The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-07
TWENTY NINTH SESSION
Over 1000 Delegates Expected
to Attend National Farmers
Convention
Conference Yesterday Regarding
Great Annual Meeting to be Held
in Raleigh, November 3-S-Many
Prominent observation-disclosures Ex-
pected From West and Northwest
Great Time Promised.

Great Time Promised.
Yesterday Col. Benehan Cameron
the president, and DR.. George NJ
Whitaker, the secretary Of the Farm
ers National Congress, were here ano
had a conference regarding the great
annual meeting which is to be held
in Raleigh, November 3rd to Sth. DR.
Whitaker is in charge Of that part OF
the work of the dairy division, and OF
the bureau Of animal industry Of the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment which conducts Investigations OF
milk sold on the markets.
This will be the twenty-ninth annual
meeting Of the Congress, and the
fifth held in the South. Usually thirty
States are represented and the num-
Der of delegates registered Is around
$50, but at last years session there
were over LOG at Madison, Wiscon-
sin, and the. average at the last three
meetings has been over a thousand.
Many wives and daughters attend
these meetings. Last yea Taft, Bry-
an and J. J. Hill, the noted railway
president Of the west. were among the
speakers.
The largest attendance is confidently
hooked for at the meeting at Raleigh.
The governors Of many States have
appointed delegates, and large delega-
tons will come Oh special cars from
the great Western States and even
from the far northwest, and it is said
that SO many delegates will come from
Oklahoma that a special train will be
necessary to transport them.
President Cameron is notified of the
appointment of delegates and their
coming from Montana. Kansas. Ar
kansas, illinois, Georgia, Ohio, Ala
bama, West Virginia., Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Florida, Minnesota, Virginia
and New Mexico. He had letters
from the vice-presidents residing in
those States, telling him to Loo out
for a strong delegation. President
Cameron says Governors from five
States will be here. Governor Kitchin
is to make a speech Of welcome.
Among the speakers may be named
E. A. Alderman. f. p. Venable, D.. II.
Hill, Hon. Walter Clark, William A.
Graham, Joseph Hyde Pratt, w. Z.
Massey, John H. Small. DR.. S. A.
Knapp, Gilbert Pearson and Clarence
H. Poe. OF course. there are many
other yet the most important thing
is not the speeches., but the confer
ences and the resolutions adopted.
United States Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wilson is expected
The session of the Congress will be
held in Pullen Auditorium at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
which is admirably located for this
pIIrpose and the entire working staffs
here of this college, and of the United
States and other State departments of
agriculture on duty here will be avail
able. President Hill of Ink college,
is cooperating very fully in the plan
Of the meeting and is to deliver one
of the former addresses. While here
the delegates from the West and North
Will get an opportunity to see the
growth, handling, picking of cotton in
all it's forms. and can also see the
experiment farms and many other
things Of which there will be quite
a great deal of interest.
The complete program of speakers,
subjects, etc, will be announced later.
President Cameron and Secretary
Whitaker are taking up with the rail
ways questions of transportation and
the Big Four Railway advises them
that it will operate a special train from
Chicago to handle delegates. From
some points the delegations are large
enough to fill a Pullman car which
will leave for Raleigh and one coun-
ty in Wisconsin will thus fill a car.