The colored American., 1903-03-14

" eiiO Adi hSIS Oh agriculture. Carver
lld much good. He is a graduate of
he Agricultural Department of the
-Owa State University.
On the opening day a "Woman's Con
ference" was held, to do more in the
Inc OF small domestic industries, such
IS poultry raising, milking, vegetable
gardens, etc. The school battalion gave
IN exhibition drill each. The school
BOARD gave band concert each after
noon. The new Peabody Dairy was
eagerly inspected by the delegates, and
came in for great deal of praise. The
tAlks of the farmers were inspiring in
many respects, and the reports showed
improvements on last year There are
some rich Negro farmers in Georgia
ma not few of them were present at
me conference. D. S. Jackson Presi-
dent of the Georgia Farmers Associa-
ton owns eighteen hundred (18OO)
acres of ffrst-class farming land Many
others own from five to five hundred
acres. The conference is to help in
5plre others to purchase land and thus
better their condition
Those veterans in the cause of the
race, Col W. A. Pledger and Col. J.
H. DeaveauX, with a host of other
notables were present. Both of them
made telling speeches urging the farm
ers to make better men of themselves
Among the notable educators present
were: Miss Tapley, of Spelman Semin-
ary, DR.. BumStead, of Atlanta Univer-
Sity, Rev. Sales, of Atlanta Baptist Col
lege, Dr. Hathaway of the Kentucky
State College, at Frankfort, KY, Prin-
clpal Outright, of the Walker Baptist
Institute, Prof. F. M. Gordon, of the
Deaf and Dumb Academy Chancellor
Hill, of the University of Georgia, COM
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the work of the conference.
Mrs. Dinah Pace, of Covington, Ca,
one of the best women in the state,
made one of the finest talks ever de-
livered on the grounds at the "Wo-
mans Meeting
Some very fine facts were brought
out at the meeting and one of them is,
THAT the farmers are working up to
their best intesest and are not farm
ing any more just for their health.
One thousand packages of seed, Sc
cured through the efforts of the Geor-
gia Delegation in Congress, were given
away, and also several hundred pamph-
let's on practical farming. from the U.
S. Agricultural Department.
Some facts secured from the dele
gates are interesting. Blanks were
given out and they were asked to fill
in return. Sixty did so, and the total
value of real estate reported by these
amounted to $86.7SO. One reported
having S2,50O in Bank, 2, 892 chickens,
etc, owned by them, also 35 horses, 81
mules, 297 COWS.
Out of 400 students now enrolled, 81
have purchased and paid for farm pro-
perty by their own efforts; one of these
lis a young woman who made her money
by cooking. The fathers of 81 of the
students own free from debt over 5000
acres of land.
President Wright with limited faciIi-
ties is doing a surprisingly good work,
and a work that will tell for good in
years to come.
The Wire-grass Negro conference
closed a most successful year of it's
history with a big oyster roast under
the official management of instructor
Golden; Instruct Thompson's work was
superb: farmer McLeSter had the farm
looking neat as possible; Roston, the
proctor, was busy man; Miss Jackson
gave some fine fish dinners to the farm
ers. The drilling of the girls was one
of the finest features of the conference