22 The Bulletin. 



Propagation of Ti-ee Fruits, by F. C. Reimer, Assistant Professor of Horti- 

 culture, North Carolina College of Agriculture. 



WLeat Culture, by F. T. Meacbani, Superintendent Iredell Test Farm, State 

 Department of Agriculture; R. W. Scott, Alamance County, opened the dis- 

 cussion on Wheat Culture. 



NIGHT SESSION — FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 



Co-operative Demonstration and Experimental Work between State and 

 Federal Agricultural Institutions and the Farmers, by T. O. Sandy, President 

 Virginia State Farmers Institute. 



DISCUSSION. 



How can the Farmers' Institute be made more effective in my County? 



Chairmen of County Farmers' Institute Committees and others interested 

 in the Institute work discussed this subject. 



The Women's Institutes : How can the Farm Homes be made More Attract- 

 ive and Better. Discussion led by Mrs. Sue V. Hollowell and Mr. C. C. Moore. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. 



MORNING SESSION — OATS AND CORN. 



Growing Truck Crops for Market, by R. S. Mackintosh, Professor of Horti- 

 culture, Alabama Polytechnic Institute. 



Oat Culture, by R. L. Shuford, Newton, N. C. 



Discussion opened by T. B. Parker. 



Effect of Good Seed and Variety on Yield of Corn, by C. B. Williams, Direc- 

 tor Experiment Station. 



Preparing the Land for Corn, by I. G. Ross, Stokes County. 



Prof. W. M. Hays, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Washington. D. C, 

 being present, was called on and made a splendid brief talk on the Value of 

 Agricultural Experimentation to the Farmers. 



Methods of Harvesting the Corn Crop, by A. L. French, Rockingham County. 



AFTERNOON SESSION — COTTON. 



Preparing the Land for Cotton, by S. H. Hohbs, Sampson County. 



Marketing the Cotton Crop, by C. C. Moore, President State Division South- 

 ern Cotton Association. 



Addresses were delivered by A. J. McKinnon of Robeson County, and J, M. 

 Templeton of Wake County. 



The Preparation of Plant Beds and Fertilization of Tobacco, by W. A. Petree, 

 Stokes County. 



Seed Selection, by E. H. Mathewson, Appomattox, Virginia. 



NIGHT SESSION. 



An Address by Hon. W. M. Hayes, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, on "Improvements in Rural Affairs." 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 30. 



MORNING SESSION — DAIRYING. 



An Address by R. H. Gower, President State Dairymen's Association Clay- 

 ton. 



The Breeding and Care of the Dairy Herd, by R. L. Shuford, Catawba 

 County. 



Some of the Essentials to Successful Dairying in North Carolina, by J. A. 

 Conover, in charge of Co-operative Dairy Demonstration Work in North Car- 

 olina. 



