First Gathering of Jewish Farm Leaders of U.S. Opens Tonight; Exposition Planned

The first gathering of Jewish farm leaders of the United States will meet tonight at the Educational Alliance when Jewish farm delegates from all parts of the country open the two-day session of the National Conference of Jewish Farmers under the auspices of the Jewish Agricultural Society. Simultaneously with the convention an agricultural exposition demonstrating the activities of the Jewish farmers and their home life will be opened.

The principal subject to be taken up at the conference will be the problem of developing farm leadership in the Jewish farming settlements so that the social, religious and economic life of these communities may be fully developed. The various groups to be represented at the conference will pool their intellectual resources in an endeavor to perfect a form of rural organization that will utilize to the fullest extent the latent forces in the community.

Among the group conferences scheduled are those of the graduates of agricultural schools, students of college short courses, farm pioneers, graduates of veterinary colleges and farmers’ associations. Each of these groups will hold brief independent sessions to review their special problems.

The speakers at the conference will be Dean A. R. Mann of the College of Agriculture and Domestic Science at Cornell University; Dr. Jacob Goodale Lipman, dean of the New Jersey State Agricultural College and head of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Gabriel Davidson, general manager of the Jewish Agricultural Society, and Mrs. A. H. Aarons of the National Council of Jewish Women.

The exposition will show products raised by Jewish farmers in the various parts of the country and a great variety of educational exhibits that will depict the utilization of the very latest methods and devices in scientific agriculture. Prizes totalling $500 will be distributed at the exposition by Percy S. Straus.