40 The Bulletin. 



NIGHT SESSION. 



8 :30. — The Building of a Nation, by Dr. S. A. Knapp, in charge of Farmers' 



Co-operative Demonstration Work, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26. 



MORNING SESSION. 



7 :30 to 10 :00.— Live Stock Judging : 



Cattle; — John Michels, Professor Animal Husbandry, N. C. College of 



Agriculture. 

 Hogs — It. S. Curtis, N. C. Experiment Station^ 

 Horses — Dr. W. J. Hartman, Assistant Veterinarian, State Department 



of Agriculture. 

 Commercial Fruit Culture in North Carolina, by F. C. Reimer, Horti- 

 culturist, N. C. College of Agriculture. 

 Discussion : 



Commercial Apple Growing in Western North Carolina, by W. N. 

 Hutt, Horticulturist, State Department of Agriculture. 

 Discussion : 



Marketing Horticultural Products, by S. B. Shaw, Assistant Horti- 

 culturist, State Department of Agriculture. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2 :00. — The Parts of a Flower, and Their Use in Cross-breeding, by F. L. Ste- 

 vens, Biologist, N. C. College of Agriculture. 

 Discussion : 

 Cotton Breeding, by C. L. Newman, Agriculturist, N. C. College of 



Agriculture/ 

 The Value of the Pure Bred Sire, by Dr. W. J. Hartman, Assistant 

 Veterinarian, State Department of Agriculture. 



NIGHT SESSION. 



S :30.— Character Building in the Farm Home, by Mrs. Sue V. Hollowell, Golds- 

 boro. 

 Agricultural Education, by Prof. W. J. Spillman, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 



MORNING SESSION. 



7 :30 to 9 :30. — Dairy Demonstrations — College Dairy. 



9 ;3Q. — Hesults Obtained by Dairy Demonstration Work in North Carolina, by 



J. A. Conover, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Discussion : 



Practical Scientific Farming, by A. L. French, Rockingham County. 

 Discussion : 



Destructive Insects — The Consideration They Should Receive by the 

 Farmer, by Franklin Sherman, Jr., Entomologist, State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2 :00.— Pure Drinking Water on the Farm, by Dr. J. M. Pickel, Raleigh. 



Insects Injurious to Garden Crops, by R. I. Smith, Entomologist, N. C. 



College of Agriculture. 

 The Examination of Horses for Soundness, by G. A. Roberts, Veterina- 

 rian, N. C. College of Agriculture. 

 The officers elected for the ensuing, year are : President, A. L. French, Rock- 

 ingham County; Vice-President, T. J. W. Broom, Union County; Secretary, Tait 

 Butler, Director of Farmers' Institutes. 



