Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-13
Farmers TO be Guests Of
Chamber Saturday.
TALKS BY SEVEN. EXPERTS
Program Il Complete and Indications
Are That Meeting viii be Most
Successful of Its Kind Ever Held
In This Section.

All arrangements for the second
annual agricultural session of the
Chamber of Commerce at the Olym-
pic theater Saturday morning at $3.50
o'clock have been completed by the
committee in charge and all indica-
tons point to the biggest and best
meeting of its kind yet held In this
section of Virginia. The session has
been advertised throughout Warwick,
Elizabeth City, York. James City.
Nansemond AID Isle of Wight coun-
ties and the committee expects n big
attendance of farmers from those
counties.
Seven farming. poultry raising and
hog raising experts are TO give the
farmers practical talks on various
subjects and nearly all of the speak
ers will make demonstrations to the
audience. Besides these talks, an
OPEN discussion will be held and all
OF the farmers present who care to
do so will be given an opportunity TO
give their ideas on the various sub
iects. Among the speakers will be
four experts from the United States
department Of agriculture, one from
the State department OF agriculture,
one from the Hampton Normal G. Ag-
ricultural Institute and the State
veterinarian, DR. J. c. Farneyhough.
After the session closes. the visi-
tors and their families will be the
guests of the Chamber of Commerce
at luncheon at the Commercial ho-
tel. Following the luncheon the visi-
tors will have time to make whatever
purchases they desire from the local
merchants before beginning the return
journey to their homes.
Drainage Expert Here Today.
George W. Warren, drainage en-
gineer of the bureau of drainage.
United States department of agricul-
ture, will arrive here this morning
from Washington to make a survey
of the swamp lands il Warwick and
Elizabeth City counties just north of
this city. 1t is proposed to drain this
land and convert it into trucking
farms and Mr. Warren will make a
surrey of it, compute the probable
costs of the different methods of
drainage suggested and give the re-
suit of his work in an address before
the agricultural session Saturday.
Upon his arrival here. Mr. Warren
will be met by President. s. Otis
Bland and former President w. Lee
Powell. of the Chamber of Commerce,
and they will accompany him on his
first trip of inspection over the swamp
lands today. ~
Program for Session.
Following is the complete program
for the agricultural sess lion:
$50 d. m.-Address, "Poultry"-C.
X. Graham. director of agriculture.
Hampton Normal & Agricultural IN
stitute.
10 q. m-Address. winter Trucks"
Prof. T. C. Johnson. chief OF truck
ing experiment station, Norfolk coun-
ty.
1920 a. m.-Address. Drainage
George W. Warren. drainage engi-
neer, bureau OF drainage. United
States department OF agriculture.
IL a. m.-Addrcss, Pure Bred Cat
tie AMI Hogs"-Dr. J. G. Ferney-
hough. State veterinarian.
1880 a. m.-Address, Corn Rails
ing"LT. o. Sandy. State agent. bu-
reau of plant industry, United States
department OF agriculture.
IL n-Address. with demonssra-
tions ny O. L. Goodrich, agric i'turist
TO United States department o. s2si-
cpl ire.
100 p. m.-Address. Farm Man
agement-'-D. A. Brodie. chief Of tu-
reau of farm management, United
States department OF agriculture.
1870 y. m.-Miscelleanous talks
At the conclusion of the program
tho e,,ocfc will ratiro IN fha Commer-