The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-04
DIR. KrLGoRE HOEOREDI
Elected in Toronto President Of Association Of
Farmers Institute Workers.

DR.. B. W. Kilgore, the State Chemist,
returned to the city yesterday morning
from Toronto, Canada, where he went TO
attend the eighth annual meeting OF the
American Association of Farmers lnstl-
tute Workers. which is made up OF work
ers in this line from all the States OF the
Union and the provinces of Canada
The association honored DR.. Kilgore by
electing him president for the ensuing
year.
Speaking of his trip and the meeting
Of the association, DR.. Kilgore said yes
terday:
"There were present about one hundred
delegates and visitors representing twenty
eight States and provinces. Several OF
these were lady workers.
Sessions were held in the Parliament
building. l attended a meeting OF Par
lament and witnessed very lively dis
cussion at the close, and saw Parliament
closed and prorogued in very royal' style.
"A great many papers of very great
interest and value were presented, and
an especially thoughtful address was made
by the Minister of Agriculture on How
to Enlist the Interest OF Our Boys IN
Agriculture The Minister OF Agriculture
in Canada is the head of the Agricultural
Department. The present minister, Hon.
John Dryden, who has held the position
for more than ten years, IS one of the
best known and most successful farm
ers in Canada He is especially well known
as breeder of Shropshire sheep and
short-horn cattle.
THE association visited the Agricultu-
raj College at Guelph, as the guests OF
the Department of Agriculture and the
college. Dr. Mills, the president of the
college, has been there for twenty five
years, and in that time has developed
the institution into the most beautiful
in surroundings and most useful in polnV
of work of any similar institution IN
America They have about 500 students.
and devote all their time to agriculture
in its different branches.
"A large number of their graduates
have engaged in work in the agricultural
institutions of the United States. One
fourth of the recent graduating class of
about twenty men have already been en-
gagged as managers of farms or by agrl-
cultural colleges throughout the United
States.
about 10000 Americans have taken up
land in the Canadian northwest IN wheat
growing this year. In this connection
| was told that there are $4,000 Canadian
boys and young men in Chicago alone
Il took several side trips, one through
the grain, grass and stock section, to get
an idea of their methods in this kind OF
agriculture, and one through the fruit sec
| ton, around the border of Lake Ontario
and extending from Toronto to near
Niagara Falls, distance of about one
hundred miles This is a very noted sec
ton for producing fine fruits and yege-
tables, the main crops being Strawberries,
raspberries, cherries, grapes, apples,
peaches. pears In the cultivation Of these
crops it was found that the heavier types
Of soil are best adapted to apples
pears, while the lighter sandy soils are
given to cherries, peaches, and grapes.
I'm al number of these fruits, the popu-
! lar varieties with us are the ones most
largely grown there.
I'm Canada the Farmers Institute work
| is one of the most prominent and useful
means of developing the agricultural IN
terests In the province of Ontario.
which has the area of good sized State,
about 500 Institutes and farmers meetings
we're held last year.
"The next meeting will be held at st.
Louis. during the time the great Louis
lana Purchase Exposition.