The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-09

But there had always been about b
place some hrushuood Or trees I|
them to work %. The afailefinE
some Kind Of grain on the ffoHH
would serve 10 keep them away ffc
the trees.
Mr. Augustine suggested that lhtI[
must be different yaristies OF wild ran
bits. for the kind that lived In his VicinI
iiy began 10 gnaH the trees a. early q
July.
Mr. Gilbert protects his trees hy using
only common wrapping paper. such a
can be obtained In any grocuy or drr
goods store lie tears these papers lnio
strips eight inches vide. Thcse Rt
wraps around the tree on the bias. be.
ginning near the ground. and stopping
twenty iaches above Il. where be lica|
the paper.
A discussion arose on the value o.
The yellow transparent for commercial
orchards Some believed Il a mistake
to plant largely Of this variety on nc.
count Of Us poor keeping qualities.
However, when In good shape. Il sells
readily, and men from Southern Illl-
nois expressed great faith In lta com.
merclal value.
Much time was devoted 10 the discus
sion Of the efficiency Of spraying. and
successes and failures were reported
The prevailing opinion was that the
iallurea we're due 10 Ignorance In do-
Ing the work
Question. How many have expert
menied with spraying mlxlurcss
Tweniy-seycR replied aiarmativeiy.
Question hoU many recommend
Spraying,
Ihirty-tiye votes were cas-. iog Il. and
none against H.
The growing OF small fruits was dis
oassed. and TIE growing Of strawberries
Ia hills came ZIP. While hll culture
gives large One berries. yet growers
on large scale 90 not follow q. a.
u does not pay Tor the extra trouble.
fhe question Of fertilizers was dis
cussed at length. The most lmpor-
tant point developed was that the ex-
tensiye use Of barnyard manure made
4 possible for the soil to zee a greaier
mass OF chemical fertilizers than II
Il were not used Al an. Thus In the
neighboFhood Of large cities The marke;
gardeners are enabled 10 use Immense
quantities Of commercial fertilizers be-
cause they also use immense quantities
OF barnyard manure.
ST. Morrill,. OF Michigan. spoke "a N.
marketing Of fruit The first requisite
Is 10 have something desirable TO mar
ket lie could not tell a man how "a
market undesirable fruit. The grcal
necessity with farmers Is 70 learn how
10 cooperate In the sale Of goods. The
cooperative organizations have largely
failea or TIE reason that there seemed
iealouay against any man being PAL,
to look after the work. he believe,
the time to be approaching when farm
ers would zee more busincss-lik'
methods.
The superintendent OF the insane asy
lam az kankakec spoke on the grca
success Of irrigation at that place. tn
water for the irrigation works 4
pumped by steam engines that can sup
ply from 100000 20 300 900 gallons De
day. The cost for this mapping II onl
thrce-tcnihs Of cent per thOuSau
salons. nugias me last season the
had raised vegetables worth over 5000
) ~ vote Of the society the life mem
J bershp fee was reduced from $50 {
g.
7 The election OF officers resulted tn n
] following choice. Presitsnt. Dir. Good
. rich; yioe-nrcsi5qnl Lem Small; Gee
rotary, A. NJ Dunlap; treasurer. Al
/ thur Bryant
The next annual meeting will be hel
) al spfilgncld.
William Gould spoke on the cult
3 walton Of grapes He plants SIS d
b 7x9, which gives about 200 vines 10 u
/ acre.