The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-01-31

1 tsssntg-eight years the late Booker T..
| VA hington has been preaching to the
/ Megto farmers Of the South the doe
tine al saving money, buying homes,
building school houses and churches,
iand dtyersifying cops. That The Con-
3fetenee has gown IN prestige and in
liiusnte throughout the South, was
ley.eencca today III the hundreds Of
tanners and educational leaders who
Egatiesea here for the twenty-eighth
annual conference.
EARLY tuesday morning the visitors
land delegates began TO arrive, and
from then on each train brought in
leleasine numbers. This morning
! idaWaea clear and bright, and farmers
lesiasag IN Macon County and in near
| bs counties began to arrive iii wagons,
lhuggles. and autos, bringing together
III typical conference crowd All p so
ONE 81 the TURNER'S witnessed Il
tractor demonstration, presented by
Students and teachers Of the Agrieal-
Itulal faculty, while others Witnessed
he morning drill Of the student ca
diets, or Witnessed other departments
81 the schools work
Exhibits prepared hy the Agrieul-
lara Department, the Trades Depart.
ment, the Agricultural Extension De-
lpartment at Dorothy Hall, were ar
ranged near the chapel. These ex-
hibits were designed to show in a con-
crete and definite way, not only what
has been accomplished by the farmers
and the departments of the Institute,
but also to show hy suggestion what
might be accomplished in the read
justment Of things following the war,
The Pig EAhiba
AT the Conference Of 1913, Mr..
Crawford Johnson. of Birmingham,
Alabama, was present, and after lis
tening IN an interesting report by
Robert Beasily, 4 twelve year. old col
ored boy, bf Row the boys in the coun-
lty had raised pigs, offered to give
fifty dollars to encourage pig raising
among the Negro boys Of the state
| This work was placed under the gen
eral direction Of kimuel Huggins, d
graduate Of Tuskegee Institute, who
is IN charge of pig Club work in Ma
con County The Johnson thorough
bred pigs were SO distributed among.
the boys that I'D boys entered the
contest for prizes, and d number of
these boys who had made the best
records brought their pigs to the con-
ference and they were placed on ex.
hibition
| The following boys were awarded
lprizes for having mnae the best rec.
ords III pig raising since the 1918 con
ference
Macon County Exhibit
The following prizes are given BY
Tuskegee Institute:
$500 for best looking pig, awarded
to Thomas Williston. Greenwood Com
munity.
$500 for best hog of any breed
awarded to Iavrot Iumpkin, Cross
Keys Community.
| VIZ 90 for best looking ply awarded
to Roosevelt Pollard, Glintonville Com
munity,
| $500 for second best looking pig
awarded to Edgar Alexander. Solo
mon Chapel Community.
$500 for second best looking pig
awarded TO Eddie Blacks, Shiloh Com
munity
$500 for second best looking hog in
any breed awarded to David Kennel.
Howard Drug Company prize
awarded to Johnnie Lane, Macedonia
Community
Prof. Carver's Exhibit
/ Prof. George w. Carver, of the Ex-
P0AiAs ANkAtiuH, mao very unique
exhibit, showing the commercial and
food value Of many vegetables and
| other products grown on Southern
farms. Prof. Carver's exhibit was
unique IN that it showed so many new
uses for the various products, For
instance. there was his display Of cal
chimes, paints, and wood stains. laun-
dry blues, toilet powders, shoe dress
lings, etc, all made from Macon Coun-
ty elays, There was also his display
Of seventy or more ways of preparing
the sweet potatoes and number of
possibilities Of the ehinaberry, which
grows promiscuously all over the
| South,
Prof. Carver, from the chinaberry,
has evolved q russet die for leather,
which was shown and demonstrated
Sessions Of The Conference
Az the beginning Of the regular SEES
sion, there was the usual singing and
plantatio melodies d,y the audience