INDEX. 



Report of Farmers' Institute Work, 1912: page 



Institutes, where held, lecturers, etc 8 



Lecturers and subjects • 14 



County and local men's organizations 15 



Chairmen of county and local Institute committees 16 



Women's Institutes, 1912 : 



Institutes, where held, lecturers, etc 23 



Lecturers and subjects , 29 



County and local women's organizations 29 



Chairmen of county and local Institute committees 29 



Demonstration Railway Cars ^ 



Orchard Demonstrations ^^ 



Farmers' and Women's Normal Institute for Institute Lecturers 36 



Farmers' State Convention ^^ 



Officers ^^ 



41 

 Program 



Addresses of welcome 



Relation of Quality to Yield of Tobacco per Acre. By E. G. Moss 44 



The Control of Fertility In the Soil. By C. L. Goodrich 47 



How I Produced 235 Bushels of Corn on One Acre. By C. W. 



Parker, Jr 



Free Traveling Libraries. By Prof. L. R. Wilson 62 



Phosphate Rock as a Source of Phosphoric Acid. By Cyril G. HopJcius. 64 



Some Farming Problems. By Prof. W. F. Massey "< 1 



Cooperative Demonstration Work of the United States Department of 



Agriculture. By Bradford Knapp "4 



Woman's Work in North Carolina. By Mrs. W. R. HoUoicell 79 



80 

 President Shuford's address 



OR 



Hog Cholera Serum. By B. B. Flotce 



Dairying as a Business. By Helmer Rahild 89 



The Merits of the Guernsey Cow. By E. A. Bishop • • • • 92 



Berkshire Breeding in North Carolina. By A. B. Moore 101 



Cow-testing Associations. By Helmer Rabild. 103 



The Knapp Memorial School and Farm. By Mr. Early HI 



Relation of the Banking System to the Farmer. By Joseph G. Brown. 112 



The Torrens System of Registering Land Titles. By J. W. Bailey. ... 118 



Marketing of Farm Produce. By Mrs. Mary Evans Dillard 124 



128 



Resolutions 



