Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-09
FARMERS IN FEBRUARY,
SOME BIG MEETINGS ARRANGED
FOR NEXT MONTH.
HOrticulturiStS Plan an Elaborate
Program on Many
Live Themes.

A joint convention of the State Agri-
cultural society and the State Horti-
cultural society will be held in Madi-
son February 4, 5, 6, and Z. The first
session of the agricultural society is to
occur OF the 4th and of the horticuI
tural society on the 9TH. Prizes OF
from 80 cents to So are to be given on
apples, potatoes, celery, carrots, pars-
nipS, onions, turnips, beetS, grapes,
plants and cut flowers. At the horti-
cultural session, the evening of Feb. +,
some business will be transacted.
There will also be a report of the
corresponding secretary on plant dis
tribution for 1895, and a report of a
committee on locating the new trial
orchard.
On Wednesday morning, Feb. 5, 8
a. m. in the senate chamber, there
will be papers and talks not to exceed
ten or fifteen minutes; also the ap-
pOintment of committees, reception of
delegates from other societies, reports
of committees on observation and on
program.
Owing to the fact that a new trial
orchard has been located in northern
Wisconsin, the Wednesday afternoon
session will be mostly devoted to dis
cussing plans for planting and con-
Quoting the same as follows: First,
the secretary will give a detailed ac-
count of what he thinks the best plan
to pursue in paper or talk which
will be Illustrated; second, a similar
talk or paper on same subject by
Prof. E. S. Goff third, on the same, by
Vice President Hirschinger of Bara-
hoo; fourth, A. L. Hatch, of Ithaca, who
has managed the Hill Crest Station is
invited to give his plans for the same
This course is taken to draw out the
views of each one so that the best can
be sifted out and adopted after which
this subject will be open for discus
sion by the members.
Wednesday evening in the senate
chamber there is to be: First, a reci-
tatiOn by Miss Daisy Converse of Fort
Atkinson; second, a paper on What
Some Of Our Eastern Neighbors Are
Doing in Growing Fruit, by f. C. Ed
wards, Fort Atkinson; paper On Why
HOrticulturistG Are Discouraged, by
Mrs. JOS. D. Treleven, Omro; third,
paper on Varieties and Cultivation of
Chrysanthemums by b. w. Strong of
Baraboo; fourth, a free for all talk on
horticulture, opened by G. J. Kellogg
of GAINESVILLE.
The program for the remaining days
will be,
Thursday at a. m. il senate cham
ber-President's address; reports of
secretary and treasurer; election of Of
ficerS. and an address on Shall Farmers
Grow Small Fruit, by A. J. Sweezy of
Rockford, delegate from Illinois.
Thursday afternoon at 100 in senate
chamber-Addresse Strawberries by
E. J. Scofeld of Hanover, Wis; Dif-
ference in Soils for Blackberry Gull
ture by n. E. France of Platteville;
What Shall We Plant Next Spring, by
Fred Harden, Weyauwega; Small Fruit
Growing for a Young Man with Small
Capital, by G. A. Freeman, Sparta.
II SNlciy CkS111iIS AZ Nv LII oCllc1CV'
chamber-Recitation by Miss Daisy
Converse, Of Fort Atkinson; papers on
Our Wild Flower Shows, by Miss Cor
nelia Porter Of Baraboo; Horticulture
in Connection with Our Common
Schools, by Miss Lulu Philips, West
Salem; American Homes by B. s..
HoXie, Evansville.
Friday morning at in horticultural
-Addresses-The Problem of
Apple Growing, M. E. Hinkley, Mar
Gus, Iowa, a delegate from Iowa. EX-
perience with Mulch as Now Prac-
ticed, A. A. Parsons, Of Eureka; The
Pear Tree on Wisconsin Soil, w. j.
Moyle, of Yorkville; Girdling to Pro-
duce Early Bearing, E. H. S. Dart, of
Owatonna, delegate from Minnesota.
Friday afternoon at 1870 p. m. in
horticultural rooms Addresses Irri-
cation, by Prof. E. S. Golf, Madison
Forcing Vegetables for Winter Mar
ket, Fred Cranefeld, Madison; Revi-
sion of and Additions to Fruit Lists,
general discussion.
Friday evening at 1880 a meeting
will be held if desired for unfinished
business.
The beekeepers, livestock breeders
and other organizations will meet dur
ing the same week. The beekeepers
will meet Feb. and 7. The program
includes: Presidents address, F. Will
cox; Advantages in Location, H.
I.athrop; Sweet Glover as a Honey
Plant, J. J. Ochsner; Size of Brood
Chamber, C. A. Hatch; Production and
Sale of Comb Honey, F. Murray; Pro-
duction and Sale of Extracted Honey,
J. Hoffman; House Apiaries, B. Taylor
of Forestville Mimi; Benefits of a
Foul Brood Law, n. France; Commits
sion Men, L. NJ. Willis and S. T. Fish
& Co.