Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-03
7ues6ly Was Farmers Day
Goldsboro Thr0nged With the Best
YeOn1dnry In the World.
An Exhibition of Seed Corn That Would Do Credit To ANY
County of the Brag Corn States OF the West
Distinguished Visitors Make Fine
Talks To Farmers

Surely has there never before been
such gathering of Wayne county
farmers for purely farm purposes as
assembled in this city Tuesday to par
G.cipate in the seed-corn judging dem
onstlation, under the auspices of the
s}csti Carolina Agricultural Depart
u!ent. and if there had heretofore
re. II any doubt in the minds of Colds
Doro busi- ess m IN that the farmers
t Wayne county do not read The
fsIs surely that doubt vanished
forever when they beheld the great
concourse of Wayne county yeomanry
who had gathered at the call of this
paper, bringing corn with them, too
and such corn! Why, as gentleman
who has travelled much and is CONVEX
SAINT with farm life and farm prod
ucts in many states said in viewing
| the long tables of corn; that exhibit
| would do credit to any of the best
counties in the foremost corn-growing
states of the Union" This is but an
other evidence Of the proud fact that
North Carolina is equal to any call
made upon her-either in men or soil,
and the corn shown here today is CIV
up by the expert judges to be Just
as fine as the finest-thus proving that
Wayne county asks no odds of any cli-
mate, soil, or farmers in the world.
From an early hour that morning the
farmers from all sections of the coun-
ty 10 in,
they in number that they far exceeded
every expectation, and SO many of
them brought corn that the spacious,
long table-double sectioned into num-
erous apartments sufficient each to
lold 80 ears of corn, was soon mad
equate to the demand and additional
tables had to be provided; but event
ually all exhibits were conveniently
laced and placarded with the name
| f the farmer making it, and when
everything was in readiness; about IL
| O'Clock, the great crowd were invited
ITO the Court House, where the meet
ing was called to order by Col. Jos.
g. Robinson, chairman of the county
board of education, who after congrat-
ulating the great audience upon such
a magnificent showing for Wayne
county. both as to the splendid corn
Exhibit and the representative outpour-
| ing of farmers, introduced Maj. w. A
IGraham, State Commissioner of Agri-
culture, who was cordially received
and who for half hour discoursed
most entertainingly and instructively
and encouragingly on the possibilities
Of North Carolina in corn growing. He
is indeed a most enjoyable and intelli.
gent talker, and being himself a prac
tical and successful farmer, he speak:
from experience that is valuable, ant
we are sure his talk here today will
prove of inestimabIe value to th'
. farmers of Wayne county, resulting II
better work than ever before on thei
farms this year and bigger yields o
crops next fall than our county ha
ever known.
Il Maj. Graham was followed by Dl
D. III. Hill, president of the A. & N
: College, who from start to finish hel
the closest attention of his great audi
ence, and SO impressed and enthuse
> :, were they at his words, at his phile
sophical presentation of farm lif
farm possibilities, farm influence o
: character and destiny that we are SUI
every farmer in his audience wa
grateful that he is at the head of til
farmers school-the A. & M. College
and gratified that their sons who a
tend it have the privilege of sitting III
der the instruction of such man.
Tie next speaker was Mr.. T. B. Pa
: ker, of the Agricultural Departmer
= and our own countyman, whom ever
body here is proud of, and who
= himself one of the best farmers in tt
= State, as his fine farm Just beyond tt
river here proves. He talked mo
especially to the large class of bo
of this county-the fifty farmer bo
who have entered the State cor
= growing contest, and who were most
all present; yet every one present w
deeply interested in his demonstr
tions of seed and soil culture and ju
o would not let him stop, even when
had finished, which is the highest col
pliment that could have been paid
splendid discourse, especially sin
dinner had been announced.
Dinner was next in order. serv
"a free and abundantly, under the ats
as- ces of the Goldsboro Woman's Cllf
he and they were there to serve 1t. te
IN these glorious women OF tfoIdsbol
of And they tired not and ceased
Ted until every man and every child III
tz- great gathering of near two thouss
rst had been served and served suflicie
no. ly. And our farmer friends on
ON sides were generous in their exp
re- sion of appreciation and commer
ex- tion of what our women had done
them. And from the opening of