The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
ANNUAL MEETING OF AME RlCAN
ASSOCIATION OF FARMERS IN
STITUTE WORKERS.

ANNUAL MEETING OF AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF FARMERS IN
sTlTuTE WORKERS.
The fifteenth annual meeting Of the
Americana Association OF Farmers In
stitute Workers was held in Washing.
ton, d. c., November IA to 16. 1910.
The delegates registered represented
thirty-seven States, the District OF Co
lumbia, and three of the provinces OF
Canada. Reports presented from thir-
ty-two states and territories of the
United States and from five Of the Ca
madam provinces give the total number
Of sessions of regular institutes held
during the veal ended June 80, 1910,
as 20,956, with an attendance Of 1885,
S17.
The president, in his annual ad.
dress, summarized the work of the
Farmers Institutes as having three
general purposes: ~ increasing pro-
duction; (2) securing better home and
community life in the rural districts;
and (3) a ~lessening Of the all too-wide
margin that now exists between the
prices received by the producer and
those paid by the consumer. He stated
that the farmers share of the consum-
ers' dollar was about thirty-five cents,
consequently the increased cost of liv-
Eng is not due to the high prices paid
the farmer; that the remedy is to
bring the producer and the consumer
near enough together to shake hands.
As a to this, organization and
cooperation were emphasized.
The program continued through two
days. 1t was made up of general ses-
sions, a women's session, and a ses-
sion for the consideration of institutes
for young people. Secretary Wilson,
Assistant Secretary Hays, and DR.. A.
C. True, of the National Department
of Agriculture, delivered addresses, as
did also Honorable C. C. James. Dep
uty Minister for Ontario. and DR.. G.
C. Creelman, president of the Ontario
Agricultural College at Guelph.
The following recommendations re-
ported by the committee on resolu-
lions were adopted by the association:
1. We recommend that the several
directors of farmers Institutes, men,
bers OF this association, make the ex-
pertinent within the next year of hold
fng some institutes for young men be-
tween the ages of IA and IS, and also
Institutes for young women between
the same ages, and that those so do
ting be requested to report success or
failure at once to our institute special
fist, Prof. John Hamilton.
2. We heartily endorse the idea of
employing experts by the yea to give
personal instruction and demonstra-
tons, organize farm clubs, etc.
3. We recommend that greater con-
sideration be given in our institutes to
subjects relating to home life, either
by special women's meetings or in the
general sessions. That We especially
commend the excellent papers and
discussions by the ladies on the SUBJ
ject of women's institutes.
4. We beg to submit to the consid-
GRAFTON of the Honorable the Secretary
of Agriculture, the very great impor-
lance of a large appropriation for the
FARMERS Institute WOTk IN the De
partment of Agriculture. In our opin.
ion, a sun of not less than $50, 900
could be used annually to the great ad-
vantage Of this work.
5. We desire to recommend the en-
actment of legislation whereby the
federal government shall appropriate
for each state and province for agri-
cultural extension work a sum equal
to that appropriated for experiment
and research.
G.. We recommend that congress be
memorialized to grant the franking
privilege for all agricultural extension
mailing.
Z. We recommend that legislation
be enacted whereby the federal gov.
eminent aid in the building Of public
roads.
8. We beg to submit to the consid'
Grafton Of the director Of experiment
stations the desirability Of offering In
the annual graduate school a course OIL
instruction in institute and other forms
of exten sion work.
WILT-RESiSTANT VARIETIES or
COTTON.
The United States Department o