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¥5  I2 THE KENTUCKY ALUMNUS
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  ready to enter upon existence either as a self—contained entity, independent and
 Q self-reliant, or in alliance with some other educational enterprise.
.  Mr. John B. Bowman saw his opportunity and was not slow to avail him-
JQ  self of conditions as he found them.
i  (T0 be continued in Chapter III.)
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  FARMERS' WEEK AT KENTUCKY STATE
  Farmers’ Week was the most successful series of meetings ever held at the ~
  College of Agriculture. About 1,500 persons were in attendnace at one time or
.;, other during the week. Reduced rates were secured over the various railroads,
  speakers of note addressed the several conferences, attractive exhibits were
  shown, and no effort was spared to crowd the week with suggestions and in-
.   struction of great value to the farmer. The excellent work of the College of
  Agriculture and the Experiment Station was heartily endorsed and commended
  by all of the Associations.
all: Twelve state·wide organizations participated in the various exercises of
Q   Farmers’ Week, namely: the Kentucky Beef Cattle Breeders’ Association, the
  .;* Kentucky Alfalfa Growers’ Association, the Kentucky Poultry Association, the
    Kentucky Swine Breeders’ Association, the State Beekeepers’ Association, the
    Kentuclcy Horse Breeders’ Association, the Kentucky Com Growers’ Associa-
  tion, the State Horticultural Society, the Kentucky Sheep Breeders’ Association,
  the Kentucky Dairy Club, the Kentucky Home Economics Association, and the
ll]; Conference on Marketing.
li`; The annual meeting of the Kentucky Beef Cattle Breeders’ Association was
f   held in the University Chapel on Tuesday, January 4th. By actual count 250
  persons attended this meeting, which was the largest and most enthusiastic ever
  held in the history of this Association. It had been arranged to have Governor
` i Stuart, of Virginia, a prominent beef cattle man, deliver the principal address.
  On account of illness, however, he found it impossible to be present. He mani-
  fested his interest in the work of the Association and in the problems confront-
  ing the feeders of beef cattle by sending to the Association a night letter of 950
jg words, in which he outlined his views on the beef cattle industry of the United
  States. Professor H. P. Rusk, of the University of Illinois, and Mr. Carl N.
`{ Chaney, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, gave most valuable and instructive ad-
  dresses at this meeting. .
  The Alfalfa Growers' Association is one of the youngest organizations rep- “
pi resented at Farmers’ Week. The last two or three years, however, have wit- “
gi nessed such an increase in the interest taken in alfalfa production that the meet- ’
  ing was well attended. About 125 persons listened to the live discussions upon li
at production, use- and marketing of this valuable crop. Mr. H. H. Garner, of l
  Henderson, was elected President; John Field, of Versailles, and W. P. Givens,  
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