The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-20
STATE FARMERS
ADOPT REPORT

Resolved, that we extend our sincere
thanks and appreciation to the citizens
Of Saltwater and the Faculty of the
A. & NJ. College for the royal welcome
and kind, courteous, treatment ten
dered us while attending the Farm
ers' State Institute.
2. State Board of Agriculture, A..
& NJ. College, Railroads, Corporation
Commission:-R Resolved, that we COM
mend the State Board of Agriculture
and the A. & NJ College for their able
and efficient work in all their various
departments, and for their policy as ex-
pressed by the work of the Extension
Division of the College in instructing
and disseminating information to the
people Of Oklahoma who are not stu
dents of the A. & NJ. College by the
operation of Agricultural trains, the
holding of Encampment Schools and
two.day schools of agriculture; the
organization of Boys and Girls Agri-
cultural Clubs, the instruction offered
to public school teachers in agricul-
ture and domestic science, and the
supplying of lecturers to agricultural
and teacher organizations; that We
urge the Board and the College to
continue and expand this work, and
the Legislature to provide literally
for its support; that we extend our
thanks to the Corporation Commits
sion and the railroads for their cor
dial and substantial support of this
work.
3. Akin Bill.-Resolved, that we
desire to go on record as uncompro-
misingly opposed to what is known as
the Akin Bill and the element that
fostered it.
4. Live Stock Quarantine.-Re-
solved. that we appreciate the great
advantages offered to the live stock
interests of our State through tick
eradication and extension of the quar-
antine lines throughout our State, and
commend the live stock department
for its efficient work in extended those
lines.
s, County Schools. that
we favor the upbuilding of our coun-
try schools, and wherever it may be
practical, we favor the rural graded
school that our boys and girls of the
farm may cope with their neighbors
in the towns in the liberal advantages
Of our great school system.
6. Education and Moral interests.
Resolved that We commend the A.
& NJ. College for it's efficiency in lead
ing this great State in its progress
sive efforts toward the betterment of
the educational as well as the moral
interests of Oklahoma.
7. Ladies' Auxiliary = Resolved,
that we give our heartiest support,
commentator and unqualified ap-
Droval to the Ladies Auxiliary depart
ment, and bid them Gods speed in
their noble work, now under the SUI
pervision of Miss Irma Mathemws.
s. Representing Farmers-Where-
as, there has been unnecessary criti-
cism of the State Board of Agriculture
for representing the farmers before
the State Legislature in securing the
passage of needed laws for the pro
lection Of the agricultural interests,
therefore be it
Resolved, that we, the State Farm
ers' Institute, in session, duly and
legally assembled, do hereby authorize
the President of the Board of Agri-
culture to appoint General Commit
tee on Legislation, consisting of five
farmers from the State at large, whose
duty it shall be to cooperate with the
State Board of Agriculture in advanc-
ing the legislative welfare Of the in
terests coming under the charge of
the Board, and be it further
Resolved, that this Committee on
Legislation above provided for, is here
byauthorized to appoint as many as
ten representative farmers from each
county in the state to serve as an adj
visory committee for each county,
whose duty it shall be to cooperate
with the Committee on Legislation and
with the State Board of Agriculture.
8. Support for A. & M. College
We respectfully request and urge upon
the State Legislature and the Cover
nor the necessity of providing as spe-
cial appropriations the following sums
for the work indicated
For extending the work of the A. &
NJ. College in the oneration of agri-
cultural trains throughout the State,
the conducting of encampment schools,
the support OF the Boys and Girls
Agricultural Club work, and the work
done in cooperation with the county
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