Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,
/ Thirty-Third Annual 1Teetings

State Board of Agriculture will be held IL
the State House, Trenton, on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, January II, 18 and
| 19, next. The first session will open al
1890 a. M, the second at 2 p. M, and the
third at 7.15. The second and third days
the sessions will open at $50 m. The
other sessions will begin at the same hours
as on the opening day.
The business Of the first session will be
principally routine, ,and will include calling
the roll Of delegates, reading the minutes,
announcing committees on credentials,
resolutions and treasurer's s account; reports
T Of the executive committee, report Of the
State Grange, the treasurers and discussion
thereon.
At the afternoon session the report OF the
Commissioners on tuberculosis in animals
and other committees will be received, and
committee Of twenty-one appointed on
nomination OF officers for the ensuing year,
also, the annual address Of President voor-
hees.
Also the following topics will. be dis
cussed
'sThe Elements Of Success, by Prof. 81.
A. Surface, Economic Zoologist, Pennsyl-
vania State Board Of Agriculture.
Natural Physics in Relation 70 the Laws
ard Nature Of lightning, by Prof West
T,r.5 ~ AF.;wae Toxuo ;II,rcfrafod hv
clouds and lightning flashes.
Wednesday evening State Geologist DR..
Henry B. Kunniel will discuss the s'Pur-
pose and Work Of the New jersey State
Forestry Commission and DR.. John B.
Smith Will tell Of "a Years Experience
With Insects and Insecticides"
I Thursday-At the first session, The
Cow as a Country Maker, Z will be
the topic, Prof. G. NJ. Gowell, Agricultural
Experiment Station, Orono, Maine, followed
Iby 1.-THE Common Diseases Of the Dairy
Cow: How Can the Farmer Best Prevent
Them and How Treat Them ~ BY pr. G.
D. Smead, Logan, New York.
AS the afternoon session Governor E. G.
Stokes will preside and make an address,
after which Agricultural Education"
will be discussed by DR.. Liberty r. Bailey,
Dean Of Cornell University, Ithaca, n X
ssThe farmer as a Citizen, = will be the
theme Of an address BY Jesse H. Holmes,
Swarthmore, Pa.
The Friday evening session will be held
in the Auditorium of the State Normal
School, when Birds and Insects win be
the topic Of Prof. H. A. Surface, Economic
Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa. This lecture
will be richly illustrated with colorcd
stereopticon slides.
There will be one session on Friday,
opening at 9.30] and closing at 1896
After unfinished business, Prof. G. M.
Cowell will present Some Poultry Ones
tions'' followed BY optional questions for
discussion.
All reports and addresses named in the
program are open for discussion, as we'll as
other subjects relating to the interest Of
agriculture, regularly introduced, as time
permits.
All members Of Agricultural or Horti-
cultural Associations are members Of this
Board, and have power to take part in the
discussions, offer resolutions, vote on all
questions and hold Office.
All resolutions should be put in writing
and two copies furnished.
a large attendance Of farmers throughout
the State is respectfully urged
A general inyitation is extended to al
interested in the questions presented, or il
the advancement Of agriculture, to b
present.