The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
To FIGHT AGAINST
THE BOIL WEEv|L
State Quarantines Against
Infected States
FOR BOYS CORN CONTEST

VII DOlO OOIEtv LII /
state Board of Agriculture in Session
Here Determines For a Time tc
Hold Up on Establishing Tobacco
Test Farms and Arranges Flo,
Some Progressive Work to BE
Done by the Department.
The State Board Of Agriculture ad-
journed Friday after having been ir
session here for the past three DAYS
taking up the work of the past six
months and laying plans for the in
.erests Of agriculture.
The budget for the coming six
months was liked as $6S,000 in place
of the $4,000 of the past six months
The increase is for the additiona'
feed chemical, serum to be brought
in the matter of vaccination of hogs
farmers institute, increased worl
which increased so per cent over 8
year ago. The premium for the Boys
Corn Club contests.
In this matter of the Boys Corr
Club Contests the Board has appro-
priated $500 for the entire State
which will be divided into ten gen
eral districts, the counties of which
compare as nearly as possible in gen.
eral soil and climatic conditions. II
each OF these districts the boy win
ming first prize get $500, second
prize $500 and third prize $1,000
Great interest is shown in the work
and the United States government
has appointed a special man to &C
OF with the work of the Boys Corr
Club Contests.
In quarantining the State against
the boil weevil the Board too pre-
cautious to keep that from
the farmers of this State. The regu.
lations adopted to prevent the intro
duction of the boil WeeVil which were
adopted forbid the importation int
North Carolina of cotton seed, cotton
seed hu1ls, loose cotton in any shape
and baled cotton unless it is com
pressed, this importation being for,
hidden from Arkansas. Louisiana
Texas. Mississippi and Alabama.
The Board appointed q Test Farm
Committee. which is to direct the
york on the test farms and see tha,
full reports on every line of work
don is made to the department, anG
that work is conducted along such
lines as will be most advantageous
to the farmers OF the State. On this
committee there was appointed
Messrs. William Dunn, of New Bern;
A T. McCallum, Of Red Springs, AND
r. w. Scott, of Melville, with Com
hlSSiOlltJ Ol agriculture w. N. OIIi-
ham as chairman eX-OtficiO.
The veterinary department of the
Department of Agriculture was au.
thOrized to undertake the manufac-
ture Of serum to use for the proven
ton Of hog cholera.
An additional chemist was allowed
in the feed department, and his at.
tention will be devoted principally de
voted to the analyses of continental
foods, stock and fertilizing medicines.
The Commissioner was directed tc
correspond with the various com
panies manufacturing fertilizers solo
in his State requesting that as fa1
IS could be done, without interfering
with their business. that they reduce
q number of brands which contain
identically the same constituents, as
these multiple brands cause the de-
partment to collect and ~analyZe many
samples tina are identically the same
The matter Of conducting a to-
bacco test farm in the bright tobacco
belt section was postponed for the
present because of the lack of funds
available for this to make
q purchase.
1t was determined that the pre-
miums for the various fairs ext fal
be allowed to be awarded by h va
riOus fair associations, but that each
list of awards before being published
shall be approved by the Commission
shall be approved by the Com
missioner of Agriculture.
The board directed that several new
cases for exhibits be purchased for
the State Museum and the Hall of His
tory.
The board placed itself on record
as desiring to improve the breed OF
horses in North Carolina and voted
that il funds We're III available
to take practical steps looking to this
end with regard at first to the east
avn farms.
Trouble OuSted.
When 2 sufferer from stomach tTou-
BILE takes Dr.. Kings New Life Pllls