The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-24
THE FARMERS BIG
WEEK IN RALEIGH
State Convention Begins
Its Session Tuesday
WORK FOR THE WOMEN

For Four Days The North Carolina
Farmers State Convention Will Be
In Session at the A. and NJ. College,
and There Will be Addresses by
With Sessions Also of Woman's De-
partment.
This week is to be a big one for the
farmers of North Carolina, and for the
wives of the farmers, as the North
Carolina Farmers State Convention is
to hOld a session of four days, the
Woman's Department to be in session
also for FOUR days.
This is the annual meeting and it
will be held in Raleigh, beginning on
Tuesday Of this week at the A. and M.
College. The meeting is held under
the supervision Of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. It has assumed
the proportions and character Of a
State Farmers Institute, the climax
and epitome of the county institutes
that the Department conducts
throughout the State. All the officers
of the convention are farmers and
the meeting is peculiarly their own,
the Department of Agriculture giving
it all the encouragement and assist
ance possible.
An interesting program has been
prepared, and it is expected that hum
dreds of farmers will be in the city
at that time. They will be met by a
reception committee, of which Mr.. w.
c. Etheridge is the chairman. The
delegates who so prefer Will be assist
ed in securing satisfactory accOmmo-
datiOn, while those who wish TO room
at the College will be escorted there
and provided with rooms free and
meals at cost.
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 from
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Boykins
and Danville, Va. Tickets were put on
sale August goth.
The sessions of the past have been
of great success and the indications
are that the convention this year will
exceed in interest those of the past. In
addition to the work and addresses for
the m there is also a woman's
department of work and the sessions
for the women will be Of great value.
Men who are prominent as agricul-
tural workers and speakers will be
heard at the sessions, and there will
be many practical discussions. The
women who are to take part in the
program Of the Woman's department
have studied conditions and they will
present matters of practical value.
The exercises begin on Tuesday at
the A. and M. College at II o'clock.
The address of welcome to the con-
~vention will be made by Maj. w. A.
Graham, Commissioner Of Agriculture.
In the Woman's Department the adj
dress of welcome will be made by
Mrs. Josephus Daniels on behalf OF
the women of Raleigh, and by Mrs.
T. P. Jerman on behalf of the Raleigh
Woman's Club. The response will b.
by Mrs. r. r. Gotten, of Cottendale.
The Program OF the Meetings.
The. program of the meetings shows
that the week will be one of practical
value to the farming interests of the
State, and that the addresses will be
made by men who know from prac-
teal experience what is the best thing
to advise. The program Of the
events of the various a " is as fol-
lows:
Tuesday, August "a.
1900 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 o. m.-Reclaiming Soil, Mr.. r.
w. Scott, AlaYnance County.
Discussion by Mr.. J. P. Wyatt, Wake
County.
The Crime of Gul1eying, Prof. c. L.
Newman, A. and M. College.
Discussion by Mr.. r. w. Pou, Ire
dell County
Crop Varieties and Soil Types, Mr.:
J. L. Burgess, State Department OF
Agriculture.
Soil Preservation, Mr.. E. S. Miller,
managing editor Progressive Farmer.
General Discussion.
500 p. m.-Progress in AgriculturaI
Education, President u. II. Hill, a..
and M. College.
Agriculture's Debt to Science, Clan
tern L~ecture), DR.. f.. L. Stevens. A.
n M. College.
Wednesday, August 25.
$50 to 1000 a. m.-LlVe stock
Judging:
Cattle, Prof. John Michels