The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-22
Association of Southern Agricultural
Workers Meets in Raleigh Nop. 10

State Chemist B. w Kilgore. secre-
tary Of the Association of Southern
Agricultural Workers. has lately been
in conference with Secretary Olds. Of
the Raleigh chamber Of commerce.
relative to the annual meeting Of the
association to be held in Raleigh No
Vember Z, and 8 when about 200
agricultural workers from all parts
of The South will be present
At the conference it was decided
that there shall be meetings each
morning and evening when all of the
sections, three in number, Of the or
ganiZation shall be held. These gen
eTal meetings will be in the House
Of Representatives The section meet
ines wilt be held each afternoon in
the Marlborough hotel, which has been
chosen as headquarters for the asso-
citation. Governor kitchin - will be
asked to make the welcome address
and in all proba biiity he will ac-
Cept.
The Association Of Southern Agri-
culMral Workers is d very important
and large one and takes in depart
ments Of agriculture, afiricultural col
leses. experiment stations, agricul
turai press, other like organizations
and, in fact, farmers generally. It's
president is Major William A Gra-
nam. commissioners OF agriculture Of
ANOl III al wee DIeSlNcuLS DSiHS
W. K. DOdson, director Of the Louis
ianl experiment station, and +. NJ.
RieGsbee. president of Clemson Col
lese, S. c. State Chemist 3. W Kill
gore is secretary and has held this
position for the last twelve years.
he association is divided into three
sections One is composed Of COM
missioners OF agriculture, and at the
coming meeting will discuss the or
ganiZatiOn and welfare of agricultural
departments in technical way. The
program for the section is in charge
Of Chairman e. r. Cove, commission
er OF agriculture Of Texas, with II.
L.. Blakely, commissioner of agricui-
ture of Mississippi, as secretary.
Live Stock.
The second section is that which
handles animal husbandry and live
stock problems The chairman is G.
A Cary, veterinarian of the Alabam
agricultural department. and the
secretary is NJ r. Powers, professor
of veterinary of Clemson College.
Among the speakers for this sectlon
will be DR.. TAFT Butler, formerly OF
Raleigh, but now editor Of the Pro
gressiye Farmer in the Southwest;
Daniel T. Gray, Of the Alabama agr1-
cultural college. but who after Jan
uary l will come to the North caro-
lima agricultural department and ex-
pertinent station; Z. l.. Shields. OF
Clemson College; J. e. Herman, OF
the United States agricultural depart
ments bureau Of animal industry; r.
NJ Neibert and Cooper Curtiss, Of the
same bureau; DR.. z. +. BahnsOn, state
veterinarian Of Georgia; nj. r. JaTni
gan, Of the Georgia agricultural col
lege: w. G.. Chrisman, state veterl-
narian Of North Carolina, and r. 5
Curtis, of A. and NJ. at Raleigh.
Third Section.
The third section has in charge al
the subjects Of field crops and fertll-
izers and its chairman is z. II. Rolfs
director of the Florida experiment
station; its secretary being Editor M
r. Neel. of the Southern Agriculturlsts
published at Nashville, Tenn. Amone
the speakers at the meeting or TINS
section will be J. M. Harper, director
of the experiment station or the ooutI
Carolina agricultural college' ).
Dugger, who occupies the same posi-
ton in Alabama; b. Youngblood, Whe
holds the same position in Texas; X
n. Bracket, state chemist or Soutl
Carolina; n. 3. Carpenter, che1nis' "
Virginia Carolina Chemical company
r. +. StallingS, state chemist OF HeoI
gia; Editor j. S. Gates. or the oouth
ern Planter. Richmond, Va; Lyman
Carrier, Of the experiment station O
Virginia; C. 3. Williams, agronomls
of the North Carolina experiment sta
ton. and c.. l.. Newman, OF A. ant
M at Raleigh.
One session Of the entire assocltlo1
will be devoted to the proper hanohns
of the cotton crop, including standars
tare, baling. classification ana co
,operation in handling and marketing
the crOp Among the speakers at TIM
session will be r. II. Kimbrough, Q
Georgia; Harvey Jordan, Of Atlanta
Charles II. Brand, Of the United state
agricultural department, and Geors'
l.. Brantley, Of Georgia. :,
one session of the association VII
be devoted to the consideration
plans for q great campaign for the re
in SniIt n