Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-11
NINTH FARMERS CONGRESS OPENS.
Biz Crowd on the Annual Visit TO Col
Iege-Work Of the Congress In
Full Blast.

Full Blast.
The Farmers Congress opened
at the A. and NJ. College yesterday
with President J. II. Connell Of
Dallas presiding. The attendance
at the opening session was about
five or six hundred, and the
crowd has since increased to prob
ably a thousand. The attendance
is not so large as last year, the
amount of free transportation
issued this year being considerably
Gu, down, but there is a working
crowd present aud the results will
probably be even more satisfactory
than If the meeting was again over
run.
The allied organizations compris-
ing the Congress are as follows:
South Texas Truck and Fruit
Growers Association, Texas State
Horticultural Society, Texas Nur-
serymen's Association, Texas
Swine Breeders Association, Tex
as Sheep and Goat Breeders Asso-
citation, Texas Division Southern
Cotton Association, Texas Alfalfa
Growers, Dairymen' Association,
Texas jersey Cattle Club, Farmer
Boys and Girls League, WomSn's
Industrial Association, Texas Bee
keepers Association, Texas Square
Bale Growers Association, Texas
Ginners Association, Texas Corn
lGrowers Association, Texas M,
Growers Association.
Following was the program for
yesterday sessions OF the con-
gress:
MORNING SESSION $50 O'CLOCK.
Points About Texas Bees-W.
II. Laws, Beeville.
Building and Operating Gamer
les in Texas-X. W. Morgan, Rule.
The New Texas Nursery Inspec.
ton LAVA. W. Orr, Austin.
Practical Nut Culture in the
Southwest-E. W. kirkpatrick,
Pres. National Nut Growers Asso-
citation. Mckinney.
The Boys and Girls of Texas
Master Rice Dennis, Milano.
Improvements Made in Texas
Cotton-Prof. r. l.. Bennett, Cot
ton Specialist A. and NJ. College,
College Station.
Texas Lands-F. W. thinner.
man. Amarillo.
Improvement Of Corn and Other
Grains by Breeding-Prof. A. NJ.
Ferguson, University Of Texas,
Austin.
Teaching Agriculture in City
Schools-S. A. Minear, San Anto-
MO.
Cream Separators for Small
Farms-G. f. Adams, Round
Rock.
Value Of Texas Feed Inspection
Law-Claud NJ. Pollard, Assistant
Attorney General, Austin.
The Texas Hog-Tom Frazier
Morgan.
Standard Forage Crops for Tex
as-Prof. +. 5. Johnston, professor
Of Agriculture, A. q NJ. College,
College Station.
Adjournment at II a. m.
Special and standing committees
held business sessions at this hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION. O'CLOCK
Independent sessions Of State
Organizations forming the Con.
gaess held meetings per their re.
spective programs.
Adjourned at 5 p. IN. for inspec-
ton Of college buildings and col.
lege grounds.
EVENING SESSIONS O'clock.
Formal opening of Congress,
Called to order by the president.
Invocation.
Appointment of committee on
credentials.
Address of Welcome-President
u. II. Harrington OF A. and NJ
College.
Response-Dr. J. II. Pope
Marshall, member general execu.
tive committee.
Annual address,. II. Connell
president Texas Farmers Congress
Dallas.
Report Of Secretary.Treasurer-
c. Hanson, Rookdale.
Report OF committees.
Announcements.
Adjournment.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
President Connell Of Dallas il
accompanied by Mrs. Connell ant
their neice, Miss Mary Connell o