Farmers', Farm Women's Convention to be Held at State College, Raleigh, August 1920

 From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, August 20, 1920

Many to Attend Big Convention. . . Prominent Speakers, A Barbecue, Demonstrations and Everything at Raleigh Next Week

What is described as one of the most worth-while events in the agricultural history of North Carolina will be staged at Raleigh on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, when the Farmers' and Farm Women's Convention will meet at State College for a discussion of the more important farm problems of the present day. Among the prominent speakers of the occasion are United States Secy. of Agriculture Edwin T. Meredith, president J.R. Howard of the Convention, Dr. Ruby Green Smith of New York, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, and Prof. W.F. Massey, the noted speaker and writer on agricultural subjects.

Important features of the big convention will be an old time barbecue, with all the trimmings, an agricultural show,community singing events, a fiddler's contest, free moving pictures,and plenty of band music. The field and livestock demonstrations will include tractor plowing, lime spreading, ditching and tile laying, fence making, judging livestock, the multiple hitch, hog inoculation, dehorning cattle,and an exhibit of breeding crates. Of particular interest to the women attending will bew the demonstrations of dress designing, millinerym, steam pressure cooking, interior decoration, infant hygiene, andlaundry problems with their solutions.

Rooms will be furnished free at State College to all attending and meals will be served at 50 cents each. Those who intend to use rooms at the college should bring their own bed linen and towels. The big value of the Farmers' and Farm Women's Convention to the people of Northeastern North Carolina is that it is a means of bringing them into closer touch with the farmers of other parts of the State,and of giving theman opportunity to see and learn what others are doing in the way of improved agricultural methods and better living conditions upon the farm. From Elizabeth City to Raleigh is a plesant two-day trip by automobile, without hurrying , and those attending in this manner will have an unrivalled opportunity to view some of the prettiest farming land anywhere in America.