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


gan it's sessions in the Pullen Hall at
the A and M. College last night and
the opening was auspacious. me
meeting is to be great one.
Prayer and Music.
The exercises were begun with
PRAYER to God for his blessing, the in
vocation being delivered by Rev: w.
C. Tyree, he pastor of the First Bap-
fist church of Raleigh, who thanked
Cod for the liberal attendance OF men
whose life work is farming, ana pc
titioned that His love and goodness De
about them, and give them abundance
in material and spiritual welfare.
Music came next, and with MI. sam
Parish at the piano, a beauuful SOLO,
"Bounie Sweet Bessie was rendered
by Miss Daisy Morning. Her voice,
clear and sweet, was greatly enjoyed.
and as the charming young songstress
ended her beautiful song there came q
most hearty applause, showing that
the farmers love music.
Then the president of the assocla-
ton, Mr. r. w. Scott, presented Prof..
d. HI. HILL of thea. & M. College. VINO
delivered the first address of welcome.
Prof. Hills Welcome.
Beginning by saying that he had
done some foolish things IN ms me-
Prof. Hill declared that he would make
no speech but simply say word OF
welcome, as there was on the platform
with him Gov Aycock, the eloquent,
great and good Governor of the STATE
and the able Commissioner OF Agrlcul-
ture. as we'll as the President OF the
Society,", Mr.. r. w. Scott, but despite
this declaration he made one ana a
good one. "There rs no need to vel
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il is YOU college, the college OF the 1ar-
mers and welcoming you for the col
lege faculty in the absence or Presl-
Dent Winston / say that we are SIMPLY
vour stewards" He most happily
with anecdote illustrated the love OF
the North Carolina farmer Tor Nofth
Carolina, and told of it's fertility, the
growth of the teaching OF agriculture
in its school, and how the younger
North CaroIinians were being instruct
ed In happy style and with q telling
anecdote he closed by saying TO the
farmers that all they saw here at the
college was theirs. Applause and
laughter greeted his witty close.
Commissioner Patterson Speaks.
Commissioner of Agriculture Patter-
sen was next presented to deliver wei
come number two to the farmers. He
began by deprecating the possibility OF
his being able to deliver any KING OF
an entertaining address after the wit
ty and learned remarks of Prof. Hill.
He spoke first of the history of the hall
in which the meeting was being held,
and told how years ago the plan Tor
farmer meetings, such as the present
one. and Summer School meetings had
been conceived by DR.. Geo. 7. Winston,
and how happy he was to be able TO
welcome them into a building now
i; ptXr of
the farmers of North Carolina.
Here Mr.. Patterson spoke of the
present prosperous condition of the
farmers and the good price being PAID
for the crops, and then dwelt for some
time upon the value of labor-SaVing
machinery, comparing the vast num-
Der of machines used in Iowa with
the small number in North Carolina
In this State, Mr.. Patterson, using
farmers, while in Iowa there are $780,
600 farmers, and both States being
about the same size, Iowa is entirely
cultivated in it's agricultural lands and
North Carolina about one-third, or
32 7-10 per cent. He showed that
Iowa used six times the horse power,
and that there the average yearly in
come of all the farmers, is $611, as
against $146 in North Carolina.
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needed in North Carolina is mores in
telligent labor, in order to use the ma
chinery, and there were two ways to
do this. either to get new laborerS, or
to educate those that we have. Here
he declared he would, however, rather
hold on to what we have taken to get
other labor and fly to perhaps dangers
we know not of. The speaker next
discussed the value of drainage to the
farmer and showed how progress was
made when this was done, citing city
life as an example. Next he urged
the value of increasing the attractions
OF home and social life in the coun-
try and presented the advantage of
this as builder up of a better life
on the farm.
Discussing the matter of crop sta
tistics, Mr.. Patterson said that those
who objected to these reports being
given should remember that the other
side-the buyers-did gather statistics
for their own use, and made use of
them. He said that in Washington
crop statistics of value were collected
and held that there was needed such
to be taken by law in North Carolina,
and in this connection referred to the
bill, providing for crop statistics which
he had favored in 1901. He asked
that the present meeting consider this
matter and aid him in getting such
bill passed.
Here Mr.. Patterson said the Legis-
lature had not voted money to put up
the Agricultural Building but had
said the Agricultural Department could
do so, and it had done so. He said he
was not here to blame the Legisla-
ture for what it had done, but asked
this body to petition the next Legisla-
ture to do away with the law requir-
ing the board to pay $4,000 a year
for running expenses at the college
end allow them to use their funds to
erect another building. There was
applause at this.
Then Mr. Patterson discussed the
feed stuff bill as passed by the last
Legislature, and said he was glad of
the part he had taken in having it
passed. Feed adulteration he held to
be a common thing, this done because
of competition. Here he talked of the
dangers of the boil weevil being
brought into the State in oats brought
from Texas.
Then in brief words Mr.. Patterson