32 The Bulletin 



FARMERS' NORMAL INSTITUTE. 

 Raleigh, N. C, July 21 and 23, 1914. 



Soil Improvement — 



Principal Soil Types in Piedmont N. C, and Their Plant Food Defi- 

 ciencies — J. L. Burgess. 

 Economical Means of Improvement — T. P. Parker. 

 Pall and Winter Plowing — C. R. Hudson. 

 Effect of Humus on Crop Yields— T. B. Parker. 

 Rotation of Crops — M. J. Hendricks. 



Pastures for Profit and Soil Improvement — A. L. Prench. 

 Green Manures — G. M. Garren.. 

 Barnyard Manures — R. L. Sloan. 

 Protecting Drainage Systems — R. W. Scott. 

 Erosion and Its Prevention — C. L. Newman. 

 Winter Cover Crops — T. B. Parker. 



Commercial Pertilizers — 



Profitable Use of Commercial Fertilizers — B. W. Kilgore. 

 Mixing for Special Crops — W. P. Pate. 

 Profitable Use of Lime— C. B. Williams. 



Field Crops — 



Cotton Growing — C. L. Newman. 



Care of Cotton After Ginning — Thos. Nelson. 



Corn Culture in the Sand Hills— T. D. McLean. 



Corn Harvesting — J. P. Kerr. 



Tobacco Culture and Rotations — J. S. Cuningham. 



Tobacco Curing and Marketing — E. G. Moss. 



Peanuts — T. E. Browne. 



Wheat, Increasing the Yield — M. J. Hendricks. 



Oats — G. M. Garren. 



Horticulture — 



The Apple Industry — W. N. Hutt. 

 The Vegetable Garden — S. B. Shaw. 

 Small Fruits— R. G. Hill. 



Live Stock — 



Beef Cattle for Soil Building — A. L. Prench. 

 Producing and Curing Pork — D. T. Gray. 

 Care of the Family Cow — W. H. Eaton. 

 The Creamery and the Farmer — A. J. Reed. 

 Cow Testing — Stanley Combes. 

 Poultry Feeding and Management— J. P. Kerr. 

 Feeding Farm Stock — G. A. Roberts. 

 Cottonseed Meal Poisoning- — W. A. Withers. 

 Diseases of Live Stock — W. G. Chrisman. 

 Hog Cholera Prevention — P. D. Owen. 



Miscellaneous — 



Insect Pests to be Combatted— Franklin Sherman. 

 Controlling Diseases of Field Crops — H. C. Young. 

 Legume Bacterial Cultures — J. L. Burgess. 

 Cooperation Among Farmers — W. R. Camp. 

 Economics Applied to Farming — T. P. Parker. 



