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The Bulletin. 



Institutes, Lecturers and Subjects. 



Lecturer. 



T. B. Parker 



In charge of Farm Demonstration Work, 

 State Department of Agriculture. 



F. C. Reimer 



Horticulturist, North Carolina College of Ag- 

 riculture. 



Dr. G. A. Roberts 



Veterinarian, North Carolina College of Agri- 

 culture. 



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. 



Soil Improvement by Legumes. 



Alfalfa. 



Corn Culture. 



Apple Growing. 



Soil Improvement. 



Fertilizers. 



The Farm Garden. 



Diseases of Farm Live Stock. 



Care and Feeding of Farm Work Stock. 



Lameness. 



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. 

 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- now exists a Farmers' Institute organization, or committee, 

 in each of 96 counties of the State — in all except the counties of 

 Carteret and Dare — and in several counties, such as Catawba, For- 

 syth, Iredell, Mecklenburg and Rowan, where more than one institute 

 has been held annually for several years, there have also been organ- 

 ized local institute committees. 



Up to this time no effort has been made to extend the scope and 

 duties of the county organization beyond the selecting of a com- 

 mittee, constituted of one active farmer from each township, and re- 

 quiring of it the advertising and arranging for the annual institute. 



That each township and eventually each neighborhood should main- 

 tain a Farmers' Institute organization for the purpose of creating 

 interest in and disseminating agricultural information is beyond 

 question, but in many sections there has not yet been developed suf- 

 ficient interest in this work to actuate the existing simple county 



