The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
State Convention in Raj
eigh Aug. 24-27
SESSION OF FOUR DAYS

College-Prominent Agricultural
Workers and Speakers On the Pro-
gram-Accommodations at the Col
lege.
The North Carolina Farmers State
Convention will meet in Raleigh next
Tuesday morning, August oath, and
be in session four days. Since his
annual meeting of the farmers has
been the supervision Of the
State Department Of Agriculture it
has assumed the proportions and
character of. a State Insti-
1ute, the climax and epitOme Of the
county Institutes that the Department
conducts throughout the State. But
the officers of the convention are farm
ers and the meeting is peculiarly their
own. the Department of Agriculture
giving it all the encouragement and
assistance possible
The sessions will be held at A. and
NJ. College, and those intending to
room in the college should notify Mr..
Z. b. Owen, West Raleigh, when they
will arrive. A reception committee
will meet all trains at the depot.
A rate Of one and one-half fare
plus fifty cents has been granted for
the convention The rates will apply
to all points in North Carolina and
1rom Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk,
Boyklns and Danvi1le, Va Tickets
will be on sale August 20.
The program is as follows:
Tuesday, August "a.
HOO a. m.-Address of Welcome
by Major w. A. Graham, State Com
missioner of Agriculture.
Annual address by the president Of
the Convention
2:15 p. m.-Reclairning Soil, Mr.. r.
w. Scott, Alamance County.
T,~n,,er.o~ ~ NJ r d IHTxy~4A -.
County.
The Crime Of Gulleying, Prof. G. L.
Newman, A. and M. College.
Discussion by Mr.. r. w. Pou, Ire
dell County.
Crop Varieties and Soil Types, Mr.. ].
L. Burgess, State Department Of Agri-
culture
Soil Preservation. Mr.. E. E. Miller,
managing editor Progressive Farmer.
General Discussion.
500 p. m.-Progress in Agricultural
Education, President D. H Hill. A and
M. College.
Agriculture's Debt to Science, (Lan-
tern Lecturer DIR. F. L. Stevens, A. and
M College.
Wednesday,, August 25.
7:3O to 1000 a. m.-Live stock
Judging:
Cattle, Prof. John Michels.
Horses, DR.. w. G.. Chrisman.
Hogs, Prof. r. S. Curtis.
Poultry, Prof. J. S. Jeffrey.
1000 a. m--How to Make Two
Bales of Cotton to the Acre. Mr.. w.
"A. Simpkins, Wake County.
Discussion by Mr.. T. J.. w. Broome,
Union County.
What Shall the Farmer Do With
His Cotton Seed? State Chemist B.
w. Kilgore, State Department Of Agri-
culture.
Discussion by Mr.. w. D. Troutman.
Iredell County.
Peanuts as a Farm Crop, Supt. T. e.
Browne, Hartford County.
Discussion by Mr.. Thomas w.
Blount, Washington County.
2:15 p. m--Doubling the Corn
Yield, Mr.. c.. r. Hudson, State Dem
onstration Agent
Discussion by Mr.. John F. Latham,
Beaufort County.
Insects Injurious to Corn, Prof. r.
l. Smith. A. and M. College and Elk
pertinent Station.
Preparation Of Land for Corn. Mr..
B. S. Skinner, superintendent College
Farm.
Discussion by Mr.. J. D. Seasons,
Cumberland County.
General Discussion by all Corn
Growers.
500 D.. m.-The Importance of Edu-
cation in Agriculture, Mr.. f. S. White,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Rock
Island and Frisco Lines, ST. Louis, Mo.
Farm Methods, DR.. S. A. Knapp, O..
s Department of Agriculture.
thursday, August &c.
=. 0 t. $50 a. m.-Dairy emo
stTa in ct College Dairy.
$50 a. m.-Dairy Development in
North Carolina, Mr.. J.. A. Conover,
State Department of Agriculture.
Discussion by Mr.. w. w. Finley,
Wilkes County.
Economical Feeding Of Dairy Cattle.
Prof. John Michels, A. and M. College
and Experiment Station.
Necessity Of Good Farm Equipment,