
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daughters another brought t~ " 'A
three daughters Men came who ttl
tended farmers conventions n t3f
dozen State. others WHo hal newer
tended ore All were 2 earnest -. AhA
Gus 70 learn something Notody anr 81.
z froHe or sust 30 hlFt "a tun Non %
wealth. Me.e here mon "h" BEGAN Has
tmpty-L4ai,d ana had tna~>s>t g tats.
hy farming ae .Arre hcEiunsuE Hfr a-
tenants, and th,y -trnci NiA toepe
iert>i - the STORY ST -A.Ne~.iHs l'fA#"
told 10y others
The attendance Na- large from ihv
ginning r. tie ent Every ucsitEE
tuil of interest Nobody loafca around
nor IottCrCl nor s3unfcIcd NACk and 4.l'h
A~ soon a. each meeting began tie ~,af
were occupied. asoat Time lar !tci ben
iii attendance. Everybody WIS surprise,
ard delighted al tie ytly rtaeteal ei.f'.
ter Or the speeches and papers. ia WrEt ~
their value for instruction question:
were freely asked and fully answered Bar
there was no ga~~nS. no ~~'ut4uE. rar
oratory.
The range OF topics was great. Ftrct-
were read on the coWpea op sod improve
mcnt. on truchiny n Ee~tcin North Gat"
lima. ON strawberry culture. au good ROAD
on smootS and rusts. on SOILS and fcl'fa
zcr~. on extensive farming. on DAIRY i3iM
ine. on butter making. on sod culture. gn
seed purity sand vitality. on Texas fever
on farm animals, on type AMI form of
cattle. N the cattle industry IN N"rtn
Carolina, on plant Improvement. on ruraj.
schools. on nature study, on agriculture n
rural schools and on the educational out
look. Every paper and every speech was
carefully prepared. Nearly every ohe wa,
written out in advance. Every man knew
what Ne was talking about, and Therefore"
was interesting ana instructive Every
speaker was IN earnest and enthusiastic.
General Ran~om'~ speech wa eloquent
and inspiring. What a noble spectacle ho
vas. What a patriotic eerNlrc, Governor
Aycock' speech was a perfect gem Of or'-
tory. The tales told by r. W Scott AM
f. w, Brawley and +. L. Danghtrdee
should be put IN the hands Of every coun
try boy IN North Carolina. They show
that agriculture in North Caroln' Inr-
ing the past fifteen years. has beer. pr"hl-
able when properly conducted even thai'
good sized fortunes have been made from
It. This is no theory. but a plaln story
told from the personal experiences of men
who started practically empty handed ana
made their fortunes from the soIl risen.
The speeches by Prof. Burkctt and Prot
stevens were most instructive and delight
ful. Mr.. Blacknall~ paper was very ~le-
~GcStiNc. Prof. Massey spoke with great
power and learning. DR.. Weber. o.
Washington, and Mr.. Tomh~on gave dc
Ightful lectures. Mr. VIM. Dunn's pepper
and DR.. Butter spoke WIN me n''h'