The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-05
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting To Be Held In
Salisbury Nov. 8 to II.

Salisbury Nov. 8 to II.
A program which will cover prac-
tically every phase of agriculture
and which will lay particular en-
phasis on organization, marketing
and legislation, has been mapped
out, for the annual meetir g of the
Maryland Agricultural Society in
Salisbury, November to II. The
Importance of the subjects to be
discussed and the prominence of the
speakers who have been invited TO
address the different sessions will
make the November meeting one of
the most prominent in the history of
the society.
The first session will be held at
$50 o'clock Tuesday morning, No
vember 8, and will be called to order
by the president, E. P. Cohiil, Of
Hancock. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Mayor W. A.
Kennerly, of Salisbury, and will lie
responded to by the Rev. j. Stewart
Hartman, of Cavetown. The report
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, DR. T. B.
Symons, the annual presidents ad
dress by Mr.. Cohill, and an add css
by Dr. A. F. Woods, president of
the University of Maryland, will be
other important features of the
opening session.
Governor Albert c. Richie and j.
r. Howard, president of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation, are
scheduled to speak Tuesday evening.
They will be preceded on the pro-
gram by Wilbur Pearce, of Sparks,
two young agricultural club mem
bers who will talk on the work of
boys and girls agricultural clubs
Wednesday morning, the program
will be devoted to a general discus
sion of marketing problems, lead by
a number of prominent speakers,
and on Wednesday evening the con-
vention will listen to addresses by
Dr. l.. H. Bailey, former dean OF
Cornell University, DR.. H. E. Jack
son, of Washington, and possibly
the Hon. E. T. Meredith, secretary
of agriculture, who has promised to
attend the meeting if possible.
Thursday morning will be devoted
to discussion of legislation aft oct
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Thursday evening to the reports of
committees and the conclusion of
business.
The farm-industry organizations
affiliated with the Maryland Agri-
cultural Society will hold annuai
meetings on Tuesday and Wednes-
day afternoons. These organiza-
lions are the Maryland State Horti
cultural Society, the Maryland Crop
Improvement Association, the Mary
land State Dairymen's Association.
the Maryland State Beekeepers' As
ISOLATION, the Maryland State Veget
able Growers Association and the
Maryland State Sheep Growers AS
ISOLATION. Eacn of these organiza-
lions has mapped out an extensive
program of it's own along lines OF
particular interest to it's members
and these meetings will be among
the most interesting of the three
day program.
Several automobile trips, one of
which will occupy all of Thursday
afternoon and will cover many in
teresting points on the Eastern
Shore, have been arranged by the
people of Salisbury for the enter
tainment of the visitors. An old
fashioned oyster roast also is on the
program.
A farm women's conference is
being arranged in conjunction with
the other meetings and DR.. E. v.
McCullem, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, has promised to deliver one
of the addresses in this connection