The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-30
IN INTEREST OF FARMERS

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EXPERTS TALK AT THE EX-
PERTINENT FARM AND AT
SPEED.
Guests at the Farmers Institute,
held at the Experiment Farm, the
card inst, and at Speed the following
day, realized, if never before, that
Heavens blessings attend North caro-
lima. Representatives from the State
Department Of Agriculture at Raj
eigh, talented, conversant, and afa-
Bile impaired knowledge and informa-
ton that will brighten and broaden
life in the home and on the farm
Suffice it to say, the oftener these
visitors come to Edgecombe the bet
ter viii be the county for their COM
ing, and the sooner and the more
largely will Edgecombe share in the
progress Of the State.
It is nc small thing to have edu-
cation brought to one, and glad ought
we to be that the day has at last
arrived when knowledge is carried to
the hunblest dwelling in the most Sc
Guided corner of the most rural dis
trict. The burden Of is on
the individual to elevate and advance
tIIS otIlASllSaIAp VI lhC in
North State"
It was gratifying to see present not
only grandchildren but grandparents,
the latter implying by their attend
ance that no matter what might have
been their deficiencies in youth, OPP
portunity was not altogether denied
them.
Real science was taught at these
meetings, the results Of technical
studysin the laboratory, which ii called
by an academic name, would have APP
palled the listeners. But simplicity Of
delivery, elucidated problems and
proved that science is fundamentally
simple, and that it is science, it's prin-
cipIes and its ideas that guides life.
To know ourselves, to know h soil
of Gods earth, to know the air and
the animate existence therein is to
learn and practice altruism and pa
triotism.
Those who attended the first insti-
tutes held in Edgecombe several years
ago must note with qualification
marked Improvement in the interest
shown and in the benefits derived.
Practical knowledge that cannot reach
our people in any other way is now
given them. At first, theory. c%onjec-
ture. and speculation were the sources
Of this knowledge but after seven
years test at the Experiment Farm IN
Edgecombe scientific facts and data,
are s~ubstantiated by experience for
application, as was evidenced by DR..
kilgOre's excellent demonstration at
Speed and at the Test Farm. And it
is most satisfying to mark how readily
these ideas are accepted and applied
to our soil, as can be seen even on q
pleasure drive through our county
roads. advantageOusly appreciated in
increased production, and also evil
denced in intelligent questions asked
bV farmers at these sessions.
What these able speakers tell In
public they publish in pam phletS and
monthly bulletins that can be had
free Of charge, if only the address is
sent to the Agricultural Department
in Raleigh.
HUT, president of Wake County Anti
Tuberculosis Association, and by Mrs.
Hollowell, Of Goldsboro, president of
the North Carolina Association for
the Betterment of Schools. were espe-
cially Instructive. Talks to mothers
and housekeepers included useful in
formation on the danger Of the house
fly in disseminating disease, how to
recognize the type of mosquito that
carries Malaria, how impure milk
causes typhoid, the symptoms OF the
.hookworm and how it weakens the
system for the reception Of consump-
ton, also the care Of the body suffer
ing with tuberculosis, the DerniciouS-
ness of the ubiquitous patent medi-
cines, and helpful instructions regard
ing preparation of simple n~ourishing
diet, consisting of eggs, steak, bread
and vegetables. In fact, our heads
were crammed 50 full of wit and
knowledge We were converted to the
folly Of the purely poetical idea that
where ignorance is bliss, tbs folly to
be WISE and we were convinced that
knowledge is power"
Mrs. Hollowell instructed n1others
in the discipline and care of children
and supplem tented her popular re-
marks with a general talk to the men
as we'll as the women on the value
Of the Farmers Institute.
The following partial program in
terested the men:
Soil Fertility, by DR.. Kilgore.
Improvement of Live Stock, by DR..
Chrisman.
Legumes, Mr.. T. 3. Parker.
Gardening; Canning Fruit and
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