The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26

of Agriculture and the Board Of
Trustees OF A. and NJ. College in
Session Adopt Recommendation as
20 Various Departments of Work
Which is to Be Done Separately
and in Cooperation.
With the purpose Of arranging for
correlation so as to avoid any dupli-
cation Of work between the "A. and
M. College and the Department of
Agriculture, there was in session here
last Tuesday a joint commit
tee. appointed by the boards
of the college and of the
department. This committee rep
resented the two boards in their
action, and the result was the taking
of a most important step for the
"marriage' Of the college and the de-
partment, the report of the committee
for correlation being a unanimous
one. s.
The meeting Of this joint committee
followed various conferences Of the
two boards which resulted in the
appointment Of the committee. The
sessions were held at the Department
OF Agriculture, the members of the
committee from the Department Of
Agriculture being Messrs. A. T. Nc
Callum, Of Red Springs; r. w. Scott,
of Grahnl; 1. H. Kearney, OF Franklin
ton; w. j. Shuford, Of Hickory, and
Commissioner Of Agriculture W. A.
Graham, and from the Board OF Trus-
tees of the A. and NJ. College Messrs.
Q. I. Clark, of Clarkton; w. III. Raglan.
OF High Point; G. w. Gold. Of Raleigh.
and John O.. Ellington, Of Fayetteville.
Mr.. O.. l.. Clark was made chairman
and Mr.. Charles w. Gold secretary.
The chairman of the committee on
recommendations is President d. H.
Hill, Of the A. and M. College.
h evident purpose Of the last Leg
t~slature was shown in the appoint
ment Of a legislative committee,
resulting from a discussion Of the bill
bill introduced by Hon. w. c. Dowd,
Speaker of the House, which bill look
ed toward acloser union Of the work Of
the Agricultural Department Of the
State and the A. and M. College. In
the opinion Of many people of the
State there has been "a duplication Of
the work Of these two departments.
The United States through the
North Carolina Experiment Station.
annually spends $4,000 in expert
mental work. Several years G the
State Department of Agriculture es-
tablished a sub-department which did
work along the same lines. That this
work lone by both institutions has
been valuable to the OF the
State, goes without question, but the
criticism has been that these two
forces working separately, by a proper
combination could do the State q
greater good The Board Of Agricul-
ture and the Board of Trustees of the
College. approaching the reasons
which prompted the Introduction OF
this bill, ecently appointed two sub
committee to act IN conjunction -
carrying out the Of boil
institutions. These subcommittee are
of four members from eacf
board, the heads of the two institutions
being added, making a joint commit
tee of ten, which will have full direc'
ton Of the work in connection VIII
the changes suggested.
The Recommendations Adopted.
AZ the meeting of the joint commit
tee Yesterday DR.. D. H. Hill, p%residen
Of the A. and M. College,, chairman O
the Committee on Recommendations
presented h following report, Whlci
was unanimously adopted:
In order to correlate the work O.
the state Department of Agriculture
and the A.. and M. College and tn
United States Department OF AgT1cul
ture and thereby to seek to maxi
them be more effective In helplns
forward the great Work OF oette
farming, your committee suggests ina
the following groups be made and tina
all the Institutions named
in making Zach group as force1ul a
possible.
81. Farmers InStitntes:-1t is rec
commended that this remain a separ
ate group under the control OF tn
State Department Of Agriculture a
at present but that both the Coileg'
and the United States Department Q
Agriculture help in this work by per
hitting such Of their workers as ar
fitted for it to take part in these insti
tutes.
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