The Bulletin. 



Volume 28. North Carolina State Board of Agriculture. Number 10. 



Entered at the Raleigrh Post-office as second-class mail matter. 



The Bulletin is published monthly by the State Board of Agrriculture. 



RALEIGH, OCTOBER, 1907. 



CONTENTS OF THIS BULLETIN. 



Report of Farmers' Institute Work : page. 



(a) Men's lustitutes 4 



(1) Men's Institutes held, State Lecturers, and Attendance 5 



(2) Institute Lecturers and Subjects 8 



(3) County and. Local Organizations for Men 9 



(4) Chairman of County and Local Institute Committees. : 10 



{by Women's Institutes 13 



(1) Women's Institutes held, State Lecturers, and Attendance... . 14 



(2) Women Lecturers and Subjects 15 



(3) County and Local Organizations for Women 16 



(4) Chairman of County and Local Women's Institute Committees, 16 



(c) Joint Meetings of Men's and Women's Institutes 17 



{d) Night Sessions 18 



(e) Special Institutes 18 



(f) Suggestions Regarding Future Institute Work. 24 



Farmers' State Convention 21 



Lectures Delivered at Farmers' Institutes 24 



Preparing the Land for and Fertilizing Cotton. By R. J. Redding 24 



Cotton Culture. By W. J. McLendon 28 



Oat Culture. By R. J. Redding. 30 



Some Suggestions for the Improvement of Farm Homes. By Franklin 

 Slierman, Jr. 33 



Lecture Delivered at Women's Institutes : 



Home Nursing. By Mrs. F. L. Stevens 40 



Farmers' Convention Addresses : 



President's Address. By Ashley Home 43 



Methods of Seed Saving and Selection as Factors in the Improvement 



of Tobacco. By E. H. Mathewson 49 



Preparation of Plant Beds and Fertilization of Tobacco. By W. A. 



Petree *53 



A Fruit Garden for Every Farm. By F. C. Reimer 57 



Harvesting the Corn Crop. By A. L. French 58 



Oat Culture. By R. L. Shuford 59 



The Place Live-stock Should Occupy in North Carolina Farming. 



By A. L. French 59 



The Breeding and Care of the Dairy Herd. By R. L. Shuford Gl 



