The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29
TWO CONVENTIONS
HELD THIS WEEK
Sessions at the A. & Nj.
College, Bsgi ming
This Morning
MANY TOPICS Of INTEREST

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State Farmers Convention and WO-
mans Farm-Life Convention to Be
Held in Raleigh, the Sessions TO
Begin Tuesday Morning OF This
Week and Last Through Thursday
-AfternoOn-Large Delegations Ex-
Observation-Disclosures Speakers to
Deal With Topics of Interest-Pro-
grams.
There Will be two conventions in
Raleigh this week: The State Farm
ers' Convention and the Woman.s
Farm-Life Convention, the sessions
of both to be held at the North Car
DINA Agricultural and Mechanical
College, beginning Tuesday and last
ing through Thursday afternoon. In
attendance there will be a large num-
Der Of leading farmers, who will come
from all portions of the State, and
many women who are interested in
farm life and are seeking to make
the farm-home an ideal place, adj
vancing improved by which
this can be accomplished.
At both conventions there will be
n;tny distinguished speakers who viii
deal wit htopics of interest to all in
attendance. The full programs ar
given below:
STATE FARMERS CONVENTION
Tuesday, August 30. 1911.
1899 a. m.-Addresses of Welcome,
Governor w. w. kltchin, Commits
sioner w. A. Graham, President d
H. Hill.
11:O9 a. m.-Address. Clarence H
Poe, Editor Progressive Farmer.
HAS a. m.-The Farmers Balanc
Sheet With His Soil. B.. w. kilgore
State Chemist. Discussion.
1890 p. m.-Dinner.
2:00 p. m.-Tobacco Curing. E
G. Moss, Z. S. Department of Agricul
ture. Discussion.
2:45 p. m.-Farm Seeds, Pure and
Adulterated. Miss O. 1. Tillman
State Department Of Agriculture
Discussion.
$50 p. m.-Tile Drainage. A. C
ture. Discussion.
Ais p. m.-Denlonstration Of Va
rious Kinds Of Plows.
7:3O p. m.-Annual Address by
President Of the Convention. Frank
Shields, Scotland Neck, n. c.
SIS p. m.-Cotton Standardization.
d. T. Earle, u. s. Department Of Agri-
culture.
Wednesday, August 80, 1911
$40 a. m.-Stock Judging-Horses.
Prof. j. c. McNutt.
1915 a. m.-My Experience with
Hogs. w. H. Merriman, of Illinois.
Discussion.
Her Island Home. w. H. Caldwell,
Secretary American Guernsey Club.
Discussion.
1900 a. m.-The Feeding of Farm
Animals. j. c. McNutt. of Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College. Dis
1880 p. m.-Dinner.
loo p. m.-Auction Sale of Fifty
P~ure-bred Berkshire Hogs. By n. G.
Berkshire Breeders Association.
7:3O p. inflow l Raised LAG
Bushels of Corn. Ernest starnes,
Hickory, N. c.
7:45 Pr m.-Song-"The Corn Il
Boys" Mrs. Charles McKimmon.
500 p. m.-Boys' and Girls Clubs
in the South G~lustrated). o. B.
Martin, Washington, D. c.
900 p. m.-Business Meeting State
Live Stock Association.
$50 ?. m.-Business Meeting Of the
North Carolina Berkshire Breeders
Association.
Thursday. August 81, 1911.
$40 a. m.-Stock Judging-Cattle.
Prof. j. G. McNutt
1918 4. m.-Handling of Sandy
Land. A. NJ. S~winnerton. Manager
Pinehurst Farm. Discussion.
1915 a. m.-ReSults of the Demon
stration Work c. r. Hudson. State
Agent. Discussion.
1880 a. m.-Co-operative Market
ing in Catawba County. w. j. Shu-
ford. Discussion.
,12:15 p. m.-Business Meeting OF
the Convention.
1880 D. m.-Dinner.