The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-19


important one. and it will bring to-
eether the most representative body
Of real farmers, farmers who come IN
actual contact with the soil n VINO
do real work on the forms, that has
assembled in Raleigh in twenty years,
if not the greatest meeting of farmers
ever held in the history Of the State.
The North Carolina Farmers Union
is proving itself a genuine force for
the advancement of agricultural in
terests in North Carolina, and it is
putting itself behind measures which
go to aid in the development Of pro-
ductive and constructive forces in the
State. The men in il, the real farmers
Of North Carolina, are not merely
idealizing on theoretical things for the
advancement Of the interests Of the
farmers and Of the State, but they are
making Of themselves a concrete force
that is doing things. Seeking first to
find what is needed to develop farm
life, they get behind movements to ac-
complish these things and make prac-
teal application of them.
One of the strong movements of
the Farmers Union is that it has put
requires the teaching of elementary
agriculture in the public schools OF
the State, and to secure, as soon as
possible, the establishing of agricul-
tUral high schools in the counties
which show the greatest amount OF
interest in that kind of education. The
law of the State requires the teach
ing Of elementary agriculture in the
public schools, and the Farmers
Union trusts tina the law should be
obeyed.
The Farmers Union has as one of
it's great objects the preparation Of the
farmer boys of the State for industrial
life, and most fittingly the session this
year is to be held at the A. & NJ Col
lege, where farmers boys are being
educated and instructed to be active
factors in the advancement of agri-
cultural and industrial life, which are
now so rapidly extending throughout
the State. The farmer of today sees
the value of constructive education,
and he wants it to be extended. There
fore, the Farmers Union gives a solid
support to it.
The Farmers Union in North Caro-
lima is a growing force in the life of
the State, and one of the results of
the great meeting to be held in Raj
eigh on July 26 and q will be an add
ed impetus to the force which is
making the North Carolina Union the
greatest of all the State Unions. At
the meeting here, there Will be ad-
dresses by leading farmers of the
State, and among the men whom the
farmers will here with delight will be
Governor Kitchin, DR.. J. Y. Joyner,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, DR.. d, H. Hill, President of
the A. & NJ. College, Major w. A.
Graham, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, DR.. H. @. Alexander, the Presi-
dent of the Union, it's other officers
and members of the A. e M. faculty,
and of the force of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
1t Will be a great meeting and it is
expected that it will be productive OF
great results for the advancement of
North Carolina on lines of agriculture
and industrial progress. From every
section Of the State, farmers Will be
here to take part in the work that is
Of SO much importance to the devel-
opment of North Carolina, and there
Will be q genuine welcome extended to
the members of the Union by all the
people Of Raleigh, who will be de-
lighted to have as their guests this
great body of workers who are doing
so much to put North Carolina the
very first in rank among the States.