The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03


Tor the country boy as against the
town boy and talked of various things.
DR.. TAFT Butler
Next DR.. TAFT Butler was introduced
ana he proceeded to discuss the mat
Ter OF Sanitation on the Farm" He
held as to this that the prevention of
disease on the farm was the whole
question involved
He urged that necessary attention
ana the best of sense be applied to
tiie care of animals on the farm. He
discussed the question of collie in
lofses and said that in place of feed
ing more largely a horse before a
lollS drive or unaccustomed work, or
AFTER long drive that at this time a
smaller feed should be given. He
urged care as to water and to feed,
lhat II impure water and mouldy feed
was used and the horse escaped di-
sease that it was simply good luck.
AS 10 infectious Diseases as hog chol-
i era, he held that in place of talking
OF impossible curing this it should be
controlled, and emphasized a knoWl-
edge OF how germs are transmitted.
lie made strong plea for proper
lhethodS In prevention of disease and
Prof w. +. Massey.
Breeding Corn for Seed" was the
subject of the paper presented by Prof
W. f. Massey. He held that what is
needed in the South is a stalk of med
ium height. which would produce two
ears, and which could be planted close,
not a huge plant with one ear. He
discussed the growth of the grain of
corn, showing that each grain was the
unit OF growth and of separate parent
age. The paper showed in detail the
necessary steps and work in the prop
Ell raising or breeding of corn, and
was a valuable contribution to the
information being obtained at the con-
vention by the farmers
Hon. j. Bryan Grimes Speaks.
The next speaker was Hon. j. Bryan
Crimes Secretary of State whose
topic was agricultural North Caro-
lima
He deprecated that in view of the
fact that the farmers constituted four
fifths of the population of North Caro-
lima so few We're present. He pre-
sented the great growth of North Car
DINA in its agricultural and manufac-
turing life. In ten years he held that
North Carolina would lead and that
there is now no other State showing
the progress being made here He ad-
verted to the great lumber interests,
the gold mines, the stock raising, the
fisheries, and then spoke concerning
the advance in agriculture in the State,
and in doing so contraSted the meth
DDS of the past with the present, show
ing how in the past the depression had
sent out 100000 farmers to the val
leys of the Mississippi, but how now
there is a revival. Invested in agricul-
ture in North Carolina, he said that
now there is 100000. 900, With year
ly returns of $100,000000. He spoke
with pleasure of the book on Agricul-
ture issued by Profs. Burkett, Hill and
Stevens, of the A. 81 M. College, and
said that while $4,000 copies had been
circulated, only $500 of these were
used in North Carolina. He urged
that farmers papers be read, and that
the farmers be educated and organic
ed, saying that this would enable the
farmer
The negro ought to be our laborer
and our servant. He must stay on the
farm and be the servant and if not,
then | say let us push him of" Here
there was great applause. Its all very
we'll for a farmer to do what he can,
but if he has large farm he needs
help.
The speaker urged Organization, but
said that first there must be a leader
With proper organization he held that
the tobacco trust could be controlled
by the farmer. He told of the Rocky
Mount tobacco meeting, and how one
company had been formed in Green
vile on the plan that had paid, though
beginning late, 81 per cent in divi-
dendS. He cited what had been done
by the Farmers Alliance and the jute
bagging trust, the farmers meeting in
Raleigh and the increase in cotton
seed. With organization a year ago.
ne held that cotton would have sold at
a higher average price.
Col Grimes commended the rural
delivery of mails and urged that the
parsel post should come. and would
come but for an Express lobby. With
the farmers organized he held that
this would come The business inter-
ests he held is the farmers business,
which has twenty billions to five bill
lions of other interests.
The speaker continued to urge for
OF ganiZaton, and declared that the inn
migration which came to this country
should be turned to the South by en-
actment of Congress. He deprecated
the hiring of engaged laborers by 9TH
ers and told how in a county i'm Pitt
magistrates enforced the law against
such people and their employers. La
Dor troubles of this kind could be con-
trolled by cooperation. Col. Crimes
plead for rural schools, rural Libraries.
telephones and then paid a glowing
tribute to the country home. wishing
the best things for the country boys
and girls, and saying that as long as
the country home and the South stood
as it did, that the country is safe. In
referring to the South he said: II
am not here to talk secession" but |
feel it all the same. 1t was a most
eloquent peroration that Col. Grimes
concluded after he had predicted that
the influence of the Panama Canal
would tend to make Beaufort a great
harbor and that all the South would
be benefited.
The afternoon session then closed,
the meeting being converted into
Cotton Growers meeting, as reported
elsewhere in this paper.
The night session was interesting.
At it Lantern Lecture" on "Our
Worst Insect Pests and Remedies for