The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
INSTITUTES FOR FARMERS
WORK WILL START THIS WEEK
PROMINENT MEN AND NO
MEN To TAKE PART.

each year by the armer and country
people III general of the State from
the work of the Farmers Institute and
Women's Institute held by the State
Department of Agriculture in co-ope-
ration Farmers Institutes of the
various counties throughout North
Carolina.
This work for the present year be-
gan last Tuesday. 1t Will be carried
on by many of the leading agricultural
men of the State these being divided
INTO five different parties known as
s {he East RX,iuaS So ans nsbo spSth RaiI.
way parties. These parties will travel
over the entire State holding meet
ings at about one hundred and sixty
different towns. The Institute work
IS carried out by both men and wo-
men. Lectures on practical farming
are given by the men. While the wo-
men speak on domestic cience, Civ
ing practical demonstrations on all
the various phases of home work
done by the women Of the State.
These parties will travel in two spe-
cal cars. both of which are equipped
especially for the work.
The car used by the men Of the par
ties carries q number Of the latest and
most improved farm implements.
which will be exhibited at all points
where the Institutes are to BE- held
The various uses to which these i'm
plements are adapted to will be fully
explained, they being 50 arranged as
to be taken from the cars.
The car used by the women will
be of the greatest interest to the wives
and daughters Of the farmers through
out the State. A humble of the
seats of this car have been removed
and in the space thus secured Il model
kitchin, complete in every way, has
been arranged. This kitchen, though
lacking in no detail, is not an eX-
pensive one. but is one that could
be afforded by the average farm
house in the State. 1t contains a
kitchen cabinet, an ice chest, q sink,
a table. a blue flame oil stove. an
alcohol stove fc- denatured alcohol
and two f~ireiess cookers, besides hav-
mg all the other various accessories
that go to MAKE up the modern kitch-
en-. Practical demonstrations in cook
ing will be gwen by the ladies il
charge Of this car, the seats in he
rear being used by those who will
witness these demonstrations.
Some of the prominent men and
women who will leave Raleigh to help
in this work, which VII continue
until the latter part Of August, are:
Messrs. Franklin Sherman. w. n.
HUT, G. A. Roberts. F. G. Reimer, G.
L. Newman. J. Michels, J.. s. jeffrey;
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The dates INC places follow:
Southern PARTY. l.. Burgess in
Charge.
Institutes conducted by Messrs. Bur
CESS, Chrisman, Browne.
Tuesday, July 2O-Raeford.
Wednesday, July 21-Star.
Thursday, July 22-Elise-
Friday, July 23-Mt. Gilead.
Saturday, July 24-Ashboro.
Monday, July 26-Denton.
Tuesday, July 27-Thomasville.
Wednesday, July 2S-China Grove.
Thursday, July 29-Albemarle.
Friday, July 30-Salisbury.
Saturday,, July 31-Concord.
Monday, August Mt. Pleasant.
Institutes conducted by Messrs. Bur
CESS, Michels, Wilder.
Tuesday. August 3-Sharon.
Wednesday, August 4-Capps School
House.
Thursday, August 5-Dallas.
Friday. August 6-Bess' Chapel.
Saturday, August Caesar.
Monday. August 9-Columbus.
Tuesday. August 10-Brevard
Thursday, August chichester.
Friday. August 13-Marshall.
Saturday, August 14-Mars Hill.
Monday, August 16-Burns7ille.
Tuesday, August 17-Bakersville.
Wednesday, August 1S-Spruce Pine
Eastern Parts-Frankiin Sherman,
Jr.. in Charge.
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
Sherman. Williams. DR.. McLendon.
Wednesday,, July 21-Rich Square.
Thursday, July 22-Scotland Neck.
Friday, July 23-Conetoe.
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
Sherman, Petree, McLendon.
Saturday, July 24-Nashville.
Monday, July 26-Whitakers.
Tuesday. July 27-Test Farm.
Wednesday. July 2S-Greenvilte.
Thursday, July 29-Washington.
Friday. July 30-Grimesland.
Saturday, July ,31-Grimesley's
Church.
Monday. August Wilson.
Tuesday, August 3-Stanhope High
school.
yro9,oc3ay AUGUST . L~,o1r