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The Bulletin. 



Institutes, Lectubebs and Subjects. 



Institute Lecturers. 



T. B. Parker 



Director of Farmers' Institutes and Demon- 

 strator State Department of Agriculture. 



W. A. Petree 



Farmer. 



John Robinson 



Farmer. 



Miss Josephine Scott 



Teacher in Greensboro Graded Schools. 



R. W. Scott 



Farmer. 



S. B. Shaw.. 



Assistant Horticulturist, State Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Franklin Sherman, Jr 



Entomologist, State Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Dr. F. L. Stevens 



Professor of Botany and Plant Diseases, 

 North Carolina College of Agriculture. 



Mrs. F. L. Stevens 



C. B. Williams... 



Director Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 North Carolina Agricultural and Mechan- 

 ical College. 



T. B. Wilder 



Subjects. 



Commercial Fertilizers. 



Corn Culture. 



Soil Improvement by Legumes. 



Alfalfa. 



Tobacco Culture. 



The Advantages of Cattle on the Farm. 



The House-fly. 



Suggestions in Household Work. 



The Home Garden. 



Corn Culture. 



How a Farmer May Succeed in North Carolina 



without Growing Cotton or Tobacco. 

 The Advantages of a Diversified Agriculture. 



The Farm Vegetable Garden. 

 Fruit Growing. 

 Seed Selection. 



Insect Pests and How to Combat Them. 

 Suggestions for the Improvement of Farm 

 Homes. 



Plant Diseases and Spraying. 

 Some PreventableDiseases. 

 The Value of an Agricultural Education (Illus- 

 trated). 



Home Nursing. 

 Saving Steps in the Home. 

 The Improvement of the Farm Home (Illus- 

 trated). 



Commercial Fertilizers and Their Use. 

 The Improvement of Corn and Cotton 

 Seed Selection. 



How to Build Wire Fences. 



The Care and Use of Farm Machinery. 



Sheep Raising. 



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COUNTY AND LOCAL MEN S ORGANIZATIONS. 



There are Farmers' Institute committees in 96 of the 98 counties 

 in the State, and in a number of counties where more than one in- 

 stitute has been held annually for several years there have also been 

 organized local committees. In most counties there has been no 

 effort to extend the work of the committee beyond selecting the 

 places where institutes are to be held, suggesting subjects for dis- 

 cussion and advertising the institutes. However, in some localities 

 more active organizations have been formed, which in addition to 

 their duties along other agricultural lines have taken hold of the 

 institute work in their localities and are co-operating with our State 

 institute organization with very gratifying results. Notably is this 

 true with the Farmers' Club at Mebane, an organization that is 

 making for better agricultural conditions in that section. I com- 



