66 The Bulletin. 



STATE FARMERS" CONVENTION. 



(ROUND-UP INSTITUTE.) 



At the instance of tlie faculty of tlie j^orth Carolina College of Agri- 

 culture and Mechanic Arts, in cooperation with other interested parties, 

 the State Farmers' Convention was organized seven, years ago. Subse- 

 quently, at the 1906 meeting, the Farmers' Convention was affiliated with 

 and made a part of the Farmers' Institute work conducted by the Stat« 

 Department of Agriculture. 



From the first meeting of the convention it has grown in numbers and 

 usefulness. The attendance this year was the largest in the history of 

 the convention. 



The following very interesting program was carried out : 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1911. 



10 :30 A. ]*1.— Addresses of Welcome. Governor W. W. Kitcbin, Commissioner 



W. A. Graham, President D. H. Hill. 

 11:00 A. M.— Address. Clarence H. Poe, editor Progressive Farmer. 

 11 :4.5 A. M.— Tlie Farmer's Balance Sheet with His Soil. B. W. Kilgore, 

 State Chemist. 

 Discussion. 

 12:.'?0 P. M.— Dinner. 

 2 :00 P. M.— Tobacco Curing. E. G. Moss, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Discussion. 

 2:45 P. M.— Farm Seeds, Pure and Adulterated. INIiss O. I. Tillman, State 

 Department of Agriculture. 

 Discussion. 

 3 :30 P. M.— Tile Drainage. A. G. Smith, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Discussion. 

 4:15 P. M. — Demonstration of Various Kinds of Plows. 

 7 :.30 P. M. — Annual Address by President of the Convention. Frank Shields, 



Scotland Neck, N. C. 

 8:15 P. M.— Cotton Standardization. D. E. Earle, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1911. 



8:10 A. M.— Stock Judging— Horses. Prof. J. C. McNutt. 

 10:15 A. M.— My Experience with Hogs. W. H. Merrimon, of Illinois. 



Discussion. 

 11:00 A. M.— The Guernsey Cow and Her Island Home. W. II. Caldwell, 

 Secretary American Guernsey Club. 

 Discussion. 

 12:00 A. M.— The Feeding of Farm Animals. J. C. McNutt. of Agricultural 

 and Mechanical College. 

 Discussion. 

 12:.30 P. M.— Dinner, 

 1:00 P. M.— Auction Sale of Fifty Pure-bred Berkshire Hogs. By N. C. 



Berkshire Breeders' Association. 

 7-30 P. M.— How I Raised 14G Bushels of Corn. Ernest Starnes, Hickory, 



N. C. 

 7:45 P. M.— Song— "The Corn Club Boys." Mrs. Charles McKimnion. 

 8:00 P. M.— Boys' and Girls' Clubs in the South (Illustrated). O. B. Mar- 

 tin, Washington. D. C. 

 9-00 P. M.— Business Meeting State Live-stock Association. 

 9:30 P. M.— Business Meeting of the North Carolina Berkshire Breeders' 

 Association. 



